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 …
Illegal coal mining continues unabated at a number of places around district headquarter of Korea in Chhattisgarh. Hundreds of quintals of coal is being extracted from these mines in remote forest areas on a daily basis. While district mining officials claim that these areas do not come under their jurisdiction, …
BAIKUNTHPUR: A dam on river Jhunka, which had been a lifeline for Baikunthpur and nearby colliery township Churcha, is dying a slow death due to continuous discharge of untreated polluted water. As a result, water supply from the dam has been discontinued, and now, the same is being supplied from …
Fourteen lakh saplings of different species will be planted under Koriya forest division this year. Each Government department has been given a target for plantation of saplings during the monsoon season. Different varieties of saplings are being prepared at ‘Plant Conservation Centres’ in the district. Baikunthpur Forest Ranger Akhilesh Mishra …
Chhattisgarh Governor Shekhar Dutt has sought details from the State government on the declining population trends in six Left Wing Extremism (LWE)-affected districts of Koriya, Dakshin Bastar, Dantewada, Bijapur, Sukma, Jashpur and Kanker as reflected in the Provisional Census 2011 figures. The State government says while it would wait for …
Aman Sethi CHIRMIRI: Plumes of smoke continued to billow from the Anjan Hills coal mine in Chhattisgarh's Chirmiri district on Friday, as hopes faded for the six miners still trapped in the mine, where an explosion killed four workers and injured another 28 on Thursday. On Friday morning, doctors at …
Aman Sethi CHIRMIRI: While officials have refused to comment on the possible cause of the mine explosion in Chhattisgarh's Koriya district, interviews with miners, rescue workers and doctors on the site of Thursday's blast suggest that it could have been caused by a methane leak in a coal seam more …
Aman Sethi RAIPUR: Four miners were killed and 28 injured in a massive blast in the Anjan Hills coalmine in Chhattisgarh's Koriya district on Thursday. Six members of a technical team were still trapped in the mine, and rescue workers were unable to make contact with them. The mine, operated …
