‘Introduce Gross Environmental Product in planning and implementation activities’

Anil Joshi, founder of the Himalayan Environmental Studies & Conservation Organisation (HESCO) here, has urged the Uttarakhand Government to play the forerunner by introducing Gross Environmental Product (GEP) in its planning and implementation activities as the highly endangered health of the natural resources needed to be improved before it was too late.

The famed rivers of India’s Gangetic plains are turning into “sewage”, threatening the life and health of millions of people dependent on them, warned a team of 11 environmental activists who cycle

A parliamentary panel has slammed the Environment Ministry for its "usual buck-passing approach" on conserving rivers and lakes and held it responsible for high levels of pollution in major Indian

In yet another attempt to have the Yamuna cleaned up, the Supreme Court today asked the Directors of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in Delhi and Roorkie to explore all possible options for

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the directors of IIT, Delhi and Roorkee to prepare a new project for cleaning Yamuna observing that the current project has failed despite a spending of Rs 12,000

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the directors of IIT-Delhi and Roorkee to ascertain damage to the Yamuna and whether there is any possibility of improving its water.

The Supreme Court today asked the directors of IITs, Delhi and Roorkee to prepare a new project for cleaning the Yamuna, observing that the current project has failed despite spending Rs 12,000 cro

Apex court calls upon Delhi, Roorkee directors as other efforts bear little fruit

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the directors of Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) Delhi and Roorkee to find out measures to check pollution of the Yamuna. The river was becoming dirtier with each passing day despite several governments and civic bodies having spent Rs.12,000 crore so far, the Court noted.

Chitla - the state fish of Uttar Pradesh is now critically endangered. The fact comes from National Bureau of Fish Genetics Resources (NBFGR), Lucknow.

Expressing “anguish” over the fact that Yamuna water in Delhi had become filthy despite thousands of crores being spent to improve its quality, the Supreme Court today said it was perhaps time to i