Judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of In Re: Zudpi Jungle Lands. A batch of applications involved a peculiar issue concerning the situation prevailing in the six districts of eastern Vidarbha region namely Nagpur, Wardha, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli. The issue pertains to the status of the …
The Cabinet will discuss the proposed amendment of West Bengal Forest Produce Transit Rules, 1959, on 21 January. The amendment is necessary to simplify the Rules for issuance of transit pass for sale of forest produce.
Around 200 trees, comprising kindal, matti, cashew and other variety, were allegedly cut down from private and forest land at Tamnemol-Monem, Cotigao, in Canacona taluka of Goa. The whole exercise of cutting down the trees was done clandestinely allegedly to make the way for the construction of a road.
The Bordre Road Organisation (BRO) under the Defence Ministry has paid Rs 6 crore to the Tripura Forest Department as penalty for deforestation of vast areas in the state for construction of border roads.
The new Kerala Municipality Building (Amendment) Rules 2004 which came into effect yesterday means an additional expense of Rs 1,000 to Rs 12,000 for new houses and upto Rs 1 lakh for commercial establishments to ensure rooftop rainwater harvesting system on the buildings. The basic method of fixing pipes and …
Take 3500 to upto 550 mm rain, nine river basins and what do you have? Lots of rainwater wasted, and running straight into the sea. Now Goa State is thinking big. Like ambitious plans across the country, the State too is thinking in terms of inter-linking its river basins.
The Central government has sanctioned Rs 3 crore to the Madhya Pradesh Rajya Laghu Vanopaj Sangh to consolidate the share capital of the primary forest produce cooperative societies in the state.
The Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) has drawn up an action plan for next 100 days to improve drinking water supply situation in the state. The action plan envisages to provide drinking water facility to remaining habitations and eight thousand rural schools besides completing 125 rural piped water schemes.
Parliament's Public Accounts Committee chairman and former Union Minister Buta Singh has said the committee has felt the need for more forest land to provide more facilities for pilgrims in Sabarimala in Kerala.
Back in the 20th century, when India had villages, there were several popular films that showed villages in a contemporary light. Well, somewhat. While Indian cinema was urban from its very beginning, there were several films of immense popularity that were, in many ways, a statement of the presence of …
the Amazon rainforests give out more carbon dioxide (co2) than they absorb, indicates a new study. The findings are alarming because the rainforests have been projected as a major
The Sri Lankan Forest Department is yet to take action against the construction of four hotels in the Knuckles Conservation, which had refused to suspend the construction despite the warnings by the Department. Four hotels are being constructed in the Pitawala, Pathana area of the Knuckles forest conservation on a …
The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) (Pakistan) has estimated NWFP's net hydel profit share for fiscal 2003-04, at around Rs4.8 billion, even less than the capped share amount the province has been receiving annually since fiscal 1991-92. In a recent communique to the provincial government, said a Wapda source, …
The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) (Pakistan) has estimated NWFP's net hydel profit share for fiscal 2003-04, at around Rs4.8 billion, even less than the capped share amount the province has been receiving annually since fiscal 1991-92. In a recent communique to the provincial government, said a Wapda source, …
The major pruning of trees around the airport area in Diu taken up by the Vadodara district, Gujarat, official has come in for criticism by residents living a few kilometers away. They claim that nearly 400 trees have been felled in the restricted forest zone. Officials, however, suspect the pruning …
The Parliamentary Accounts Committee, headed by Bhuta Singh, which arrived at Kochi, Kerala will look into the demand for more land for development of Sabarimala shrine. The panel will also watch a presentation by the Forest Department explaining why it is reluctant to part with any more land for the …
"Media reports that 4,000 trees in Prini forest, the home village of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in Kulu District in Himachal Pradesh were to be cut for the execution of 192 MW Aleao-Dhungan, hydropower project pained me', said Mr Dile Ram Shabab, former MLA and environmentalist of this district.
An inquiry has been ordered into the sanction of about 100 deodar trees to right holders by the Forest Department, allegedly by flouting all norms, in the Shilhnu forest of Gohar sub-division in the district. While some of the trees were felled by the right holders, further felling has been …
Several environmental protection agencies have expressed their concern over gradual eradication of paper mulberry trees from the green belts of the federal capital. These agencies said the cutting of these trees at huge level will exacerbate environmental problems and spoil the scenic beauty of Islamabad. According to details, the Capital …
The Chhattisgarh Government said that it is awaiting clearance from the Supreme Court to convert 425 forest villages into revenue villages to carry out development works in those villages. "We have already identified 51,853 people living on about 56,874.94-hectares encroached forest land. These people would be given permanent land records …
