tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33016894430661919512011-12-13T18:00:53.799+05:30ani sikkim runcha.......weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.comBlogger3451100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-86288081490370022812011-10-26T13:32:00.001+05:302011-10-26T13:34:45.838+05:30Chungthang townweepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-73268245070321304792011-10-26T13:28:00.001+05:302011-10-26T13:32:07.430+05:30A damaged building in Chungthang town, which is near the dam site of Teesta IIIweepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-13464479161434549772011-10-26T13:23:00.001+05:302011-10-26T13:28:02.678+05:30Defaced hill opposite Teesta III dam site. The construction activities and use of explosives had kept them ready for the quake to give the final touch.weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-87692097827820796232011-10-26T13:22:00.001+05:302011-10-26T13:23:54.574+05:30Dam Site Teesta Stage III, 1200 MWweepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-60126004941241896672011-10-26T13:18:00.000+05:302011-10-26T13:22:05.600+05:30Adit II complexweepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-39385991679351756512011-10-26T13:15:00.001+05:302011-10-26T13:18:39.449+05:30Between Adit III & IIweepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-38791473196452023662011-10-26T13:09:00.001+05:302011-10-26T13:14:20.186+05:30Adit IV areaweepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-84458440142104345612011-10-26T13:03:00.002+05:302011-10-26T13:38:12.892+05:30The construction activities and the dynamites had kept it all ready for the earth quake to give the final shake downThe Adit V and surge shaft area of Teesta III, 1200 MW HEP after the 18th September earthquakeweepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-21798589420623702302011-03-17T14:00:00.003+05:302011-03-17T14:15:39.069+05:30<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-77536516757431234442011-01-21T08:31:00.002+05:302011-01-21T08:36:55.094+05:30 Do we need that bridge? A part of river Teesta downstream of the Teesta Stage V 510 MW hydro project damweepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-66123096150857165862010-11-10T18:05:00.001+05:302010-11-10T18:09:28.496+05:30Temacapulin we are with you ACT members in solidarity with Temacapulinweepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-82286816924775580132010-11-02T18:07:00.005+05:302010-11-02T18:33:08.359+05:30ACT participates in the 3rd International Rivers Meet in Mexico South Asian Delegates With Maria Guadalupe Lara Lara who fought the Arciediano dam successfullyInternational dam affected communities, civil organizations and activists met at the 3rd International Rivers Meet at Temacapulin, Guadalajara-Mexico from the 1st to 7th October 2010 under the umbrella organization the weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-65160489006885639852010-06-20T16:34:00.007+05:302010-06-20T16:58:28.051+05:30ACT commemorates its Satyagraha on 20th June 2010 by offering ceremonial scarfs/'khadas' on the Mahatma Gandhi bust on the main mall of Gangtok and by planting saplings nearby Gangtok.weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-37775495748479482342010-04-12T14:05:00.002+05:302010-04-12T14:08:38.493+05:30CAG REPORT 2010 ON THE HYDEL PROJECTS IN SIKKIM - Part 1<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-16048110401985714352010-04-12T14:02:00.000+05:302010-04-12T14:05:24.241+05:30CAG REPORT 2010 ON THE HYDEL PROJECTS IN SIKKIM - Part 2While hundreds of crores of rupees in potential hydel power revenue washed down the rivers here due to an amateurish hydel policy on the part of the State government, the rich aquatic life in the Hilly State has also been hit hard by failure on the part of government and power developers.In the report, the CAG highlighted the necessity to make adequate provisions in the environment plans for weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-37900827000696857192010-04-12T13:50:00.003+05:302010-04-12T14:02:40.710+05:30CAG REPORTS 2010 - undue favoritism to Gati Infrastructure
<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-50640600722954133772010-04-12T13:47:00.002+05:302010-04-12T13:50:01.191+05:30HYDRO POWER PROJECTS WERE AWARDED AT THROWAWAY CHARGES : CAGHYDRO POWER PROJECTS WERE AWARDED AT THROWAWAY CHARGES : CAG‘Astronomical loss in potential revenue due to absence of defined hydel policy’The white paper tabled in the Assembly in July last year had indicated that the State Government itself of taking a ‘piecemeal approach’ while unleashing ‘bolt from the blue’ to the clueless Sikkimese people on the hydel thrust, the CAG has translated this ‘weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-71723832251092477572010-03-10T12:46:00.005+05:302010-04-12T13:41:20.252+05:30In spite of strict specific clearance condition from the MOEF that no labour or staff colony should be set up in the Dzongu Lepcha reserve, Himagiri Hydro Energy Private Limited has bought land for setting up colony in Lingzya (dam site of Panan 280 MW HEP)Dzongu, in blatant violation of the environment clearance condition.weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-45955677708423978082010-01-18T16:09:00.004+05:302010-01-18T16:16:08.000+05:30Letter from ACT toExpert Appraisal Committee on River Valley & Hydro Projects,MoEF<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-82355800721508184882010-01-18T16:04:00.005+05:302010-04-12T13:45:56.374+05:30Letter from ACT to Minister of MOEF<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-42727480252486397402010-01-12T15:00:00.002+05:302010-01-12T15:20:49.747+05:30Sikkim to announce policy for Hydel Power ProjectsState Wise identified small hydel sites upto 25 MWGiven the state's huge potential for hydro power generation, Sikkim will announce a a dedicated framefork to attract private investments by March this year. The Hydro Power Policy would largely cover micro projects with a generation capacity upto 