archive for July, 2004


OLD TEHRI (UTTARANCHAL), JUL 31 (PTI)
Most of the people, including environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna, have been evacuated from this marooned town raising hope for an early settlement of the vexed rehabilitation process as well as the commissioning of the first phase of the 2400 MW Tehri project.
A bitter opponent of Tehri dam, Bahuguna, who had [...]


TEHRI, JULY 29 (PTI)
More than 65 per cent of old Tehri town was today inundated after the waters of Bhagirathi river reservoir of the 2400 mw Tehri hydel project rose sharply even as tension gripped the area with a handful of people refusing to leave the town.
The water level rose this evening to 351 meter, [...]


NEW DELHI: YEARS before Gujarat became a damning case of state complicity in violence, there was Muzaffarnagar. An incident that was the turning point in the political history of Uttaranchal; a catalyst in the eventual formation of the state.
On the night of October 1, 1994, activists of the Uttaranchal movement, on their way to a [...]

ABHIYAN UPDATE (Jul. 2)


The 4th Askot-Arakot Abhiyan has entered its last leg of 45 days, 1,000Km long PADYATRA of Uttarakhand. Having walked through 16 BUGYALs, 20 KHARAKs (CHHANIs), 350 villages and crossed over 30 rivers, today the ABHIYAN today is reaching at NAUGAON in Uttarkashi district.
Mountaineer Padma Shree Chandra Prabha Eatwal welcome the team in Uttarakashi (UK) [...]

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