Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tribunal on its own motion Vs State of Jharkhand dated 20/09/2023. The Original Application has been registered in exercise of suo motu power on the basis of the communication dated August 30, 2023 received by the tribunal. Allegation is that …
Jamshedpur, April 10: Foresters in Saranda will soon launch an afforestation project that was sidelined for a year in view of threats from rebels and their sporadic clashes with security personnel. The project under the Compensatory Afforestation Management Plan Authority (Campa) of the Centre had been shelved, although it was …
Jamshedpur, March 23: The Subernarekha is unlikely to be rid of water hyacinths anytime soon with the authorities at Chandil Dam turning down Tata Steel
Jamshedpur, March 22: The steel city with the paradox of plenty and parched celebrated World Water Day today. Statistics reveal that compared to the ideal water consumption of 50-160 litres per person per day, an average steel city resident consumes 220 litres. At the same time, major rivers and reservoirs …
Polluting eyesore today, pristine eye-catcher tomorrow. Slag hills keeping malevolent vigil on posh Bistupur were always a part of the landscape if one came from Tatanagar via Jugsalai. But the industrial wasteland
Jamshedpur, March 8: Grappling with an acute land crunch, the Adityapur Industrial Area Development Authority (Aiada), which is keen to expand base, has identified about 400 acres of government land in Baharagora and Seraikela in East Singhbhum and Seraikela-Kharsawan districts, respectively. The industrial authority turned its attention on government land …
During debates on the merits of bringing in private water experts to distribute drinking water to homes in urban India 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, one story is often repeated. It is the story of a woman, a daily wage earner from Hubli-Dharwad, tier-II twin towns in …
- Munda clears Rs 134cr JNNURM project for Jugsalai, Mango, Adityapur, Ghorabandha Ranchi, Feb. 22: Residents of Jamshedpur living outside the Tata command area can finally hope for better drinking water facilities with chief minister Arjun Munda clearing the decks for a Rs 134.43 crore project that is to be …
Officials of Tata Steel Zoological Park and Bhagwan Birsa Biological Park, Ranchi, are keeping their fingers crossed for a green signal to a proposed collaboration that aims to boost breeding and conservation of animals at the two parks. The two zoological parks, which have shown keen interest in signing an …
Jamshedpur, Feb. 15: The green carpet between Domuhani and Mango bridge is what is left of the Subernarekha river in Jamshedpur. Thanks to poor monsoon last year and administrative apathy of many years
Jamshedpur, Feb. 13: With barely a couple of months to go for another dreaded summer, Seraikela-Kharsawan is experiencing acute water shortage already, the consequence of a depleting underground water level coupled with a poor rainfall last year. An arid landscape devoid of greenery, ponds fast drying up or reduced to …
Jamshedpur, Feb. 8: Imagine a car that uses only a trickle of precious petrol to give a jaw-dropping mileage of 130km per litre (kmpl). Thanks to a group of students of Adityapur-based National Institute of Technology (NIT), such a
Quartet in wetland show - Experts spot four new migratory species at Tata lake while urbanisation pauses passerine bird count Jamshedpur, Jan. 16: The joy of avian enthusiasts has quadrupled this winter, with four new wetland guests making a splash in the steel city. A recent survey by ornithologist K.K. …
Jamshedpur, Jan. 6: Patna Meteorological Office today said cold wave conditions in Jharkhand would prevail for another 48 hours, even as it sounded a severe cold wave alert for a few isolated places in the state. This is the first time in 15 years that a cold wave has lasted …
Jamshedpur, Jan. 5: The agriculture department will set up two agro-terminals under public-private partnership model in Jharkhand. A proposal for the terminals was being prepared and would be sent to the Centre for approval soon, chief minister Arjun Munda told The Telegraph today.
- Janumdih hamlet gets first model gram sabha under Centre scheme for rebel-hit areas Jamshedpur, Jan. 4: Fifty-year-old Gomdi Hansda, a resident of Janumdih hamlet, has only heard about government schemes. But now, he can actually reap the benefits of some. Janumdih, along with 21 other villages, will be developed …
Jamshedpur, Nov. 19: The lifeline of Singhbhum has been poisoned. A recent study, carried out by Analytical and Environmental Engineering Laboratory, which is accredited to the Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB), has declared Subernarekha
Jamshedpur, Nov. 18: Dhalbhum divisional forest officer A.T. Mishra has been selected for the prestigious Indira Priyadarshini Vriksha Mitra (IPVM) award, the highest honour in the field of environment in India, for 2010. Union minister for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh will present the award to Mishra, a 1994 batch …
Top firms include Tata Steel, Sterlite Energy, GMR Energy. The Union government has threatened to cancel coal block allocations of as many as 17 companies for failure to develop those allotted to them years before. These include big companies such as Tata Iron and Steel, Sterlite Energy, GMR Energy, ArcelorMittal …
