हिमाचल प्रदेश वर्कर्स सॉलिडेरिटी द्वारा आयोजित लॉक डाऊन के दौरान हिमाचल प्रदेश में दूसरे राज्यों से आए प्रवासी मजदूरों की स्थिति व मुद्दों पर संवाद व लाईव चर्चा डाउनलोड करें: ज़मीनी अध्ययन पर आधारित एक रिपोर्ट आधुनिक भारत के अदृश्य निर्माता: लॉकडाउन के दौरान प्रवासी मजदूरों की स्थिति
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 […]
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 […]
Demands Community Participation in making and implementation of action plans for restoration; Moratorium on industrial expansion in Baddi The Himdhara Environment Research and Action Collective, a Himachal based watch dog group has appealed to the River Rejuvenation Committee and the Special Environment Surveillance Task Force to urgently look into the issues facing the Sirsa River […]
For the last two years the Municipal Council, Baddi and BBNDA have openly been dumping municipal waste of Baddi town in Kenduwal village which has become a potential health hazard and nuisance for the residents of nearby villages. Since the last 4 months the local villagers, distraught by the illegal dump, have been petitioning several […]
As the country celebrates the 72nd Independence Day, and the Prime Minister promises of a growing economy from the ramparts of the red fort, the subjugation of nature and humanity continues. As few prosper at the cost of many who still yearn for freedom, on this day we bring to you a ‘Make in India’ […]
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 […]
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 […]
A report by Manshi Asher and Sumit Mahar Last month, on October 14th, around noon, there was a massive fish kill in the Sirsa River at Sitalpur, in Baddi, Solan district. Locals of the area who witnessed the event sent in these photographs and video of hundreds of dying rohu. Photo and Video Credit: Pawan Bhardwaj, Baddi […]