Kavita Upadhyay
@Upadhyay_Cavita
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Independent journalist & researcher. MSc Water Science, Policy @UniofOxford. Ex @the_hindu, @IndianExpress.📖✍️📸Himalaya, dams, climate change, disasters.
Uttarakhand Himalaya
Joined July 2010
Ever thought of tunnels as more than just passages? Well, I did, after the recent #UttarakhandTunnelCollapse. I visited areas being tunnelled for dams, roads & railways in Uttarakhand and wrote this article for @third_pole. Do read & see 🧵. https://t.co/dSW7baSsEJ
dialogue.earth
The collapse of a road tunnel in November 2023 made global headlines, but it is only one of many tunnel-related disasters in the Himalayan region
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Sonam Wangchuk’s message from Central Jail, Jodhpur. Today on the 4th of October Ka Tsetan Dorjey Ley ( Sonam Wangchuk’s elder brother ) and advocate Mustafa Haji met Mr. Sonam Wangchuk at Jodhpur Central Jail. Mr. Sonam has conveyed the following message to the people of
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#JusticeForLadakh #FreeDetainedYouth #ResolveLadakhIssues #UnmuteLadakh
#6thScheduleForLadakh #StatehoodForLadakh
#westandwithsonamwangchuk #isupportsonamwangchuk #releasesonamwangchuk #saveladakh
#UttarakhandWithLadakh 2 October 1994. Uttarakhand statehood activists were on their way to Delhi via Muzaffarnagar for a peaceful protest demanding statehood (Uttarakhand, then, was part of Uttar Pradesh). What they faced was state-sponsored brutality. Several activists were
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#UttarakhandWithLadakh 2 October 1994. Uttarakhand statehood activists were on their way to Delhi via Muzaffarnagar for a peaceful protest demanding statehood (Uttarakhand, then, was part of Uttar Pradesh). What they faced was state-sponsored brutality. Several activists were
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#UttarakhandWithLadakh 2 October 1994. Uttarakhand statehood activists were on their way to Delhi via Muzaffarnagar for a peaceful protest demanding statehood (Uttarakhand, then, was part of Uttar Pradesh). What they faced was state-sponsored brutality. Several activists were
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#UttarakhandWithLadakh 2 October 1994. Uttarakhand statehood activists were on their way to Delhi via Muzaffarnagar for a peaceful protest demanding statehood (Uttarakhand, then, was part of Uttar Pradesh). What they faced was state-sponsored brutality. Several activists were
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𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗸𝗵 Listen to the teacher of 20-year-old Richen Dadul, who lost his life in the Ladakh stir. The question still haunts us: 👉 WHO ORDERED THE FIRING ON UNARMED PROTESTORS ? #JusticeForLadakh #LadakhProtests
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On my way to Leh, just heard about the arrest of Sonam Wangchuk on baseless charges. I strongly condemn this brutal crackdown on Ladakhi leadership. Our struggle for Statehood & 6th Schedule will continue—no detention or witch-hunt can deter us. #FreeSonamWangchuk
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Do read this report in @TIME. "The decimation of the environment and indigenous people across the world, from the palm oil plantations of Indonesia to the cobalt mines of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has reached the shores of #GreatNicobar."
time.com
The Great Nicobar Island faces "certain destruction" due to Modi's massive construction projects, argues M. Rajshekhar.
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In these exercises, people have often faced exclusion due to inconsistencies in their documents, such as minor variations in the spellings of their names or a mismatch in age. https://t.co/HkDfUyvv78
@saha_abhi1990 discusses the impact and challenges of such a model.
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Securing our borders to keep fentanyl out of our country.
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People of Punjab don’t need relief material from Delhi. They need a bigger, long term plan to rehabilitate flood victims and a contingency plan to ensure this doesn’t happen next year. The work of govt is not to collect relief material. Too many NGOs already doing the needful.
दिल्ली में आम आदमी पार्टी के कार्यकर्ता घर घर जाकर पंजाब में बाढ़ पीड़ितों के लिए राहत सामग्री एकत्रित करेंगे।
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We cannot talk about Himalayan disasters without addressing the power imbalances at multiple levels that produce these. Simply calling out ‘human greed’ is no calling out. My piece in @thewire_in
#Himalayas #climate #monsoons #disasters
https://t.co/Wjj3LCPJEP
thewire.in
The Supreme Court has performed environmental concern, but not acted when and where it matters most.
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A cloudburst hit #Uttarakhand’s #Rudraprayag and #Chamoli districts late Thursday, trapping several families under debris and leaving many injured. Read more: https://t.co/qnPKEhkIpA
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इस बार उत्तरकाशी आपदा जनित परीक्षाओं की जटिलता में घिरी है। देर रात हुई बारिश से जिले में सड़कों को भारी नुकसान। गंगोत्री नेशनल हाईवे आधा दर्जन से भी ज्यादा जगह बंद।। गंगोत्री नेशनल हाईवे नालू पानी, नालूणा, चाडेथी, पापड़ गाड, नेताला सहित कई जगह पर भारी भी मलबा पत्थर आने से हुआ
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बद्रीनाथ राजमार्ग श्रीनगर और रुद्रप्रयाग के बीच अलकनंदा नदी का जलस्तर बढ़ने से पानी में डूबा है.. यहां नदी पर श्रीनगर जल विद्युत परियोजना की झील है.. इस राज मार्ग से नीचे नीचे ऋषिकेष कर्णप्रयाग रेल परियोजना की सुरंग और एक जगह तो नदी से 50 मीटर दूरी पर ही रेलवे स्टेशन बन रहा है..
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About two years ago, I began taking a closer look at the speculative boom triggered across India by online money gaming apps. In this report, I show why anyone yammering about lost GST revenues + jobs due to the ban is not giving you the full picture. https://t.co/DMdYICyovl
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Uttarakhand govt clears contentious Netala bypass in fragile Bhagiratho eco zone, once shot down by SC committee. BRO had sought clearance from Centre last year, but proposal cleared by state under exemption given to road stretches of strategic importance https://t.co/iSkgFNs53I
indianexpress.com
Bypass appraised under exemption given to strategic projects; approval came just ahead of Dharali flash flood.
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दो साल पहले 2023 में जब मैं हिमाचल में बाढ़ की रिपोर्टिंग कर रहा था तो नितिन गडकरी जी का एक वीडियो किसी ने मुझे भेजा। मैं हैरान हुआ कि मंत्री जी एक प्रेसवार्ता में कह रहे थे कि वह इस नदी के दोनों ओर ऐसी मज़बूत दीवार बनवायेंगे कि नदी कहीं नहीं जाएगी। आज वही नदी चमकते हाइवे के
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Record-Breaking Rainfall Alert! Jammu and Udhampur witnessed historic 24-hour cumulative rainfall from 0830 hrs on 26 Aug 2025 to 0830 hrs on 27 Aug 2025: Jammu: 296.0 mm (Previous record: 272.6 mm on 09 Aug 1973 Broken) Udhampur: 629.4 mm (Previous record: 342.0 mm on 31
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Rajasthan’s poorest are not new to the problem of death by their digital absence In Govt’s attempt to build digital “golden data” records on everyone the most vulnerable were struck off, declared “dead” or absent, many died waiting for data corrections
thewire.in
In the government’s attempt to build digital “golden data” records on every citizen, the most vulnerable were struck off social security registers, declared “dead” or absent. Pensioners have died...
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सुबह सुबह.. चमोली जिले के थराली में अतिवृष्टि से बड़े नुकसान की खबरें हैं.. धराली के बाद थराली में यह आपदा की खबर ...
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