This is a short compilation of the news stories that were aired on E-TV (Hindi News Channel) on the impacts of the Sawra Kuddu Hydro Electric Project in Pabbar Valley (Shimla District). More about Sawra Kuddu HEP
Tag: Ministry of Environment and Forest
Mapping environmental conflicts in Himachal Pradesh
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 […]
Kinnaur’s Curse? : Economic and Political Weekly
An article published in Economic and Political Weekly by Manshi Asher, member of Himdhara Environment Research and Action Collective Kinnaur, one of Himachal Pradesh’s most ecologically fragile places, is under threat from widespread construction activity in hydroelectric power projects. Landslides have become a common occurrence threatening apple orchards as well as habitats in Kinnaur. A […]
Submission to Delhi Government : Assess sound options for Delhi’s Water supply & review need for destructive projects like Renuka Dam
To The Chief Minister Government of Delhi India Copy to: 1.Shri Manish Sisodia,Deputy Chief Minister and Chairperson of Delhi Jal Board 2.Shri Ashish Khaitan,Deputy Chairman of Delhi Dialogue Commission Subject : Assess sound options for Delhi’s Water supply & review need for destructive projects like Renuka Dam Dear Shri Arvind Kejriwal It is with deep concern […]
Govt apathy fanning protests against hydro projects: The Indian Express
February 5, 2015 A panel of experts appointed by the Himachal Pradesh government has said that popular opposition to large hydel power projects on the Sutlej is being fanned by the establishment’s “indifference” to the problems of the people. The panel has rejected the conclusions of a report prepared earlier for the union government, which […]
PRESS NOTE 12th December 2014: People of Kinnaur challenge Satluj basin impact study as “biased” and “pro-hydro” : Panel silenced by questions raised at Public Consultation
On 8th and 9th December 2014, the Directorate of Energy organised Public Consultations in Rekong Peo and Pooh (Kinnaur District) on the Cumulative Environment Impact Assessment Study conducted for the Satluj River Basin. The study, which had the mandate to assess the over all cumulative impacts of the ongoing and proposed hydropower development in the […]
30th November 2014:National Green Tribunal, A Space for Environmental Justice that needs to be utilised Himachal’s Environment Issues
In a half day program organised today in Shimla by environmental groups Himdhara Collective and LIFE (Legal Initiative for Environment and Forests, environmentalists including lawyers, activists and concerned citizens of Shimla deliberated on the role of the National Green Tribunal in the context of Himachal’s environment issues. Supreme Court Lawyer Rahul Chaudhary and High Court […]
National Green Tribunal and Environmental Justice: Current discourses
A TALK ON National Green Tribunal and Environmental Justice: Current discourses Speaker: Rahul Chaudhary, Legal Initiative for Forests and Environment For the last four decades, since India embarked on a journey of industrial development and then faster economic growth, the environmental issues facing the country have become graver. A complex environmental governance system with a […]
Critique of the Cumulative Impact Assessment report of Satluj River Basin
Himdhara made a detailed submission on the critique of the Cumulative Impact Assessment report of Satluj Basin conducted by ICFRE. The study was conducted for the Himachal government after the Ministry of Environment , Forest and Climate Change urged it to assess the cumulative impacts of hydro power projects on all the river basins of […]
सतलुज घाटी के सामुहिक पर्यावरण प्रभाव आंकलन हेतू किये गये जन-परार्मशों पर एक नज़र
हिमाचल प्रदेश सरकार ने पर्यावरण व वन मंत्रालय के निर्देश पर 2013-2014 में जल विद्युत परियोजनाओं के प्रभावों का आंकलन करने के लिये भारतीय वानिकी अनुसंधान एवं शिक्षा परिषद् (ICFRE),देहरादून को नियुक्त किया। हिमाचल प्रदेश में सबसे पहले सतलुज घाटी का सामुहिक पर्यावरण प्रभाव आंकलन किया गया। आंकलन के अंतिम प्रक्रिया के दौरान किन्नौर व […]