Identifying pests
The Indian system thrives on confusion, luxuriating in the miasma that rises around every issue of public interest. It was possible to think that the cola conundrum could be solved easily enough, it was just a question of testing the liquids for the level of pesticide in them. The Central …
Assam to launch bamboo tech mission
The new Forest Policy of the Assam Government will lay a major thrust on bamboo forestry. The Government also intends to launch a technology mission for bamboo and cane, soon after the declaration of the Forest Policy.This was stated by Assam Minister of State for Forests Pradyut Bordoloi here today, …
Centre okays 2000 MW hydro power project in Arunachal
In an effort to improve the hydro-thermal mix, the government Saturday approved a 2000 MW hydro-power project in Arunachal Pradesh at a cost of Rs 6,285.33 crore, reports PTI. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), which met here, approved the setting up of the Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric project in …
Seminar on the importance of green cover
A seminar on the topic "Why there should be at least 1/3 tree cover on the earth" was organised by the Social Forestry Division, Udhampur, Jammu, in government High School, Barda, the other day. Students and departmental experts spoke on the subject and highlighted the importance of green cover for …
India pesticides charges Dog Coca-Cola, PepsiCo
Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc. face new hurdles to regaining public trust in India despite an announcement by the government that the level of pesticide residues in their products conforms to local quality standards. Opposition lawmakers pushed the government to institute a public inquiry into allegations that pesticide residues in …
Bye Bye, Tiger Wood
A lush forest turns a giant golf course overnight? Well, on paper, it's already happened. The Ajit Warty committee appointed by the Maharashtra government to chart out the development of Mumbai's northern suburbs has conveniently ignored the very existence of the Vasai forest in its report. Instead, it's laid the …
Himachal Govt to withdraw notification on forest dept
The government of Himachal Pradesh is carrying out an exercise to undo yet another decision of the previous Dhumal government by withdrawing the notification concerning forest department, vide which certain categories of wasteland were excluded from the notified forest areas. The Forest Minister for the state, Mr Chander Kumar, disclosed …
Court ban leads to problem of plenty in Nagaland forest
Convinced by the campaigners on the importance of plantation and conservation of forest and other natural resources, the Naga masses undertook massive plantation a decade back. But today, they have been left high and dry. Thanks to the Supreme Court blanket ban on timber. Naga individuals as well as communities …
Safeguard forests, says minister
Hundreds of school children, members of the Eco-club, present and former MLAs, and the jawans of the 3rd Battalion of the Himachal Police, Pandoh, joined villagers of the remote Shiba-Badar in planting 4,000 herbal saplings in 4 hectares on the Sitiyur hill near Pandoh Dam.
Board to monitor subsoil water
The Punjab Pollution Control Board has decided to monitor quality of underground water in industrial districts of the state. Checks would be conducted every six months in various areas surrounding industrial belts to monitor effect of effluents on the ground water
Threat to sacred beads
The rudraksh tree (Elaeocarpus ganitrus), whose nuts are used as beads in rudraksh malas, is in need of immediate conservation measures to prevent it from becoming extinct, scientists have cautioned. Out of the 120 known species, 25 are found in the foothills of the Himalayas and in various parts of …
Poojary wants forest lands regularised
Congress Rajya Sabha member and former Union minister Janardhan Poojary has urged chief ministers of all states, and those of the Congress-ruled states in particular, to send proposals to the Centre seeking an amendment to the Forest Conservation Act providing for full protection to the poor families and regularisation of …
Strict vigil to check felling of green deodar saplings in Manali
With the promotion of tourism industry in Kullu Valley in general and the picturesque tourist town of Manali in Himachal Pradesh in particular, a large number of hotel projects have come up subsequently for the last over two decades. According to the sources, before the Christmas eve, green saplings of …
Centre keen on State forest schemes
The Central Government has started responding positively to the ambitious schemes forwarded by the State Forest Department for improvement of forest cover in Assam and revival of the Manas National Park. Talking to The Assam Tribune, the Minister of State for Forest, Pradyut Bordoloi, said that the Central Government has …
Once a lush green forest, now in a shambles
The sprawling 800 acre Jahanpanah city forest, which was enclosed within the walls of the city of Adilabad that Mohammed Bin Tughlaq built after he became the ruler of Delhi, finds mention as one of the most happening "cruising places" on a website.
'Yamunanagar saw mills not to close'
The Haryana Government has set at rest rumours set afloat by vested interests that the plywood industry in Yamunanagar and saw mills in the State were being closed following a Supreme Court decision. State Principal Chief Conservator of Forests termed such rumours as misleading and aimed at harming the plywood …
Govt fails to produce list; seeks more time
The Kerala government has failed to produce the list of persons who have encroached upon forest lands after January 1, 1977, and the persons evicted therefore, sought for by a Division Bench of the Kerala High Court. The government has sought two more months to comply with the direction.
Notice on DDA, forest dept
The Supreme Court issued notices to DDA vice-chairman, the Delhi government ad Central forest officials on a petition seeking contempt action against them for showing disregard tot he apex court's directive to protect the Jahanpanah forest in south Delhi.
`Coke sludge toxic`
The Government said the sludge supplied by the bottling unit of the Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Limited at Plachimada, Palakkad district, Kerala to farmers for use of fertilisers contains dangerous levels of cadmium and lead.
