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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding desilting of the Defence Colony drain in Delhi before the monsoon, 16/04/2025

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 …

5,838 farmer suicides in MP in 5 years

During the five year period, between 2006 and 2010, 5,838 farmers had been forced to commit suicide due to various reasons in Madhya Pradesh. Six of them took the extreme step of ending their life due to debt burden. Madhya Pradesh home minister Umashankar Gupta made this disclosure through a …

Government Declares 135 Tehsils Of 37 Districts Drought-Hit

The state government has declared 135 tehsils of 37 districts as drought-hit. Principal Secretary Revenue Shri Anil Shrivastava issued notification to this effect on Wednesday. The list of drought-hit tehsils is as follows: S.No. Name of District Name of Tehsils 1= Dhar = 1. Badnawar. 2. Dahi 2= Khargone = …

Over 79,000 girls get benefit of Ladli Laxmi

Indore: Launched by the Madhya Pradesh Government with the objective of making the birth of a girl child a happy moment, a total of 79,726 girls have benefited under the Ladli Laxmi Yojana in Indore division so far. This included 20,934 girls in Indore district, 16,824 in Dhar, 6,507 in …

Local people will be consulted on waste disposal: Jairam

Facing protests over a plan to incinerate toxic waste of Union Carbide plant in Bhopal at a disposal unit at Pithampur, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has assured villagers that a study will be conducted and locals taken into confidence before a final view is taken. Local residents, mainly those from …

MP forest dept to rope in tribals to protect green cover

To better preserve the green cover in the state, Madhya Pradesh forest department has decided to rope in tribals to protect some species of trees they have been worshipping for centuries. The forest department has identified six species of trees which are worshipped as deities of their clans by bheel …

Balance necessary between wildlife conservation and states developmental activities

Chief Minster Shivraj Singh Chouhan chaired a meeting of State Wildlife Board here today which recommended setting up of National Dinosaur Fossil Park near Bagh in Dhar district. More than 100 dinosaur eggs were found in Bagh in Dhar district in the year 2006, which are estimated to be 6.5 …

Bhopals toxic links with Indore

People in Indore and the adjoining Pithampur industrial area in Madhya Pradesh are protesting the incineration of Bhopal’s toxic waste near their homes. The waste disposal facility in Pithampur in Dhar district was completed recently. On March 18, the Madhya Pradesh state pollution control board allowed Ramky Enviro, the private …

Bhopal’s toxic links with Indore

People in Indore and the adjoining Pithampur industrial area in Madhya Pradesh are protesting the incineration of Bhopal’s toxic waste near their homes. The waste disposal facility in Pithampur in Dhar district was completed recently. On March 18, the Madhya Pradesh state pollution control board allowed Ramky Enviro, the private …

36 tehsils declared drought-hit

The State Government has recognised 36 tehsils as drought affected on the basis of norms laid down by it. For wide information to general public the Revenue Department has published a notice in this regard. Principal Secretary (Revenue) Madan Mohan Upadhyay has issued instructions to publish the notification in the …

Union Carbide waste disposal trial run a farce: Activists

Despite the recent Supreme Court directive to dispose of the hazardous waste lying in the now-defunct Union Carbide Plant by putting it through an incinerator in Dhar district of the State, the trial runs for waste disposal flout environmental norms, activists claim. The toxic waste is to be incinerated at …

Court rules in favour of tribals

Orders rehabilitation of 900 families affected by Man dam for 12 years, tribal families displaced by Man dam in Madhya Pradesh have been fighting for rehabilitation. On August 11, the Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court gave them relief by ordering the state to provide two hectares of …

Funds allotted for potable water transportation

The second instalment to the tune of Rs 50 lakh has been released to parched Indore. On April 8 last, the first instalment of Rs 50 lakh was released. In this way, Rs 1 crore has been made available to Indore collector for ensuring drinking water arrangements in the district …

Dangerous business

Disposal facilities are not the final solution, but are good business as long as subsidized India generates 8.14 million tonnes of hazardous industrial waste in a year, according to cpcb. Of this, at least 350,000 tonnes have to be incinerated. However, the capacity of the tsdfs in the country to …

Rs 1.54 cr for potable water transportation

Urban areas of Indore, Dhar, Chhindwara, Alirajpur, Khargone, Sehore, Rajgarh and Dewas districts are facing drinking water problem, would be supplied drinking water through transportation. The state government has sanctioned an amount of Rs 1.54 crore for this purpose. The amount would be allotted to the concerning collectors in two …

Pitching in for a pond

for the people of Mandsaur, Dewas and Dhar districts of Madhya Pradesh drought has been a daily scourge that they learnt to live with. They would wait endlessly for water trains, lock barrels of water to prevent theft and protest sporadically against the scarcity. The recent drought, however, has made …

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