IANS Vancouver, April 21 – Canada’s Pebble Creek mining company said here Tuesday that it is all set to commence drilling operations at its Askot project in India’s Uttarakhand state. Situated in Pithoragarh district of the state, the Askot project likely contains deposits of gold, silver, copper, zinc and lead. The Vancouver-based company said it [...]

Nainital, Apr 13 (ANI): Residents of several villages near the tourist town of Nainital are facing an acute water shortage, and are travelling to travel about two kilometres to fetch drinking water. According to them, water at home is only available for an hour. “We are facing many problems because of water shortage. We are [...]

IFMR Blog, April 9, 2010 Including the poor into the formal financial system has been hard despite numerous and sustained efforts. The difficulty in achieving inclusion attains a whole new meaning in hills and mountainous regions where populations are sparse and connectivity is extremely low. My realization of this fact achieved some maturity after a [...]

Shishir Prashant / Business Standard / New Delhi / Dehra Dun April 10, 2010, 0:13 IST Opposing big dams, top social activists of Uttarakhand today called for a separate long-term policy for the conservation of Himalayan rivers and greater participation of locals in the development of hydropower projects. At a two-day conclave here, Chipko leader [...]

Times of India Pradeep Thakur, TNN, Apr 2, 2010 NEW DELHI: There would be no water in large stretches of the famed Alaknanda and Bhagirathi riverbeds if the Uttarakhand government goes ahead with its plan to build 53 power projects on these two rivers which join at Dev Prayag to form the Ganga, the Comptroller [...]

Nitin Sethi, TNN, Mar 31, 2010, 12.46am IST NEW DELHI: Bhagirathi, one of the key tributaries of the Ganga, will now flow untamed and unchecked through the year for at least part of its stretch. In a decision that shows heightened sensitivity towards the environment and may have consequences for other hydroelectric projects, the government [...]