it was shocking to see how the fertile terai region is turned into a damp squib by so called industrialisation.

i dont understand why on earth do you want to convert fertile region of india into pollution hotspots.

take a look at this
“Terai lands are some of the most fertile not only in the state but in the country. And in less than three years, nearly 2,225 ha of land have been occupied in the terai by industrial giants,” says Rajiv Lochan Shah, a social activist based in Uttaranchal.

also there is fake promise of employment. take a look at this.
The state industrial policy lays a high rhetorical priority on improving standards of living and providing employment to all under a 10-year scheme. The problem is that local people are not getting jobs in the new factories. “According to an employment office at Rudrapur, in the last two years only 136 local people have been employed in the new industries (see table: Job crunch),” says Rajiv Lochan Shah.In many cases, land is obtained with false assurances of employment. Villagers of Kashipur were conned in this way when the India Glycols factory bought land from them. Today, the factory employs 579 people. Of the 244 executives and 64 trainees and apprentices none are from the area. Of the junior staff (271) only 30 per cent are local people. “Fissiparous tendencies cannot be ruled out in the near future if such a system persists,” warns Rawat.

for india's growth industries are important but not the polluting third-world cheap one's. growth can also be bought by organic farming, horticulture, tourism, services and rural people intensive industries such as food processing.

is there anybody to listen to this downtoearth story on uttranchal?