Indigenous communities in the two ecologically fragile Himalayan States are routinely excluded from this narrative that fuels reckless growth. Article written by Manshi Asher published on 21/09/23 in Frontline The monsoon of 1999 is etched vividly in my memory. At 23, shortly after finishing my master’s, I was to join a project that worked on […]
Himachal Pradesh needs a policy and governance overhaul that prioritizes environmental sustainability and local communities Article written by Manshi Asher published on 16/07/23 in Hindustan Times As swollen rivers in Himachal Pradesh receded this week, and the state began accounting for the losses suffered, a meme began circulating. Barsaton mein pahad ghumne na aayen, kyunki […]
When we arrived at the Aima village ‘waste processing plant’, next to Neugal khad (stream), near Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, there had just been a large downpour. The rubbish strewn all along the riverbank was drenched in dirt, likely worsening the stench – putrid, a little acidic, somehow sludge-like. We tiptoed through it to reach the […]
प्रेस नोट 16 जुलाई 2021 | चरान खड्ड बस्ती पुनर्वास समिति,धर्मशाला ने सुरक्षित आवास की मांग उठाई प्रशासन कि अनदेखी व मांझी खड्ड कि बाढ़ ने दोबारा किया बेघर 5 वर्ष पहले स्मार्ट सिटी धर्मशाला से उजाड़े गए थे परिवार चरान खड्ड बस्ती पुनर्वास समिति व नागरिक अधिकार मंच, कांगड़ा के सदस्यों ने आज एडीसी, […]
By Manshi Asher & Himshi Singh In the third week of April, India’s raging pandemic’s second wave burst onto our phone screens with aerial images of burning pyres in crematoriums. Not very far away in the upper reaches of Pangi in Himachal, temperatures hit a sudden low due to heavy snowfall. Five migrant workers lay […]
पूरे राज्य में मानव अधिकार एवं जन हित के विभिन्न मुद्दों पर कार्य कर रहे 30 से अधिक नागरिक समाज समूहों ने हमारे संविधानिक अधिकारों व मूल्यों की रक्षा के लिए चलाए जा रहे राष्ट्रव्यापी अभियान में भाग लिया है। इस आह्वान पर अमल करते हुए देश भर में 500 से अधिक पूरे देश में […]
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 Charan Khad Basti Punarwas Samiti today met Deputy Commissioner Kangra with an urgent appeal to arrange for the rehabilitation of 50 families living in shanties around the Manjhi river. This is the same community of daily wage workers who had been living for more than 35 years near Charan khad in Dharamshala. Exactly 4 […]
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 […]
Even as the IMD issued the ‘red warning’ for Kangra for the weekend massive floods were triggered in the streams flowing from the Dhauladhar ranges owing to the heavy rains in the region. While many residents had the safety of their shelter, others were not so fortunate. Like the migrant workers who have made Himachal […]