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 […]
On the eve of World Environment Day, we were struck by images of an elephant in despair who lost her life after feeding on fruit stuffed with crackers that were meant to ward off wild boars (from agriculture fields) in Palakkad, Kerala. It was no surprise that the initial news was put out without the […]
Date: 18 May 2020 To, The Chief Minister, Government of Himachal Pradesh. SUBJECT: ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY AUDITS PRIOR TO RE-OPENING OF INDUSTRIES AND PROJECTS TO PREVENT INDUSTRIAL DISASTERS/ACCIDENTS Shri Jairam Thakur ji, As the government of Himachal decides to re-open the factories and industrial units in the state after a period of almost 5 weeks, […]
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 […]
We are currently under the grip of a pandemic by the name of COVID-19 that has brought life to a standstill as we know it. This world-wide public health crisis has affected the lives and livelihoods of billions of people, and governments have been forced to take stern measures to tackle the contagion in the […]
Press Note 4 March 2020: Forest-Land-Rivers and Tribal Identity: A two-day dialogue: People’s organisations from Lahaul-Spiti and Kinnaur call for tribal unity About 25 representatives of people’s organisations from Lahaul-Spiti and Kinnaur concluded a two-day dialogue on ‘Forest-Land-Rivers and Tribal Identity’ in Palampur on 3rd March 2020. The meeting which focused on the issues of […]
हिंदी प्रेस नोट के लिए स्क्रॉल करें Press Note, 13 February 2020, Thunag: Demands for effective implementation of FRA on ground gains momentum in Saraj valley. The implementation of Forest Rights Act (FRA) has been laggard in the State of Himachal Pradesh owing to the bureaucratic lethargy and arrogance towards this law. A public meeting was […]
रोनाहाट में वन अधिकार कानून पर जागरूकता कार्यक्रम का आयोजन प्रेस विज्ञप्ति: रोनाहाट सिरमौर : आज ३० जनवरी को सिरमौर वन अधिकार मंच ने रोनाहाट शिलाई में आस पास की 10 पंचायतों के गाँव के प्रतिनिधियों की बैठक का आयोजन किया। बैठक में वन अधिकार कानून के प्रावधानों पर चर्चा हुई – भारतीय संसद द्वारा […]
Written by Aditi Vajpeyi & Vaishnavi Rathore Published on Economic and Political Weekly The emergence of the Forest Rights Act reasserted the vitality of the role people play in conservation and management of natural resources and carving out legal channels for recognition of their forest rights. But, in Himachal Pradesh, the FRA suffers at the […]
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 […]