{"id":1923,"date":"2023-02-04T06:24:11","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T06:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dehadrai.in\/?page_id=1923"},"modified":"2023-02-06T05:42:56","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T05:42:56","slug":"dumping-of-construction-debris-in-the-pushpa-bhadra-river-in-the-lower-himalayan-ranges","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dehadrai.in\/index.php\/dumping-of-construction-debris-in-the-pushpa-bhadra-river-in-the-lower-himalayan-ranges\/","title":{"rendered":"Dumping of construction debris in the Pushpa-bhadra river in the lower Himalayan ranges"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1923\" class=\"elementor elementor-1923\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e671f84 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e671f84\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-930a90f\" data-id=\"930a90f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0bbc6e7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0bbc6e7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-49a99ef\" data-id=\"49a99ef\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24d45c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24d45c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.10.2 - 29-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dumping of construction debris in the Pushpa-bhadra river in the lower Himalayan ranges<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f43a848 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f43a848\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.10.2 - 29-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>While on a trekking trip in the summer of 2019 to a remote village called\u00a0<em>Jibhi<\/em>\u00a0in the State of Himachal Pradesh, we discovered that construction debris was being indiscriminately dumped inside a pristine Himalayan river.<\/p><p>Upon my return from the trip, I moved a petition before the National Green Tribunal at New Delhi, which issued stern directions to the Himachal district administration to investigate the dumping and to take prompt remedial action. Resultantly, the dumping was stopped\u00a0<a id=\"_ftnref1\" href=\"https:\/\/dehadrai.in\/index.php\/2023\/02\/03\/8-dumping-of-construction-debris-in-the-pushpa-bhadra-river-in-the-lower-himalayan-ranges\/#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a>and those responsible were prosecuted.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e6e2e68\" data-id=\"e6e2e68\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eae31a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"eae31a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.10.2 - 29-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"556\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/dehadrai.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Capture-8.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1192\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dehadrai.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Capture-8.jpg 556w, https:\/\/dehadrai.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Capture-8-273x300.jpg 273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dumping of construction debris in the Pushpa-bhadra river in the lower Himalayan ranges While on a trekking trip in the summer of 2019 to a remote village called\u00a0Jibhi\u00a0in the State of Himachal Pradesh, we discovered that construction debris was being indiscriminately dumped inside a pristine Himalayan river. 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