It’s been a great week long experience joining the Team at Pipalkoti in Chamoli and leaving them at Makku in Rudraprayag before physically getting into the survey of the last border village – MANA of district Chamoli. My trek from Bairangana near Mondal to Chopta via BHAINS KHARAK and KANCHULA KHARAK (Musk dear farm) [...]

The 4th Askot-Arakot Abhiyan (1974-84-94-2004) expedition by PAHAR, which began on May 25 from PANGU has covered over 60 villages of district Pithoragarh. The group is trekking 20-25Kms. a day. Today, it has reached KEEMU in Bageshwar district. Over 1,000Kms long distance will be covered before July 10 at Arakot near Himachal border.
It was quite [...]

(Excerpts of the presidential speech delivered by Ravi Kiran Jain, Senior Advocate, Allahabad High Court, and the President of Uttar Pradesh People’s Union for Civil Liberties, at the 24th Annual JP Memorial Lecture, at Rink Hall, Mallital, Nainital, Uttaranchal, on March 23, 2004.)
PUCL Bulletin, June 2004
This event today in Uttaranchal is special for more reasons [...]