A short video that briefly summaries the ForestRightsAct2006. Please circulate widely to spread awareness about this very important piece of legislation. “The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act” was passed by the Central government in 2006. This Act was historical because it provided the much needed relief to those […]
The Himachal Van Adhikar Manch, a state level forum of social organisations advocating for implementation of the Forest Rights Act 2006 have petitioned the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh and the High Powered Committee reviewing status of encroachment cases. The memorandum submitted highlights that the Forest Rights Act passed by the Indian Parliament in 2006 […]
Press note 3rd January: Forest Rights Committees lead the way on FRA claim filing process in Himachal even as government unresponsive 4 Forest Rights Committees (FRCs) of Gram Panchayat Kandral in Baijnath submitted their Individual and community claims under Forest Rights Act 2006 (FRA) to the SDM today. The FRCs carried out a rigorous verification […]
In October the Himachal Van Adhikar Manch (a platform for civil society groups working on Forest Rights Act in Himachal Pradesh) conducted training sessions under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights), Act 2006 (FRA) in Sirmour and Lahaul districts. These meetings were organised by People Action for People in […]
The Indian state of Himachal Pradesh has about a quarter of the country’s hydropower potential. It has an installed capacity of a little over 10,000 MW out of its full potential of over 27,000 MW. While the last decade saw a surge in hydropower development in the state, for the last three years the state […]
हिमधरा पर्यावरण समूह ने जल विद्युत् परियोजनाओं से जुड़े मुद्दों और हिमाचल की जनता के इन परियोजनाओं को ले कर अनुभवों पर ‘संकट में पहाड़’ नामक दस्तावेज़ प्रकाशित किया है। कानूनी और नीतिगत जानकारी के अभाव में परियोजना प्रभावित जनता के सामने अपनी समस्याओं के हल निकालने के बहुत कम रास्ते रह जाते हैं। “यह […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]