Order of the High Court of Tripura in the matter of Court on its own motion Vs The Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare & Others dated 09/01/2025. The HC was informed that National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) has granted approval for establishing two new Facility-integrated ART Centres (Fi-ARTC) …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Sumanta Ghosh Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 20/09/2023. The matter is related to stone mining and stone crushing business in the Eco-Sensitive Zone of Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, Darjeeling district, West Bengal. The miner …
To avoid accidents on upcoming Sevoke-Rangpo line To get started a project that has been hanging for four years now for want of environment and forest clearance, the Railways have decided to install sensors to track the pachyderms present on or near rail tracks. The Railway Ministry has sought a …
Alipurduar, June 10: The railways have decided to saw off trees along the 167km-long tracks in the Dooars after two trains had back-to-back narrow escapes when trees fell on the line during a storm. Officials said most of the 120 trees that would be removed between Siliguri Junction and Alipurduar …
‘JICA to give Rs. 400 crore long-term soft loan' The West Bengal Government is set to sign an agreement with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for a Rs. 400 crore long-term soft loan for the conservation of wildlife and biodiversity. “Talks with the international funding agency JICA have taken …
Jaldapara (Alipurduar), June 23: The state forest department will get funds of nearly Rs 400 crore from Japan for an eight-year project to develop the forests. A representative from the country is visiting the Dooars to assess the condition of the forests and the impact of the joint forest committees …
Jalpaiguri, May 5: The state forest department will not allow any new resort or hotel, private or government, to come up within a 10km radius of any wildlife sanctuary or national park once the surrounding areas are notified as eco-sensitive or fragile zones. Vipan Sood, the conservator of forests (wildlife), …
SILIGURI, 10 JAN: In order to maintain proper food chain the forest department released a total of 58-spotted deer in Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary today. The forest department in Darjeeling district brought those herbivore animals from Adina forest in Malda district. The divisional forest officer, wildlife Darjeeling-I, Mr Tapas Das said:
Siliguri, Nov. 29: The state forest department will oppose any move by the railways to extend the Dooars rail route to Bhutan as it will pose threats to the wildlife, minister Ananta Roy has said. The opposition from the government came close on the heels of the deaths of seven …
Siliguri, Oct. 19: Foresters have intensified patrolling on the fringe villages of the Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary apprehending raids by a herd of 100-odd elephants in the next 24 hours.
Ananya Dutta KOLKATA: Despite repeated requests from the Union Environment and Forest Ministry against the running of trains through forest areas, Railway authorities have not relented to its demands leading to recurrent incidents of elephants and other wild life being run over by trains. The unscheduled shunting of an engine …
An advisory to the state forest department has underscored the construction of underpasses or overpasses across railway tracks in the forests of north Bengal to bring down the number of animal deaths, but wildlife experts claimed the proposal was impractical. The Union ministry of forests and environment
Siliguri, May 5: The forest department has taken up projects to count and study the Asiatic black bear and to find out the status of different species of butterfly in Senchal Wildlife Sanctuary.
Two wild elephants in a midnight raid damaged a primary school at Sevoke Bazar and ate up sacks full of rice and pulses which they probably could not finish during a previous attack. Personnel from Sevoke police outpost and the local people pushed the tuskers back into the nearby Mahananda …
- Foresters find 25-30 samples of scat in five-day-long census Foresters have found 25-30 samples of tiger faeces in the Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary during the five-day long census that ended yesterday. The faeces or scat is the second most conclusive evidence after direct sighting to confirm the presence of big …
Forest officials have started the tiger census with renewed vigour in Neora Valley Sanctuary, spanning over 113 sq km area in north Bengal. The census, which began from November 20, will end on Novemeber 25. A total of 33 teams, comprising both government and NGO representatives, are conducting the survey.
