As monsoon clouds descended over Himachal Pradesh in 2025, widespread destruction followed in their wake. Within days, landslides,
Tag: Parbati
‘Pot-Pilgrims’ and Gods of Himalayan Things
With tourism to Parvati Valley on the rise, local communities struggle to cope with the pressures of the new consumerist society.
The village square is bustling with activity. Women are seated along the stone wall boundary of the
Video: The #DirtyHydro Diaries: The Parbati Story: When mountains are hollowed
In The DirtyHydro Diaries we bring you the Parbati Story from Raila village, Sainj valley in Kullu district,
PRESS STATEMENT: Amendments in Hydro-policy fail to revive sector
4th October 2016Hydropower Development: Amendments in Hydropolicy – diluting NOCs and giving incentives to Hydro producers fail to revive sector
People and Environment being made to pay for mistakes of government and companies
For the last three years the Himachal Government has been making desparate attempts to revive the declining hydropower sector in the state. Falling revenues from the hydropower sector, the lack of interest of the private sector in taking up any new projects, the inability of existing projects to be completed on time, the rising cost of hydropower are some of the indicators that the government seriously needs to review its unrelenting and blind faith in hydropower development as the driver of the economy in the state. But instead of taking a hard and critical look at the root causes of this slow down, the government has taken steps which deserve to be challenged.
On 17th August 2016, the Himachal Government’s Power department
Beas, a dying free flow Himalayan River – A Photo Essay
This photo feature documents some of the dams and hydroelectric projects on the Beas river and the kind of destruction these have caused. The Beas river with a length of 470 kms, flows from Rohtang in Manali to meet the Satluj river in Punjab has an indentified hydropower potential of close to 6000 MW. To tap this potential the Himachal Government has already constructed several projects and large projects amounting to a capacity 3263 MW are under construction in the Beas river basin. The story provides a visual representation of the Beas river today.
URL: http://hillpost.in/2014/04/beas-a-dying-free-flow-himalayan-river-photo-essay/98678/
No light at the end of the tunnel
On occasion of the World Environment Day Himdhara, Environment Research and Action Collective and Him