Tag: Akshay Jasrotia
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Bara Banghal: The road to hope
A remote village in Kangra district is finally seeing some light at the end of the tunnel.
December 3, 2018 -
Marginalised by fate and government alike!
Sources said around 100 shepherds are still stranded in the remote area with flocks of over 8,000 sheep, goats and horses, and are waiting for snow to harden on Thamsar Pass.
October 10, 2018 -
HP ‘Kulhs’ bear the brunt of small hydro projects
The traditional community managed gravity flow irrigation system in Himachal Pradesh villages, ‘kuhls’ are bearing the brunt of small hydro-electric projects (SHPs) on rivulets and streams. Referred as ‘environment-friendly’, the small hydro projects are damaging perennial water channels (‘kuhls’), flowing through villages for irrigation, owing to lack of monitoring on the ground and absence of …
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May 7, 2018 -
HP activists point out flaws in draft national forest policy
Forest rights activists in Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday said the Draft National Forest Policy, 2018 brought out by Ministry of Forests, Environment and Climate Change lacks perspective. “The draft policy is flawed and it fails to recognise the spirit of Forest Rights Act, 2006, which sought to address historical injustice inflicted on tribals and other …
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April 17, 2018 -
Thieves ‘take away’ goats, sheep in HP!
Shepherds in Himachal Pradesh are increasingly facing the heat of changing times. The greener pastures are shrinking, water sources depleting and they are losing on their customary rights on grazing lands. However, what troubles them the most for some years lately is the theft of their sheep and goat allegedly by gangs in the hill …
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March 30, 2018