Smoke-emitting vehicles to be checked
The director general, environment, (Pakistan) Shafiq Ahmad Khoso, has said his department has submitted a scheme to Islamabad for approval to ensure implementation of laws against smoke-emitting vehicles. He was talking to members of trade and industry at the Hyderabad Chamber and Commerce and Industry conference hall. He said he …
Canal breach floods villages, crops
The Ali Bahar Canal developed a 40-foot wide breach at Machhi Minor near Thari Mirwah (Pakistan) night as a result Lund Jamrao and Rajpar villages were inundated. The villagers informed the area people about the breach through loud speakers. Later, the villagers and the irrigation employees plugged the breach. The …
Case against five for timber theft
Noor Shah (Pakistan) police have registered timber theft case against five people and arrested a forest guard and a contractor. Forest guard Nadim Tariq and contractor Meharban Ali allegedly sold timber worth Rs790,200 from Chaks 63/4-R and 77/5-R and Shahmand Baloch village through PPP leaders Ali Khan Baloch, Naseer Ahmad …
Tree logs worth Rs 1.3 cr seized
Customs officials have seized logs of a rare tree worth Rs 1.3 crore, which were to be smuggled to Singapore from the port town, and arrested two persons in this connection, officials said on Sunday.
CM for promoting afforestation
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has called upon the people to take up afforestation programme to ensure adequate rainfall during monsoon. She was inaugurating various welfare schemes to the tune of Rs 100.63 crore at a government function in Dharmapuri. The government was giving top priority to the drinking …
CM for promoting afforestation
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has called upon the people to take up afforestation programme to ensure adequate rainfall during monsoon. She was inaugurating various welfare schemes to the tune of Rs 100.63 crore at a government function in Dharmapuri. The government was giving top priority to the drinking …
Mettur water level alarming
With the storage level in the Mettur dam remaining too low, the discharge of 1,000 cusecs of water per day for the drinking water purpose to the wayside villages in Erode and Namakkal districts of Tamil Nadu has been stoped.
UNIDO urges Assam to formulate bamboo policy
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) today said that despite having rich potential of bamboo-based industries, and the standing Supreme Court ban on forest products throughout the nation, Assam is yet to formulate a clear-cut bamboo policy.
NDFB alloting land in reserve forests to cadres
The Assam Govt has taken a serious view regarding the peculiar type of extremist activity, going on inside the reserve forest areas of the state. The matter is more serious in Karbi Anglong district. According to a confidiential report filed by the "subsidiary intelligence bureau', the NDFB through another organization …
KPTCL officers pulled up for delay in water schemes
At the zilla panchayat general body meeting here on Friday, Tumkur district (Karnataka) incharge Minister Dr G Parameshwara took the KPTCL officals to task for the dealy in fixing electric transformers meant for drinking water supply.
Bamboo on show
Guwahati will be hosting the first-ever international bamboo festival and technical meet next week where top international experts will discuss how to make better use of bamboo. The raw stock of bamboo in the region is valued at Rs 5000 crore and if even a quarter of this is uses …
`Laws violated in Chhattisgarh capital project`
Even as the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi laid the foundation of a new capital at Mandir Hasaud near Raipur in Chhattisgarh, the Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Dilip Singh Ju Dev, has drawn her attention to "violation of laws" in the project.
Fire destroys 300 hectares of Gir
A massive fire engulfed around 300 hectares of forest area in the Paniya range of Gir forest (Gujarat). The fire was brought under control after battling for nearly 12 hours, fire officers at Junagadh said. Bamboo and fodder worth crores of rupees were destroyed in the fire.
Sikkim forest cover up 6.75 pc
Sikkim has recorded a area of the state, a report published by the government report PTI. There was a net increase of 479 sq. Km in forest cover till 1997- which amounted to 6.75 per cent of the total geographical area, the report of the state's Forests, Environment and Wildlife …
Discussion on wetlands of Assam
Environmental organization, Nature's Observer and Post Graduate Students of Journalism and Mass Communication, IGNOU are organizing a discussion on "Wetlands of Assam and their environmental and economic importance' at the Guwahati Press Club on March 16, a press release said.
Govt to provide Irrigation potential to cultivate land
The Minister of State for Rural Development, Ch. Gharu Ram has today reiterated the government's resolve to provide adequate irrigation potential to cultivable land in the border areas which were deprived of the facility for last many years.
Forest Minister bats for Dalits
The Karnataka government should ensure that Dalits are protected as per their constitutional rights, Minister for Forests and Environment K H Ranganath said.
Kolar mechanic comes up with low-cost moped
A Kolar mechanic has come up with a prototype of a battery-run pollution-free, low cost moped.The mechanic, Syed Sajjid Ahmed, has come up with the prototype of a noiseless, economical two-wheeler which runs on two batteries of 12 volt and 42 ampere each. Ahmed has removed the engine and strapped …
BIS men lift samples of mineral water
The authorities of the Bureau of Indian Standards have lifted samples of at least 14 bottling plants of mineral water in five districts, including Faridabad. The action assumes importance amid reports that several brands of bottled mineral water supplied in the National Capital Region had been unsafe. At least six …
BDA men chop down trees in night operation
Nearly 250 fully grown eucalyptus trees were felled on Airport Road-Intermediate Ring Road junction in Domlur in a late night operation by the Bangalore Development Authority. The trees were cut to facilitate the construction of a flyover. According to BDA officials, due permission had been taken from the Forest Department. …
