Twenty-three NGOs, under the banner of Himachal Van Adhikar Manch, today sought Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh’s intervention in speeding up the implementation of the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006. “We observed that the Act has been misconceived and the matter should be tabled before the Cabinet to give justice to the people of the state,” […]
5 May 2016 The National Green Tribunal, yesterday, on 4th May 2016, passed a judgement directing the Ministry of Environment and Forests and the State Government of Himachal to place the entire forest clearance proposal for the Integrated Kashang (stage II and III) Hydroelectric Project before the affected Gram Sabhas for their perusal. The judgement was passed by the Principal Bench chaired by Justice […]
6th December 2015 To Principal Secretary Directorate of Energy Shimla Subject: Failure of Safety Control and Monitoring of Impacts in Hydropower Projects Sir, It is with great concern that we are writing this memorandum to you for your urgent perusal and action. As you are aware, in the last two weeks a half a dozen […]
26th October 2015 To The EAC River Valley Projects Ministry of Environment and Forests New Delhi India Subject: Objections regarding three HEPs: 210 MW Purthi Hydro Electric Project, Purthi,TehsilPangi , Distt.-Chamba and 104 MW Lara Sumta HEP and 130 MW Sumte Kothang HEP in District Kinnaur Himachal Pradesh in Satluj basin for ToR Dear Sir, […]
Narratives on Hydropower ‘development’ from Lahaul Valley 5th June 2015 On occasion of the World Environment Day, Himdhara, an Environment Research and Action Collective released a report titled ‘Changing the Colours of Chenab’ on ‘hydropower development’ in the Lahaul Valley. Highlighting local sentiment and probable adverse impacts of the proposed projects in the Chandra-Bhaga or […]
To The Chief Minister Government of Delhi India Copy to: 1.Shri Manish Sisodia,Deputy Chief Minister and Chairperson of Delhi Jal Board 2.Shri Ashish Khaitan,Deputy Chairman of Delhi Dialogue Commission Subject : Assess sound options for Delhi’s Water supply & review need for destructive projects like Renuka Dam Dear Shri Arvind Kejriwal It is with deep concern […]
Himdhara made a detailed submission on the critique of the Cumulative Impact Assessment report of Satluj Basin conducted by ICFRE. The study was conducted for the Himachal government after the Ministry of Environment , Forest and Climate Change urged it to assess the cumulative impacts of hydro power projects on all the river basins of […]
Allege that the changes are anti-people and environment About 15 environmental groups, concerned citizens and activists from Himachal Pradesh over the last few days have sent a series of submissions to the Chief Minister and Chief Secretary, Himachal Pradesh raising strong objections to the amendments in the Hydro power Policy made by the State Government […]
हिमाचल प्रदेश सरकार ने पर्यावरण व वन मंत्रालय के निर्देश पर 2013-2014 में जल विद्युत परियोजनाओं के प्रभावों का आंकलन करने के लिये भारतीय वानिकी अनुसंधान एवं शिक्षा परिषद् (ICFRE),देहरादून को नियुक्त किया। हिमाचल प्रदेश में सबसे पहले सतलुज घाटी का सामुहिक पर्यावरण प्रभाव आंकलन किया गया। आंकलन के अंतिम प्रक्रिया के दौरान किन्नौर व […]
August 11, 2014 Local, state level and national Environmental groups today sent a submission to the Chief Secretary, Himachal Pradesh raising strong objections to the ammendments in the Hydropower Policy made by the State Government in March 2014. The key objections of groups are to do with the gross dilution in clearance procedures by the […]