20 MW. "We are going to annouce the "Hydro Power Policy" for development of projects with capacity weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-66753573401000441892010-01-12T14:10:00.008+05:302010-01-12T15:21:46.562+05:30A Rs. 2.16 crs ghost called Purey khola micro hydel projectAt a time when the State exchequer is bleeding to the tune of Rs. 38.45 crores as interest against a bond of Rs. 50.10 crores for a mega power project which is yet to see daylight, records of how dreams of expecting villagers have been dashed in remote Sokpey by the scrapping of a Rs. 2.16 crores micro hydel project have come up. The State energy & power department in an RTI admission has statedweepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-15048841163064329212009-12-30T13:06:00.003+05:302009-12-30T13:12:58.325+05:30Primula BHandari seeks clarification on ATPL hydro power issue...Over the telephonic conversation with VoiceofSikkim, Mrs Bhandari has made it clear to put up some questions ahead for justification on SPDCL to Power Secretary Mr Wangchen. But unfortunately due to non availability of said sources for justification in the office, she has made it through some questions as follows, 1. The NIT published in the Economic times on 23.12.98 invited offers from parties weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-66254399666321648742009-12-26T13:31:00.003+05:302009-12-28T20:32:44.971+05:30Rs. 38.45 cr interest paid by Sikkim Power Development Corp against Rs. 50.10 cr bond - Tip of iceberg of misuse of public money: Primula BhandariAlthough Sikkim had opened its doors for private power developers to earn revenue for the State through around 22 hydel power projects, the State exchequer is also inadvertently bleeding in crores of rupees as some of the projects have landed in dubious elements. The hydel thrust of the State Government had always been weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-18409392590716769992009-12-17T20:58:00.002+05:302009-12-17T21:02:46.554+05:30Sikkim Glacier Commission gets smashed by TERI’s shocking report over glacier conditions of Sikkim Contrary to the claims of Sikkim Glacier Commission that there has been no significant decrease in glaciers in Sikkim due to global warming and climate change, an international media house has published a scalding news item asserting evidence that glaciers in Sikkim and other Himalayan regions are disappearing due to climate change.In the news item ‘Before your very ice: glacial evidence of weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-33147239668618907222009-11-13T13:15:00.003+05:302009-11-13T13:24:39.125+05:30Noted environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna flays Chamling Government on hydel projectsCriticising the Pawan Kumar Chamling government in Sikkim for tapping hydel potential for commercial benefits, noted environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna today alleged that construction of several hydel projects in Sikkim amounted to a "destructive act" against the ecology of the "greenest" state of the country. For years, Bahugana has fought for the preservation of forests in the Himalayas, firstweepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-89722809049769787192009-11-13T12:54:00.005+05:302009-11-13T13:13:19.988+05:30India arrogant to deny global warming link to melting glaciersThe Himalayas. The IPCC has warned that Himalayan glaciers are receding faster than in any other part of the world and could “disappear altogether by 2035 if not sooner”. Photograph: Frederic Soltan/© Frederic Soltan/CorbisA leading climate scientist today accused the Indian environment ministry of "arrogance" after the release of a government report claiming that there is no evidence climate weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-54773205525163536182009-11-13T12:43:00.002+05:302009-11-13T12:52:55.890+05:30Glacier mass degeneration lowest in Sikkim: MoEF Study report rejects global warming as cause for glacier meltdownZemu Glacier GANGTOK, November 10: While challenging the internationally accepted view that Himalayan glaciers are receding due to global warming, a discussion paper by Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has explicitly stated that one cannot correlate the impact of weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-8824133231822565842009-11-13T12:26:00.002+05:302009-11-13T12:43:02.084+05:30Power projects of Sikkim red flagged by CIMSE being taken up with highest levels by Power Ministry- Sikkim will be one of the wealthiest States:ShindeGANGTOK, November 8:Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has committed that the public sector hydro and thermal power projects would be converted into instruments of social development with the new policy of the Centre to allocate one percent of the total project cost for rehabilitation and development of the persons affected by the projects.“Earlier the States used to get only 12 percent weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-53159681554513388622009-10-14T21:24:00.006+05:302009-10-14T21:42:12.152+05:30Govt, ACT in dialogue mode finally Let us collectively search for solutions: CMGANGTOK, October 13: Ending 915 days of protest against proposed mega power projects in Dzongu, North Sikkim, the Affected Citizens of Teesta (ACT) today formally entered into a dialogue with State Government with both sides expressing hopes of early settlement of grievances and concerns attached with the projects. weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-37528602641503835372009-10-14T21:09:00.003+05:302009-10-14T21:21:49.259+05:30ACT calls off hunger strike, Govt offers table talkGangtok, October 01:The Affected Citizens of Teesta (ACT) had called off the relay hunger strike on September 27 following an official letter from the Chief Secretary with offers of table talk among others, thus bringing an end to 915 days of ‘historic’ protest in the Himalayan State. The letter dated September 19 had requested ACT to withdraw the relay hunger strike which had been going sinc e weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-86174552284301048542009-08-18T13:27:00.001+05:302009-08-18T13:31:47.610+05:30ACT alleges Teesta Urja, IRB of subjugating the voices of Sikkimese people The Affected Citizens of Teesta (ACT) issued a press statement today condemning the ‘arbitrary arrest of innocent Primitive Lepchas’ of Dzongu by ‘Indian Reserve Battalion/Sikkim Police’ allegedly on the behest of Teesta Urja Pvt Ltd at Raman, Upper Dzongu.“A fact finding team of the grievance cell of ACT after interacting with the victims have found out that contrary to the media report that weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-14035392179365812082009-08-11T13:55:00.010+05:302009-10-17T22:24:08.847+05:30POLICY CONTRADICTION ................................
