Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
In A Month, 7 Crushed To Death In Bhavnagar Rajkot: Gujarat’s first cablestayed bridge built over a sea creek in Bhavnagar may have helped the business boom with better connectivity to the city. But, barely 14 kms away, the road connecting this bridge is turning into a graveyard for the …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests has laid down a Standard Operating Procedure to deal with emergencies arising out of straying of tigers into human habitations. In a directive to all Heads of Forest Forces and Chief Wildlife Wardens in Tiger Range States, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has …
Advisories To Deal With Situations When Big Cats Stray Into Human Habitats Pune: The chief wildlife warden of Maharashtra has issued advisories to the state’s four tiger reserves —Sahyadri Tiger Reserve in Kolhapur, Tadoba-Andhari in Chandrapur, Pench in Nagpur and Melghat in Amravati — to follow the Standard Operating Procedure …
The calving season of Nilgiri tahrs is under way at the park The Eravikulam National Park, abode of the highly endangered Nilgiri tahr ( Nilgiritragus hylocrius ), will remain closed to visitors till April 4. Chief Wildlife Warden V. Gopinathan said the two-month closure was an annual affair during the …
The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has instructed the PCCF/HOFF(s) and Chief Wildlife Wardens of all “Tiger Range States” to adhere to a clearly defined Standard Operation Procedure (SOP) while dealing with emergencies concerning tigers straying into human-dominated areas. Deputy Inspector General of NTCA, SP Yadav in a recent communication …
Order Allows Temple Priest, Workers And Devotees Access To Sanctuary After Sunset Ahmedabad: It is official now. You can enjoy a night safari in Girnar, one of the last abodes of the Asiatic lions. Acting on complaints received via the state government’s Swagat online programme, collector Manish Bhardwaj issued directions …
On 4 FEBRUARY 2005, two weeks after I reported the local extinction of tigers in Sariska, Project Tiger (PT) chief Rajesh Gopal told the Hindustan Times that a tiger was spotted and tracked by a team from the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) in Sariska. On 7 February, he told …
Some months ago, a woman was caught with a tiger cub in her bag at the Bangkok Airport. She had put the sedated cub in her bag along with a few stuffed toy tigers. However, airport staff spotted the cub when the bag went under the scanner and booked her. …
AHMEDABAD: In its guidelines "for taking non-forestry activities in wildlife habitats", the Union ministry of environment and forests has stated that each project - which will be cleared by the National Board of Wildlife - will have to secure the final approval from the apex court. The guidelines, which were …
IVRCL proposed to undertake mining at two places in Sonebhadra District on river bed of the river Son The Ministry of Environment and Forest has rejected infrastructure giant IVRCL Ltd's two sand mining projects in Uttar Pradesh due to improper documentation of mining area and environmental issues. IVRCL proposed to …
Faces Hurdles In Environment Clearance In Andhra Pradesh There seems to be no end to the trouble of the state PSU, Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC). Under fire from activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal for an alleged scam of Rs 20,000 crores for its offshore gas exploration in KG Basin, off Andhra …
Centre plans to preserve elephant habitats, thereby reducing human-animal conflict Guwahati, Dec. 24: The ministry of environment and forests is working out a process to provide legal status to elephant reserves and corridors, which will help the Northeast most, as it not only has the largest presence of elephant corridors …
Wildlife experts on board the apex National Board of Wildlife (NBWL) will clear development projects only over those forestlands which explicitly enjoy a higher level of protection under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 or are mandated for greater safety by the Supreme Court. Projects in forest patches, such as elephant …
Measures to protect the wildlife and biodiversity in general include inter alia, notification of suitable wildlife habitats as Protected Areas (National Parks, sanctuaries etc.) under the Wild Life (protection) Act (WLPA), 1972. Recommendations of the National Board for Wildlife (NBL) are prescribed in the Act for regulating any activity inside …
The movement of Asiatic elephants to the famous Deepor Beel Bird Sanctuary has declined as the traditional corridors used by them while coming down from the Rani and Garbhanga Reserve Forests (RFs) to the Deepor Beel have been blocked due to setting up of railway tracks and also construction of …
Imphal: The Thoubal unit of People for Animals (PFA) made the shocking disclosure that a food outlet at the ongoing Manipur Sangai Festival has on offer an array of dishes made from the meat of rare wild animals like boar (wild pig) and porcupine. Members of PFA, Thoubal, who carried …
The environment ministry has opposed the recommendations of the Centrally Empowered Committee (CEC) of the Supreme Court and the amicus curiae's suggestions that the ring of limited-industrialization zone around the 600 plus national parks and sanctuaries be diminished. The ministry has said that the suggestions to reduce and pre-fix the …
There is good news for tiger watchers going to Dudhwa tiger reserve. The National Tiger Conservation Authority guidelines, in view of the Supreme Court order, have not made much impact on its tourist map. Sonaripur range, Dudhwa national park and Sathiana range are open to tourists. The latest guidelines permit …
Whereas, the National Tiger Conservation Authority under clause (c) of sub-section (I) of Section 38-0 of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 has the power to lay down normative standards for tourism activities and guidelines for project tiger for tiger conservation in the buffer and core areas of tiger reserves …
GUWAHATI/DIMAPUR: With early winter coming in, means a time to seek fortune for many villagers. As Amur falcons migrate from Siberia, the villagers hunt them in large number and earn a lot in Nagaland and parts of Manipur. However, if environmentalists have their way this year, those villagers in Nagaland …
