The members of the Himachal Van Adhikar Manch, a state level forum of social organisations advocating for implementation of the Forest Rights Act 2006 met in Shimla today to discuss the issues of landholders with forest land occupations facing the threat of eviction in the state. Members of the manch plan to meet the High […]
Press note 3rd January: Forest Rights Committees lead the way on FRA claim filing process in Himachal even as government unresponsive 4 Forest Rights Committees (FRCs) of Gram Panchayat Kandral in Baijnath submitted their Individual and community claims under Forest Rights Act 2006 (FRA) to the SDM today. The FRCs carried out a rigorous verification […]
धर्मशाला में 35 साल पुरानी झुग्गियों के हटाये जाने की जानकारी मिलते ही दिल्ली की वुमेन अंगेस्ट सेक्सुअल वायलेंस एंड स्टेट रिप्रेशसन और दिल्ली सोलिडेरटी ग्रुप ने धर्मशाला में 27-28 जून को बस्ती उजाड़ने के दौरान मानव अधिकारों के दमन सम्बन्धित तथ्यों की खोजबीन की। टीम ने धर्मशाला में आकर प्रभावित समुदाय, बस्ती के उजाड़ने […]
Kangra: On International Women’s Day, more that 500 people, mostly women, voiced their opposition to ed a Bio-medical Waste (BMW) Treatment Plant that has come up in their village Dhugiyari in Kangra District. The villagers came together to put their forth for closure of the plant before the Pollution Control Board authorities, which was carrying […]
Dharamsala, January 21 Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has ordered district officials of Kangra to immediately stop the felling of green trees along the Dharamsala-Bagli road. The CM issued orders to this effect after a delegation of people met him at the Circuit House here this evening to plead against the felling of trees. The CM […]
Manshi Asher, Tehelka, May 22 2013 Close to 30 percent of forests have been converted to Chir Pine monocultures displacing grazing rights of several communities like the Gaddis and Gujjars. There is no quantitative assessment of the impact of loss on people’s lives The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, or Recognition of […]