FOR ENGLISH PRESS NOTE SCROLL BELOW! प्रेस नोट: 3 जून 2019, केन्दुवाल कचरा डंप के पास रह रहे परिवार को हाईकोर्ट से राहत की आश प्रभावित परिवार के पुनर्वास पर हो विचार: उच्च न्यायालय ने दिये आदेश माननीय उच्च न्यायालय ने 21 मई 2019 को बद्दी-बरोटिवाला-नालागढ़ विकास प्राधिकरण ( बीबीएनडीए) प्रशासन को केन्दुवाल कचरा डंप […]
Tag: Himachal Pradesh
The Missing Zangti
Photos : Sumit Mahar Text: Vaishnavi Rathore, with inputs from Manshi Asher The Himalayan region is highly sensitive towards changes in global climate, a fact that was reiterated by a recent study which suggests that more than half of glaciers in Satluj Basin would vanish by 2050. Above, is Satluj which before merging with Spiti […]
Press Note: 14 May 2019| Forest Rights is key issue for Himachal electorate: Van Adhikaar Manch submits peoples’charter on FRA to major parties contesting Lok Sabha Elections
हिंदी के लिए नीचे स्क्रोल करें Forest Rights is key issue for Himachal electorate: Van Adhikaar Manch submits peoples’charter on FRA to major parties contesting Lok Sabha Elections As the polling date for 17th Lok Sabha elections draw closer in Himachal Pradesh, voices against the non-implementation of the Forest Rights Act 2006 (FRA) continue to gather momentum […]
Press Note: 13 May 2019 | Lack of safety compliance in Hydro Projects invitation to disasters: Community representatives, activists to authorities
हिंदी के लिए नीचे स्क्रोल करें Lack of safety compliance in Hydro Projects invitation to disasters: Community representatives, activists to authorities This Lok Sabha elections both major national parties, the BJP and Congress in their manifestos speak of “Protecting the Himalayas”. However both parties and their candidates remain silent on a grave issue of concern […]
प्रेस नोट : 11 April 2019 | मंडी संसदीय निर्वाचन क्षेत्र का मुद्दा वन अधिकार कानून!
भारत के 17वे लोक सभा चुनाव के माहौल में, क्षेत्रफल के हिसाब से हिमाचल के सबसे बड़े संसदीय निर्वाचन क्षेत्र मंडी जिसमे लाहौल-स्पीती, किन्नौर, भरमौर और कुल्लू ज़िले शामिल हैं में वन अधिकार कानून का मुद्दा जोर पकड़ रहा है. मंडी शहर के सेरी मंच पर हिमाचल वन अधिकार मंच द्वारा आयोजित एक दिवसीय धरना […]
प्रेस विज्ञप्ति: 3 अप्रैल 2019: वन अधिकार के लिए ‘चलो मंडी’ का नारा दिया 11 अप्रैल को देंगे जिला कार्यालय के सामने धरना
आज 3 अप्रैल को हिमाचल वन अधिकार मंच ने मंडी में एक प्रेस वार्ता में बताया के 11 अप्रैल को वन अधिकार कानून को प्रभावी और न्यायपूर्ण तरीके से लागू करने की मांग को ले कर मंडी में सेरी मंच पर होगा एक दिवसीय धरना. मंच के सदस्यों ने बताया कि यह कानून हिमाचल राज्य […]
Spectre of eviction looms over forest dwellers
EVEN as the Supreme Court has stayed its order directing state governments to evict occupants from forestland whose claims for land titles under the Forest Rights Act (FRA) have been rejected, about 20 lakh tribal and other forest-dependent families across the country continue to be on tenterhooks. The order was passed on a petition filed […]
Film: Ho Gyi Hai Pir Parvat Si (The Mountains Agonized)
Film Ho Gyi Hai Pir Parvat Si (The Mountains Agonized) is directed by Subrat Kumar Sahu. He is known for making films that reflect our social structures and has often been sceptical about the “way of development” through his craft. Ho Gayi Hai Pir Parvat Si – Hindi (The Mountains Agonized) is his 8th documentary […]
5th February 2019 Press Note: Solidarity fast held at Dharamshala for free flowing Himalayan Rivers; Social and Environmental activists demand to save the Ganga
Close to 100 representatives and activists of various local organizations from Kangra and other districts held a public meeting and a one day solidarity fast and public meeting on “Clean and Free Flowing Himalayan Rivers” at Dharamshala on 5th February, 2019 outside Hanuman Mandir from 10 am to 4 pm. The fast, led by veteran […]
Submission to Minister of Tribal Affairs regarding Non-implementation of Forest Rights Act in Himachal Pradesh
28-01-19 To, Shri Jual Oram Minister of Tribal Affairs Government of India New Delhi Subject: With regard to the impediments and hurdles in the implementation […]