Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Laxmi Narain Vs Municipal Corporation, Ghaziabad & Others dated 11/11/2024. The complaint of the applicant is that illegal secondary collection point has been setup near Apsara border of Ghaziabad adjoining Delhi on GT road at District Ghaziabad. The allegation in …
Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar NEW DELHI: The public transport initiative in the Capital was reviewed at a meeting between the Supreme Court-appointed Environment Pollution Control Authority panel head Bhure Lal and member Sunita Narain and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Transport Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely and senior officials here on Thursday. …
New Delhi: The government has been making all the right noises about its efforts to save the tiger. But the results, so far, have been little to roar about -- 2009 has, in fact, been the deadliest in recent years for the big cats. There is also a worrying trend …
Mumbai: Mumbai may have its own skywalk, which no other Indian city can boast of, but it is by no means a pedestrian-friendly city. A study by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Delhi's "walkability" points out that even though 40% of the city's population takes "pedestrian trips", the …
Lunch with BS: Sanjeev Chadha Suvi Dogra & Kanika Datta / New Delhi June 16, 2009, 0:27 IST Sanjeev ChadhaThe table at Cilantro, the multi-cuisine restaurant at the Oberoi Trident in Gurgaon, is booked for five people. Five? Sanjeev Chadha, chairman, PepsiCo, India Region, would be accompanied by two corporate …
Neha Sinha New Delhi: In a new set of directives, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has instructed tiger reserves across the country to put a stop to all
Latha Jishnu / New Delhi May 28, 2009, 0:58 IST A secret report aims to make environmental clearance a standardised exercise that bypasses critical requirements. Environmental safeguards, whittled down as they are, are coming under strain once again as the government attempts to fast-track statutory clearances for industrial and infrastructure …
New Delhi: Under the Yamuna Action Plan, about Rs 1,500 crore has been spent so far on cleaning the river and another project worth Rs 4,000 crore is ready to take off. This has, however, made little difference to the state of the river. Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit recently observed …
KOLKATA: The Sunderbans tiger is falling prey to poaching. Thousands of families in the tidal region are losing their homes and livelihoods due to rising sea level and tidal currents. Unscientific construction and illegal felling is denuding the Himalayan foothills of its forest cover and triggering landslides. The Bhagirathi is …
JAMMU: Observing that the preservation of ecology is a fundamental challenge, Governor N.N.Vohra said that the Amarnath Shrine Board shall take a firm initiative in funding eco-awareness-cum-conservation campaigns and supplementing the afforestation programmes in selected areas. Attaching significance to the first meeting of the Environment SubCommittee of the Board, governor …
Emphasising the importance of preserving and maintaining the aesthetic environmental grandeur of the fragile Himalayan region during the Amarnath yatra, Governor NN Vohra today called for effective measures to ensure zero discharge of pollutants into Lidder and Sindh rivers. Accompanied by members of the Environment Sub-Committee, recently constituted by Shri …
JAYANTA BASU TT for City - Poison Air Sunita Narain in the city on Thursday. (Rashbehari Das) A diesel and katatel combo is deadly for Calcutta, according to researchers studying fuel consumption in various cities.
Durgesh Nandan Jha | New Delhi Forest land surrounding all major tiger reserves in the country may turn into farmland and commercial establishments following recategorisation of these expanses as revenue land. The decision has been taken to lure inhabitants out of the villages in core tiger habitats across the country. …
Neena Vyas NEW DELHI: After Leader of Opposition L.K. Advani held a meeting with experts on water here on Tuesday, the Bharatiya Janata Party announced that if it came to power it would make access to drinking water a fundamental right and conservation of water a fundamental duty. Party leader …
Ashwani Sharma Posted: Jan 09, 2009 at 0014 hrs IST Shimla: Flash floods, dry spells, melting glaciers, rising temperature, withering crops. All the signs are there. The global climate change is making an impact on Himachal Pradesh, a state that has always been noted for its environmental consciousness. Only last …
Shimla: Moving a step ahead to put the proposed environment masterplan in form by next year, senior state officials have opened a dialogue with the World Bank and other international experts to make Himachal Pradesh the first carbon neutral state of the country. In fact, fresh round of discussions with …
Shimla: Sunita Narain, noted environmentalist and Director of Centre for Science and Environment, today accused the developed nations of putting undue pressure on India to deal with the adverse affects of climate change, instead of tackling the crisis at home. Narain, who was in Shimla on Friday, said India will …
Experts prefer nuclear energy in short run DH News Service,Bangalore: A panel discussion on Climate Change: An Indian Perspective, held on Monday as part of the centenary conference of Indian Institute of Science witnessed experts stressing the need for reducing emission levels by shifting to nuclear energy in the short …
