The Himalaya is the adobe of one of the world’s largest and mostly inaccessible area of glaciers outside the polar regions and provides glacier-stored water to the major Indian river basins. Various studies
I am writing this article by the light of a gas lamp in my home in the forest sanctuary of Binsar in the hills of Kumaon.
Parts of the Indian Himalayan region are facing the risk of major earthquakes in the future, according to a study conducted by city-based National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI). "The conclusion
The vice chairman of the Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam Raghunath Singh Negi headed a protest at Gandhi Park against the allegedly partial attitude of the Central Government regarding the permission for mining in the rivers of Uttarakhand. Addressing the protest gathering on Sunday, Negi said,
Chandigarh To involve private sector in healthcare, the Uttaranchal government has struck a public-private partnership deal.
The Uttarakhand Forest and Rural Development Commissioner has directed the Compensatory Afforestation Management & Planning Authority (CAMPA), Uttarakhand chief executive officer to facilitate plantation
This article concerns itself with two problems in developing countries: human development and biodiversity. Apparently they are conflicting objectives, and more so in the protected areas of the developing
The Uttaranchal Pollution Control Board has ordered the closure of two agro-based paper mills in the Kumaon region for not following environmental safety measures."The Chima and Multiwal paper mills
In Nainital, normal life was paralysed after record snowfalls in the Kumaon Hills since Saturday night. A senior official in Aryabhatta Observatory centre here told TOI that while Nainital city got
<p>Rates at which CO2 is being sequestered in two different forest types of Himalaya was computed. For comparative study degraded and non-degraded sites of pine and oak forests in Kumaun Central Himalaya were selected. The Van Panchayats (VPs) or community forests are managing the non degraded forest sites for centuries.
Shishir Prashant / Rudrapur October 1, 2008, 20:20 IST A five-star hotel, malls and branded showrooms. The face of Rudrapur, a small township in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, has undergone a drastic change due to the Pantnagar Industrial Estate.
The book looks at the value of water as a basic need instead of valuing water in terms of productivity in agriculture and industry, or in terms of the costs of supply. It examines water in the
Water quality of two natural springs viz., Raj Naula and Badi Naula located in the Kosi river catchment area of Almora city in Kumaun Himalaya (Uttarakhand) has been investigated. (2007)
The Corbett National Park and Tiger Reserve are inextricably linked with “Project Tiger” in the country and have placed Uttarakhand on the world wildlife tourism map forever. People all over the world
The oak, an integral part of Kumaon life, might soon be extinct from the region
The latest death of a tiger in a territorial fight has once again brought focus on the need for expanding the area under the purview of the Corbett Tiger Reserve. The Ministry of Environment and Forests
Jim Corbett is held in great esteem in India as a compassionate man who had exceptional environmental awareness. A closer look however shows that this image is misleading and that he was in fact a fully paid-up imperialist. The continuance of the Corbett myth is indicative of our failure to read his skilfully written books critically.
It's ironic that people in a region that sources water for the rest of the country have to struggle for basic drinking water. Out of 16000 villages and hamlets in the Kumaon region(Uttaranchal) at
A mysterious fever has claimed 23 lives in the past week in Uttaranchal, with 17 deaths being reported from the Kumaon region alone. A team of National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) has
<p>Naini Lake is a natural freshwater lake, of tectonic origin, located amidst Nainital city of Uttarakhand. It is lunar-shaped and has an outlet at the south eastern end. Naini Lake is one of the four lakes in Kumaon hills, the three other being Sattal Lake, Bhimtal Lake and Naukuchiyatal Lake. Balia Nala is the main feeder-stream of the lake.
