Pollution IN Himachal

 Pollution IN Himachal

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1.  On the occasion of World Environment Day, Kinnaur district in Himachal Pradesh echoed with slogans like “Van Adhikar Kanoon Lagoo Karo (implement the Forest Rights Act, 2006) and Hamare Gaon Mein Hamara Raj (self-rule in our village). http://www.himdhara.org/2017/06/05/world-environment-day-public-meeting-at-kinnaur/ 

http://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/denied-forest-rights-himachal-pradesh-villagers-take-to-awareness-campaigns-58034 

2. “Himachal has dirty air too” Online Petition launched on World Environment Day. Appeal to Himachal Pollution Control Board to safeguard Himachal’s air, monitor all air pollution parameters. http://www.himdhara.org/2017/06/05/petition-himachal-has-dirty-air-too/ 

3. In the name of development hydro power projects are spelling doom in tribal districts of Himachal Pradesh. While local residents and green activists oppose these projects, the government plans to launch slew of projects across state to harness the vast untapped hydro power potential. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/shimla/hydro-projects-ruining-eco-balance-report/articleshow/59012773.cms

4. As ministers, leaders and corporates today went into overdrive on World Environment Day to plant saplings, environmentalists say these efforts are unlikely to generate the results required to fulfil India’s commitment to increasing forest cover by 2030. http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/planting-saplings-here-there-not-enough-to-raise-green-cover/418182.html

5. The demolition drive begun by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) at Dharampur to take possession of land for four-laning of the Parwanoo-Solan highway has left a large number of traders disappointed as they have failed to get any compensation. http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/demolition-drive-leaves-traders-disappointed/416142.html

6. Climate change is straining socio-economic life in Kinnaur affecting apple production, causing landslides and pushing metal pent roofs  https://www.thethirdpole.net/2017/05/29/of-dusty-snow-and-rotten-apples/

7. किन्नौर में बादल फटने से मची भारी तबाही, कई गाड़ियां और मवेशी लापता

http://himachal.punjabkesari.in/himachal-pradesh/news/kinnaur-with-cloud-bursting-destruction-many-cars-and-cattle-missing-625892

8.  उत्तराखण्ड के धार्मिक पर्यटन व अंधाधुंध मशीनी विकास पर एक नजर 

http://thewirehindi.com/9530/mrinal-pande-on-uttarakhand-religious-tourism/

9. Dams don't just have local environmental impacts. It's clear they play a key role in the global carbon cycle and therefore the Earth's climate. Water reservoirs created by damming rivers could have significant impacts on the world's carbon cycle and climate system that aren't being accounted for, a new study concludes.
https://phys.org/news/2017-05-major-driver-global-environmental.html

10. Insightful reporting by Rajeshwari Sinha of Down to Earth on how BBN region in Himachal remains prone to antibiotic pollution due to pharma units.The waste contains active ingredients used in antibiotics and may be contributing to the spread of antimicrobial resistance. It is time to treat pharma waste more rigorously. http://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/bitter-medicine-57879

11. When godmen rule the world... they are no less then big corporates...
https://himachalwatcher.com/2017/05/17/ramlok-temple-case-another-shocker-as-unregistered-wireless-set-found-in-suspicious-godmans-personal-car/