`Only few houses have proper rainwater harvesting structures`
Though rainwater harvesting (RWH) has been implemented in almost all structures in the city, only few have done it in an appropriate manner, said experts at a meeting at Rain Centre, Mandavelipakkam, on Saturday. Organised as part of a national awareness campaign supported by the Union Ministry of Environment and …
Highs and lows of Bagalkot
Navanagar, the Chandigarh of Bagalkot district of Karnataka in terms of its exquisite planning, will soon have an added attraction - a mini forest atop a hillock. The dream project of district Deputy Commissioner K S Prabhakar, the hillock housing the Mini Vidhana Soudha will soon be cloaked in green. …
Protection urged for Canada`s boreal forest
Environmental groups struck an agreement with four natural-resources companies and two aboriginal groups to push the Canadian government to protect the country's northern forests. The groups hope Ottawa will eventually create a network of connected preservation areas in the massive boreal forest, which stretches across the country from Alaska to …
J&K minor forest produce ban
The Jammu and Kashmir Government has imposed a ban on the extraction of minor forest produce, including medicinal plants from the demarcated forest areas of the State for a period of five years. Anybody found possessing or trading in suc h plants or their produce will be prosecuted and booked …
Motia shows the way to conservation
By 1988, forests around Motia in Bharuch in Gujarat were almost depleted due to complicity between villagers, saw mill owners and wood traders. There was no grass left for grazing the cattle or wood for cooking. The same year, Vadgiyabhai Virjibhai Vasava, set up the Motia Forest Range Co-operative Society …
Free fall
Contrary to popular opinion, Maharashtra's Forest Development Corporation (FDCM) thinks conservation lies in cutting trees. Raised 30 years ago to mainly
A passion for cycling, planting saplings
35-yeal old Muniappan is an environmentalist, a farmer, a coach and is a traveller with a cause. He has been travelling on his bicycle for the past 5 months, planting saplings throughout the length and breadth of the country. A resident of the Salem district in Tamil Nadu, Muniappan has …
Get ready for hike in water tarifff
Delhities can expect a hike in water tariff shortly. The government has indicated that water rated may go up from the present 35 paise to at least Re 1 per kilolite. CM Shiela Dikshit said
Vanishing green belt
In Guwahati, human greed has led to the very rapid denudation of the green belt that previous city fathers had deemed absolutely essential for the city. And because we do not accept responsibility for anything but their pockets, we now have a situation where the city is fast losing its …
Restore timber rights , say residents
The post-1939 settlers here have asked the Himachal Pradesh Government to restore their timber rights at the earliest. They were deprived of these rights 10 years back.
Panel flays GMC for flouting norms
The one Man Inquiry Commission of retired bureaucrat TL Bararuah, investigating allegations of illegal building permissions in the Green Belt Zone (GBZ0 of the city, has come down heavily on the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) for flouting existing regulations while granting building permissions.
Green drive sluggish, as water table falls
With yet another water crisis looming large over the city this summer and the state government scrapping the bottom of the barrel for the last remaining water dregs, the Chennai Corporation's delay in going ahead with its tree-planting programme may aggravate the situation in the not too distant future, green …
Gray squirrels` faulty memories help forests - study
Gray squirrels' faulty memories turn out to be good for forests, but the nut-hoarding habits of their red cousins are not, U.S. scientists said this week. The bane of suburban gardeners and backyard bird feeders, the ubiquitous gray squirrel buries walnuts, acorns and other nuts across the landscape in a …
Special drive launched to check misuse of timber
The Department of Forests, Kullu Forest Division, Himachal Pradesh, has launched a special drive to check the misuse of timber sanctioned to the right holders under timber distribution (TD), under the guidance of B D Suyal, Divisional Forest Officer, DFO, B D SUyal in an informal meeting.
Salinity to trigger drinking water crisis
The presence of salinity in river Periyar has further intensified following the failure of the north-east monsoon and it is posing a serious threat to the distribution of drinking water from Aluva Water Works to major parts of Ernakulam district of Kerala. The functioning of hundreds of industrial units and …
Hazardous units must display updated inf on premises: SC
The Supreme Court of India has directed the State Pollution Control Boards, including that of Goa, to ensure that all industries generating hazardous wastes display on-line data outside the main factory gate, about the chemicals used and the emissions generated within the factory premises.
HC orders issue of notice to Govt
The Karnataka High Court ordered issue of notice to the State governemnt on a public interest litigation complaining that some persons were illegally removing plantation and forest products from Sonnenahalli forest area in Hessaraghatta near Bangalore.
