Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Residents Welfare Association Savita Vihar Vs Irrigation & Flood Control Department & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant raised the grievance against throwing of construction debris and sewage obstruction in the Ghazipur drain. According to the applicant this drain flows behind …
In order to raise awareness about the need to conserve water, Rajendra Singh also known as the 'Waterman of India' led a 'Global Water Walk for Peace' here today. The march, a part of the ongoing CMS Vatavaran Film Festival began in the morning from the Rajiv Chowk Metro Station …
The contentious issue of the fate of the Dhari Devi temple at the hydroelectric project in Srinagar, Uttarakhand, along the Ganga has reached the high-level panel led by Planning Commission member B K Chaturvedi, which had its first meeting last week on Thursday. It is learnt that one of the …
A below-par monsoon is likely to set alarm bells ringing in the UPA 2 Government, already reeling under the impact of an economic downturn. Besides affecting the kharif sowing, which is certain to have a bearing on the production of rice, oilseeds and pulses, the delay in rain has the …
The Uttarakhand Janmanch will launch the Parvat Garjana Andolan from Srinagar on July 8 to protest against the Central Govern-ment’s decision to stop work on the Srinagar, Peepalkoti, Loharinag Pala hydro-power projects in the mountain State. The protest will be attended by Padma Shree recipients Leeladhar Jaguri, Rural Litigation and …
Environmental activists Monday threatened to take to the streets if the government did not come out with “concrete measures” to save the “dying” Ganga by May 20. “So many protests have taken place over the issue before but little has come of it... we have decided to launch a mass …
New Delhi: Sunday Times had on April 1 reported about Assam man Jadav Payeng’s unparalleled feat of single-handedly growing a forest spread over 550 hectares on a sandbar in the Brahmaputra over 30 years. On Earth Day, Jawaharlal Nehru University honoured him for his remarkable achievement at a public function …
Who is to be blamed for water scarcity during summer months? Are the developers making necessary arrangements for rainwater harvesting? These are very important questions and deserve serious answers The sweltering summer is back and, now, one can feel the heat, quite literally. Also, it is a truism that people …
NEW DELHI: In damage control mode, the prime minister on Tuesday sent Union coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal to placate the fasting G D Agrawal, a retired professor of IIT Kanpur who recently 'embraced sanyas' and took the name 'Swami Gyan Swarup Sanand'. Agrawal has been on fast since January 14 …
Magsaysay award-winner ‘Waterman’ Rajendra Singh, who stepped down from National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) along with two others protesting government’s “negligence” of the river, on Sunday criticised the Prime Minister for “not understanding his responsibility” towards the river as head of the body. Singh, addressing a press conference, said …
LUCKNOW: Thronged by thousands of devotees on a daily basis, Sangam, the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati in Allahabad will have a different set of visitors on September 23 and 24. Conservationists and scientists would be in the Sangam city to participate in the meet called 'Ganga …
BARIPADA: Magsaysay award winner Rajendra Singh Rana, also known as the Waterman of India, will launch a mass movement against river-linking projects in the State on Tuesday at Rangmatia village under Rasgovindpur block in Mayurbhanj district. The movement will apprise the locals on environmental impact of the proposed project to …
Sunny Sebastian JAIPUR: Four members of the newly-constituted National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) have threatened to resign following a report of the Group of Ministers recommending renewal of construction of the Loharinag Pala hydro-electric project on the Bagirathi river. Four out of the nine expert members in the NGBRA, …
Sunny Sebastian JAIPUR: Count your drops like you count your money for water auditing is coming! A strong plea was made for enforcement of a stricter regimen on water use for countrymen through both by legislation and societal pressure by a group of scientists, academicians, activists and policy makers who …
A group of activists led by Magsaysay award winner Rajendra Singh met Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh today and demanded that the government should do more for the effective implementation of the New Ganga and Yamuna Action Plans. The All Ganga Yamuna Panchayat presented a charter of demands to the …
The work of Tarun Bharat Sangh in Rajasthan has received much attention. There is an urgent need though to question development challenges that go overboard in extolling the virtues of greenery without tracing the hands that own the land and harvest the fruits of public money.
