प्रेस विज्ञप्ति: 3 अप्रैल 2019: वन अधिकार के लिए ‘चलो मंडी’ का नारा दिया 11 अप्रैल को देंगे जिला कार्यालय के सामने धरना

आज 3 अप्रैल को हिमाचल वन अधिकार मंच ने मंडी में एक प्रेस वार्ता में बताया के 11 अप्रैल को वन अधिकार कानून को प्रभावी और न्यायपूर्ण तरीके से लागू करने की मांग को ले कर मंडी में सेरी मंच पर होगा एक दिवसीय धरना. मंच के सदस्यों ने बताया कि यह कानून हिमाचल राज्य […]

Spectre of eviction looms over forest dwellers

EVEN as the Supreme Court has stayed its order directing state governments to evict occupants from forestland whose claims for land titles under the Forest Rights Act (FRA) have been rejected, about 20 lakh tribal and other forest-dependent families across the country continue to be on tenterhooks. The order was passed on a petition filed […]

New Awakenings in the Trans-Himalaya

As threats to common properties magnify, as people’s traditional access to living systems is denied, the Forest Rights Act starts making its way into people’s lives, in the trans-himalayan valley of Spiti, to uphold the rights that have sustained residents here for centuries. On an overcast day, we stirred a conversation with few members of […]

Submission for EAC meeting on 28th August, 2018 regarding Luhri Stage I

25th August, 2018 To The Chairperson Expert Appraisal Committee on River Valley Projects, Union Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, New Delhi Subject: Regarding Environment Clearance consideration for 219 MW Luhri Stage I Hydro Electricity Project for EAC meeting on 28th August, 2018 Dear Madam/Sir, This is a submission vis-a-vis the environment clearance consideration for 219 MW Luhri […]

Expensive technologies cannot solve India’s waste problem

The core question India needs to address: how to reduce the generation of waste in an economy, which thrives on spiraling consumption and production India generates over 150,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste (MSW) per day. According to the World Bank, India’s daily waste generation will reach 377,000 tonnes by 2025 . To tackle this […]

The Farce of ‘Integrated Waste Management’ in Himachal Pradesh

What is an open dumping yard in reality is – on paper – an ‘integrated solid waste management facility’ for which a local authority has received clearance from the environment ministry. Globally, environmental racism has been about the trash of over-consuming rich countries finding its way to the into the backyards of the poorest nations’ […]

There Are Ecological Limits to Growth – Just Look at Himachal Pradesh

As the state’s situation worsens, the only two choices in front of the Himachali people will be mass agitation or mass exodus. Himachal Pradesh is located in the region of the world considered to be the water tower of the Indian subcontinent. But what happens when the high mountains – repositories of snow and thus […]

10 insights on the political ecology of Himachal today

10 insights on the political ecology of Himachal today Manshi Asher and Prakash Bhandari The morning ritual of eagerly scanning the Himachal edition of The Tribune (the only English paper in print that has meaty coverage from the region) has never been so rewarding, offering in one glance, deep clarity on what is going on […]

Press release: Himachal Groups join forest rights groups; reject draft national forest policy

17/4/2018  Shimla Himachal Van Adhikar Manch is one of the 150 signatories of the submission made to the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change raising objections to the serious flaws in the Draft National Forest Policy 2018. The MoEFCC came out with the draft last month, for which they had comments and suggestions from concerned citizens […]

Technomac left more dirt behind, than is apparent

In the era of corporate scams, Himachal Pradesh, had its own little one. Not so little however, if we look at the size and budget of the state. News of a Delhi-based businessman Rakesh Sharma, who had set up a refined noble alloys (alloys made of gold, palladium and silver) manufacturing unit Indian Technomac Company […]