Sustainability in the Himalayas: A Case Study of Chopra Village (Danger Hamlet) in Uttarakhand

The idea of Rehabilitation and Restoration (R & R) is although old, is enjoying a revival of itself and is widely seen as an adequate response to the environment crises afflicting the world today. In this paper the authors have observed crucial requirements for sustainability. The paper highlights what is important for environment sustainability in case of the water body restoration and rehabilitation. The authors outlined one illustration of practices that are moving towards a truly green environment by promoting and by being more inclusive of both non-experts and experts in managing the environment-society relationship towards water resource.

The present case study is a remarkable initiative at the Chopra Village (Danger Hamlet) directed at equity and sustainability arrangements for R & R of a water body through partnership. Another important theme underlying the work is social inclusion. By building on users’ innovations or closely interfacing with users.

The present case study presents the bare outline what we think are some key ingredients of a more sustainable, equitable within a framework which we call radical ecological democracy (RED). RED works on bio-regional governance which honour ground realities.