Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Containers from sunken ship likely to drift towards Alappuzha, Kollam Coasts in 48 hours: INCOIS" appearing in The Hindu dated 25.05.2025 dated 27/05/2025. The original application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled …
Nainital (Uttarakhand): An elephant census is being undertaken at the famous Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand after three years. A total of 150 trained field staff in 62 groups are involved in the three-day exercise which started on Tuesday, officials said. The last census was in 2007 which put their …
The elephant census in Uttarakhand, which began on Tuesday, will conclude on Thursday. Officials of the Forest department involved in the census exercise begin their work as early as 4 am and continue till 7 pm. According to the last census, conducted three years ago, the State had 1,346 elephants. …
With the proposed food security law likely to get a momentum after the formal constitution of the National Advisory Council (NAC), under the chairmanship of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, the Rural Development Ministry has also decided to speed up the process for identification of rural below poverty line (BPL) families. …
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Ahmedabad: The ropeway project on the Girnar mountain could be in trouble. The vulture census which ended on Monday has revealed 22 nesting sites in the region and presence of about 69 vultures in the area. Wildlife experts have been opposing this project for fear that …
SAMBALPUR: There has been a rise in the number of leopards in Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary. As per the tiger census undertaken in the Sanctuary in 2004, there were 21 leopards. However, preliminary reports of the census undertaken from May 3 to May 16 indicate the presence of more than 40 …
Rajendra S Markuna | Haldwani An elephant census is all set to be conducted in Uttarakhand from June 1 to 3. As the hill State is going for such an exercise after a three year gap, there is a lot of curiosity among all, particularly wildlife activists, to know about …
Lucknow: The first-ever elephant census in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve has thrown up disappointing results. There are 11 elephants present in only one range of the reserve. The forest staff involved in the census work could not spot more elephants during the two-day census period last week. It is for the …
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Ahmedabad: How many trees are there in Ahmedabad? Or for that matter, Rajkot or Vadodara? There is no exact answer. One may get a rough estimate but even social forestry division of state government doesn
Ahmedabad: More than 25 volunteers and representatives from city-based Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) participated in the discussion, held at Van Chetna Kendra on Sunday, on the Gyps vulture census in Ahmedabad, Mehsana and Gandhinagar. The vulture census will be conducted after a gap of three years. The last census was done …
Forest Department launched elephant census in Kodagu forest area on Saturday. RFO M S Chinnappa giving information to volunteers on identifying blocks before beginning elephant census in Anekadu reserve forest near Kushalnagar. Forester K P Somanna, volunteers B C Muruli Madaiah and H K Thilagar are seen. dh photoThe personnel …
Nagercoil: Fifty-seven elephants, including 13 calves, were found in Kanyakumari district during a two-day elephant census conducted by the Forest Department, a senior official said on Monday. This showed an increase of six elephants over the 2008 figures, District Forest Officer Sundara Raju said. The census was conducted by a …
Mumbai: In order to boost the morale of enumerators, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM), the census executing agency, is contemplating a public felicitation for the fastest 100 enumerators. "During my review meetings, I discovered that few enumerators had already completed their quota of 150 houses in less than 15 …
LUCKNOW: On Sunday, Census 2011, India's 15th enumeration drive since 1872, was kickstarted in Uttar Pradesh. The exercise began with chief minister Mayawati filling up her details in the census schedule 2011 at her residence in Lucknow. The CM also made an appeal to residents of UP, to cooperate with …
Idukki: More than 1,500 specially trained people on Saturday started an elaborate two-day census exercise to ascertain the number of wild elephants in the four elephant reserves in Kerala as part of an elephant census under Project Elephant in South. On the first day of the census, the
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Ahmedabad: The forest survey of India may have said that the actual cover in Gujarat has increased by 16 sq km, as compared to 2005 data, however, the tree count conducted in the state in 2007 revealed that numbers have increased by barely 2 per cent. …
The elephant census in Bhadra wildlife division is in progress. The enumerators have sighted 82 elephants so far, said ACF Ramesh Babu. Elephants in Bhadra Reserve Forest in Chikmagalur. DH file photoSpeaking to Deccan Herald from Kesuve camp in Muthodi zone, he said the work on estimated number of elephants …
A tigress wearing a radio collar being released at Pirkhali forest block in Sundarban. Sundarbans, the largest estuarine mangrove forest in the world, also boasts of the highest number of tigers in the country. Now enumerators are carrying out the arduous task of counting the big cats in nearly 1,600 …
The just-concluded 13th Asiatic Lion census in Gir Sanctuary has revealed an increase in their numbers. Shubhlakshmi Shukla, the only reporter to tag along with the hundreds of officials and volunteers who conducted the exercise, reports It was three in the morning and there was a stench of fresh meat. …
