Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Medical Pollution Control Committee Vs State of Uttarakhand & Others dated 06/03/2023. The appeal has been filed against grant of Environmental Clearance (EC) by SEIAA, Uttarakhand in favour of M/s Bharat Environment Solutions for proposed Common Bio Medical Waste Treatment …
The mega tourism development plan for Tehri Lake has been suspended for the past one year. The centre, however, has already sanctioned Rs 150 crore for the project. Three authorities have undertaken the preparation of the master plan, and each of them has failed. The Tehri Lake is an artificial …
Many areas of the Yamuna and Tons valleys have not got over the effects of last year’s disaster due to which the life of people there has become very difficult. The Kharadi township, a prominent stop on the pilgrimage to Yamunotri, sustained considerable damage from the rising waters of the …
Though one year has passed since the flood disaster wreaked havoc in Uttarakhand, the situation in the affected areas in Tehri district has not improved. The residents of more than two dozen villages threatened by landslides continue to live in danger as the State Government has not yet facilitated their …
The raging forest fires have become a major problem for the Forest Department which is finding it difficult to control the menace despite its concerted efforts in Tehri district. A considerable proportion of the forest cover in Narendranagar, Jaunpur, Bhilangana and Thauldhar blocks is up in flames for the past …
The power generated at the Tehri hydro power project may have illuminated millions of homes and offices in nine Indian States but ironically in the Tehri district itself, lakhs of people are still awaiting power supply. Due to distance from the main line, at least 300 villages in the district …
With the State Government turning a blind eye to the detrimental effects of building large dams like the Tehri dam, the native fish species once found in abundance in the Bhagirathi river and its major tributary Bhilangana have now become rare, while the increasing population of the common carp in …
Questions being raised about possible floods in downstream areas The level in the Tehri dam in Uttarakhand on Sunday reached 818.50 metres against the permissible mark of 825 metres, Tehri District Magistrate Nitesh Kumar Jha told The Hindu . According to Northern Regional Load Despatch Centre (NRLDC) data, the level …
Residents of Charu Khet say they would have been languishing in apathy if not for the deluge It is a small hamlet of about a dozen households just off the national highway near the Narendra Nagar bypass in Tehri district. And Charu Khet is noticeable only because of a huge …
ALLAHABAD: Although seers and pilgrims coming to MahaKumbh, or otherwise too, have time and again raised their voice against the falling level of water in the holy Ganga, the actual area of concern is the numbers of dams, including Tehri, that are being constructed on the river's upstream-Bhagirathi, Alaknanda and …
The cold wave condition intensified with the minimum temperature plummeting sharply, throwing normal life out of gear in many places of the North. According to weather office, the lowest minimum temperature of minus 3.0 degree Celsius was recorded at Narnaul (Haryana) in the plains of the country. With cold wave …
At a time when coal supply constraints are keeping thermal power generation capacity under-utilised, hydropower producers, too, are facing the heat. Reservoir levels are down to 16 per cent from 27 per cent last year, setting the alarm bells ringing for hydropower generators. If rainfall fails, the situation could turn …
An investigation was carried to understand the density and diversity pattern of the plantation area of Chaur as Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. A total of 13 trees, 6 shrubs and 14 herb species were encountered in all plantation areas.
Although it is hard for the hill State to exploit its wind energy resources given its geographical terrain, Uttarakhand is soon going to have its first wind power project in Bachelikhal, a small Tehri hamlet. If all goes as planned, the concerned agency will begin work on this ambitious wind …
The Uttarakhand High Court has admitted a public interest litigation (PIL) on raising the height and increasing the production capacity of Sirnagar Hydro Electricity project filed by some residents of Tehri Garhwal district. The joint Bench of Chief Justice Barin Ghosh and Justice VK Bist asked on Tuesday the Union …
Watershed is an ideal hydrological unit call for multidisciplinary approach of natural resource management, viable, for insuring continuous benefits on sustainable basis. Watershed approach has been the single most important too in this direction providing livelihood security in the rural areas and attracting people's participation in watershed programmes. The planning …
Millions of trees in ecologically crucial areas like the Himalayas and Western Ghats have been saved by Chipko and Appiko Movement. These movements also worked for the regeneration of greenery over thousands of acres. The results can be seen in the forests of Jardhar and Piplet in Uttarakhand or the …
This paper focuses on the shifting contours of the anti-Tehri dam movement in the past three decades. It examines the changing declarations of environmentalists, especially Sunderlal Bahuguna and other leaders of the movement on the one hand, and the involvement of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad in the anti-dam politics on …
Jardhargaon is a village at a height of 1500 metres situated in the hilly district of Tehri Garhwal in the state of Uttarakhand in North India. Jardhargaon came under the influence of Chipko Movement through the active involvement of one of its residents, Vijay Jardhari. In 1980 a Van Suraksha …
A documentary film on how market forces are appropriating natural resources that belong to everybody. IN VARANASI, WITH the Ganga in the background. The documentary is part of a movement to expose the subterranean war going on for water. GLOBALISATION is the new omnipotent mantra of our age. Dissenters who …
