The disastrous flash floods in Uttarkhand in June 2013 turned the spotlight on a frontier region in the Western Himalayas, at least for a time. Was it a cloud burst or heavy rainfall? Could it have been predicted and prevented? Did the meteorological department mess up or was the problem the state government’s slow response? […]
Dated: 29.06.2020 To, The Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, Jor Bagh Road, Aliganj, New Delhi-110 003. Subject: Scrap Draft “EIA Notification 2020” – Reject Attempts to Relax Environmental Regulations: primary comments on the Draft EIA Notification 2020. Dear Madam/Sir, We, the representatives of different organisations from Himachal Pradesh would […]
SCROLL DOWN FOR ENGLISH हिमाचल प्रदेश के विभिन्न महिला संगठनो ने स्पिति के महिला मंडलों के खिलाफ राजनैतिक और प्रशासनिक रवैये और पुलिस प्रतिक्रिया का पुरजोर खंडन करते हुए महिला मंडलों के पक्ष में समर्थन जाहिर किया है| 9 जून को जन जातीय क्षेत्र स्पिति के मुख्यालय काज़ा में महिलाओं ने स्थानीय समुदाय द्वारा लगाये […]
The Charan Khad Basti Punarwas Samiti today met Deputy Commissioner Kangra with an urgent appeal to arrange for the rehabilitation of 50 families living in shanties around the Manjhi river. This is the same community of daily wage workers who had been living for more than 35 years near Charan khad in Dharamshala. Exactly 4 […]
Date: 18 May 2020 To, The Chief Minister, Government of Himachal Pradesh. SUBJECT: ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY AUDITS PRIOR TO RE-OPENING OF INDUSTRIES AND PROJECTS TO PREVENT INDUSTRIAL DISASTERS/ACCIDENTS Shri Jairam Thakur ji, As the government of Himachal decides to re-open the factories and industrial units in the state after a period of almost 5 weeks, […]
On the 30th of April 2020, a large portion of a steep mountain in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh slipped down to village Pangi destroying apple orchards and killing one Nepali migrant worker. This area in the high Himalayas, falling in the Satluj Valley, which is known for its geological and ecological vulnerability, is also […]
We are currently under the grip of a pandemic by the name of COVID-19 that has brought life to a standstill as we know it. This world-wide public health crisis has affected the lives and livelihoods of billions of people, and governments have been forced to take stern measures to tackle the contagion in the […]
Press Note 4 March 2020: Forest-Land-Rivers and Tribal Identity: A two-day dialogue: People’s organisations from Lahaul-Spiti and Kinnaur call for tribal unity About 25 representatives of people’s organisations from Lahaul-Spiti and Kinnaur concluded a two-day dialogue on ‘Forest-Land-Rivers and Tribal Identity’ in Palampur on 3rd March 2020. The meeting which focused on the issues of […]
हिंदी प्रेस नोट के लिए स्क्रॉल करें Press Note, 13 February 2020, Thunag: Demands for effective implementation of FRA on ground gains momentum in Saraj valley. The implementation of Forest Rights Act (FRA) has been laggard in the State of Himachal Pradesh owing to the bureaucratic lethargy and arrogance towards this law. A public meeting was […]
Written by Aditi Vajpeyi & Vaishnavi Rathore Published on Economic and Political Weekly The emergence of the Forest Rights Act reasserted the vitality of the role people play in conservation and management of natural resources and carving out legal channels for recognition of their forest rights. But, in Himachal Pradesh, the FRA suffers at the […]