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‘General Staff Road’ to boost Uttarakhand tourism
3 weeks, 3 days ago

‘General Staff Road’ to boost Uttarakhand tourism

New Indian Express  

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand is set to receive a major infrastructure boost with the construction of the ‘General Staff Road’, which connects Gwaldam to Tapovan in the strategically important border district of Chamoli. The new road will also revitalise the historic Lord Curzon Trail, a trekking route developed by the British in the 1900s. Speaking to this newspaper, Uttarakhand tourism and public …

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Himachal BJP MLAs demand fulfilment of promises made to horticulturists
1 year ago

Himachal BJP MLAs demand fulfilment of promises made to horticulturists

Hindustan Times  

Led by Leader of the Opposition Jai Ram Thakur, the BJP MLAs raised slogans at the Assembly campus at Tapovan in Dharamshala before the session started on the fifth consecutive day. On Tuesday, the BJP MLAs protested by wearing white aprons with "unfulfilled" Congress guarantees printed on it and raised anti-government slogans. The BJP MLAs turned into "milkmen" and protested …

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Himachal assembly: Reckong Peo electrocution death issue echoes in House
1 year ago

Himachal assembly: Reckong Peo electrocution death issue echoes in House

Hindustan Times  

The issue of Reckong Peo electrocution death in Kinnaur echoed in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly on Wednesday. Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu addresses the Winter Session of the State Legislative Assembly, at Vidhansabha in Tapovan in Dharamshala on Wednesday. Responding to the discussion on the matter raised by Randhir Sharma, chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said the government …

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Drunk man rides bull at night in Rishikesh, apologises after police nabs him
1 year, 7 months ago

Drunk man rides bull at night in Rishikesh, apologises after police nabs him

Hindustan Times  

A video recently went viral on social media where a drunk man can be seen riding a bull at full speed at night. The image, taken from the viral video, shows a man riding a bull at night in Rishikesh. “Taking cognizance of the video that circulated on social media showing a drunk youth riding a bull in Tapovan Rishikesh …

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Joshimath still to see enough long-term measures to address land subsidence: Experts
1 year, 8 months ago

Joshimath still to see enough long-term measures to address land subsidence: Experts

Deccan Chronicle  

Dehradun, Apr 23 Nearly four months since Joshimath made headlines as the "sinking town", the gateway to Himalayan pilgrimage sites is yet to see enough curative steps that address the land subsidence issue, environmental experts have said. Atul Sati, the convenor of the Joshimath Bachao Sangharsh Samiti, told PTI, "Cracks are still appearing here and there." Forty-eight affected families received …

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Villagers Protest Against Hydel Project in Ukhand’s Pithoragarh, Fear Joshimath-like Crisis
1 year, 10 months ago

Villagers Protest Against Hydel Project in Ukhand’s Pithoragarh, Fear Joshimath-like Crisis

News 18  

Residents of 14 villages of Darma valley here have risen in protest against a proposed 165 MW hydro-electricity project in the area fearing that its construction will push them into the throes of a Joshimath-like crisis. “If it gets constructed, at least five villages including Tidang, Dhakar, Goo, Philam and Bon will have to be shifted as they will develop …

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Tapovan Vishnugad hydropower plant: NTPC project at the heart of Joshimath crisis
1 year, 10 months ago

Tapovan Vishnugad hydropower plant: NTPC project at the heart of Joshimath crisis

The Hindu  

Published : Jan 26, 2023 10:45 IST Tapovan Vishnugad, the 520 MW hydropower project undertaken by NTPC, has been controversial at least since 2009, as it is again now in January 2023. In 2009, when the Tapovan Vishnugad Hydropower project’s tunnel boring machine on Dhauliganga river punctured an aquifer near Selang, it led to a daily discharge of millions of …

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GROUND REPORT | Joshimath crisis: A story of criminal neglect
1 year, 10 months ago

GROUND REPORT | Joshimath crisis: A story of criminal neglect

The Hindu  

Published : Jan 26, 2023 10:45 IST By the end of 2022, there had already been several reports of local protests about the “gradual sinking” of Joshimath, a small Himalayan mountain town in the northern State of Uttarakhand. But it was only on January 5, several days after cracks began to appear in hundreds of houses and the matter became …

