Uttarakhand High Court Order to Remove Buildings from Riverbeds Rattles Uttarakhand Govt – Anupam Trivedi

The Uttarakhand high court’s July 4 order to cancel land allotments along riverbeds within a week and remove erected structures in 60 days has rattled the state government, especially with the assembly also being located on the banks of the Rispana river. High tension power transmission structure on Bindal river Following the June flood disaster, … Read more

Uttarakhand: Paradise Lost as Hotels, Taxis Run by Locals Badly Affected,….. by Anupam Trivedi

The rains and cloudbursts of June 16 caused unimaginable damage to the northern hill-state. People died in thousands, entire villages were swept away and even the shrines could not escape devastation. The calamity also crushed the backbone of the state’s economy — tourism — leaving thousands of locals like Tiwari, who are dependent on this … Read more