Survey of India

First food: business of taste

Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …

Survey to demarcate AP mines lease areas

The Centre on Monday informed Parliament that a survey will be conducted by the Survey of India by the end of July to demarcate the mining lease areas of five mines in Andhra Pradesh. To a question raised by TDP member Mysura Reddy in Rajya Sabha regarding

Major changes in coastal geography near Paradip

BHUBANESWAR: The coastal zone of Paradip is undergoing rapid geographical changes. The shoreline and the beach area in the zone have sustained major shifts in characteristics in the past three decades. The shoreline of Paradip has increased by about 7.26 km while the beach area was diminished by a good …

State forest cover 27,645 sq km

The State has a forest coverage of 27,645 sq km as per the Forest Survey of India report-2005. The area under forest and tree cover is 29,129 sq km. Informing this at the Assembly while replying to a question by Dr Aditya Langthasa (AUDF), Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain said that …

Reddy mines: AP told to sort border issue

June 22: The Union ministry of environment and forests has stepped up pressure on the AP government to expedite the inspection of its borders with Karnataka by taking the support of the Survey of India. The move will impact the mining activities of Obulapuram Mining Company, owned by Mr Gali …

HC raps Forest Dept for delay in despatch of letter

The Karnataka High Court on Monday pulled up the Forest department for delay in despatching the letter to Survey of India to be part of the joint survey of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh borders. The HC had ordered the joint survey, following a petition over alleged encroachment of the State …

Topographical survey of Altinho hill likely

A team of Survey of India experts is expected to arrive in the State next month to carry out a topographical survey of Altinho hill as a part of project to prepare a master drainage plan.

27 trees cut: PMC to serve second notice to Survey of India

Pune A month after 27 trees were illegally cut by the Survey of India (SOI) in its Maharashtra and Goa Geo-spatial Data Centre on Alandi Road, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is about to serve them a second notice indicating judicial action against them. Activists, however, term it as delay …

Now, Himachal Forest dept in soup for publishing map sans approval

Shimla: If the controversy around the printing of a wrong map in the official diaries was not enough, the forest department has been caught on the wrong foot. A state map with redefined boundaries of wildlife sanctuaries has been published without the approval of the authorised empowered committee appointed for …

Court team to probe felling

The high court on Monday set up a three-member committee to probe the felling of trees at the Indian Botanic Garden. The team

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