Ganga Ahvaan

About ganga Ahvaan

Ganga Ahvaan is a people’s movement, a call to save our mother Ganga. The movement has been initiated from Uttarkashi where Ganga Ahvaan is fighting against the construction of series of dams being proposed on the last left clean stretch of Ganga in her natural pristine form. We’ve been struggling against these projects for the past 4 years. Ganga Ahvaan is an open platform for read more

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Loharinag Pala Scrapped. Finally!!

5 years of rigourous struggle has finally lead to the cancellation of Loharinag Pala project on 20th August. Some of the links where you can read more about it.
In rethink, govt shuts Bhagirathi power project (Times of India)

Under pressure, govt scraps dam (Hindustan Times)

Ganga held captive

The proposed bumper to bumper series of hydropower projects in the Gangotri ghati, the origin valley of Ganga, is leading to complete disappearance of our national river, holding her captive. read more

Ganga - What does it mean?

The free flowing Ganga is the “uninterrupted” flow of our ancient civilization, & is the living effigy of faith and consciousness of the people of India. She copiously represents our ethos, culture & identity in every forum, not just in India, but in the entire world. ... read more

Impacts of Hydropower Projects

The biodiversity & the fragile ecosystem of Himalayas demand a different model of development than the rest of the country. This can be easily concluded from the impacts of the already existing dams on the upstream path of Ganga & the ones that started with construction.. read more

Economic estimation - Are hydroprojects equal to development?

Hydro power generation in the country is often debated to be the cheapest form of electricity. The cost-benefit analysis of hydropower is completely flawed as the overall cost of environment destruction & the agricultural land loss is never even considered in the profit analysis. A survey of one of the villages (Kujjan) in the immediate vicinity of Loharinag-Pala HEP construction site clearly indicates that.... read more

What is the cultural significance of Ganga?

A Study on the cultural relevance of Ganga in India, tracing the historic significance of the river, her origin, the story of her descent and the magnanmity of Ganga due to which she is referred to as Mother. The references have been taken from age old ancient texts on Aryan culture and civilization

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