Monthly Archives: July 2007

Uttarakhand devises a unique way to em‘power’ women

30 Jul 2007 While private entrepreneurs get a piece of the action in last-mile power reforms of Uttar Pradesh, women in India’s hilly inaccessible terrain can now stake their claim to turning entrepreneurs as well. In yet another public private … Continue reading

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SC to inspect road through Corbett

31 Jul 2007 After celebrating one of the highest recorded tiger densities in India this year, the high-profile Corbett Tiger Reserve is back in the news for all the wrong reasons. The Uttarakhand government has built a cement road through … Continue reading

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High-rise building a threat for people in seismic-prone Dehradun

Dehradun, 29 Jul 2007 With an increasing number of locals in Uttarakhand vying each other for high-rise buildings, the lives of several people in Dehradun, are under threat as the region lies in the earthquake prone zone. Officials with the … Continue reading

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India honours saviour of Valley of Flowers

23 Jul 2007 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 … Continue reading

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NHAI finds no takers for tender calls

22 Jul 2007 While the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) announces several successive projects to connect state capitals with the Golden Quadrilateral, many of its showcase projects are caught in a delay. The reason — tenders floated are not … Continue reading

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Uttarakhand shifts focus to small power projects

Dehradun, 05 Jul 07 After sanctioning mega projects as big as the 2,400 MW Tehri hydel project, the Uttarakhand government is now trying to focus on small power plants. These projects would be of .5 to 5 MW of capacity. … Continue reading

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