Affidavit filed by the Chief Wildlife Warden, Assam in the matter of news item titled "the last feral horses in India" appearing in Mongabay, November 5, 2024. The matter relates to the critically endangered status of feral horses in the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park as well as of smuggling of these …
Affidavit filed by the Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Protection), Forest Department, Rajasthan in the matter of Sonya Ghosh Vs State of Haryana & Others dated 25/01/2022. The NGT, September 22, 2021 had directed the submission of an action taken report in compliance with removing illegal encroachments and illegal …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News item published on 27.07.2020 in the local daily named “Times of India” titled “Forest guard mowed down by ‘mining mafia’ in Sariska" dated 06/04/2021. Proceedings in the matter was initiated based on a media report of July 27, 2020 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News item published on 27.07.2020 in “Times of India” titled “Forest guard mowed down by ‘mining mafia’ in Sariska” dated 10/08/2020. Proceedings in this matter have been initiated based on media report1 dated 27.07.2020 under the heading “Forest …
JAIPUR: Even as wildlife enthusiasts are exploring the possibilities of relocating tigers at the Mukundra Tiger Hills in Kota, which was once a tiger habitat and declared as a reserve in 2013 but is now bereft of tigers, experts highlight the importance of genetic study of tigers before they are …
JAIPUR: The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has shot down the proposal from the state forest and wildlife department for the translocation of one sub adult male tiger from the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve to Sariska Tiger reserve. In his reply to the proposal from the principal chief conservator of forest …
Jaipur: A Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF) would now be established for Sariska Tiger Reserve and the Mukundara Hills Tiger Project. So far this was only functional for the Ranthambhore Tiger Project. For these two, new STPF now instead of police force, forest guards and forest watchers would be appointed. …
JAIPUR: Sariska is basking in the glory of increasing tourist footfall these days, but here is some more good news for the tiger reserve. In the management effective evaluation (MEE) report for the country's 47 tiger reserves, Sariska has improved its status in the past four years, thanks to its …
JAIPUR: There is hope for an inviolate space for the tigers of Sariska Tiger Reserve STR that had lost all its tigers in 2004. Under the 'Project Tiger' of Union ministry of environment and forests, village re-location in STR seems to be back on track after a span of nearly …
In what is a piece of good news for those concerned about the welfare of wildlife in Delhi's Asola Bhatti Sanctuary and the adjoining Aravalis, the Haryana government has finally decided to declare an eco-sensitive zone around its border — particularly that with Delhi's forests. An ESZ is a buffer …
Study says human disturbance affecting breeding in Reserve High stress levels in tigers, caused by human activity, have affected their breeding in the Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan, a study says. Tigers were reintroduced in the Sariska and Panna tiger reserves after poaching, habitat loss and prey depletion made them …
Sariska Tiger Sanctuary (STR) in Rajasthan’s Alwar is facing unusually slow multiplication of the big cat population mainly due to large scale miscarriages suffered by its tigresses. The tiger re-introduction programme, the first of its kind in the world, was taken up in the sanctuary in 2008 as there were …
The National Green Tribunal has come down heavily on Rajasthan government over the illegal mining of minor minerals in Alwar district and directed it to submit data regarding the same in four weeks. A bench headed by Justice U D Salvi pulled the state over indiscriminate mining activities in Alwar …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Sonya Ghosh Vs. State of Haryana & Others dated 05/02/2015 regarding illegal, unauthorised and the rampant mining going on in the District of Alwar. The Tribunal noted with concern that the extent of illegal mining has …
JAIPUR: With the National Green Tribunal (NGT) saying that its nod is mandatory for mining activities near Sariska Tiger Reserve and Supreme Court ban on mining at Aravalli, the aim of the government to increase mining areas in the state has come to a halt. In a conference on "reviving …
The National Green Tribunal on Monday directed that no person or company will be allowed to carry out stone quarrying or mining of any sort without the requisite environmental clearance near the Sariska Tiger reserve in Rajasthan. It was hearing a petition by Khayali Ram Chattiram, a resident of Alwar …
Rajasthan too has kept pace with the increase in tiger numbers nationally. If according to the 2010 census, the total number of tigers in Rajasthan was 36, now the number stands at 52, which is almost 44% increase. Ranthambore is brimming with tigers, while Sariska with larger geographical area is …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Babu Lal Jaju Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors. dated 26/11/2014 regarding utilization of green tax in Rajasthan. Counsel for the State has filed M.A. No. 659/2014 with the prayer for taking on record the annexed …
The law prohibits mining activity in the Sariska tiger reserve but disagreement among departments over land revenue records have allowed 12 mines to continue in the core area of the reserve. Mining and forest department records accessed by The Indian Express show that 12 marble mines are located in Khasra …
The Rajasthan government, which is arguing in the Supreme Court to reduce the safety zone limit around the Sariska tiger reserve from 1 km to 100 metres, told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in June this year that there was no mining activity within 100 metres of the protected forests. …
The central empowered committee of the Supreme Court has asked the Rajasthan government to immediately stop mining activities allowed around Sariska in “blatant violation” of the court’s orders and name the officers responsible so that “appropriate action” can be taken against them. The decision to allow mining activities within one …
