State gets its first climate change lab
BENGALURU: In a huge boost to studies on climate change and its impact in the state, R Shankar, minister of forests, ecology and the environment, on Tuesday inaugurated the state’s first climate change
Water Resourcres
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Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding Rabindra Sarobar Lake conservation, Kolkata, West Bengal, 15/11/2017
<p>Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Calcutta Citizens's Initiative & Others Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 15/11/2017 regarding
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal construction and dumping of waste on the banks of the river Mula- Mutha, Pune, 11/08/2017
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Sarang Yadwadkar & Ors. V/s. Mrs. Anjali Dinkar Datar & Others dated 11/08/2017 regarding illegal construction
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Desilting scheme triggers environmental concerns
Forest department and environmental NGOs have opposed desilting works in Sirumugai range in Coimbatore District, scheduled to be carried out by the Public Works Department (PWD). The area falls in the
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Day after mining ban, panel set up to advice on scientific mining
A day after announcing a blanket ban on sand mining from Narmada riverbed, Madhya Pradesh government on Tuesday set up a committee comprising senior bureaucrats and technical experts to recommend 'scientific
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NGT asks five-star hotels to seek CGWA permission for extracting groundwater
AGRA: The National Green Tribunal on Monday directed four five-star hotels of Agra to get approval from the Central Ground Water Authority to extract groundwater and submit a report within two weeks. The
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Budget should allocate funds for de-silting water bodies: Bedi
Calls for community involvement in strengthening bunds by planting trees Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi has stressed the need for budgetary allocation to de-silt 84 tanks so as to recharge groundwater
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Telangana: Vikarabad forest under threat
Activists concerned by forest land to Navy, threat to Husainsagar and Osmansagar. Dammagudem reserve block covers 3,261 acres of forest land that is home to protected animals like deers, wild boars and
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NGT panel recommends Art of Living pay Rs 42 crore for damaging Yamuna floodplains
Recommends physical and biological ecological rehabilitation The Yamuna floodplains, damaged during the Art of Living (AoL) foundation's 2016 World Culture Festival, will require "physical and biological"
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Chambal water sharing disputes: Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh to hold meeting
JAIPUR: Rajasthan's interstate water dispute redressing cell chairman Rohitashv Sharma on Tuesday said a meeting would soon be organised with Madhya Pradesh's irrigation minister Narottam Mishra to resolve