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Centre refutes theory linking Joshimath subsidence with NTPC tunnelling in draft letter
1 year, 11 months ago

Centre refutes theory linking Joshimath subsidence with NTPC tunnelling in draft letter

Hindustan Times  

The Centre has dismissed allegations by environmentalists and geologists that tunnelling associated with the National Thermal Power Corporation’s 520 MW Tapovan Vishnugad hydropower project in Uttarakhand’s Joshimath town may have triggered land subsidence in the region. In a letter drafted to be sent to the Uttarakhand government, the Union power ministry said the NTPC tunnel does not pass under the …

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Explained: How PSInSAR satellite technique helped detect Joshimath sinking
1 year, 11 months ago

Explained: How PSInSAR satellite technique helped detect Joshimath sinking

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: The PSInSAR satellite technique used to observe the gradual sinking of Uttarakhand's Joshimath town is a powerful remote sensing tool capable of measuring and monitoring displacements in the Earth's surface over time. "Since persistent scatterers are not usually expected to move, therefore, any movement, even on a scale of millimetres, arising from crustal deformations or seismic activity or …

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Joshimath Sinking: NTPC says tunnel one km away from town, 1.1 km below ground
1 year, 11 months ago

Joshimath Sinking: NTPC says tunnel one km away from town, 1.1 km below ground

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: A 12-kilometer long tunnel connected to the Tapovan Vishnugad hydroelectric project is 1 kilometers away from Joshimath town and at least a kilometer below the ground, state-owned NTPC has told the power ministry explaining its project has no role in the subsidence of the region. A head trace tunnel, which connects water intake at the dam site to …

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Joshimath Sinking: NTPC says tunnel one km away from town, 1.1 km below ground
1 year, 11 months ago

Joshimath Sinking: NTPC says tunnel one km away from town, 1.1 km below ground

India TV News  

Joshimath sinking: A 12-kilometer long tunnel connected to the Tapovan Vishnugad hydroelectric project is 1 kilometers away from Joshimath town and at least a kilometer below the ground, state-owned NTPC has told the power ministry explaining its project has no role in the subsidence of the region. A head trace tunnel, which connects water intake at the dam site to …

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Families affected by land subsidence in Joshimath being rehabilitated, Uttarakhand government tells Delhi High Court
1 year, 11 months ago

Families affected by land subsidence in Joshimath being rehabilitated, Uttarakhand government tells Delhi High Court

The Hindu  

The Uttarakhand government informed the Delhi High Court on Thursday that the State authorities were in the process of rehabilitating families affected due to land subsidence in Joshimath. Uttarakhand made the submission before a Bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad that was hearing a plea seeking a direction to the Centre to constitute a committee …

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Reckless spree: The Hindu Editorial on Joshimath sinking
1 year, 11 months ago

Reckless spree: The Hindu Editorial on Joshimath sinking

The Hindu  

The land subsidence in Joshimath has become emblematic of a geological disaster that has in fact manifested across India, in the neighbourhood of several large resource-extraction projects. Last year, land in Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, began to sag shortly after a hydroelectric power project began test runs, calling into question the effects of the Tapovan Vishnugad facility near Joshimath in Uttarakhand. …

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Explained | Why is the land sinking in Joshimath?
1 year, 11 months ago

Explained | Why is the land sinking in Joshimath?

The Hindu  

In October 2021, cracks first appeared in a few houses in Uttarakhand’s Joshimath town. Geological setting Joshimath’s geological setting, together with the unplanned and rampant construction in and around the town, have resulted in land subsidence. Geologist Navin Juyal, who conducted research on land subsidence in the town in 2022, said that because of the MCT, the area around Joshimath …

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Morning Digest | Joshimath residents blame NTPC’s Tapovan-Vishnugad power project for damage, pro-Bolsonaro rioters storm Brazil’s top government offices, and more
1 year, 11 months ago

Morning Digest | Joshimath residents blame NTPC’s Tapovan-Vishnugad power project for damage, pro-Bolsonaro rioters storm Brazil’s top government offices, and more

The Hindu  

Joshimath residents demand proactive resettlement steps by government Residents of Joshimath, the Himalayan pilgrim town that appears to be sinking, are blaming major power and road infrastructure projects for their plight and are demanding that the government resettle and give new homes for all those who have lost their properties in the town where they had invested their life savings. …