Below is an extract of the budget speech <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-29438602282082624242009-08-11T13:31:00.011+05:302009-08-11T13:56:12.119+05:30Sikkim sends SOS to Shinde to remove CISME redflag on six hydel projects of North Sikkim (Union Power Minister, Mr Shushil Kumar Shinde) The State Government has sought the intervention of Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde regarding the six hydel power projects proposed in North Sikkim that has been weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-21292085023159888062009-08-08T15:04:00.003+05:302009-08-08T15:10:16.101+05:30Poor track record of Athena at Teesta III project in SikkimAthena Power Company that has been given the right to develop the massive 1750 MW Demwe Lower project in Arunachal Pradesh has a poor track record going by the records. The same company which is one of the debutants in power sector is developing the 1200 MW Teesta III hydropower project in Sikkim. Teesta III Hydropower project: This 1200 MW project is being executed in Sikkim by M/s Teesta Urja weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-16260283583948521572009-08-07T23:01:00.000+05:302009-08-07T23:02:04.534+05:30Promises of huge revenue and prosperity from hydel project has dazzled the public, says ACT Basing on the White Paper on hydel projects, the Affected Citizens of Teesta has weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-9313652975921727252009-08-05T09:25:00.002+05:302009-08-05T09:29:46.747+05:30Acquisition process for Panang 289 MW hydel project is completely illegal, contends ACT (Lingzam, Dzongu - The Panan Hydel Project will be destroying this landscape ) ‘Lands acquired under Panang project & Teesta Stage III cannot be said to have acquired for public purpose’ The Affected Citizens of Teesta (ACT) has today said that theweepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-3314177033950202412009-08-03T15:18:00.003+05:302009-08-03T15:24:31.539+05:30Dzongu protests may not go well with primary parameters of national security: White PaperThe white paper tabled by the State Government on ‘development of hydropower resources of Sikkim’ has opined that the visible protest observed in Dzongu against the hydel power projects may not go well with the primary parameters of national security. “A section of Lepchas of Dzongu in North district (under ACT) have weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-11953884157499046242009-08-02T20:25:00.000+05:302009-08-02T20:27:54.751+05:30ACT'S protest a blatant example of institutional failure’“The StateGovernment has taken a piecemeal approach to address the concerns of the affected people” says White Paper on Development of Hydropower resources of Sikkim While blaming the communication gap that led to the entire issue of power projects come as ‘bolt from the blue’ to the clueless stakeholders, the white paper on ‘development of hydropower resources in Sikkim’ points out that the weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-3133442111005361102009-08-02T20:19:00.003+05:302009-08-02T20:24:55.730+05:308000 MW, ONLY WAY OUT SAYS GOVERNMENT.......<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-9392793966024207022009-07-22T15:07:00.008+05:302009-07-26T14:36:51.043+05:30DEEP ECOLOGY, DAMS, & DZONGULAND LEPCHAS PROTEST- Narratives about their Threatened Land ............Kerry Little is an Australian writer who is a PhD candidate in the School of Social Inquiry at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). Her work involves recording traditional and contemporary Lepcha stories and examining how modernity and globalization has impacted the Lepchas' connection to their traditions. She records Lepcha stories in the context of a major protest by Lepcha activists weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-85645824959565350502009-07-22T13:51:00.006+05:302009-07-26T14:33:46.511+05:30Anti-hydel body formed in West Sikkim ( Darap Village, West Sikkim)An anti-hydel forum has formed by the affected families of Darap and Salley in West Sikkim who have vowed not to let the establishment of Gammon India hydel power project at any costs. The anti-hydel body, ‘Rangit Affected Families’ draws its members from the project affected families in Darap and Salley weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-8898512280681892972009-07-21T20:37:00.003+05:302009-07-22T12:56:12.047+05:30ACT alleges State govt of bypassing laws during land acquisition process for power developersDemands an enquiry commission or will take up legal measuresGANGTOK, July 18: The Affected Citizens of Teesta (ACT) today alleged the State government of having ‘bypassed and neglected laws and procedures’ pertaining to land acquisition, ‘especially in the case of acquiring land for private companies who are developing hydro power projects’ in the State.The alleged ‘bypassed’ laws were Amending weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-27246118353179065652009-07-21T19:47:00.003+05:302009-07-22T12:54:43.340+05:30OFFICIALS CONFIRM MOEF ADVICE NOT TO TAKE UP HYDEL PROJECTS ABOVE CHUNGTHANGOfficials of the Power & Energy Department have confirmed that they have been advised by the Central government not to take up any more