Bidisha Kumar Down to Earth, June 30, 2007 People living near the Tehri dam on the Bhagirathi river in Uttarakhand are in trouble. Villages on the slopes overlooking the reservoir are threatened by increasing landslides and those living downstream, once ousted for the building of the dam and rehabilitated, are losing their new homes to [...]

The new Government needs to give a sharp, critical look at the existing pattern of development Hiranmay Karlekar Daily Pioneer June 28, 2007 The complaint was frequent and loud in 16th and 17th century England, “sheep are driving out men”. The reference was to the enclosure of arable land for sheep farming for wool, and [...]

BY Jagmohan Kathait It is a pleasant drive from Dehradun to Rishikesh via Jolly grant. Barring few chaotic clusters it is an amiable route. We took the bypass before Rishikesh to reach the edge of Laxman Jhula, This bypass further connects to Tehri through well known Ananda Spas. Once I drove some of my friends [...]

Tania Saili Bakshi Tuesday, June 5, 2007 (Garhwal) Environment activist Vishweshwar Dutt Saklani has single-handedly regenerated once-barren hills in and around Pujargaon in Uttarakhand into lush green forests. Nestled deep in the Garhwal hills of Uttarakhand the Pujar village echoes with the voice of the ‘Tree Man’ as Saklani is popularly known, as he goes [...]

Tania Saili Bakshi NDTV Tuesday, June 5, 2007 (Garhwal) Environment activist Vishweshwar Dutt Saklani has single-handedly regenerated once-barren hills in and around Pujargaon in Uttarakhand into lush green forests. Nestled deep in the Garhwal hills of Uttarakhand the Pujar village echoes with the voice of the ‘Tree Man’ as Saklani is popularly known, as he [...]