<p>Action taken report by Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board in compliance of orders dated July 26, 2023 and November 9, 2023 in the matter of: In re: News item published in The Tribune dated January
State Accepts Majority Proposals, Rejects Those On Building Code, Dams Thiruvananthapuram: The state government has accepted a majority of recommendations made by the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel. This was conveyed to Dr K Kasturirangan committee that visited the state last week. The expert review committee is reviewing the Madhav Gadgilchaired WGEEP report after states, including Kerala, raised several objections to it. Kerala has in principle accepted that there would be no development in water bodies, biodiversity rich areas and sacred groves. It would also conserve wetlands in accordance with the Wet Land Conservation Rule 2010 and the Kerala Conservation of Wetland and Paddy Land Conservation Act, 2008.
Fifty million yuan ($8.06 million) has been allocated for disaster relief in Southwest China's Yunnan province where a landslide killed 46, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced Wednesday. The emergency
Landslides hit Bogor district of West Java on Tuesday morning, killing two people and leaving three others missing, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman of the disaster management and mitigation agency, told
At least 46 people, including children, are now known to have been killed by a landslide in China's southern Yunnan province, state media report. The bodies of the last two missing residents of the Gaopo
A landslide in southwestern China on Friday killed at least 18 people, including seven from one family, while more than two dozen others were trapped, local authorities and state media said. A total
Longer summer, shorter winter observed in many places. The weather pattern in Bhutan has become unpredictable. The country, in recent times, has witnessed erratic rainfall, crop and livestock diseases,
On 13 September 2012, the Okhimath region in Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand was revisited by cloudburstinduced landslides which killed 66 people and damaged land and property.(Correspondence)
Chandy seeks a balance between development, eco-protection Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said here on Friday that the government would enforce the restrictions on quarrying and on construction of buildings under the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms. Replying to a submission moved by V.D. Satheesan in the Assembly, he stressed the need to strike a balance between development needs and environment protection.
A two-acre stretch of land, on the Nikoloya hill in Rattota, Matale was lost through a fresh landslide yesterday. Landslide Division head of the National Building and Research Organisation, Chaminda
Three more deaths from floods and and earth slips were reported yesterday, bringing the death toll to 23 while the number missing rose to 15 and injured to 34. The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said
