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Testing time
During the 1999-2000 drought, Down To Earth ( dte ) reported that five villages in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh had enough water during the drought because of the water conservation activities they had undertaken. dte revisited these villages, reeling under the second successive drought. Unlike last year, some of …
INDIA
The Municipal Corporation of Indore, Madhya Pradesh, has been awarded the green city award by the Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO), a public sector company. The award was given to the civic body for its efforts to initiate people to plant trees, harvest rainwater and keep the city clean.
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North East
A massive earthquake had razed Shillong to the ground in 1897. This led to the creation of the
Safe as houses
Earthquakes don't kill; badly built houses do. This time-tested observation becomes a clich
UTTARKASHI
At 2.53 am on October 25, 1991, a moderate earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale affected more than 425,000 people of about 2,100 villages in the districts of Uttarkashi, Tehri and Chamoli in what was then Uttar Pradesh and is now the hill state of Uttaranchal. Traditionally built timber …
kangra safe corners
T he merit of kat-ki-kunni (timber-cornered building) of Himachal Pradesh can be traced back to 1905, if not earlier. A massive temblor levelled every village from Dharamsala to Kangra. Measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale, it lasted two minutes and was felt over 416,000 sq km. But, buildings with kat-ki-kunni …
A bushful of medicine
seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) grows in the cold desert regions in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. Scientists value it for its medicinal properties. The deciduous bushy-tree is another one of the plants found in India that private companies from the rest of the world trade in but which …
Nature s wrath
massive flash floods in the Sutlej river have left a trail of destruction in the Shimla, Kullu, Mandi and Kinnaur districts of Himachal Pradesh. At least 150 people are reported to have been killed and several crore of rupees worth of property damaged in what is being seen as the …
Economic valuation of forests of Himachal Pradesh
The principle objective of this study is to generate economic value of various goods & services provided by the Himachal Forests. It recognizes the multi-stakeholders, multisectoral contribution of forests through their multiple values.
FOLLOW UP
The Supreme Court has prevented the Himachal Pradesh government from implementing it's decision to permit the cutting of trees until further notice. Taking serious note of the move, the court has also sought an explanation from the state government. The decision to lift the ban on felling was taken by …