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Category Archives: Socio Economic Development
RITES appointed new consultant for Naini Saini Airport
RITES has been appointed as the new consultant for expansion and modernisation of Naini-Saini airport in the hilly Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand. RITES will now prepare a fresh DPR of the airport project which will be expanded for the landing … Continue reading
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Govt plans national awards for environment protectors
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) will institute national awards in the names of Amrita Devi and Gaura Devi, two women considered pioneers of India’s environmental conservation movement. Incidentally, the awards are being initiated in the UN-declared the International … Continue reading
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Kumaon women’s inhuman occupation
Khatima (Uttarakhand). India may have taken strides in developments, but even today, high in the mountains of Kumaon in Uttarakhand, women are employed to lift human excreta on their head. For years, Lakshmi has been doing this inhuman job. And … Continue reading
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Chipko Foundation wins green apple award
Uttarakhand-based Himalayan Chipko Foundation, working for protection of trees in the region, will get the International Green Apple Award at the House of Commons in London tomorrow, the NGO today said here. The award is being to the Foundation for … Continue reading
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Work stopped on Ganga dams
More than 100 hydroelectric projects planned by the Uttarakhand government are in jeopardy. The Union environment and forests ministry’s Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) has decided not to give forest clearance to any of the proposed projects until the National Ganga … Continue reading
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Uttarakhand facing dry spell
25 Dec 2009 Uttarakhand is experiencing another dry spell during this winter season with the last two months going almost dry. After the prolonged dry spell that badly hit the agriculture sector, the government has again sounded an alarm by … Continue reading