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Joshimath: Over 603 buildings develop cracks, 68 families relocated
1 year, 11 months ago

Joshimath: Over 603 buildings develop cracks, 68 families relocated

Live Mint  

An entire town of around 20,000 population is on the verge of collapse as the houses in Uttrakhand's Joshimath develop yawning cracks. According to experts, National Thermal Power Corporation's Tapovan Vishnugad Hydro Power Project has remained the prime cause behind the current situation of Joshimath. Prof. Y P Sundriyal, Head of Department, Geology, HNB Garhwal University, said: "The government has …

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Plea filed in Delhi High Court seeks panel to look into sinking of Joshimath
1 year, 11 months ago

Plea filed in Delhi High Court seeks panel to look into sinking of Joshimath

The Hindu  

A petition filed before the Delhi High Court has sought a direction to the Centre to constitute a committee headed by a retired judge to look into the sinking of Joshimath in Uttarakhand and to rehabilitate the affected families. The petition, filed by advocate Rohit Dandriyal, said that cracks have developed in at least 570 houses due to continued land …

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Heliports in All Districts Will Boost Tourism, Says Himachal CM Sukhu
1 year, 11 months ago

Heliports in All Districts Will Boost Tourism, Says Himachal CM Sukhu

News 18  

Heliports in all districts will boost tourism in the state, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said upon his arrival here on Tuesday. Sukhu, who will attend an Abhar rally near Tapovan here, said efforts would be made to ensure that all district headquarters had a heliport within a year. He said clearances had been given for social impact assessments to …

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‘Didn’t give veto power’: Delhi stings Beijing on protest over India-US exercise
2 years ago

‘Didn’t give veto power’: Delhi stings Beijing on protest over India-US exercise

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: India on Thursday rejected China’s opposition to an India-US joint military exercise being held near the Line of Actual Control and said New Delhi does not give a veto to any third country on such matters. China’s foreign ministry on Wednesday opposed the holding of the latest edition of the India-US exercise “Yudh Abhyas” at Auli in Uttarakhand, …

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India-US military drills near LAC violate spirit of Sino-Indo agreements: China
2 years ago

India-US military drills near LAC violate spirit of Sino-Indo agreements: China

Hindustan Times  

China on Wednesday said it was opposed to the joint Indo-US military exercises being held near the Line of Actual Control, asserting that it violates the spirit of the two border agreements signed between New Delhi and Beijing. Indian and US Army personnel exchange greetings during a humanitarian and disaster relief exercise amid the Indo-US joint exercise 'Yudh Abhyas', in …

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India-US troops take part in annual bilateral exercise 'Yudh Abhyas' in Uttarakhand| Pics
2 years ago

India-US troops take part in annual bilateral exercise 'Yudh Abhyas' in Uttarakhand| Pics

Hindustan Times  

India-US troops take part in annual bilateral exercise 'Yudh Abhyas' in Uttarakhand| Pics India and United States took part in 'Yudh Abhyas' - an annual bilateral exercise between the militaries - that is spread over two weeks in Uttarakhand's Auli starting November 19. The exercise also reflects strengthening of India-US defense ties and deepening of military cooperation at a time …

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Trains affected by mega 27-hr block from Saturday night till early hours of Monday in Mumbai. Check full list
2 years, 1 month ago

Trains affected by mega 27-hr block from Saturday night till early hours of Monday in Mumbai. Check full list

Hindustan Times  

Several trains are set to be affected by the 27-hour mega block - from 11 pm on Saturday till 2 am on Monday - en route Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus and Masjid Bunder station in south Mumbai due to the dismantling of British-era Carnac Bridge. Eight Express trains cancelled on Saturday: 1) 12128 Pune-Mumbai Intercity Express 2) 17618 Nanded-Mumbai Tapovan …

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No respite from inundation, residents fume at ‘inept’ GHMC
2 years, 2 months ago

No respite from inundation, residents fume at ‘inept’ GHMC

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The rainfall on Saturday night left residents of the south, east and west zones devastated as their belongings were damaged and there was knee-deep water in the neighborhood. Though the rain held off Sunday, areas like Nadeem Colony, Mehdipatnam, MS Makta, Midhunanagar, Srinivasa Colony, Lingogiguda, Sriramnagar and Tapovan Colony continued to be under knee-level water. Residents using water pumps, …

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