projects on the Teesta beyond Chungthang in accordance with the recommendations made in the Carrying Capacity Study report of the Teesta Basin.It may be recalled that the Afeected Citizens of Teesta had recently reminded the Ministry of Environment & Forests of weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-2522677552743857712009-07-21T19:24:00.005+05:302009-07-22T12:55:38.419+05:30ACT WRITES TO UNION ENVIRONMENT MINISTER SEEKING WITHDRAWL OF ENVIRONMENT SITE FOR HYDEL PROJECTS AROUND CHUNGTHANGAffected Citizens: actsikkim@yahoo.com to jairam@sansad.nic.inHon'ble Sir, With due respect the undersigned would to appeal to your honour to save the fragile mountain ecology and the endangered demography of the indegenous tribes of sikkim by consenting to one of our request (attachment), Since,we are living in small remote state with less population ,it is very difficult to get our popular weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-91563440026983968462009-07-21T19:10:00.004+05:302009-07-21T19:23:48.331+05:30Union Power Minister dedicates 510 MW Teesta Stage V hydro power plant to the nationGANGTOK, July 04:Union Power Minster Sushil Kumar Shinde today dedicated to the nation the 510 MW Teesta Stage V hydel power station commissioned by National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) during a formal ceremony at Balutar located in East Sikkim along the Teesta river, some 40 kms away from the State capital.Built at a cost of Rs. Rs 2619 crores and completed in a span of eight years, the weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-62222257252582695362009-07-21T19:03:00.000+05:302009-07-21T19:10:24.647+05:30PROJECT PROMOTER’S RESIGNATION FROM MEF COMMITTEEPROJECT PROMOTER’S RESIGNATION FROM MEF COMMITTEE WELCOMEENVIRONMENT MINISTER’S PROMPT ACTION SETS THE TREND:REVIEW CRUCIAL DECISIONS OF ABRAHAM COMMITTEE We welcome the resignation of Mr. P. Abraham from the chairmanship of the MEF Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) on River Valley and Hydropower projects which was announced in a press conference by the Union Minister of State for Environment & weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-88281057218345472832009-06-21T12:12:00.012+05:302009-06-21T12:52:24.144+05:30ACT COMMEMORATES 2 YEARS OF SATYAGRAHA ....Vows to fight on in its struggle against hydel projects in Sikkim The indefinite hunger strikes that were a part of Satyagraha started by the Affected citizens of Teesta, Sangha of Dzongu and the Concerned Lepchas of Sikkim, to protest against the implementation of numerous destructive mega Hydro electric project in north Sikkim and Dzongu in particular completes its two years on 20th June, 2009.It was on 20th June, 2009weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-13799658810394253782009-06-21T12:02:00.002+05:302009-06-21T12:07:59.644+05:30ACT Writes to Union Environment MinisterThe Affected Citizens of Teesta along with major National Level Environment and Social organizations have in a letter to Shri Jairam Ramesh, Hon’ble Minister of State(independent Charge) for Environment, GOI requested that Shri P. Abhraham be removed from the post the Chairman of the Expert Appraisal Committee on river Valley and Hydro Projects. This demand has been placed due to conflict of weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-8189913789549160592009-06-21T11:56:00.003+05:302009-06-21T12:12:35.119+05:30PROJECT PROMOTER IS CHAIRING ENVIRONMENT CLEARANCE COMMITTEEPress ReleasePROJECT PROMOTER IS CHAIRING ENVIRONMENT CLEARANCE COMMITTEE LETTER SENT TO ENVIRONMENT MINISTER: TEST FOR UPAS CLAIMS ON GOVERNANCE For over two years now, Mr. P Abhraham who is on the Board of several hydropower and dam companies has been chairing the Ministry of Environment and Forests’ Expert Appraisal Committee on River Valley and Hydropower projects. The committee, set weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-63134365804127207312009-06-08T21:59:00.008+05:302009-06-08T22:43:53.775+05:30CENTRAL EMPOWERED COMMITTEE NOTICE TO ACTCEC WANTS TO KNOW WHY ACT PETITION AGAINST PANAN SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSEDThe Affected Citizens of Teesta appear to have received a setback in their petition filed with the Central empowered Committee against the Panan hydel project coming up in Dzongu.Sources now inform that the Central Empowered Committee, where the petition had come up for hearing on 20th May, has in turn issued a show-cause weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-20910081273347433232009-05-30T09:09:00.013+05:302009-05-30T13:31:19.044+05:30AFTERMATH OF CYCLONE AILA................. The Above Pictures are of Rangpo RiverTeesta Stage VHeavy monsoon rain has inundated the Teesta Stage V hydel project dam in Sikkim with more silt than what the National Hydro-electric Power Corporation (NHPC) was prepared for, leading to suspension of power generation, officials said Thursday.Heavy weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-85133829242689483892009-05-19T10:26:00.003+05:302009-05-19T10:35:22.548+05:30CAG AUDITORS STUDY SIKKIM’S HYDEL PLANS AND PROCESS
<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-16657165763526045772009-05-07T15:37:00.003+05:302009-05-07T15:44:24.850+05:30Ecowarrior Chokiela Topden - Obituary written by Vibha Arora and published in Down to Earth magazineweepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-50996709039019763002009-04-24T13:33:00.003+05:302009-05-07T15:30:15.406+05:30Teesta IV, last nail in the river’s coffin?An expert committee of the Central Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) is currently on a visit to Sikkim. The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) on River Valley & Hydroelectric projects evaluates applications for environmental clearance of dams in the country and is here related to two hydroelectric projects in Sikkim – 520 MW Teesta IV and 66 MW Rangit II. On April 20, it conducted a field weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-85322370804226480032009-04-18T21:24:00.015+05:302009-04-18T22:05:26.530+05:30DAM BURST AT CHUJACHEN HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER PROJECT IN EAST SIKKIMFlashflood inside tunnel and partial dam burst at Gati Infrastructure’s 99 MW Chujachen hydro project claims ten labourers
