An article published in the current issue of Tehelka by Sumit Mahar, member Himdhara Collective, on the monsoon calamity that hit Kinnaur. Download full article or read article here
Tag: Kinnaur
Kinnaur’s Untold Story: A photo journal
Sparse vegetation and loose soils are characteristic of upper Kinnaur and Spiti regions of the Satluj valley. The area is increasingly sensitive to climatic changes and human interventions. Extreme rains that devastated Uttarakhand this June left its imprint on neighbouring Himachal Pradesh as well. This photo feature documents the impact of the June calamity in […]
Green groups for moratorium on hydro projects in Himachal
DP Correspondent Shimla ‘Green groups’ in Himachal have demanded a moratorium on construction of all new hydro-power projects on the Satluj and Chenab in the state, till a study on cumulative impact of all the projects on fragile ecology is done. Raising this issue in the wake of disaster that stuck Uttarakhand and Kinnaur, six […]
Himachal Pradesh government flunks forest rights subject
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 […]
No light at the end of the tunnel
On occasion of the World Environment Day Himdhara, Environment Research and Action Collective and Him Lok Jagriti Manch, a Kinnaur based platform of communities fighting for their natural resources have written to the Chief Minister and the Union Minister of Environment and Forests drawing their attention to the urgent issues in relation tunnels being cosntructed […]