Staff Correspondent, Wednesday, Jul 27, 2005 DEHRA DUN: The Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (Airi) has given an “Uttarakhand bandh” call for August 8 to protest against fresh delimitation of constituencies in the State. Announcing this after the party’s “Maha Sammelan”, UKD leaders said that the idea was to mobilise public opinion against delimitation, as it would [...]

Radhakrishna Rao finds the Van Gujjar community in danger of losing its identity to the cause of conservation. Deccan Herald, Sunday, July 24, 2005 The culturally vibrant and socially dynamic community of Van Gujjars, a nomadic, pastoral Muslim tribal group inhabiting the rapidly balding stretches of the Shivaliks in north-west India are the latest victims [...]

With commanding views, Mussoorie presents a fairyland atmosphere to tourists. Or does it? By Kanchi Kohli, The Hindu Sunday, Jul 17, 2005 THE 32-kilometre drive up from Uttaranchal’s capital Dehra Dun, to the hill town Mussoorie was full of anticipation. I was returning there after 15 years. One had heard that the place is not [...]

Forest officer Jyotsna worked tirelessly to put Chamoli on UNESCO radar S.M.A.KAZMI, Indian Express Sunday, July 17, 2005 DEHRA DUN, JULY 16: The World Heritage Site (WHS) status for the Valley of Flowers in Chamoli has come after years of hard work by the forest officials. The valley was discovered in the 1930s by an [...]

DEHRA DUN, July 16 — You have to hand it to this nation of ours ~ even skeletons aren’t safe here! The skeletons of Roopkund, one of the most enduring mysteries of the Himalayas, are continuously diminishing in numbers, thus occasioning grave concern among experts and locals alike. The skeletons ~ repositories of many stories [...]

Uttarkashi | July 13, 2005 Incessant and heavy rains for over a week now has increased the danger of landslides and road blockades, an annual feature in the monsoons. Due to this, most of the rivers, including the Ganges are flowing over the danger level and most of the highways have been damaged. Shanti Thakur, [...]

Dehradun: Forest authorities of Uttaranchal have launched a special operation to protect wild animals from poachers during the monosoon season. The ‘Operation Monsoon’ to nab poachers in the state will continue till October this year. During monsoon season, forests get closed for tourists which increases the risk of poachers entering the forests area. Secondly, the [...]