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
Durgesh Nandan Jha | New Delhi Forest land surrounding all major tiger reserves in the country may turn into farmland and commercial establishments following recategorisation of these expanses as revenue land. The decision has been taken to lure inhabitants out of the villages in core tiger habitats across the country.
Kolkata may run faster than it usually does in a few years from now, thanks to the Central clearance to the East-West Metro Railway project, the work for which will begin some time early April.
Chandan Mitra
The mandate of the 4th World Congress of Conservation Agriculture picked up momentum on Wednesday with London-based World Bank vice-president Katherine Sierra announcing a huge package for the environmentally-friendly process.
The Environment Pollution Prevention and Control Authority (EPCA), the pollution monitoring arm of the Supreme Court of India, has held that critically polluted cities in the country need a massive transition to public transport that run on clean fuel in order to deal with the challenge of pollution and congestion.
Man-animal conflict has become a cause of serious concern for wildlife conservators, especially as exploitation of wild habitats for commercial purposes has worsened matters.
The rising level of pollution because of the influx of cars in the Capital has also been a cause of concern for Delhi High Court.
Chhattisgarh has registered over sixteen per cent increase in per capita income as it has gone up from Rs 21,822 in 2006-07 to Rs 25,360 in 2007-08, Chief Minister Raman Singh said, while presenting annual economic survey of 2008-09 in Assembly on Wednesday.
The Government is all set to fix responsibility for pollution of the Yamuna. In its first initiative, the Delhi Government is to bring a law in an effort to direct the polluting industries and establishments in the confines of Delhi to check pollution right in their backyards. They would be asked to install mini-Sewage Treatment Plants to check pollutants before draining them into the Yamuna.
An allocation of Rs 1,260 crore has been made for speedy development of tribal areas in Himachal Pradesh during the Eleventh Five Year Plan, Chief Minister PK Dhumal said on Tuesday.