Wood residues – the materials left over when trees are logged and processed – hold the potential to support resource-efficient energy access, revitalize rural economies and help mitigate climate change,
Suman K Jha New Delhi, June 29: Slamming the Ghulam Nabi Azad Government's decision to take over the arrangements of the yatra which will pave the way for the revocation of the transfer order of 40 hectares of land to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board, the BJP has said it will become a major electoral issue. "It's a serious issue. First the UPA Government brought the obnoxious affidavit on the Ram Sethu (questioning the existence of Lord Ram) and now this. The state Government has succumbed to vote bank politics,' BJP's prime ministerial candidate L K Advani told The Indian Express.
Muzamil Jaleel SRINAGAR, JUNE 29: Ending three weeks of controversy over the transfer of forest land to the Amarnath shrine board, Jammu and Kashmir's new Governor N N Vohra today stepped in and, in his capacity as chairman of the board, asked the state government to take over the Yatra arrangements. The Ghulam Nabi Azad government, reduced to a minority after partner PDP walked out of the coalition, promptly agreed and the board withdrew its request for the transfer of forest land.
M Saleem Pandit | TNN Srinagar: The Congress-led government in J&K was on the brink of collapse on Saturday after PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti marched to governor N N Vohra's office in Srinagar and handed in a letter withdrawing support to the government. The move came amidst spiralling violence over the decision to build facilities for Amarnath pilgrims near Sonmarg and Pahalgam and transfer of land to the shrine board. The PDP and separatistbacked protests have led to mobs taking over streets in Muslim-majority areas, attacking yatris.
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Three Killed; PDP May Pull Out; Azad Stops Construction On Forest Land Transferred To SASB Masood Hussain SRINAGAR TWO persons were killed and over 76 injured in police firing in Kashmir on Wednesday, the third consecutive day of protest against the J&K government's decision to transfer forest land to Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB)
Residents from Maina, Pirla, Cavrem, Colomba and adjoining areas are gearing to oppose Goa Pollution Control Board's public hearing for renewal of mining leases. According to sources, Goa Pollution Control board has fixed three pubic hearings of three mines at Chandreshwar Temple, Cotto, Amona-Quepem on June 21. Villagers alleged that the mine owner who had applied for renewal of mining lease has already started mining operations, causing extensive damage to the environment. "The mine owner was booked and fined by the forest department for illegal cutting of trees,' said a local.
Scheduled tribes and other traditional forest dwellers have been completely dependent on forests for their livelihood and they have been given rights over forest lands through the new Act framed in this connection. Forest dwellers are friends of forests and play an important role in their development and preservation. The Act would ensure that forest dwellers get forest-based material for living, livelihood and Nistar. They would have natural rights over water, forests and land in the true sense.
Rejecting opposition from different quarters, Jammu and Kashmir Government finally transferred 39.88 hectares of forest land to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) in Sindh Forest Division. Director Public Relations SASB Madan Mantoo today confirmed that the land has been transferred to the board by the government. The State Government has accorded sanction to diversion of forest-land measuring 39.88 hectares falling in Block Kukllan, Range Sindh in the Sindh Forest Division to board, he said
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