Press Note: Study breaks myths of ‘big encroachers’ under FRA in tribal areas; Reveals that most claimants are marginal landholders

5th Dec 2018 हिंदी के लिए नीचे स्क्रॉल करें Press Note:  Study breaks myths of ‘big encroachers’ under FRA in tribal areas; Reveals that most claimants are marginal landholders Himdhara Environment Research and Action Collective in collaboration with Zila Van Adhikar Samiti, Kinnaur, released its report titled, ‘Who Gains from the Forest Rights Act, 2006?’ […]

प्रेस विज्ञप्ति: वन अधिकार कानून के अंतर्गत जल्द से जल्द मिलें अधिकार: वन अधिकार मंच, 2 मई 2018

2 मई 2018 शिमला हिमाचल वन अधिकार मंच के सदस्यों ने शिमला में 1 मई को रणनीति बैठक का आयोजन किया और 2 मई को राज्य सरकार के वरिष्ठ अधिकारियों से मिल कर वन अधिकार कानून 2006 से जुड़े मुद्दों पर चर्चा की और ज्ञापन भी सौंपा। मंच की बैठक में चंबा, सिरमौर, काँगड़ा, किन्नौर और लाहौल स्पीती […]

Press Note: Implement FRA to resolve forest land occupations of landholders: Himachal Van Adhikar Manch; 5th February 2017

The members of the Himachal Van Adhikar Manch, a state level forum of social organisations advocating for implementation of the Forest Rights Act 2006 met in Shimla today to discuss the issues of landholders with forest land occupations facing the threat of eviction in the state. Members of the manch plan to meet the High […]

Mapping environmental conflicts in Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh is a Himalayan state in the North-West of India and is known for its good performance in social and economic development indicators in the country. A state where the government seems to have ‘delivered’ in areas of education, health and other basic services. The region is also celebrated for its landscape- as the […]

Himachal undoes a pro-people Central law : The Tribune Op-ed

An article published in The Tribune by Prakash Bhandari & Manshi Asher, members of Himdhara Environment Research and Action Collective A radical act was passed in the Parliament in 2006 which promised to undo the “historical injustice” that was committed on India’s forest dwellers by the non-recognition of their rights on the country’s forests. Himachal […]

Press Note 5th August 2105 : SJVN Changes Luhri Project Design, Drops Tunnel Component Locals relieved, demand that the stretch of the Satluj be left free-flowing

The Satluj Bachao Jan Sangharsh Samiti, a platform of representatives of villages to be affected by the Luhri Hydropower project (Kullu, Mandi and Shimla districts) and its 38 km long tunnel have expressed relief as there has been a radical change in the design of the project with a complete dropping of the tunnel component. […]

Govt apathy fanning protests against hydro projects: The Indian Express

February 5, 2015 A panel of experts appointed by the Himachal Pradesh government has said that popular opposition to large hydel power projects on the Sutlej is being fanned by the establishment’s “indifference” to the problems of the people. The panel has rejected the conclusions of a report prepared earlier for the union government, which […]

National Green Tribunal and Environmental Justice: Current discourses

 A TALK ON National Green Tribunal and Environmental Justice: Current discourses Speaker: Rahul Chaudhary, Legal Initiative for Forests and Environment For the last four decades, since India embarked on a journey of industrial development and then faster economic growth, the environmental issues facing the country have become graver. A complex environmental governance system with a […]

Villagers oppose NOC to Luhri project, petition Prem Kumar Dhumal

Anand Bodh, TNN | Sep 6, 2012, 05.59AM IST SHIMLA: Residents of 78 villages of Kullu, Mandi and Shimla districts, who are likely to be affected by the construction of 775 MW Luhri hydroelectric project, are up in arms against the project as they fear that construction of 38-km long twin tunnels passing underneath many […]