DAMS AND ECOLOGY
Hydropower: Will new committee break new ground?
An expert committee set up by the MoEF to study the impact of hydropower projects in the Alaknanda-Bhagirathi basin raises hope, but can it break
the mould of the past to bring about the measures so critically needed?
Shripad Dharmadhikary
explores.
THE NEWS IN PROPORTION
21 OCTOBER 2018
States : Uttarakhand
MID-DAY MEALS
Most studies on mid-day meal schemes tend to focus on the obvious nutritional benefits or lack thereof.
Carly E Nichols
argues that the impact of these programmes extend far beyond, justifying the need to fund and monitor them more stringently.
UTTARAKHAND TRAGEDY
The disaster in Uttarakhand cannot be viewed as a result of isolated factors such as faulty governance or flawed environmental policy. It calls for a more holistic and deeper look at the entire range of issues that are endemic to the mountain region, writes
R. Uma Maheshwari
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
As the massive disaster in flood-stricken Uttarakhand unfolds,
Himanshu Upadhyaya
draws attention to the glaring inadequacies in disaster management preparedness and risk reduction in the state, as well as the nation, as exposed by recent audits.
TRIBAL WOMEN
Tribal women in Uttarakhand are standing up for their community rights, and resisting the dispossession of their lands by a nexus
between powerful landlords and the government machinery.
Puja Awasthi
reports.
FOREST DWELLERS' RIGHTS
A large number of Ban Gujjar tribal families remaining within the Rajaji National Park are facing constant harassment from the state forest department. Their rehabilitation is mired in red tape.
Aparna Pallavi
reports.
ENVIRONMENT
Jyotsna Sitling's gargantuan assignment involved ridding a buffer zone of the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve in
Uttarakhand of mountain-high piles of plastic and non-biodegradable waste, dumped by pilgrims over the
last three decades on their way to Hemkund Sahib. She elicited the help of the community and did it, reports
Neeta Lal.
On 20 May, the National Environment Appellate Authority refused to admit two appeals cases where citizens and panchayat representatives in Uttaranchal had challenged Central government clearances to two hydro-electric power projects, on
grounds of failure in due process.
Kanchi Kohli
was at the hearings.
Towering pylons and high tension wires seem to discourage any idea of
resistance to environmental destruction in Tehri Garhwal, but the
villagers persist.
Bharat Dogra
reports.
Rajani Mani
reports on how the power generating water mills of Uttranchal are lighting up lives.
Lalitha Sridhar
reviews Voices from the Mountain, Oral Testimonies from Uttaranchal and Himachal Pradesh.
A note on Tehri Dam case heard in Supreme Court by
Vimal Bhai of the Matu People's organisation.
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