By Dr Shailesh Upreti
Garhwal Post, 18 February 2008
Dehradun, 17 Feb: “Uttarakhand and Globalisation: Challenges for Sustainable Development” was the topic of a seminar “Hamari Virasat” held, recently, at the Press Club of India, New Delhi. The annual magazine of CUMP (Creative Uttarakhand Myor Pahar) was also released on the occasion.
A gathering of around 50 people [...]

By HT
Monday October 15, 12:57 AM
The blocked waters of Bhagirathi for the 2400 MW Tehri Dam project has created a reservoir spanning nearly 42 square kilometres, making it one of the largest artificial lakes in Asia. The scenic beauty of the lake has increased Uttarakhand’s tourism potential immensely and demand for land in surrounding areas [...]

By Rajiv Rawat
Over the past few weeks, the issue of traffic congestion and road accidents has taken centre stage, not only in Dehradun where the crisis is severe, but also throughout the state where an alarming number of buses have slipped off the roads and into deep khuds this past year. Indeed, in just the [...]

(PTI) August 8, 2007
DEHRA DUN: Uttarakhand police has been put on high alert following a series of clashes between locals and Kanwarias at many places in the state, with environmentalists calling for a ban on pilgrims’ movements at Gangotri.
The incidents have taken place at Musoorie, Rishikesh, Haridwar and other parts of the state where Kanwarias [...]

Posted: 23 Jul 2007
by Neeta Lal
Every year some 600,000 pilgrims make their way through the Valley of Flowers in the Indian Himalayas, and until recently, left behind a trail of garbage. Now the Valley and the adjoining Nanda Devi National Park has been cleaned and restored, thanks to the efforts of a diminutive female Forest [...]

Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka), 15 July 2007
(Reuters) HUNDREDS of thousands of pilgrims flocking to holy sites in the Himalayas are fouling fragile mountain ecosystems with rubbish, human waste, air pollution and the deforestation that comes with development.
Hindus believe the Himalayas are the abode of Lord Shiva, the god of destruction and regeneration, and devotees trek [...]

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 the throwing out of [...]

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 into a trance [...]

Badrinath (Uttarakhand), May 8: Uttarakhand’s holy town of Badrinath, known for its beatific and peaceful surroundings, is facing the threat of loosing its serenity to rampant urbanisation.
Scores of constructions sites have sprung across the city. The Himalayan town has seen deforestation owing to accelerated construction work and a high level of pollution, attributed by a [...]

Divya Iyer
CNN-IBN, May 05, 2007
New Delhi: Global warming is at your doorstep. And climate change is a reality in India. Pushkar Singh Negi from Ratapani, in Pohri Garhwal, knows this best.
His fields are rich and like all the farmers in the district, he says it’s the blessing of the river a few hundred kilometres downstream.
In [...]