Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Ranchi, Jan. 3: Kalawati Oraon is still living a dream. She has clean potable water on her doorstep, something she never had for her entire 38-year-old life. Till a few months ago, Kalawati, with other women of hilly Kothi Tola village in Keredari block, some 80 km from Hazaribagh, trekked …
Fear gripped those having bad memories of crop destruction in Jharkhand as hundreds of elephants are about to return on their annual migration sojourn. In November, a herd of elephants attacked a Jharkhand village in the morning and trampled a woman and her son to death. A rampaging elephant killed …
Hazaribagh: Four-laning of Ranchi-Patna stretch of NH-33 has started affecting the green cover of the district. In the last 10 days, about 600 to 700 sal trees were felled on both sides of an 8km stretch of NH-33 passing through the famous Hazaribagh wildlife sanctuary in Padma. The felling of …
Ranchi, Nov. 29: The state water resources department plans to desilt five reservoirs in the state in a bid to cope with a looming water crisis. The water bodies being considered for desiltation are Getalsud and Gonda in Ranchi, Sitarampur in Adityapur (Seraikela-Kharsawan), Charwa in Hazaribagh and Heru dam in …
Hazaribagh, Nov. 23: Deputy commissioner Ravindra Kumar Agarwal today admitted that the water scarcity in the district was worsening each day, and that he had discussed the problem with the urban development department secretary in Ranchi yesterday. Agarwal, who had forwarded a Rs.2.91 crore proposal to install hand pumps in …
Hazaribagh, Nov. 19: An acute water crisis looms on Hazaribagh town with the district authorities claiming that Charwa reservoir will be able to cater to the needs of 3 lakh residents till December 15. PHED executive engineer Kishore Kumar said they were keeping an eye on the water level of …
Ranchi, Oct. 7: Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary will add another 1500 hectares to its area to make more room for the animals while a wildlife safari has been planned in Hazaribagh division. These decisions were taken at the maiden meeting of the State Wildlife Board, which was set up in 2008. …
Hazaribagh/Ranchi, Aug. 19: Three members of a central team, which is in the state to review the drought situation, today visited Hazaribagh and observed that poor rainfall over two years had adversely affected crop patterns in the parched district. The team, led by director of National Horticulture Board Bijay Kumar, …
Ranchi, July 30: Jharkhand has embarked on a mammoth project to rejuvenate five dams and reservoirs that act as prime water sources for capital Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Hazaribagh and Chatra, a move that will also help the state tap central funds. The water bodies that have been chosen include Getalsud and …
Hazaribagh, May 19: As many as 276 students of a government school fell sick today after eating a midday meal of khichdi in which a lizard was found, a week after an identical episode in Deoghar where 19 children fell sick after a midday meal. Children of the school in …
- Reservoir level dips alarmingly, residents depend on tankers, borings for daily need Charwa dam Hazaribagh, April 21: With water level in Charwa dam dipping to dangerous levels, residents of the town are getting increasingly alarmed. The sole source of water, Charwa dam, now has only enough water left for …
Hazaribagh, April 5: First, the bad news: the water level of Charwa dam is fast receding. Now, the ugly news: the reservoir may be able to sustain life only till month-end. Originally built over 100 acres in 1954, the reservoir catered to barely 30,000 people in Katkamsandi, 5km from Hazaribagh …
Tribals are known to have rich knowledge of indigenous technology pertaining to agriculture practices and an attempt was made to document the indigenous knowledge. Data was collected from 3 districts covering 9 villages from 225 farmers with the help of a structured questionnaire. In all, broadly classified 26 indigenous knowledge …
Jamshedpur, Jan. 5: Jharkhand has recorded an increase in forest cover by 172 sqkm, a feat made possible by local villagers and, surprisingly, Maoists, whose presence deterred widespread tree felling that has been the norm in certain remote areas. The India State of Forest Report-2009 has arrived at this conclusion …
