Tehri tirade

Pickled power

Hill women, long deprived of any economic rights, have found their independent, confident voice in activities spurred by a welfare group

Firefighting in forests

Karela's sweet cousin, a delicacy in the hills

The little-known vegetable grows abundantly in Uttarakhand and people either eat the baby karela raw or cook it as a vegetable

MONEYMAKERS

Simply Put: Movable assets

Is apple really good for the Himalayas?

Apple is the major crop in hills, but its role as a water guzzler or spread of orchards at the cost of nature is rarely discussed

Shaky revelations

A herb from Garhwal

Locals may not pay much attention to Bhilmoda because of its abundance, but the herb has many traditional medicinal properties

Controversy follows Russian offer

A Russian-Uzbek offer to finance the Tehri dam has sparked fresh debate over the building of the massive structure in what many contend is an …

The earth may shake, but life goes on

The fragile ecology of the Garhwal Himalaya witnessed another season of cloudbursts, landslides and flash floods -- made worse by the 1991 …

Foster farmer: This man is playing his part in stopping distress migration from rural Uttarakhand

Sudhir Kumar Sundriyal helps people in Pauri district earn livelihoods in villages so that they do not have to migrate to big cities 

Climate change is real: Uttarakhand rains break all-time records

10 of Uttarakhand’s 13 districts record between 100 and 500 millimetres of rain, even as 28 die across state in 3 days  

Sunderlal Bahuguna, the green leader of India, will be etched in our memory

Gandhian Bahuguna predicted future generation would realise the adverse impact of Tehri dam; now we realise what he meant

Tourism industry hit as Uttarakhand HC ends night stays in meadows

Tour operators in the state plan to re-appeal against the court order

Saving traditional water harvesting systems in Uttarakhand

If India’s hilly areas such as Uttarakhand have to be protected from any major water crisis, it is very necessary to maintain and protect …

Crop species disappearing in Garhwal

A survey reveals a drastic fall in Garhwal Himalayan crop diversity. Compounding the seriousness of the situation is the lack of scientific …

The turmoil beneath

How landslides of the 1998 kind in Garhwal can be prevented

‘Ghost villages’ of Uttarakhand report mass migrations for the fear of leopard attacks 

One man-eater hunted last week; Villagers claim no help from forest department 

Uttarakhand’s plans to create 100,000 ‘ecopreneurs’ raises hope and questions

Some experts have questioned the approach as well as the ambitious target number of trainees, which equates to around one per cent of the state&…

The Chipko movement as it stands today

The idea behind the Chipko movement originated in early 1970s from Mandal, a village in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. Forty-three years later, …

COVID-19 spurs return of the natives to Uttarakhand ghost villages

Lockdown, loss of employment force migrants back

Remembering Chipko

Follow Up

Cloudbursts in Uttarakhand again, flooding too

Several homes and roads in a number of villages in Uttarkhand’s Chamoli, Tehri and Rudraprayag districts flooded due to cloudburst …