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

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, […]

Press note : 17/06/2019 Charan Khad Evictees Demand Urgent Rehabilitation 4 years after displacement no shelter for those who clean Dharamsala Smart City

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 […]

Press Note: 18 Aug 2019 | No hope for the homeless in Himachal

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 […]

5th February 2019 Press Note: Solidarity fast held at Dharamshala for free flowing Himalayan Rivers; Social and Environmental activists demand to save the Ganga

Close to 100 representatives and activists of various local organizations from Kangra and other districts held a public meeting and a one day solidarity fast and public meeting on “Clean and Free Flowing Himalayan Rivers” at Dharamshala on 5th February, 2019 outside Hanuman Mandir from 10 am to 4 pm. The fast, led by veteran […]

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 […]

Is There No Place for the Poor in Dharamshala “Smart” City?

The migration of poor, homeless people in distress from faraway rural areas to upcoming urban and sub-urban hubs is not a new phenomenon. The demolition of the Charan Khad settlement in Dharamshala on 16 and 17 June 2016, is a classic story of slum demolition and the ongoing struggle of displaced people. Dharamshala is one […]

Citymakers for Justice in Dharamshala: Public Event, 23rd and 24th June 2017

Charan Khad Basti Punarwas Samiti, Dharamsala and Kangra Citizens Rights Group presents CityMakers for Justice in Dharamshala A Photo Exhibition and Public Event 1500 people, who were earning a living through rag picking, boot polish, street vending and labor work were evicted from Charan Khad, Dharamsala on 16-17 June 2016. After a year despite appeals […]

प्रेस नोट, 17 नवम्बर 2016 : स्मार्ट सिटी धर्मशाला की चरान खड्ड बस्ती से उजड़े विस्थापितों ने मुख्यमंत्री से मुलाकात की

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 […]

प्रेस नोट 9 जुलाई 2016 : धर्मशाला में झुग्गियां हटाने के सन्दर्भ में फैक्ट फाइंडिग टीम ने राष्ट्रीय मानव अधिकार आयोग को अपनी रिर्पोट सौंपी, विस्थापित लोग जिलाधीश से पुर्नवास के सम्बन्ध में मिले

धर्मशाला में 35 साल पुरानी झुग्गियों के हटाये जाने की जानकारी मिलते ही दिल्ली की वुमेन अंगेस्ट सेक्सुअल वायलेंस एंड स्टेट रिप्रेशसन और दिल्ली सोलिडेरटी ग्रुप ने धर्मशाला में 27-28 जून को बस्ती उजाड़ने के दौरान मानव अधिकारों के दमन सम्बन्धित तथ्यों की खोजबीन की। टीम ने धर्मशाला में आकर प्रभावित समुदाय, बस्ती के उजाड़ने […]

1,500 people evicted from slum in Dharamshala; rehabilitation uncertain : DTE

On June 17, the Municipal Corporation of Dharamshala launched a drive to demolish Charan Khad slum and evict about 1,500 residents who had been staying there for over three decades. These people are protesting the forceful eviction without a plan for rehabilitation. The evicted residents of Charan Khad, including some 300 children, are now braving […]