http://andolan.prayaga.org Dedicated to documenting and supporting the ongoing social movements and popular struggles of Uttarakhand, India. Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:53:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Subhash Mishra, India Today Lucknow, December 30, 2008 Gloom and desperation continues to engulf the small hilly state of Uttarakhand, created eight years back in 2000 as economic disparity and development continues to widen the rift between the hilly and plain regions of the state. A number of Uttarakhand people sacrificed ... http://andolan.prayaga.org/2009/01/01/desperation-continues-to-grip-uttarakhand/ Steve Keenan, Times Online December 2, 2008 The last leg of my 12-hour car journey from Delhi co-incided with dusk as we climbed from the valley floor high into the forests of Binsar National Park. We were in Uttarakhand, the newest Indian state created only in 2000 and then renamed ... http://andolan.prayaga.org/2008/12/06/green-spaces-village-ways-uttarakhand-india/ OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT The Telegraph, September 29, 2008 Lucknow, Sept. 28: A group representing farmers is planning a Chipko-like movement against the Uttarakhand government’s invitation to Tata Motors to set up a Nano plant in the state. The company already runs a plant in Pantnagar, and chief minister B.C. Khanduri has offered it ... http://andolan.prayaga.org/2008/09/30/nano-faces-%e2%80%98chipko%e2%80%99-movement/ Shishir Prashant / Business Standard / Dehra Dun September 29, 2008, 0:08 IST The Uttarakhand government’s move to allot 50 acres of agriculture land to Tata Motors for housing purposes has hit a rough patch with Agriculture Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat expressing opposition to the use of farm land for industrial ... http://andolan.prayaga.org/2008/09/30/agri-minister-protests-tata-land-move/ Excerpted from Big Cats News Business Standard - New Delhi September 28, 2008, 0:38 IST The rampant poaching of leopards in the wilds of Uttarakhand is as alarming as the earlier revelation about vanishing tigers in protected areas, a development that forced the government to set up a special Tiger Task Force ... http://andolan.prayaga.org/2008/09/29/indias-leopards-under-the-gun/ TAPAS CHAKRABORTY, The Telegraph, September 22 , 2008 Dehra Dun, Sept. 21: People in one of India’s most earthquake-prone zones had mastered the art of building multi-level buildings resistant to seismic movement about a thousand years ago, an engineering study of the structures has revealed. Researchers have found that ancient four-storey and ... http://andolan.prayaga.org/2008/09/22/1000-year-old-quake-proof-architecture/ The recent outrageous behaviour of ABVP-affiliated students at Garhwal and Kumaon Universities who ransacked their respective administrative offices has brought to the fore the growing lawlessness and impunity which the ruling party's outfits are imposing on the state. The ABVP in this case are acting as stormtroopers for the government ... http://andolan.prayaga.org/2008/08/07/destroying-society/ Movement continues in Reni village By Our Staff Reporter Garhwal Post, August 6, 2008 Joshimath, 5 Aug: Scene one: On 26 March 1974, Gaura Devi with other women of Reni village in Chamoli Garhwal hogged worldwide attention by adopting a noble non-violent method of saving trees by hugging them and saying, "First cut ... http://andolan.prayaga.org/2008/08/07/from-gaura-devi-to-rishi-ganga-hydel-project/ By Our Staff Reporter Garhwal Post, August 4, 2008 Ramnagar, 3 Aug: The Uttarakhand Parivartan Abhiyan has held a two day political meeting in Ramnagar. The main aim of the meeting was to build a political alternative in the state. The Central Convener of the Abhiyan, PC Tiwari, addressed the meeting and said ... http://andolan.prayaga.org/2008/08/05/u%e2%80%99khand-parivartan-abhiyan-holds-meet-in-ramnagar/ The following informed commentary by Devesh Pant on the government's decision to privatise hydro plants throughout Uttarakhand should arouse concern and action to thwart the "colossal" sell out of Uttarakhand's patrimony at fire-sale prices. To the Editor, The Garhwal Post, Sir, Today's front page news should arouse every Uttarakhandi. Selling off Uttarakhand's ... http://andolan.prayaga.org/2008/07/25/say-no-to-the-fire-sale-of-uttarakhands-hydro-assets/