Category Archives: Socio Economic Development

Uttarakhand looks at pine needles for clean development

Posted on December 22, 2009 by eUttaranchal

22 Dec 2009 As climate change and its effects begin to dawn upon the world, clean development technologies has started finding more takers, and the small hill state of Uttarakhand is one of them. With lakhs of hectares carpeted with … Continue reading →

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Training institutes for entrepreneurs in Uttarakhand

Posted on June 20, 2009 by eUttaranchal

20 Jun 2009 Leading banks along with the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) and the Uttarakhand government are setting up training institutes in all the 13 districts of the state to enhance entrepreneur skills and employment opportunities … Continue reading →

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400 babies delivered in moving Ambulances – 108 Service

Posted on June 18, 2009 by eUttaranchal

As I thought of organizing my grand daughter�s naming ceremony, my heart wanted to reach out to all those who facilitated her safe birth, in a moving ambulance,� says Shree Chand form Rudraprayag. As his 3 month old grand daughter … Continue reading →

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उत्तरकाशी का अभिशाप बना हाइडल प्रोजेक्ट

Posted on May 22, 2009 by eUttaranchal

उत्तरकाशी जिले के ठिकोली गांव पर एक समय प्रकृति की भरपूर कृपा थी। कल-कल बहती भगीरथी (गंगा को देवप्रयाग से पहले भगीरथी कहते हैं) नदी, जरूरत भर अनाज पैदा करने वाले सुंदर सीढ़ीदार खेत, पशुओं के लिए चारागाह व प्राकृतिक … Continue reading →

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Folk voices of Uttarakhand may fall silent

Posted on March 30, 2009 by eUttaranchal

At a time when Indian art is a highly marketed commodity in the global market, our traditional folk artistes possessing in their repertory several legendary and historical ballads are facing an uphill task. They are trying to make themselves relevant in the changed times. In Uttarakhand only a handful of traditional singers are left. �There is none to take forward the tradition of the famous Jusia Damain of Pithoragarh and balladeer Giri Raj and singer Kabootri Devi. Continue reading →

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Captive Ganga

Posted on February 25, 2009 by eUttaranchal

The Bhagirathi is made to run through a tunnel in Uttarkashi, evoking strong protests from environmentalists. The 100-odd-kilometre stretch between Gaumukh, near the Gangotri glacier from where the Bhagirathi originates, and Uttarkashi used to present all the different moods of the Ganga, that is, until the run-of-river (ROR) Maneri Bhali Phase I hydroelectric project, with an installed capacity of 90 megawatt (MW), was commissioned in 1984. The river was dammed at Maneri and the flow regime was diverted into an eight-km-long concrete-lined tunnel to feed the hydraulic turbines of the power house located at Tiloth in Uttarkashi. Continue reading →

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