<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-12446978429717565912009-04-18T14:20:00.002+05:302009-04-18T14:44:16.333+05:30CONDOLENCE MESSAGE<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-65614926827217928452009-04-03T15:32:00.001+05:302009-04-03T15:35:32.123+05:30ACT reiterates its ‘apolitical’ stand We will not participate in any political activity: ACT<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-28940224033891481722009-03-11T19:29:00.010+05:302009-03-13T12:20:35.984+05:30BAIL GRANTED TO JAILED ACT ACTIVISTS............40 members of AFFECTED CITIZENS OF TEESTA,CONCERNED LEPCHAS OF SIKKIM AND SANGA OF DZONGU, arrested on 7th Feb 2009 were granted bail by the Hon’ble District.& Sessions Judge(E/N) on the 9th of March 2009 .The bail petition was filed by Ld counsels Ms Karma Yangchen, Ms Neeru Sharma and Ms Bandana Pradhan on the 28th of Feb2009 and the hearing was taken up on the 7th of March and the order passedweepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-5175177205935689592009-03-06T15:10:00.009+05:302009-03-11T19:44:21.827+05:30ACT Activists still in Rongyek Jail, ACT files bail petiton in Court, support gathers for ACTThree underage students had been arrested by North district police along with 40 other members of ACT in the recent incident of protesting at Rongyong dam site of the proposed 280 MW Panan hydel power project near Lingzya. The underage members had been forwarded to Juvenile Home while other members have been sent to judicial custody at Rongyek Jail.Affected Citizens of Teesta (ACT) later weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-71385811905711649722009-02-11T15:10:00.000+05:302009-02-11T15:11:44.039+05:30ACT members sent to 11 days of judicial custody ‘Harassment to the indigenous aborigines should stop’ACT members sent to 11 days of judicial custody‘Harassment to the indigenous aborigines should stop’GANGTOK, February 10: Forty one members of Affected Citizens were sent to judicial custody at Rongyek Jail today by Chief Judicial Magistrate (East and North) for a period of 11 days. Those sent to judicial custody includes ACT general secretary Dawa Lepcha, member Tenzing Lepcha, Sangha of Dzongu weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-20697551570705532682009-02-10T15:09:00.006+05:302009-02-10T15:44:49.156+05:30ACT Supporters runs amok at panan dam site on its 600th relay hunger strike day, arrested members threaten indefinite hunger strike in police lockup( Dzongu on boil, - ACT members run amok in Panan Dam site) ACT runs amok at Panan dam site on its 600th relay hunger strike dayGangtok, February 7: Frustrated local youths from Dzongu under the banner of Affected Citizens of Teesta (ACT) demolished a temporary shed and other assets of Panan hydel power project employees today at Rongyong in Dzongu, North Sikkim as the relay hunger strike of the weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-29597451811924714712009-02-03T18:35:00.003+05:302009-02-08T21:37:21.978+05:30The protest and campaign by ACT against hydel projects in Dzongu and Sikkim continues.The Prime Minister's special envoy on climate change Mr. Shayam Saran, on his recent visit to Sikkim, agreed that construction of hydel projects in the fragile Himalayan region could be one of the factor behind the melting glaciers and rise in the normal temperature in those regions.(Source-The Telegraph)weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-78019666522125938312009-01-12T13:30:00.002+05:302009-01-12T13:38:09.373+05:30Campaign continuesThe village campaign against the mega dams in Dzongu and North Sikkim continued with another meeting being organized in Dzongu. More such meetings will continue.weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-15304486611155230272009-01-09T17:05:00.003+05:302009-01-09T17:30:05.272+05:30Mountains of Concrete - Dam Building in the HimalayasMountains of Concrete: Dam Building in the Himalayas Report Launch this Week in Delhi, India.http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=KyFkUVTJFgs&eurl=http://www.internationalrivers.org/en/node/3608(check out the You tube Video released by international rivers network)(if buffering takes place, let it run its course and play again)There will always be abundant snow and glaciers on the highest mountains of weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-85902986454290279342008-12-24T15:48:00.007+05:302009-01-09T17:05:52.718+05:30ACT continues it run against North Sikkim power developers(The indefinite relay hunger strike reaches 554 days.....)GANGTOK, January 6: Affected Citizens of Teesta (ACT) who is still maintaining its protests over the mega power projects in North Sikkim recently held two meetings at Lingdong and Hee-Gyathang in Dzongu.An ACT release informs that the meetings were attended by large numbers of supporters of anti-dam movement in the area including youths weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-89709905213557643452008-11-16T21:24:00.003+05:302008-11-16T22:22:22.882+05:30ACT relay hunger strike completes 500 daysGANGTOK, November 2: After completing a marathon 500 days of relay hunger strike against the mega hydel power projects in North Sikkim, Affected Citizens of Teesta (ACT) who is spearheading the protests is soon expected to change their strategy of protests so that it gets more momentum.The upcoming policy shift in the protests was revealed by ACT general secretary Dawa T Lepcha on October 30 withweepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-86245693485018283442008-10-13T23:37:00.011+05:302008-10-18T23:51:43.854+05:30Gandhigiri in Sikkim- Vibha AroraThe indigenous Lepchas of Sikkim are using Gandhian methods of protest to prevent construction of hydel projects that will destroy their land and the environment. At