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Bhutia Lepcha Convention, December 2013
Leaders of SIBLAC and NASBO at Tashiding Le'u Dunma, November 2012
Prayer Meet at Kabi Lungtsok, June 2013
Funeral of His Eminence the Dorje Lopen Khenchen Rinpoche, July 2012
Videos
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Tashiding - Sacred Landscape under Threat
by SIBLAC, 2014 (mp4, 35 MB)
SIBLAC rejects hydro Projects on Rathong Chu
NETV, October 26, 2010 (mp4, 36 MB)
by Adam Fish, Sarah Evershed and Nathaniel Taylor, Current TV, 2007 (mp4, 50 MB)
The Teesta River: A Photo Journey
by International Rivers, 2012 (mp4, 19 MB)
by Satyajit Rai, 1971 (mp4, 564 MB)
Prof. P. S. Ramakrishnan on Lethang, Tingting and Tashiding Hydro Projects
Source: http://haalkhabar.in (mp4, 7 MB)
Prof. P. S. Ramakrishnan
Emeritus Professor and Indian National Science Academy Honorary Senior Scientist at the School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, Palayanoor Sivaswamy Ramakrishnan has shown astonishment upon knowing three mega hydro power projects proposed to be built on Rathong Chu by the state government. It is to be mentioned that Prof. Ramakrishnan is the commissioner of the one man commission who was called by the state government to study the feasibility of power projects on this river. He had then submitted a report in 1997 which mentions that Rathong Chu falls under Demojong landscape and the sanctity of the land cannot be compared with the money, thus hydro projects should not be built on the sacred river.
"The report carries the same value now as it was then. Back then, I had talks with both the Hindu and Buddhist religious leaders, and found that the river means immense importance for them. Rathong Chu may not be ahead in infrastructural development, but the place is deeply connected with the peoples on religious, traditional and social grounds", he states.
Prof. Ramakrishnan further sais that in his report he had suggested the government to start an eco tourism project in Rathong Chu rather than setting up the hydro project and upon knowing that three projects have been proposed to be set up, he acted astonished.