Himachal Pradesh is a Himalayan state in the North-West of India and is known for its good performance in social and economic development indicators in the country. A state where the government seems to have ‘delivered’ in areas of education, health and other basic services. The region is also celebrated for its landscape- as the […]
April 2,2013 The government does it purely on the strength of a certificate issued by the district administration Even as the recent affidavit submitted by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) before the Supreme Court in the Vedanta case has caused dismay among tribal communities and activists for the dilution of its stand […]
Fearing drying up of traditional water sources and depletion of flora and fauna due to massive construction of hydropower projects, people of over two dozen villages of the remote Lahaul Valley on Tuesday staged a massive protest in this district headquarters town. They said the protests were planned to apprise the authorities on World Environment […]
PRESS RELEASE: 30th January 2012 ‘LEAVE THE CHENAB ALONE’ LAHAUL RESIDENTS AND ACTIVISTS APPEAL; WRITE TO MOEF OBJECTING TO STATE GOVERNMENT’s STATEMENT OF EXEMPTING THE BASIN FROM CUMULATIVE IMPACT STUDIES The Jispa-Darcha Bachao Sangarsh Samiti along with several other representatives of grasroots organisations from Lahaul have written a strongly worded letter to the Union Ministry […]