Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
Two incidents of local women being mauled and partially eaten by a tiger in and around the Corbett National Park have thrown the area into panic and left forest officials fearing that a big cat in India
Himalayan states like Jammu and Kashmir will for the first time come in the grip of malaria by 2030 while the disease will continue to linger in the Northeast as the country''s temperature is likely to rise between 1.7-2.2 degree Celsius due to climate change. Using the temperature and humidity …
DEHRA DUN: The Fifth Uttarakhand State Science and Technology Congress concluded here with experts and budding scientists urging the Government to immediately frame policies for water and energy conservation to ensure sustainable growth of the State. Briefing journalists on the recommendations of the Congress here on Sunday, Rajendra Dobhal, Director, …
A train-hit jumbo sparks off a massive rescue effort. Will it live?Jumbo Savings? Recommendations of the elephant task force: 88 elephant corridors to be designated as ecologically sensitive areas Use of uniform signages in all corridors; local communities and railway engine drivers to be sensitised Avoid sharp turns, steep embankments …
THE Union Environment Ministry has directed Orissa to submit annual plan of operationssothatRs140crorefromCompensatory Afforestation Fund due to the state could be released. States are required to inform the Ministry what they plan to do with these funds before money from the fund is released. In a letter, Environment Minister Jairam …
Large hydro power projects held up for want of clearances would get a leg-up soon. The Planning Commission and the Union ministry of environment & forests have reached an informal understanding that the projects found to have little potential for environmental damage under preliminary assessments can be allowed to take …
Uttarakhand chief minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Tuesday announced a series of sops, including the promise of a whopping 83,700 new jobs within the next one year.
This document contains the CERC order dated 9 Nov 2010 (Petition No. 256/2010 (suo‐motu)) on "Determination of generic levellised generation tariff (FY 2011-12) under Regulation 8 of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions for Tariff determination from Renewable Energy Sources) Regulations, 2009 and Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms …
The government has decided to declare the 135-km stretch between Gaumukh and Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand as an eco-sensitive zone, a move that will ensure that large projects, like a hydel-power project would no longer be allowed to come up in this area. An in-principle nod in this regard was granted …
NEW DELHI: States through which the Ganga flows will soon be given additional funding to operate and maintain projects to clean the river and restore its environmental health. However, States lobbied for more aid and free power to those affected by scrapping of hydel projects. At a meeting of the …
The project is being implemented in three Indian States, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh and Chhatisgarh. This brochure contains project profile of Uttarakhand. The project aims to mainstream the long-term conservation, sustainable and equitable use of medicinal plant diversity into forest management policy and practice at the national, state and local level. …
On Tuesday, Uttarakhand's Governor, Margaret Alva flagged off trucks loaded with aid materials for victims of natural disasters while students of Welham Girls School pitched in with their bit; acts that definitely deserve appreciation. However, as one acknowledges the relief effort, thoughts dash to the looming possibility of a catastrophic …
The Uttarakhand Drinking Water Minister Prakash Pant has demanded that compensatory funds should be allocated under the Complete Sanitation Campaign for repair and reconstruction of sanitation facilities damaged by natural calamities in Uttarakhand. Pant stressed that provision of funds should also be made for constructing community sanitation complexes with toilet …
Uttarakhand Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Raghu Bir Singh Rawat on Wednesday flagged off from Dehradun volunteers participating in the Third Great Himalayan Bird Count. Organised by Action and Research for Conservation in Himalayas, the event is supported by the Uttarakhand Forest Department and Uttarakhand Space Application Centre. A mobile …
Miffed by roadblocks being created in the name of forest and environmental clearances for the development of highways, transport minister Kamal Nath today said even the roads constructed 100 years ago are not being upgraded due to the hurdles.
The capital city of Uttarakhand, Dehradun, is all set to host the first ever Indian Forestry Congress, is scheduled to be held in the year 2011. It is pertinent to mention here that this major event has been rescheduled after the Union Environment and Forests Ministry changed the earlier programme …
New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday approved the revised cost estimate of over Rs 8,390 crore for the Tehri Hydro Electric-Project Stage-1 in Uttarakhand implemented by THDC India (THDCIL). The decision to revise the cost of the project to Rs 8,392.45 crore, against the original cost of Rs 2,963.66 crore …
