Press Release| 21 June 2021 : Building on the CSIR-NEERI report, Over 100+ environmental groups, alliances, individuals demand transparency and objectivity in the process of finalisation of the draft EIA Notification 2020 from the MoEFCC to ensure

हिन्दी के लिए स्क्रोल करें! Coming down heavily on the Union Environment Ministry for introducing more than 30 amending notes diluting the provisions of the EIA Notification since the draft EIA 2020 was publicly rejected, 100+ civil society organisations and individuals wrote the Minister Mr. Prakash Javadekar asking him to accept and acknowledge the CSIR-NEERI […]

Scrap Draft “EIA Notification 2020” – Reject Attempts to Relax Environmental Regulations: primary comments on the Draft EIA Notification 2020

Dated: 29.06.2020 To, The Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, Jor Bagh Road, Aliganj, New Delhi-110 003. Subject: Scrap Draft “EIA Notification 2020” – Reject Attempts to Relax Environmental Regulations: primary comments on the Draft EIA Notification 2020. Dear Madam/Sir, We, the representatives of different organisations from Himachal Pradesh would […]

Stop Extension of Environment Clearance for Integrated Kashang Hydropower project in geologically fragile and ecologically diverse, tribal area Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh!

On the 30th of April 2020, a large portion of a steep mountain in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh slipped down to village Pangi destroying apple orchards and killing one Nepali migrant worker. This area in the high Himalayas, falling in the Satluj Valley, which is known for its geological and ecological vulnerability, is also […]

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 […]