Demands Community Participation in making and implementation of action plans for restoration; Moratorium on industrial expansion in Baddi The Himdhara Environment Research and Action Collective, a Himachal based watch dog group has appealed to the River Rejuvenation Committee and the Special Environment Surveillance Task Force to urgently look into the issues facing the Sirsa River […]
Local leaders and activists call out the ignorance and apathy of administration, question apathy of the government Close to 1500 tribal people assembled and carried out a rally at Kinnaur’s district headquarter of Reckong Peo on the 29th of December to register their protest against the district administration for not implementing the Forest Rights Act […]
हिन्दी के लिये नीचे स्क्रोल करें Press Note: 21Decmber 2018 Official members of District level Committee under FRA reject claims of tribals of Lippa Village Doling out forest land to company but cannot grant tribals their rights, shows government priorities, Empty promise on FRA made in Vidhan Sabha: Lippa Forest Rights Committee Barely few […]
9 Dec 2018 The premiere screening of “The mountains agonized” (Ho gayi hai pir parbat si – Hindi), a documentary film on the impacts of hydropower development in the Satluj Valley made by Independent Filmmaker Subrat Kumar Sahu was held at Sambhaavnaa Institute in Palampur on the 8th of December at a film festival called […]
As threats to common properties magnify, as people’s traditional access to living systems is denied, the Forest Rights Act starts making its way into people’s lives, in the trans-himalayan valley of Spiti, to uphold the rights that have sustained residents here for centuries. On an overcast day, we stirred a conversation with few members of […]
For the last two years the Municipal Council, Baddi and BBNDA have openly been dumping municipal waste of Baddi town in Kenduwal village which has become a potential health hazard and nuisance for the residents of nearby villages. Since the last 4 months the local villagers, distraught by the illegal dump, have been petitioning several […]
A 7 member team of state and national level human rights defenders, social workers and activists visited Sirmaur on the 13th and 14th September to probe into the brutal killing of activist Kedar Singh Jindan and meet the family of the deceased. The team comprised of Kuldeep Verma, Birbal (Dalit Vikas Sangathan Sirmaur), Sukhdev Vishwapremi […]
25th August, 2018 To The Chairperson Expert Appraisal Committee on River Valley Projects, Union Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, New Delhi Subject: Regarding Environment Clearance consideration for 219 MW Luhri Stage I Hydro Electricity Project for EAC meeting on 28th August, 2018 Dear Madam/Sir, This is a submission vis-a-vis the environment clearance consideration for 219 MW Luhri […]
The core question India needs to address: how to reduce the generation of waste in an economy, which thrives on spiraling consumption and production India generates over 150,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste (MSW) per day. According to the World Bank, India’s daily waste generation will reach 377,000 tonnes by 2025 . To tackle this […]
पश्चिमी हिमालय में पर्यावरण समावेशी व समुदाय-आधारित पर्यटन स्थानीय समुदायों के लिए कार्यशाला 31 अगस्त से 3 सितम्बर, 2018 संभावना संस्थान, पालमपुर, हिमाचल प्रदेश पृष्ठभूमि भारत में पर्यटन की नीतियाँ पर्यटकों की मांग को केंद्र में रखते हुए और निजी व्यवसायियों के मुनाफे को अधिक से अधिक बढाते जाने के उद्देश्य से बनाई जाती हैं, जिससे […]