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Letter from the Editor-in-Chief |
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Dear Subscriber, |
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In its short, 21-year history, Uttarakhand has seen power alternate as much between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress as amongst the claimants to the top seat. In all this toing-and-froing for the loaves and fishes of office, it is the state and its development that has taken a beating. With yet another round of assembly elections looming, it comes as no surprise that the voter is exasperated and exhausted, and yet to really see something worthwhile on her plate despite years of agitating and struggling to break away as a separate unit from erstwhile status as a part of Uttar Pradesh and far from the seat of power in Lucknow. |
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In all of this give and take, problems continue to mount and the 2013 Kedarnath disaster that took an untold count of lives thanks to a lack of planning and infrastructure was repeated in February this year when flash floods and landslides along the Alaknanda river killed over 200 people. Also ignored is Uttarakhand’s strategic importance, bordering as it does an aggressive neighbour in China. And as, when and where development does happen, there is a clear lack of balance between catering to growth and caring for nature. |
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The bold declarations on reducing emissions, made at COP26 conference in Glasgow, were quickly diluted with major polluters either unwilling to stump up the cash required to initiate major changes, or towards reducing them over a manageable timescale. Lip service continues to be paid towards the cause, but the next generation of Earth’s inhabitants, the youth, are clearly far from satisfied.
In like vein, we present a snapshot of lopsided development, of the Blue Mountains or Nilgiris of Tamil Nadu which fell victim to misplaced attempts at development and to political expediency, and where now efforts are geared towards redressing the balance. |
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