a time when politics has been reduced to a numbers game, they know that their minority status is against them. But they are determined to continue the struggle. View Full Article (Vibha Arora (aurora@hss.iitd.ac.in) is with weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-3145366441905186512008-10-06T10:42:00.004+05:302008-10-13T23:27:57.615+05:30ACT DELGATION IN NEW DELHIA delegation of four members of Affected Citizens of Teesta were in New Delhi for eight days from the 18th-25th of September calling upon and apprising officials from various concerned Ministries, Commissions and independent experts. The delegation called uopon the Ministry of Environment and Forest,Forest Advisory Board, Central Electric Authority, Ministry of Power and Energy, Ministry of weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-58579635219103695912008-09-26T22:35:00.003+05:302008-09-26T22:45:24.317+05:30Storage- based hydel projects to run of the river..............photo source: http://www.ushwaia.in/frontpage.htmlThe Union power ministry is planning to give priority to storage-based hydel power projects that involve building of dams instead of run-of-the-river projects, which harness the flow of the water to produce power, for faster capacity addition to meet the growing energy needs of India."Storage hydro projects are the way forward to achieve weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-70517218674366443222008-09-22T09:17:00.000+05:302008-09-22T09:18:47.610+05:30SIKKIM UNIQUE IN FORM OF PROTEST AND NATURE OF GOVT RESPONSE -A six member team of journalists from the state participated in a two day “Media Dialogue on Large Dams, Hydro Power and North East India” held in Guwahati on 01 and 02 September.The media dialogue, participated in by journalists and activists from all over the North Eastern region, shared and presented power point presentations on the present day situation in the region vis a vis hydel projects,weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-83423505895718859752008-09-15T15:48:00.002+05:302008-09-15T15:52:16.129+05:30CEA REJECTS DPR OF NHPC IV HYDRO ELECTRIC PROJECTThe Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has returned the Detailed Project Report (DPR) on NHPC`s Teesta IV hydro electric project (HEP) seeking further clarifications on the project The agency has made it clear that it will only be able to process the DPR for concurrence once the state owned power utility resubmits the DPR after incorporating or resolving the following points or issues raised by weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-14956709235601851672008-09-15T15:43:00.001+05:302008-09-15T15:48:03.066+05:30Sikkim govt to review decision to scrap hydel projectsThe move is aimed to mollify the private developers one of whom has moved the High Court challenging termination of its project in East district(The Mint, August 4, 2008) PTIGangtok: The Pawan Kumar Chamling Government in Sikkim has decided to review its decision to scrap 11 hydel power projects in a bid to mollify the private developers one of whom has moved the High Court challenging weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-28830221940426048492008-09-15T15:43:00.000+05:302008-09-15T15:46:51.605+05:30Sikkim govt to review decision to scrap hydel projectsThe move is aimed to mollify the private developers one of whom has moved the High Court challenging termination of its project in East district(The Mint, August 4, 2008) PTIGangtok: The Pawan Kumar Chamling Government in Sikkim has decided to review its decision to scrap 11 hydel power projects in a bid to mollify the private developers one of whom has moved the High Court challenging weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-48928423387091636382008-08-25T21:42:00.005+05:302008-08-25T22:05:01.687+05:30AUGUST.....................Its been a while since the blog has been updated. However, The Affected Citizens of Teesta carry on every single day tirelessly to convince Sikkim and the powers that be that the hydel course is the wrong choice and that they live on each day to fight for their homeland Dzongu and also for the rest of Sikkim from being overrun by white gold profiteers.On the 6th of August the members of the weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-74458515858062657382008-08-20T15:07:00.005+05:302008-08-21T10:24:13.306+05:30Day 428Today is day 428. We go on with your love and support.Though the Environment Impact Assesment (EIA)of Teesta Stage III, 1200MW project callously mentioned there was no major wild life presence in the project vicinity, a Serow, (Himalayan Thar)a endangered Schedule (I) animal was killed in the dam site of the project recently. Had ACT not raised the issue, it could have gone unoticed.Similar weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-38521395687413081072008-07-19T21:35:00.007+05:302008-07-23T08:09:13.216+05:30Govt scraps 3 more projects.........The Sikkim Government's red carpet welcome to just about any corporate interested in investing in hydel projects in Sikkim seems to be going sour.After discarding four hydel projects in March, the Sikkim government has scrapped three more such projects in the state accusing private developers of delaying execution of their contracts.The Government says that the contracts of hydel projects of weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-42810967615373328262008-07-05T12:15:00.004+05:302008-07-23T08:13:36.935+05:30Panang project's bleak futureThe flash flood that occured on the 16th of August,2007 and 16th of may 2008, have clearly indicated of what the future holds for the Panang 280MW Hydel Project. The flooding continues unabated still.The Teesta Stage V, 510MW power project further down stream , which had recently been commisioned, has run into trouble due to the floodings with the reservoir walls loosening and threateneing the weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-3648398705661550252008-06-20T21:13:00.006+05:302008-06-20T21:33:58.719+05:30It’s exactly a year now today, since