Launch green park campaign, says UP Nagrik Sangh Chief
The Chief Minister, Ms Mayawati, has been suggested by the Uttar Pradesh Nagrik Sangh to launch "green park campaign" to make urban localities ecofriendly by protecting the parks and remove encroachments from the piece of land, shown as a park in the blue print of the locality.
Big damage in Solan forests
Thousands of small and newly grown trees of different species have been destroyed in the fires that have engulfed various forests of Kunihar, Nalagarh and Solan forest divisions of the district in Himachal Pradesh for the past five days.
Two parks to put ring of green around Red Fort
The Red Fort will now be surrounded by green. The Union Ministry of Tourism and Culture has undertaken tow projects to green the surroundings of monument. The first project is a green patch between Red Fort's Lahore Gate and the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Road which will be called the …
Master craftsmen languish in poverty
The Madhya Pradesh state government's decision to do away with several autonomous undertakings has resulted in closure of the Handicrafts and Handloom Development Corporation, until recently famous for bamboo products made by its highly talented crafts persons. The Corporation was being run by the Madhya Pradesh government under a Rs. …
Court complex in Pondy mired in controversy
The construction of the court complex in Pondicherry has run into rough weather following enquiries by the Ministry of Environment and forests on weather there were violations of law while felling the trees and clearing natural vegetation in the land acquired by the government for the purpose.
Clear Assam of encroachers by Sept 30, Delhi tells CS
The Centre has imposed the deadline of September 30 on the Assam Government to clear all reserved forest areas of the encroachments and report to it, on a regular basis, about the progress of the eviction drive. On the other hand, the parliamentary committee, attached to the Ministry of Forest …
Eviction drive on in city, 474 houses demolished
Continuing with its eviction drive, the Forest Department today cleared 250 hectares out of a total of 670 hectares of land at Katabhari Kalapani, etc., areas near Garchuk under Fatasil reserve forests in Assam. A total of 474 houses including 15 permanent houses and 33 semi-permanent structures were demolished by …
Greening scheme for Chandni Chowk
Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has launched a drive to bring back greenery to Chandni Chowk. Delhi Mayor Jaishree Panwar today initiated the drive by planting saplings at the historic Azad Park opposite the Town Hall.
Bangladesh bans felling trees in Sundarban forest
Bangladesh has banned felling trees in its Sundarban mangrove forest, which is also shared by neighbouring India, Forest and Environment Minister Shahjahan Siraj said. "We must protect our natural forests and animals to balance the bio-diversity," Siraj said.
Space for saplings must for plan approval
Chief Minister S M Krishna today instructed the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike and the Bangalore Development Authority to alter building byelaws and make sapling-planting mandatory for all new buildings in the city to increase the greenery. The byelaws should be altered to ensure that space is earmarked by the property owner …
Rare conifer species found in Anaimalais
A rare conifer species, considered the only conifer of south India, a broad leaved Podocarpus Latifolia was rediscovered after 90 years at Iyerpadi shola near Valparai in the Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu.
Tree harvesting proposal rejected
The district council members rejected the harvesting of windfall and avalanche hit trees in the district by an overwhelming majority as only three out of the 24 voted in favour of it. On the first day of the session, the harvesting proposal was taken up which was bitterly opposed. The …
Intach releases book on trees around us
Tourism secretary Chandana Khan Kumar on Monday released a book on trees titled Common Trees Around Us. The book has been published by the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, AP Chapter, as part of its drive to create awareness about heritage.
Forest fires damage Nallamala
Summer is forest fire time in the Nallamala jungles, where forest resources and trees worth crore of rupees get destroyed due to ranging forest fires. A spark from cigarette butt or campfires by poachers or fires lit by the tribals for slash and burn cultivation, when aided by hot summer …
Steps taken to recover huge forest lands from illegal occupants
The Bangladesh government has taken initiatives to recover huge forest lands from the illegal occupants across the country. The government has already formed "Forests Management Unit " in this regard, Forests and Environment Minister Shahjahan Siraj stated.
SC orders monitoring of afforestation work
After intervening effectively to regulate the felling of trees in forests of various states, the Supreme Court has now ordered direct monitoring of afforestation work to make forest officials more accountable. The apex court has directed state forest departments to furnish through an affidavit detailed information regarding plantations raised by …
Tree plantations to come up along Konkan railway
Konkan railway is planning herbal and tree plantations along its railway line during this monsoon, with an aim to make it more green and eco-friendly. Around 1.30 lakh plants are planned in Ratnagiri region and around 1.2 lakh in Karwar region.
4,000 families to be evicted
At least 150 temporary huts of encroachers belonging to ethnic groups were demolished and 300 hectares cleared in Balipara reserve forest along Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border in an eviction drive, top forest official said. A strong contingent of administrative and security personnel were present during the drive, which will continue in …
US Forest Service fiddles while Alaska at risk, greens say
Environmental groups criticized the Bush administration for failing to designate an estimated 9.5 million acres of land in the Tongass National Forest as a wilderness area, a move that would have prohibited the construction of most roads.
Success story
A seven acre farm near Puttur in Karnataka has achieved sustainability of water resources by low cost rain harvesting methods, something that couldn't be achieved with 15 bore wells dug over a period of one and a half decades.
