Rs 15.71 crore for afforestation
Himachal will spend Rs 15.71 crore on afforestation during the current financial year and an area of 15,000 hectares will be brought under trees.
Ghana sets rules to mine gold in forest reserves
Ghana is looking to grant five licences for companies to mine gold in forest reserves, partly because these areas have already been badly damaged, and it has set conditions for awarding the permits, the mines minister said. The five companies being considered are the world's largest gold miner Newmont NEM.N …
BWSSB gears up to make Bellandur tank pollution-free
The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewage Board (BWSSB) has identified and formulated steps to control pollution of the Bellandur tank. The BWSSB has taken up the reparation work of the two main trunk sewers in Challaghatta valley and Koramangala valley that drain out sewage into the Bellandur tank. The work …
State to test drive bio-fuel to check pollution, moot options
Contemplating to introduce bio-fuel as an alternative to conventional fossil-fuel, the Karnataka State Government has embarked upon a pilot project to see if bio-fuel actually makes the difference and reduce vehicular pollution in the city. The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) will run five buses on bio-fuel over the next …
HYDERABAD: SWC demands new water accord
The Sindh Water Committee (SWC) has demanded a just and permanent water sharing accord between all the provinces of Pakistan, especially between Sindh and Punjab. Speaking at a news conference at the local press club on Sunday, the chairman of the SWC, Rasool Bux Palijo, called for shelving all water …
HYDERABAD: Recharge dams to be built
Sindh irrigation and power secretary Mohammad Hashim Leghari has said recharge dams will be constructed in Nagarparkar, Thatta, Dadu and Larkana districts to meet shortage of water. Presiding over a meeting of senior officers of the irrigation department at the Jamshoro rest house on Saturday, Leghari directed the officials to …
Delhis green cover under threat
Delhi's greenery is in danger! The survival rate of the saplings planted in various parts of the Capital is as low as 40%. A number of trees in the city are too weak to remain standing for long. These trees, estimated to be 5,000 in number, are on the roads, …
Mega-scheme for the greening of Thar
The Central Ground Water Board has formulated a mega scheme for transformation of the Thar desert in Western Rajasthan into a green, prosperous and drought free area by recharging its depleted ground water aquifers with the surplus waters of the Indira Gandhi Canal and Ghaggar river's flood waters.
Waiting for elusive water
Over 60 per cent families in India still do not have access to drinking water at their homes. The recently released findings of the first ever and the largest survey of household amenities and assets conducted by a premier English weekly as 'both instructive and amusing'.
Sri Lankan born Forest economist honoured
Visiting Sri Lanka this month is an expatriate Sri Lankan who is a world expert on sustainable forest management. Don Wijewardana living in New Zealand as the Director International Forest Policy, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has developed, with a group of interdisciplinary experts from a number of countries, a …
Stress laid on greener Jammu
Social Forestry Department and Forest Department in collaboration with Group Centre CRPF and Kendriya Vidyalaya, Bantalab, Jammu, organised Van Mahotsava - 2003 at Bantalab with the aim of creating awareness among general masses regarding the importance of increasing green cover in the country.
Forest cover is up by six per cent
The forest cover in India has increased by six per cent since 1999. The total forest area is now estimated be 38.245 sq km says a Union government report. This is a step forward in achieving a target of having a forest cover of 33% in the country by the …
River link projects to `green` drought-hit areas
The proposed interlinking of the Ken with the Betwa involving Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh as also the Parbati and the Kalisindh with the Chambal to benefit Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan are a minor portion of the ambitious 'Inter basin water transfer links' mega programme envisaged to usher in a …
Saving forests best way to cheap, clean water - study
Major cities should focus efforts and funds on conserving forests that naturally purify their drinking water, saving them from spending billions of dollars on water treatment facilities, a study published yesterday showed. The study of 105 big cities by the World Bank and the ecology organization the World Wide Fund …
More than 400 logs recovered from national parks vicinity
Tinsukia SP Satyen Gogoi literally stumbled on a lot of timber logs at Natungaon near the Dibru Saikhowa national park while he and his team of policemen were on a routine law and order patrol. The lot contained more than 400 logs of different sizes, but mostly of the bher, …
State rejects CMCs formula
The Karnataka Government today rejected outright the "comprehensive formula' recommended by the Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC) after an expert group failed to thrash out a solution to the vexed problem of water-sharing between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu during drought period. While the "comprehensive formula' enjoins on Karnataka to release 31 …
'Almatti height may hit AP power generation'
Raising of the Almatti reservoir level in Karnataka may reduce power generation at Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar power houses in Andhra Pradesh by 1,000 million units per year, according to SNC Lavalin, international consultants, which conducted simulation studies in this regard. Disclosing this to reporters here on Friday, Mr J. Parthasarathy, …
National highway gets lanes, birds take flight
The eight-lane expansion of the Delhi-Jaipur National Highway 8 has taken a heavy toll: Thousands of trees have been cut and tens of thousands of birds have been rendered homeless. People For Animals (PFA) is now planning to move the Supreme Court over the large-scale ecological destruction. "Over 10,000 trees …
Punjab gives more water to parched Rajasthan
In a rare display of generosity, the Punjab government released the much-needed additional water supplies to irrigate parched villages and towns of northwestern Rajasthan. Interestingly, the move, which was initiated and executed by the Amarinder Singh government, had immediate spin-off benefits for the farmers of southwestern Punjab with Rajasthan chief …