two young men and their friends, lit a candle with showered scarves on them, and set out to do something rather unprecedented in our little state’s history. They started the most arduous phase of the already brewing struggle to protest against the mega dams threatening their homes in North Sikkim, by deciding to sit on an indefinite hunger strike. No doubt weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-57842938619849033362008-06-16T20:09:00.016+05:302008-06-18T11:07:00.459+05:30DAWA AND TENZING FINALLY CALLOFF INDEFINITE HUNGER STRIKE OF 96 DAYS HOPING THE GOVT WILL RECIPROCATE THEIR SACRIFICE AND PEACEFULPROTEST............Dawa Lepcha and Tenzing Lepcha, Satyagrahis and members of Affected Citizens of Teesta finally broke their indefinite fast after going 96 days hungry.However, ACT will continue with the relay hunger strike, which entered 361 days today, till all hydel projects planned for Dzongu were scrapped even though the government is determined to go ahead with it and the Chief Minister firmly reiterating ofweepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-83742175882433272102008-06-09T21:18:00.001+05:302008-06-09T21:32:34.962+05:30My dear friends,Back in Spain, after my travel all thru India, I have remembered you, and your struggle, and first thing I would like to tell you is I am moved by your struggle, and I would like to join it in any way you deem appropriate. I have thought on translating some of the material in your blog to Spanish, and then try to get people to read it and send some letters to the Indian Ambassadorweepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-14551292805490930852008-06-07T14:18:00.010+05:302008-06-08T20:18:18.853+05:3081 days hungry................is anybody listening?? The indefinite hunger strike by satyagrahis and members of ACT has crossed 88 days. While Ongchuk Lepcha has been withdrawn by ACT after going hungry for 81 days, Dawa and Tenzing continue their hunger strike. While the relay hunger strike since June last year has crossed the 350 day mark, the second indefinite hunger strike continues. Ongchuk Lepcha was withdrawn from the indefinite hunger weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-87632240459897791752008-05-27T12:58:00.016+05:302008-05-27T14:27:28.530+05:3079 days hungry.................Independent Commitee visits affected area and does assessment It’s the 79th day of the second indefinite hunger strike by members of ACT and satyagrahis, Dawa Lepcha, Tenzing Lepcha and Ongchuk Lepcha. There is no official word from the government as to their demand of scrapping the controversial 280 MW panan hydel project that will cut right through their homeland, Dzongu. Though 4 other smaller projects have been scrapped, the panan hydel weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-18467122519453605502008-05-09T07:45:00.003+05:302008-05-09T08:00:00.586+05:3060 days of the indefinte hunger strike............The Review Committee set up for hydel projects by the government submitted its report earlier this week. As expected and alleged it was just an eye wash with more than majority of the members being government servants and the recommendations being nothing new than the clique cut and paste ones! ACT (Affected Citizens of Teesta) had earlier declined to join the Review Committee as it had feltweepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-4676135608902666052008-04-25T20:30:00.003+05:302008-04-25T20:36:42.712+05:30ACT raises alarm bells over ‘rising social tension’ in Dzongu...indefinite hunger strike by the trio for the last 37days continues ..................The Affected Citizens of Teesta (ACT) has raised concerns over signs of social tension in “peaceful Dzongu” after the distribution of the compensation at Panang Project area.In a press release issued today, ACT general secretary Dawa Lepcha informs that with the distribution of the compensation after the imposition of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, in Dzongu, family tension and quarrels have weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-44994101086265853402008-04-19T21:10:00.002+05:302008-04-19T21:15:45.176+05:30Development not at the cost of cultural heritage and environment: Medha PatkarRenowned social worker and environment activist Medha Patkar today said that the Dzongu issue will be taken as a special case during the “mahadharna” scheduled to be held in New Delhi from April 28 to 30. Talking to the Sikkim Express correspondent here, Ms. Patkar said that the initiative was felt since the Sikkimweepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-72455612983662718722008-04-17T21:31:00.005+05:302008-04-17T21:36:04.198+05:30MEDHA PATKAR COMES TO TOWN............INDEFINITE HUNGER STRIKE BY THE TRIO AT STNM HOSPITAL CROSSES 39 days....The leader of the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), Medha Patkar, today said that the Sikkim Government should come to the people and start a dialogue and not put up a “party show” as they did to the Lepcha marchers from Bengal today. The country’s most vocal environment activist said this here weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-30623978709859181022008-04-16T22:25:00.007+05:302008-04-18T13:23:19.251+05:30INDEFINITE HUNGER STRIKE CONTINUES AMIDST A LEPCHA RALLY TO DZONGU............While the indefinite hunger strike led by Dawa lepcha and Tenzing Lepcha is more than 38 days now, about 650 Lepchas from the Darjeeling hills have set off on a “pilgrimage” to North Sikkim’s Dzongu, located around 150km from Tribeni with about 350 Lepchas from Sikkim joining them in Rangpo. Although the marchers chose not to be vocal about their weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-62109731362939049192008-04-10T08:40:00.005+05:302008-04-17T09:30:26.610+05:30INDEFINITE HUNGER STRIKE CROSSES ONE MONTH............The indefinite hunger strike by Satyagrahis of Affected Citizens of Teesta led by Dawa and Tenzing Lepcha ia a month old now. They lie on their hospital beds each with a Ryle’s tube hoping that the government