'Access to drinking water no guarantee for service'
Although fairly impressive achievements have been made in providing access to protected drinking water sources, there are areas where the combination of private and public protected sources is yet to make the required impact, according to a nationwide survey on access to and availability of drinking water conducted by the …
Firm says it had permission to chop down trees at Goregaon
Kingston Properties, a construction firm belonging to the Oberoi group of builders, claimed to have permission to chop trees on CIBA road, Goregaon (Mumbai). At least seven trees on this road were hacked for 'developmental' purposes.
Thousands evacuated as fire engulfs Arizona
Authorities ordered the 7,700 residents of this eastern Arizona mountain community to evacuate Saturday night as a mammoth fire breached a hastily constructed fire line on its western edge. Authorities were also planning to evacuate 3,500 residents from neighbouring Pinetop-Lakeside. The mandatory evacuation order came as the fire, which had …
Trees cut down in Goregaon
An upcoming entertainment project along Ciba Road, Goregaon (E), Mumbai, has led to the chopping down of several lush-green trees in the area over the past week. Local residents alleged that as many as seven trees were hacked for road widening.
Reds take up green battle
This is the first time that ecology and environment have projected a serious problem before the the two rival political fronts in Kerala. But it is more a political need than a theoretical conviction that has now prompted the two Communist parties in opposing the occupation and destruction of Mathikettan …
'UDF hand' in re-encroachment
The tribal leader, C.K. Janu, has alleged that the re-encroachment at Mathikettan Shola after the eviction carried out there a couple of weeks ago, was with the connivance of the top leadership of the UDF and its government. Addressing a press conference today, Janu alleged that the Government was protecting …
Police seize 150 kg of sandalwood
The Police has arrested four sandalwood thieves and recovered 1590 kg of sandalwood wroth Rs one lakh, stolen from TB-3 military compound in Banswadi police station limits, Karnataka. With the arrest of gang, several cases of sandalwood theft booked at various police stations have been solved.
TN's decision to move SC flayed
Former Irrigation Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader H N Nanje Gowda today said that the reported decision of the Tamil Nadu government to approach the Supreme Court for a direction to the Centre for framing a fresh scheme in place of the existing scheme relating to Cauvery Water dispute, …
Wildfires join and threaten Arizona town
Two wildfires that have burned about 330,000 acres of northern Arizona in the last week merged,becoming the biggest fire in the state's history. Officials said it could cover a million acres, about 1,500 square miles, before it goes out.
Govt. to give non-forest land on 33-yr lease
In a major policy decision, the Madhya Pradesh State government has decided to give the non-forest barren land on a 33-yr lease to private sector companies, registered societies and organisations. The decision is said to propel non-government investment in the State. The land would only be given for forestry, horticulture, …
'Centre keeping watch on timber smuggling to Bangla'
In view of rampant felling of trees by timber smugglers and killing of animals by the poachers, the forest cover in the Northeast is depleting at an alarming rate, said Regional Chief Conservator of Forest Promode Kant, Ministry of Environment. He said that the incidents of seizure of timber were …
BMC plans for 1.5 lakh saplings
The BMC has decided to plant one and a half lakh saplings in Mumbai. The BMC budgetary provision for tree planting for 2002 is Rs 3.37 crore. It remains to be seen if BMC is really serious about the project.
Special forest police to stop poaching
The West Bengal state forest department is planning to set up a special independent police investigative wing to stop poaching and illegal felling of trees.
Illegal logging topples Cambodia's forests
Cambodia's forests were one of the few remaining valuable resources of a country impoverished by a generation of civil war, Khmer Roughe tyranny and Vietnamese occupation. Yet they have been extensively depleted, largely as a result of rampant illegal logging and exports in the 1990s. Numerous civilian and military officials, …
Fire rips through Arizona community
A fire in the tinder-dry forests of eastern Arizona raced through a hastily abandoned town, chasing firefighters off the line and prompting the evacuation of thousands of residents as it quickly grew to 85,000 acres. "This is a monster," said Jim Paxon, a U.S. Forest Service fire information officer. The …
4 lakh saplings to be planted in Fatehgarh
Four lakh saplings would be planted on roadsides and vacant land of panchayats in the Fatehgarh district. Presiding over a district officers meeting at Bachat Bhavan, Mr Vikas Partap, Deputy Commissioner, Fatehgarh Sahib, directed officers concerned to remove the encroachments on road sides so that the trees may be planted …
Illegal felling of trees the rise
Dams fulfills one necessity of human kind. Such an incident has taken place at the Bhainsadori dam area where brutal felling of trees are taking place in the jungle which is going to be submerged in the dam water. Large scale illegal felling and theft of the valuable trees has …
Rs 3.75 lakh funded for proper drinking water
Collector Ashish Upadhaya has sanctioned an amount of Rs 3 lakh 75 thousand and 700 hundred to the additional director of the Satpura Tiger Reserve, Panchmari for making proper arrangement of drinking water for the tribals of the Kajri village.
Maan dam project cost goes up to Rs 108 crore
The administration has accepted that the original cost of the Maan dam project in Dhar district of Indore division has increased from Rs 35.94 crore to Rs 108.12 crore. About 17 villages occupying an area of 1.17 hectares will come under submergence.
