Affidavit filed by Chhattisgarh East West Railway Limited in the matter of Sudiep Shrivastava Vs Union of India & Others dated 15/04/2025. The appeal was disposed of by the NGT, April 29, 2019. However, the order was challenged before the Supreme Court (SC). The SC, November 26, 2024 disposed of …
For about seven months now, Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district (formerly in Bastar district) is said to be in the grip of Salwa Judum, a spontaneous tribal uprising against the Maoists. According to one report: "From a handful number to thousands. This is how the anti-Naxal movement is gaining ground in the …
Sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) is one of the widely distributed large mammals in India. At the same time, the sloth bear has suffered as much as other large mammals from human impacts on forested areas. The North Bilaspur Forest Division, Chhattisgarh, which an un-protected area, harbours a large number of …
Sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) is one of the most widely distributed large mammals in India. At the same time, the sloth bear has suffered as much as other large mammals from human impacts on forested areas. The North Bilaspur Forest Division, Chhattisgarh, which is an un-protected area, harbours a large …
It is Saturday: wage labourers have been paid in Dhaba village in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandangaon district. Ration cards, empty bags and tins in hand, they queue up outside a new ration shop in their village. Inside, Jamunabai Sahoo, secretary of the women's self-help group (shg) that runs the shop, registers villagers …
Jatropha is not the only option for producing biodiesel. The Botanical Survey of India has identified over 300 species with non-edible, oil-rich seeds. As India has a chronic shortage of edible oils and imports it, non-edible oils are recommended for using in transport and other sectors. Species with biodiesel potential …
a dark cloud is fast approaching the night sky of Chhattisgarh. The emergency briefing on the other side of the globe by the director of Convoluted Intelligence Agency (cia) just got over. President Push paced up and down in his Elliptical Room, this crisis is a bit confusing. Outside the …
the Central Pollution Control Board (cpcb) recently declared Chhattisgarh's capital Raipur as the country's most polluted city. Union minister of environment and forests A Raja presented a report in parliament based on a study on the presence of Suspended Particulate Matter (spm) in the air in 52 cities; Raipur ranked …
As the monsoon arrives in Chhattisgarh, people living along the state's rivers start looking for the red velvet mite (Trombidium species). A tiny insect found in the wastelands, the red mite is prized as a source of medicine and sold as such in far off Benaras and other cities across …
the latest buzz in Chhattisgarh's political arena is about how ex-revenue minister Nankiram Kanwar was made to give up the revenue portfolio recently due to his campaign against Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (balco), controlled by Sterlite Industries. Kanwar, a tribal leader, had sought to highlight balco's misdeeds in Korba district, …
Environmentalists fear Scheduled Tribe Bill will put India's forest cover at stake. Matkuli is the base camp as you begin your climb towards Pachmarhi. Located inside a 1,500 sq km Project Tiger area comprising two sanctuaries and one national park, it has grown from a small village of 50-odd houses …
An agitation in Chhattisgarh against the construction of a dam on the Kurkut river by Jindal Steel is representative of many such popular struggles going on across the country. In Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district, a pitched battle is being fought across the river Kurkut over the construction of a dam. The …
bhurbhusi village in Chhattisgarh's Raj Nandgaon district is facing the threat of submergence due to the construction of a Rs 70 crore dam on the Seonath River. While the work on the Mogra dam proceeds on a war footing, the government rules out any displacement it might cause. But it …
chattisgarh's Bharatiya Janata Party government has become a laughing stock due to its unfulfilled vote-garnering promise of distributing cows among tribals. While the government is finding it difficult to provide the promised cows, the opposition is happy. Veteran tribal leader who also leads the opposition in the state assembly, Mahendra …
To Jindal Steel's expansion planNearly 2,000 written complaints and a protest document signed by 40,000 people were submitted at a public hearing against the expansion plan of Jindal Steel and Power Plant in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. Tension prevailed during the entire course of the public hearing, held on January 29, 2005. …
The formulation of a practical conservation policy will involve a fuller consideration of human needs also. Conservation plans need to be so developed that they minimize restriction on the people of area. The disturbance map and biological richness map may help to plan and better manage possible nature reserves, to …
the paddy crop in Siltara village near Chhattisgarh's capital Raipur has turned black. Farmers are in a fix because neither merchants nor the government are ready to buy it. Even the cattle refuse to eat it. In other villages, like Sandogri, Chholi, Gogaon, Sarora, Urla, Ravanbhata, Chikli, Kumhari, Sonara and …
the paddy crop in Siltara village near Chhattisgarh's capital Raipur has turned black. Farmers are in a fix because neither merchants nor the government are ready to buy it. Even the cattle refuse to eat it. In other villages, like Sandogri, Chholi, Gogaon, Sarora, Urla, Ravanbhata, Chikli, Kumhari, Sonara and …
One day in September this year, Rama Bhadraiah had a windfall. This small cola supplier in village Nadikude in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur district sold 50 crates of nine bottles each. Elsewhere, in village Bhaisra in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandgaon district, Kishan Katlam
The government of Chhattisgarh is on a mission to promote jatropha. It has planted 6 lakh saplings in the last six months and has requested additional funds from the Union government to plant more jatrophas. On face of it, promoting the plant makes good sense: jatropha has medicinal uses and …
The government of Chhattisgarh is in dire need of 1,00,000 bulls. According to government officials, these are needed to breed cows that are to be distributed free to 1.3 million tribal families in the state. The move is in keeping with a promise made by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party …
