Reply affidavit filed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Debadityo Sinha & Others Vs Union of India & Others. An application filed before the NGT said that illegal construction activities and clearing the vegetation and forest using massive earthwork and levelling the land …
In traditional water management, innovative arrangements ensure equitable distribution of water. Such arrangements are democratically implemented: the gram sabhas or farmer committees usually approve these plans publicly. The traditional managers play the role of a tribunal authority. In Almora district, two villages share irrigation water in rotation. Upstream Ladyura and …
askot sanctuary in Kumaon, Uttar Pradesh, has been invaded by non-native plant species. According to scientists of the G B Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development ( gbpihed ), Almora, if conservation is not taken up immediately, the sensitive balance of nature in the sanctuary may be irreversibly damaged. …
On the major problems besieging the Himalaya: Mountain regions the world over have been neglected. The Himalaya face a major water crisis. In spite of housing the source of three major river systems, the resource is scarce in the hills. The other issue is irrigation. Less than 10 per cent …