will listen to them this time. Meanwhile, hydel project supporters from North Sikkim, drove into Gangtok in vehicles flaunting banners announcing their pro hydel project credentials a few weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-44832369546141445332008-03-30T14:07:00.006+05:302008-04-01T13:31:41.452+05:30indefinite hunger strike by Satyagrahis crosses 21 days, nasal feeding starts.The Affected Citizens of Teesta (ACT) members Dawa, Tenzing and Ongchuk Lepcha, who completed 21 days of the resumed indefinite hunger strike in protest of implementation of hydel projects in Dzongu were put on Ryle's tube(nasal feed) this morning after doctors attending to them diagnosed their condition as unstable.Dawa Lepcha, the ACT General Secretary, and Tenzing Lepcha had been admitted at weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-55537012745248387842008-03-29T13:42:00.003+05:302008-03-30T09:30:42.332+05:30Health of ACT supporter on hunger strike turns critical.........Tears rolled down the cheeks of a young Lepcha girl when Tashi Namgyal Lepcha from Panan village in North Sikkim wanted to carry on with the indefinite hunger even when he was put under oxygen weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-87984995616326282092008-03-25T18:17:00.003+05:302008-03-26T22:03:20.916+05:30DAY 16............ Ongu Lepcha, age-19, Tshering Ongden Lepcha, age-29, and Somten Lepcha, age-25 (R to L) from Lingdong, Upper Dzongu, North Sikkim joined indefinite hunger strike from today.Dawa and Tenzing are still at STNM hospital continuing their indefinite hunger strike there. Its been 16 days nonstop since they've been going hungry for the second indefinite hunger strike in months......weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-58272497398578177632008-03-23T16:42:00.006+05:302008-03-26T21:59:49.124+05:30DAY 14 OF THE INDEFINITE HUNGER STRIKE...........Dawa T. Lepcha and Tenzing Gyatso Lepcha are continuing their indefinite hunger strike and are presently lodged at STNM hospital. Its been 14 days now ! since they started their second indefinite hunger strike. Earlier, Dawa and Tenzing had braved a historic and record 63 day hunger strike to press for their demand of scrapping mega hydel projects coming up in Dzongu, a protected reserve for the weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-40252904424053512502008-03-23T16:22:00.007+05:302008-03-25T09:01:00.052+05:30CONDITION OF ACT SUPPORTERS ON HUNGER STRIKE DETERIORATING...............Gyabu Lepcha of Lingdem, was discharged on 22/03/2008, after 12 days continuous fast. After consultation and request of all members of the protestor. He was becoming extremely weaker by the even under medical supervision. Tashi Namgyal Lepcha (left) of Panang, one of the indefinite hunger strikers at BL House has developed serious kidney and liver problem and was admitted in a critical conditionweepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-58042149663761150392008-03-16T16:59:00.005+05:302008-03-25T09:10:08.554+05:30DAY 7 of the indefinite hunger strike........The indefinite hunger strike reached its 7th day today withTenzing Gyatso Lepcha also being admitted to STNM hospital today. While Dawa and 2 others are still in STNM hospital, two are continuing their indefinite hunger strike at BL House.Months earlier, Dawa and Tenzing had gone on a historic 63 day indefinite hunger strike asking the government of Sikkim to review and scrap hydel projects weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-68733810322720106222008-03-15T20:26:00.006+05:302008-03-25T09:06:01.792+05:30While the International Florishow seems to be on everybody's mind at the moment, the indefinite hunger strike at BL house has completed its 5th day today... Dawa Lepcha and Gyabu Lepcha have been admitted to STNM hospital.weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-7406885956516201632008-03-13T21:43:00.001+05:302008-03-13T21:45:39.877+05:306 out of 7 hydel projects coming up in Dzongu to be scrapped......1 and the most controversial remains ........The Sikkim chief minister Mr Pawan Chamling has announced that his government would stop construction of six of the seven power projects at Dzongu in north Sikkim, which had been cleared earlier. Construction of the Panan Hydro electric project would, however, continue. He also announced that three units of National Hydro Power Corporation project would be commissioned soon. He made these weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-45051521154464606272008-03-11T12:00:00.007+05:302008-03-11T20:51:49.067+05:30INDEFINITE HUNGER STRIKE BEGINS AGAIN.....................The duo of Dawa Lepcha and Tenzing Lepcha who had earlier sat on an indefinite hunger strike for 63 days have again started an indefinite hunger strike from today. Joining them this time is Gaybu Lepcha from Lingdem and Ongchok Lepcha form Tingvong North Sikkim. On being questioned about the resumption of the weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-31747821832876036892008-03-11T11:37:00.008+05:302008-03-25T09:12:55.355+05:30PEACE RALLY BY THE LEPCHAS AND CALL TO SCRAP HYDEL PROJECTS IN DZONGUThe Lepchas of Dzongu took out a rally here today reiterating their demand for scrapping all hydel projects from the Dzongu reserve in North Sikkim. Organized by the Affected Citizens of Teesta weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301689443066191951.post-53309092681560072692008-03-07T20:42:00.006+05:302008-03-07T21:43:34.528+05:30Hydel projects in the State will not be stopped says the Chief MinisterThe State will go ahead with the hydel projects planned in the State, including Dzongu in North Sikkim. Until and unless Sikkim becomes a developed State, we will not compromise with the people who are becoming hurdle in the development by playing with the sentiments of the Sikkimese people.” "I want this on record and maintain that we will go ahead with all the power projects in Dzongu. weepingsikkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599851472714278543noreply@blogger.com1