State airs grievances over share of Narmada Water
Madhya Pradesh has registered its opposition with Narmada Water Dispute Tribunal for neglecting interest of the State in benefits from Narmada river water share among partner States. Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh has registered its opposition with Narmada Water Dispute Tribunal for neglecting interest of the State in benefits from Narmada river water share among partner States. Madhya Pradesh
With uncontrolled tourism posing a threat to the wildlife habitats, particularly tiger reserves, the Government has constituted a seven-member panel to suggest guidelines to regulate forest and wildlife eco-tourism in the country. The Environment Ministry-constituted committee, headed by ex-tourism secretary Sujit Banerjee and prominent wildlife experts as its members, will also make an apprais
The Government on Thursday approved a Rs 1,496.71 crore cyclone risk mitigation scheme to be implemented in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha to minimise the vulnerability to cyclones and make people and infrastructure disaster resilient. The Cabinet cleared the first phase of the National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project which is expected to benefit 5.60 lakh people in Odisha and over 5.50 lakh people
Eight years into monitoring the ambitious river inter-linking project, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Government to report on the project
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will dedicate to the nation the second indigenous nuclear power reactor fuel reprocessing plant, with a capacity of 100 tonnes per annum, at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
A two-day long industrial training workshop organised jointly by the Council of Science and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) was inaugurated in the Indian Institute of Petroleum on Thursday. The chief guest was Uttarakhand Council of Science and Technology (UCOST) director Dr Rajendra Dobhal.
A policy document would be prepared for afforestation on wastelands and developing horticultural saplings with the cooperation of people. The document will be prepared by Environmental Planning and Coordination Organisation (EPCO). This was informed at a meeting of the Housing and Environment Department where Chief Minister Shviraj Singh Chouhan reviewed departmental activities. Minister fo
Persisting with its thrust against polio, which has ensured that not a single case of the disease was discovered in the State during the last 27 months, the Madhya Pradesh government has launched preparations for the next phase of the National Pulse Polio Vaccination Campaign that will be held on January 23 and February 27. District collectors have been instructed to launch all preparations to
Following a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by three Seoni-based volunteers, the Jabalpur High Court on Wednesday served notices to several parties, including the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest and the State Government, involved in the formation of the Pench-Kanha corridor. Apart from the Union Ministry and the State Government, other parties to be served the notices are the Di
Volunteer organisation Zahreeli Gas Kand Sangharsh Morcha Bhopal, fighting for the rights of the gas victims for the last 26 years, is planning to send around 30,000 to 35,000 memorandums to the Prime Minister, in which the demand would be made that the compensation amount must be hiked after assuming the numbers of victims as 5.21 lakh. Morcha convener Alok Pratap Singh claims that the Governm
The State Government has approved the selection of a Delhi based company by the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) for collection and disposal of garbage under the Solid Waste Management (SWM) programme being undertaken at a cost of `24.6 crore provided under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The Government is approving the selection of the company by the succes