A Train to Nowhere
The other surprise in the railway budget is a new line that Mamata Banerjee wished in the heart of Buxa Tiger Reserve DEEP INSIDE the core of Buxa Tiger Reserve in north Bengal and at the heart of a vast
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Road cracking before completion
DHENKANAL: The 960
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Mining officials expected to visit Obulapuram
HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh government is actively contemplating deputing a team of senior officials of the Mines and Geology Department to probe allegations of mining lease violations against the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) owned by Karnataka Tourism Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy.
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Rs.150 crore for waste treatment plant
The United Democratic Front-led district panchayat has passed a surplus budget of Rs.50.06 crore on Thursday, which the four-member opposition Left Democratic Front dispelled as a dream budget cut off from reality. In her second straight budget, vice-president Bindu George envisaged an income of Rs.920.17 crore against an expenditure of Rs.870.11 crore. The budget proposes a waste treatment plant for generating power on 30 cents of land at an estimated cost of Rs.150 crore.
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Tiger tourism hit as villagers near Sariska intensify stir
Hundreds of the farmers who were protesting against the relocation of their villages started a sit-in in front of the entrance of the gate. On Wednesday, hundreds of villagers had gathered for a mahapanchayat against the government order of not letting the farmers sell off their lands because of the ban on selling and purchasing of property nearby the reserve.
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MLCs corner Govt on increasing pollution in Tawi
Flowing of city drains, nallahs into Tawi JAMMU: Having remained inactive over the issue of preparing a comprehensive plan to preserve river Tawi and making it free from pollution, for which a resolution was passed in the Upper House last year, majority of the members in the House of Elders cornered the Minister of State in charge Housing and Urban Development, Nasir Aslam Wani, today.
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CM announces Rs 4500 cr Tapti river recharge project
Burhanpur: Rs 4500 crore Tapti river mega recharge project will be launched in Burhanpur district with the cooperation of Maharashtra government. Three-day Tapti Mahotsava will be held every year with a view to bringing Burhanpur on the world tourism map. These announcements were made by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan while addressing Gharib Sammelan at Burhanpur today.
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State registers 9.13 per cent growth
Kerala has registered a growth rate of 9.13 percent, according to the Economic Review for the year 2010-11 released on Saturday. Releasing the report, Finance Minister K M Mani said that compared to the growth rate of 8.95 per cent in year 2009-10 there has been a slight increase in the growth rate. He said the state’s growth rate was 0.9 per cent higher than the national growth rate during the corresponding period.
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N-E states register highest growth in service sector: Economic Survey
New Delhi: In the face of a gloomy economy at home and global crisis abroad, the lowly services sector proved a savior with the backward Northeast region registering the highest growth in this segment, the much-awaited Economic Survey released on Thursday said. The Economic Survey for 2011-12 tabled by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in Parliament, on the eve of presentation of the general Budget, projected a 7.6 per cent growth for the next fiscal.
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Himalayan plunder
Tourism has wreaked havoc on Sikkim s natural resources
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From tiger conflict to tourism: Social transformation, poverty alleviation and conservation initiative in the Sunderbans
The Sunderbans are perhaps the last true wild frontier of the Indian Subcontinent and conflict between man and animal is quite common. On the initiative both of the Field Director of the Tiger Reserve and WWF India West Bengal State Office several local youth, who before mostly had been poachers, were motivated to support the Forest Department in different conservation
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Mudumalai Tiger Reserve may be closed
Dry conditions cause concern With dry conditions becoming a source of concern at the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) near Udhagamandlam, a proposal has been sent to the government to close it. Deputy Director, MTR, Ameer Haja, told the The Hindu on Wednesday that a detailed report with inputs from Range Officers had been submitted to the Field Director, MTR Raghuram Singh. It had been sent by the Field Director to the Chief Wildlife Warden along with a recommendation to close the reserve.
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Coal Port Growth Threatens Barrier Reef: Greenpeace
Australia's rapid expansion of coal ports in the next decade will threaten the Great Barrier Reef as increased ship traffic, port infrastructure and dredging put pressure on the world's largest coral reef,
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Disclose stand on Western Ghats panel report: High Court to state government
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked the state government to disclose its stand on the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) report. The court had earlier said the report must be made public. The state government has been asked to file an affidavit by March 12. The WGEEP report pertaining to the ecosystem of the western ghats was prepared by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) in 2010. The report covers the 35-km narrow strip of Sawantwadi-Dodamarg corridor that consists of 30 villages.
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Ship captain pleads guilty over N Zealand oil spill
The captain and second officer of a ship that caused New Zealand's biggest sea pollution disaster pleaded guilty to criminal charges yesterday and could face lengthy jail terms, officials said. The
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Medical certificate now a must for Amarnath pilgrims
The annual pilgrimage to Shri Amarnath Shrine would commence on June 25 and culminate on August 2. With many pilgrims losing their lives due to health problems, it has been decided that devotees would
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Climate change altering face of Himalayas
Climate change is altering the face of the Himalayas, devastating farming communities and making Mount Everest increasingly treacherous to climb, some of the world’s top mountaineers have warned. Apa
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State of environment report - Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh, which has its own peculiar environmental problems, needs to tread the developmental path without compromising with its pristine environment. Climate change and biological diversity loss are the two major planetary environmental threats facing mankind today and they are closely interlinked. Himachal Pradesh is a sensitive and highly bio-diverse ecosystems.
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Fast against ban on movement of vehicles in national park at night
Tourist inflow fell by about 40 per cent in August, say protestors Protest: Members of the Joint Action Committee of political parties and service organisations observing a fast in Udhagamandalam on Wednesday.
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India-Nepal cooperation on hydro-electric projects
The recent visit of King Gynendra Bir Bikram Shah of Nepal to India culminated in the signing of two Letters of Understanding on mutual cooperation - in the areas of Tourism and Water Resources