Amending environmental norms will accelerate ecological crisis in the Himalayas ‘WITHDRAW DRAFT EIA NOTIFICATION 2020’: 50+ organisations, environmentalists from Himalayan region write to Environment Ministry More than 50 environmental groups, organisations, eminent ideologues and activists from across various states of the Himalayan region have issued a joint statement titled ‘STOP ACCELERATING ECOSYSTEMS DISTRESS IN THE […]
The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Tuesday sought status reports from the central and state governments on the implementation of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016. Hearing a PIL on “improper and unscientific dumping” of solid and toxic waste and sewage in the Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh industrial belt, a bench of Chief Justice L Narayana Swamy and Justice […]
March 21, 2018 To, Smt Manisha Nanda Addl. Chief Secy. cum Principal Secy. to the Chief Minister (Environment Science & Technology, Information & Public Relation, Tourism & Civil Aviation) Government of Himachal Pradesh Dear Mam, We are writing to you on the Day of Action for Rivers across the world on behalf of the concerned […]
दिनांक 17 जनवरी 2017, धर्मशाला आज से ठीक 7 माह पहले 16-17 जून 2016, धर्मशाला नगर निगम ने 35 सालों से चरान खड्ड बस्ती में रह रहे 290 परिवारों को उजाड़ दिया था। चरान खड्ड बस्ती पूनर्वास समिति ने अपनी समस्याओं के निदान के लिये स्थानीय प्रशासन व प्रदेश सरकार से बार-बार मदद की राह […]
मुख्यमंत्री श्री वीरभद्र सिंह के स्मार्ट सिटी धर्मशाला के दौरे के दौरान चरान खड्ड बस्ती से उजड़े विस्थापितों ने मुख्यमंत्री से मुलाकात कर अपनी मांगों का ज्ञापन सौंपा। धर्मशाला नगर के चरान खड्ड क्षेत्र में पिछले 35 सालों से झुग्गिओं में 290 परिवारों को 16-17 जून को नगर निगम धर्मशाला ने बिना किसी पूर्नवास नीति […]
In September, the office of the Municipal Corporation of Dharamshala (MCD) saw a sudden flurry of anxious activity. People at the MCD doorstep, now lining up to apply for affordable housing under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (PMAY), were residents of the city a few months ago. On June 17, 2016, the MCD forcibly evicted […]