Environment

Youth with YES stimulate tree plantation drive in Shimla

Written on 29 Aug, 2010 at 23:59 in Daily news, Environment | viewed times | 69053 Comments2010-08-29+18%3A29%3A31priyanka

HimVani Shimla: A dull Sunday morning was lit up with the energy of young students from ten different schools of Shimla who had gathered at Scandal Point at 9 am to stimulate a tree plantation drive as a gift to... (Continue reading)

British national Jodie Under Hill felicitated with Green Award in Himachal

Written on 3 Jul, 2010 at 0:05 in Daily news, Environment | viewed times | 57813 Comments2010-07-02+18%3A35%3A29HimVani

HimVani British national Jodie Under Hill, popularly known as garbage girl today conferred with a green award for running “Mountain Cleaners Campaign”, a voluntary organization that collects waste left behind by the tourists in Dharamshala hills. Himachal Pradesh Public Works... (Continue reading)

Local people show strong opposition to Lafarge cement plant in Himachal

Written on 24 Jun, 2010 at 19:07 in Advocacy, Environment | viewed times | 569212 Comments2010-06-24+13%3A37%3A38HimVani

By: Manshi Asher On 23rd June 2010, the Chairman of the National Environment Appellate Authority (NEAA) made a visit to the Lafarge Cement and Limestone Mines project site in order to assess the feasibility of the Environment Clearance granted to... (Continue reading)

…And plastic garbage heaps continue to grow in Himachal

Written on 2 Jun, 2010 at 0:40 in Daily news, Environment, Featured | viewed times | 543714 Comments2010-06-01+19%3A10%3A15Johar+Singh

By: Mohit Behl Dharamsala: A complete ban on use of polythene bags and plastic disposable items like plastic glasses, plates etc. by the government of Himachal Pradesh and collection of fine by the panchayats on throwing garbage in the open... (Continue reading)

60 deodar sleepers recovered from a forest cave

Written on 27 May, 2010 at 18:27 in Daily news, Environment | viewed times | 53501 Comment2010-05-27+12%3A57%3A43HimVani

HimVani Mandi: With the fresh recovery of 60 deodar sleepers by a team of forest department concealed in a deep cave in the wildlife sanctuary of Shikari Devi in Karsog valley on Wednesday, forest officials are once again on their... (Continue reading)

Industrial area communities gear up to fight pollution, ‘pollutants’

Written on 23 May, 2010 at 13:22 in Daily news, Environment, Featured | viewed times | 52951 Comment2010-05-23+07%3A52%3A21HimVani

HimVani Baddi: The ‘unprecedented’ air and water pollution in the Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalgarh area has been in news ever since the region emerged as a major industrial hub. The area has been identified as a pollution hot spot even by the Ministry... (Continue reading)

Indian Panorama Film Festival in Shimla from May 28

Written on 18 May, 2010 at 15:43 in Daily news, Environment, Events | viewed times | 52471 Comment2010-05-18+10%3A13%3A58HimVani

HimVani Shimla: The Directorate of Film Festivals under Ministry of Information and Broadcasting will organized a three-day Indian Panorama Film Festival here at the Gaiety theatre, in collaboration with Himachal Pradesh Information and Public Relations Department, in which feature and... (Continue reading)

Why Himachal should remain GM-fee

Written on 15 May, 2010 at 14:24 in Daily news, Environment, Featured | viewed times | 52252 CommentsWhy+Himachal+should+remain+GM-fee2010-05-15+08%3A54%3A18HimVani

HimVani Faced with challenges on multiple fronts, civil society groups within Himachal Pradesh are learning to react timely to issues requiring immediate attention. The interactive session on genetic modified (GM) crops organized under the aegis of National Alliance for Sustainable... (Continue reading)

‘Euthanization’ of Renuka lion safari draws protests

Written on 30 Apr, 2010 at 16:00 in Daily news, Environment, Featured | viewed times | 49923 Comments2010-04-30+10%3A30%3A46HimVani

By: Pankaj Sood Solan: In Himachal, we often hear of ‘Sangarsh Manch’ as a people’s action group formed to oppose a hydel project or some other mega-project, but in the Renuka area of Sirmaur, local people have organized themselves not... (Continue reading)

The making of a fugitive river

Written on 18 Apr, 2010 at 12:29 in Daily news, Environment, Featured | viewed times | 48003 CommentsThe+making+of+a+fugitive+river2010-04-18+06%3A59%3A44HimVani

By: Manshi Asher In Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh, the largest and fastest of the five rivers of the state, enters the Indian subcontinent from Tibet, where its source Mount Kailash stands tall. Call it Langchen Khambab (Tibetan), Satadru (Sanskrit)... (Continue reading)

Faultlines threaten Renuka Dam project

Written on 7 Mar, 2010 at 15:22 in Daily news, Development, Environment, Featured | viewed times | 42180 CommentsFaultlines+threaten+Renuka+Dam+project2010-03-07+09%3A52%3A47HimVani

HimVani The proposed Renuka Dam Project is one of the largest projects in the backward district of Sirmour in Himachal Pradesh and also one of the most controversial initiatives in recent years. More than 2,200 hectares of land will be... (Continue reading)

Small hydel projects a big issue

Written on 20 Feb, 2010 at 17:08 in Daily news, Environment, Featured, People & Society | viewed times | 408320 CommentsSmall+hydel+projects+a+big+issue2010-02-20+11%3A38%3A25HimVani

HimVani There is a long history of protests and violence at mega project sites in the country and lately in Himachal Pradesh as well, owing to obvious reasons like displacement, compensation, rights of indigenous people and overall ecological imbalance. But... (Continue reading)

National Peoples’ Convention on Livelihood and Sustainable Himalayan Ecology

Written on 13 Dec, 2009 at 15:55 in Advocacy, Environment | viewed times | 38280 Comments2009-12-13+10%3A25%3A00nirvan

HimVani Shimla: The Himalaya Niti Abhiyaan will organize a two-day National Peoples’ Convention on Livelihoods and Sustainable Himalayan Ecology in Kullu on December 27and 28. The convention is intended to bring activists, researchers, ecologists and representatives of peoples’ movements striving... (Continue reading)

Himachal to host National Peoples Convention on Livelihoods and Sustainable Himalayan Ecology

Written on 12 Dec, 2009 at 15:19 in Environment, Events | viewed times | 38241 Comment2009-12-12+09%3A49%3A56NITYIN

By: Nityin The Himalaya Niti Abhiyaan is organizing a two day National Peoples Convention on Livelihoods and Sustainable Himalayan Ecology on December 27 and 28, 2009 at Kullu in Himachal Pradesh. The convention intends to bring activists, researchers, ecologists and... (Continue reading)

Tidong I project encroaches government property and violates forest laws

Written on 8 Dec, 2009 at 13:52 in Environment, Featured | viewed times | 38122 Comments2009-12-08+08%3A22%3A19varun

By: Rahul Saxena The under construction 100 MW Tidong I project in the Kinnaur district is proving to be the latest graveyard for valuable trees that not only act as local climate regulators in this dry zone but also are... (Continue reading)