5 जून को विश्व पर्यावरण दिवस के उपलक्ष में शिमला प्रेस क्लब और हिमधरा प्रयावार्ण समूह ने मिल कर राजधानी में आधे दिन की मीडिया वर्कशॉप का आयोजन किया. वर्कशॉप में हिमालयी क्षेत्रों में पर्यावरणीय संकट पर गहराई में चर्चा हुयी जिसमें हिमधरा समूह की मांशी आशर और सुमित महर के साथ वरिष्ठ पत्रकार पी […]
FOR ENGLISH PRESS NOTE SCROLL BELOW! प्रेस नोट: 3 जून 2019, केन्दुवाल कचरा डंप के पास रह रहे परिवार को हाईकोर्ट से राहत की आश प्रभावित परिवार के पुनर्वास पर हो विचार: उच्च न्यायालय ने दिये आदेश माननीय उच्च न्यायालय ने 21 मई 2019 को बद्दी-बरोटिवाला-नालागढ़ विकास प्राधिकरण ( बीबीएनडीए) प्रशासन को केन्दुवाल कचरा डंप […]
4 अक्टूबर 2018 को शिमला उच्च न्यायालय ने राज्य प्रदूषण नियंत्रण बोर्ड के वरिष्ठ पर्यावरण अभियंता को केंदूवाल स्थित बीबीएनडीए की डंपिंग साइट का निरक्षण कर वैधानिक कानूनों की अनुपालन के संबंध में अपनी रिपोर्ट दर्ज करने का आदेश दिया। यह आदेश केंदुवाल के प्रभावित लोगों द्वारा डंपिंग से स्वास्थ्य और जीवन पर खतरे को […]
Residents of Malpur-Sandholi form ‘Paryavarn Sangharsh Samiti’ to take action on Pollution issues Illegal Dumping at Kenduwal continues; BBNDA was to set up 9.7 crore solid waste facility: Samiti The residents of villages under two Panchayats Malpur and Sandholi, came together to form a local platform called ‘Paryavaran Sangharsh Samiti’, to fight for the right […]
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 […]
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’ […]
In Kenduwal village, Sandholi Panchayat, a dumping ground has been created since 2 years by the Municipal Council of Baddi right next to the houses where 5 Gujjar families reside. Today, these families met the SDM at Nalagarh to file a formal complaint about the intolerable living conditions created by this dumping and appeal for […]
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 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 […]
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 […]