On the afternoon of 16 June, local resident Manav Bisht watched dozens of constables leaving the paramilitary Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) Academy, which stood between his house in Shakti Vihar, a loc
DEHRA DUN, 17 JUNE: Ahead of the seers' protest in New Delhi tomorrow over the conservation of River Ganga, a three-member Central team today made an assessment of the controversial 330 Megawatt Al
They demand resumption of work on power projects in Uttarakhand by May 20
Three Padma Shri awardees on Friday threatened begin a fast from May 21 if the government did not resume work on power projects in Uttarakhand by May 20. The announcement has become all the more important as several women on dharna at the Vishnugad–Pipalkoti project site have threatened self-immolation if work is not resumed immediately.
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has not yet issued a no-objection certificate for construction of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) on forest land at Sumari in Srinaga
The government's decision to declare a 135 km stretch of the Ganga from Gaumukh to Uttarkashi an eco-sensitive zone has not gone down well with the construction lobby which was hoping to make huge profits from the hydropower projects to be constructed on the river.
Following the ministry of environment & forests decision to abandon three large hydro-power projects, which included Loharinag Pala
Shishir Prashant / New Delhi/ Dehra Dun May 5, 2010, 0:44 IST
Here is good news for the water-starved Uttarakhand. After more than four years of experiments and research, a European Union river bank filtration (RBF) project has ignited new hopes to end the perennial drinking water problem in the hills.
