Cow hacked inside Asoal sanctuary
Police was deployed in Asola village in south Delhi to avert any trouble after a cow was found hacked inside the Asola Sanctuary this
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Move to build landfill in Asola flayed'
Environmentalists in the Capital are up in arms as the Delhi government is planning to go ahead with the construction of a garbage landfill in the Asola sanctuary. Selecting a notified wildlife
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Experts disagree on green cover
A green miracle or hogwash? Depends on whose claims you believe. While on one hand the Delhi state department of forests is congratulating itself on the successful greening of the Asola sanctuary,
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Check dams at Asola
The Delhi Minister for Forest and Environment, Dr A.K. Walia, today said that 16 new check dams will be constructed at South Delhi's Asola Bhati Wild Life Sanctuary. None of these dams have already
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New vistas in Delhi
Lots is happening in the Asola wildlife sanctuary, the only natural habitat in Delhi : a
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Relocation of monkeys in Delhi good for everybody
the Delhi High Court has finally taken a stand on the translocation of the substantial monkey population in the capital. It has directed the government to round up the monkeys in mammoth cages and
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Govt to review khair wood policy
Forest minister J.P. Nadda today said the government would soon review the policy for exporting Khair wood and kuth to help protect the economic interests of the farmers. Presiding over a meeting of senior officers to review the functioning of the Forest Department here he said the government would consider relaxing the restriction on export of Kuth and take effective steps for proper management and exploitation of herbal plants. It would also take a decision regarding the rights of ownership on the trees grown on uncultured land, after considering all related aspects into consideration and in consultation with the Revenue Department. He said steps would be taken to exploit the state's immense potential for eco-tourism to help generate self-employment avenues for unemployed youth. Referring to the plans to deal with the monkey menace, Nadda said the government had decided to set up two primate protection parks and a number of centres for mass sterilisation of the animals, which were not only creating nuisance in towns but also causing extensive damage to crops in villages. He said a sterilisation centre was already operational at Tutukandi in Shimla and two more would be set up at Gopalpur in Kangra district and Tal in Hamirpur district at a cost of Rs 2.6 crore. He said these centres would be made operational within six months and a target had been set up for sterilising 5,000 monkeys in two years at each centre. The forest minister said the primate protection parks would be set up on the lines of Asola wildlife sanctuary in Delhi. One such park would be started next month at Tara Devi near Shimla, whereas, the other would be set up at Jheen in Hamirpur district. He said Rs 1.51 crore would be spent on the construction of each park. Youth were being imparted training for catching monkeys so that they could earn from the government scheme. He said encouraging cultivation of herbal plants on commercial scale could strengthen economy and the effort would be that each family in the local panchayat was associated in the venture. He said the Forest Department would develop plant nurseries in every district depending upon the climatic condition and mater would be discussed with the Ayurveda Department. He said peoples' participation was an important aspect of forest management and asserted that policy decisions should be taken keeping in view the public grievances. He said regular discussions would be held with field the officers for effective implementation of projects. Additional chief secretary, forests, Avay Shukla, gave a detailed account of the activities of the department. He said the policies were framed keeping in view the public interest.
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Experts fear repeat of Okhla in Asola
Scientist moves NGT against constructions within 10 km of the sanctuary Environmentalists who are crying foul over the government’s decision to notify eco-sensitive zone around the Okhla Bird sanctuary
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Road to ruin
The latest roadshow planned by the Delhi government may just wind up hitting the ridge and bifurcating a sanctuary
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Look for animals in this sanctuary, you'll find trucks
Instead of the chirping birds, the only sound that is heard in the Asola Bhatti sanctuary is the loud whirring of machines digging into the land. While the Delhi Wildlife Department announced a Rs 2
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Greening Asola-Bhatti sanctuary
A silent revolution is underway at the Asola-Bhatti sanctuary. Till a few years back, it was just another part of the southern Delhi Ridge. It was rocky and hard, almost devoid of soil and barren,
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When garbage takes precedence over environment
The Delhi Government's proposed move to denitrify the Asola and Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary for developing a landfill site in Bhatti mines has evoked a sharp reaction from environmental agencies as it
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Black bucks released into wild doomed to 'die in heat'
The release of black buck in the Asola Bhatti wildlife sanctuary in New Delhi last week has been described by environmental scientists and wildlife experts as a little too premature. "The vegetation
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Experts' board to develop Tughlakabad sanctuary
The Delhi government has decided to constitute a board for initiating a balanced development of the Asola bhati Wildlife Sanctuary located near Tughlakahad Shooting Range in South Delhi. The board
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Steps to develop wildlife sanctuary
More than a decade after being declared a notified area, the Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary, finally seems to be all set to emerge as an ideal place for wildlife and attract wildlife lovers of the
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Rains save Delhi sanctuary
The recent rainfall in the Capital has come as a blessing in disguise for the 2,100 acre Asola Bhatti Mines Sanctuary. The continued drought conditions and intensive heat had started having its
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Fenced out
The Delhi administration's move to make the Asola and Bhatti sanctuaries exclusively protected areas ring alarm bells in the local villages
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- NGOs against bear sanctuary
The project of converting a part of Asola reserve forest into a bear sanctuary announced with much fanfare by the Lieutenant Governor, Mr Tejendra Khanna, in his speech on the opening day of the
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Hope for green Delhi
A wildlife sanctuary, spread over an area of 6800 acres, is being developed by the Delhi government in Asola Bhatti in South Delhi. Speaking at a function to inaugurate a van mahotsav in Hauz Rani
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Delhi ridge: a lifeline in danger
Encroachments by the poor and the rich alike are proving to be the ridge's bane. The malady is monumental, and the court's healing touch has provided incomplete relief at best