Locals in Kinnaur are protesting approvals given to new projects, which they fear will destroy the chilgoza pine, an important cash crop in the region.
India’s growing energy requirements have made Kinnaur a major hub of hydro projects in Himachal Pradesh, particularly over the past two to three decades. As a result, there has been a large-scale diversion of forest land and cutting of trees, including chilgoza pine trees, for the construction of dams. Chilgoza pine (Pinus gerardiana), called champions […]
And every time a disaster unfolds, the burden of establishing its ‘scientific’ relationship with project construction is thrust on the local community.
Why People in Himachal and Uttarakhand Need to Know More on the Farm Laws and Protests
Measures like MSPs are key to the survival of the mountain populace at present. However, mainstream media and remoteness has made it impossible for people in the hills to mobilise over this.
Climate crisis threatens apple production â anti hail nets in apple orchards at Shimla Photo: Anupam Chakravarty
Rights04/Feb/2021
Shimla: “When someone is in pain,” Harpreet Singh panted as he was whisked away by the Shimla police just a week before the famers’ parade on Republic day, “they go to their own people for support.”