Hundreds of locals along with indigenous political-social workers of Uttarakhand gathered in the Helang (Chamoli) recently to protest against the detaining of local women by the security officials and condemned their mistreatment by the local administration. The local women were reportedly collecting fodder for their cattle and on their way back home when they were detained by the police officials and CISF security personnel with the orders of local administration. The detained locals said that the police officials favor the interests of the officials from Tehri Hydroelectric Development Corporation (THDC) who according to locals “continue to occupy their grazing lands…
Author: Anoop Aswal
The burning issue of ‘Bhu Kanoon’ (Land rights legislation) in Uttarakhand has taken the social media by storm. Every political party in the State is trying to gain political mileage out of this issue. All this comes against the backdrop of upcoming elections, and for now discourse around the same is overshadowed by this particular issue. The Voices explains the evolution of the roots of the crisis. HISTORY OF RESISTANCE AND SOCIAL PROTESTS The historical patterns of protests in the hill State speaks for the origin of current crisis. During the company and direct British colonial rule, Uttarakhand was categorized as…