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

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&…

Veteran environmentalist Sundarlal Bahuguna dies of COVID

Sundarlal Bahuguna, the eminent Gandhian environmentalist and leader of the Chipko and Tehri dam movements, leaves behind a legacy that will be …

New Joshimath: Activist demands town on the lines of ‘New Tehri’. But where will it come up?

Land subsidence is a ‘silent disaster’ that has taken hold of the Uttarakhand Himalayas; around 500 villages in the state are already …

Damned chicanery

Tehri tirade

Trouble in Tehri

A sudden eviction notice to the people of Tehri town, warning of an imminent flooding, has incensed the public

Project flayed

Tehri project criticised for lapses in rehabilitation and flouting of environmental norms

REPLY SOUGHT

Floods and the Politics

Shalini Dhyani travels to Chinyalisaur to find out how heavy rains coupled with rise in water of Tehri dam has devastated the area.

GOVERNMENT CLARIFIES

Die hard

Widespread protests near Tehri

Residents are angry after increase in the dam’s water level led to landslides and subsequent house collapse

Simply Put: Movable assets

Tehri report delayed

Shaky revelations

Cracked open

Gauging the Ganga

Tehri: hanging over troubled waters

What will happen now to the Tehri dam? Even as engineers and environmentalists await the Prime Minister's verdict on the project, the proposed …

Himalayan plunder: Nature-friendly & participatory initiatives are the only hope for recovery, says Madhav Gadgil

Projects such as the giant Tehri dam also play a role in exacerbating effects of disasters, as seen during the 2021 Chamoli flash floods

Supreme Court says no to increasing Tehri reservoir level

Negates its earlier order that gave temporary permission to do so

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 …

Dam dilemma

Damned Projects

State operations surrounding three hydel schemes are causing controversy. In the Uttaranchal hills, there are allegations of repression. In …

Sunderlal Bahuguna: The oxygen for the global green fraternity

Anecdotes from the environmental activist's visit to Kolkata a decade back