Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Pilibhit: The Pilibhit tiger reserve lost its fifth big cat in two months when the rotten carcass of a tiger was recovered from a spot barely 200 meters away from the Barahi forest range on Sunday afternoon. Since 1 March 19 this year, five tigers have died in the reserve. …
Pilibhit: In a first, Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (PTR) will have a fully equipped rapid rescue team to conduct operations in a situation of man-tiger conflict. The Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) on Monday has provided PTR with a rapid rescue team (RRT) comprising a biologist, one sociologist, one veterinary surgeon …
The report includes information collected in the last nine years by the Forest Department and WTI as a part of the Big Cat Conflict Mitigation Project. It analyses the patterns of attacks, and outlines the circumstances in which these shy animals injure or kill humans. Last week, villagers living next …
Pilibhit: People visiting the annual mela at the Siddh Baba (Lord Shiva) temple located inside the core area of Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (PTR) are destroying the forest, the ecology and are also disturbing the wildlife. Thousands of people visit the shrine every day and dump garbage, including plastic and polythene …
Pilibhit: The annual phase four counting of tigers at the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (PTR), jointly conducted by PTR and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) will begin from Thursday. The counting will be conducted in two stages, each spanning a period of 30 days. Officials said the process should …
Pilibhit: On his fiftieth birthday, Salman Khan has a special message — from a wildlife sanctuary with blackbucks! The star has been invited by the administration of Pilibhit tiger reserve which boasts of a sizeable population of blackbucks to help them conserve the endangered species. "Happy b'day @BeingSalmanKhan. We invite …
Forests of the Surai range and Khatima range in the district are all set to be included as part of the buffer zone of Pilibhit Tiger Reserve. An additional 2,300 hectare of forest land from Uttarakhand will also be included in PTR, so wild animals have greater safety and suffer …
Pilibhit: Tuberculosis is one of the biggest killers in the country, but its numbers have been declining since the Directly Observed Treatment Short Course (DOTS) programme came into effect in 2003. However, the latest statistics provided by the health department of Pilibhit reveal that the number of TB cases reported …
The scale of damage to crops due to unseasonal rain since March in the district can be gauged by the assessment report compiled by revenue officials. After a survey of the farm lands, they have identified 71,748 farmers as having suffered 50% or more crop damage. For most farmers who …
LUCKNOW: A gang of eight poachers was held from forest range in Pilibhit district in an operation lasting 48 hours. Tiger bones, teeth and meat were recovered from the gang members who had been active in Pilibhit Tiger Reserve for the past 15 months. As some strong leads about international …
Alarmed by the critically endangered status of vultures in the country, the forthcoming tiger census will also include the count of raptors from the respective States along with big cats. The report of the tiger census is expected to be released by January 20. The initiative has raised hopes for …
PILIBHIT: Taking note of the report published in TOI on the hazard to residents due to open dumps of garbage in Pilibhit city, MP Maneka Gandhi said she would take steps to ensure all-round sanitation in her home constituency. She said she plans to introduce solid garbage management system and …
PILIBHIT: Taking cognizance of the matter related to rapid decrease in number of tigers in Pilibhit Tiger Reserve in three years, chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has decided to set up an enquiry in the matter. Special secretary to the chief minister, GS Naveen Kumar, has referred the matter to the …
More than 10 tigers are missing from Pilibhit Tiger Reserve. According to the tiger census report, in of 2010 the reserve had more than 40 tigers. In 2012, the tiger count was down to 30 and in 2013, the number has fallen to 23. This rapid fall in the big …
Encroachment And Silting Biggest Problems River Faces In Madho Tanda, Pilibhit, the originating point of Gomti, at least 33 villages encroach the river. This was the situation three years back, when district administration tried to rid Gomti's banks of encroachments after Gomti yatra, an awareness march by civil society organisations, …
Tiger count at Kishenpur might be up from the 2011 tiger census. Analysis of camera trappings suggests increase in the number of tigers in 204 sq km of the sanctuary that forms Dudhwa's core zone. Sensor-enabled cameras were installed at 65 locations of the sanctuary to click tigers. “Analysis so …
Conservation authority cautions against outbreak of CD disease The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has issued a “most urgent” technical note (advisory) to all tiger reserves on the need to take effective steps, exercise vigil and surveillance to prevent the likely outbreak of Canine Distemper (CD) disease among tigers and …
In a move that would bolster tiger conservation in the country, the UP government has approved plans of a tiger reserve in Pilibhit, the third in the state after Dudhwa and Amangarh. Under the planned Pilibhit reserve, the Mala, Mahof, Barahi, Deoria and Haripur forest ranges will be developed as …
Eleven bodies were fished out of the swirling rivers of Uttar Pradesh that are in spate following fresh rains received in last 24 hours, official said on Monday. The police said that 3 bodies were fished out from the river Ganga in Bulandshahr on Monday. The bodies - one male, …
Even as rivers continued to rise in the state, flooding more low-lying villages in various districts of the state, affecting over 20,000 people, state government stepped up relief operation and released Rs 6.50 crore for affected areas. While army was pressed into service along with flood relief teams of the …
