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 …
With a view to protect standing crops from wild animals, particularly elephants, the forest department of Uttarakhand is going to guard fields with solar fencing. In this exercise the department would seek the assistance of the Uttarakhand Renewable Energy Development Authority (UREDA). Though, as the old experience suggests, even this …
The Roorkee based National Institute of Hydrology (NIH) will now undertake studies in collaboration with the Uttarakhand Space Application Centre (USAC) on various important aspects related to water in the State. It is hoped that the collaboration between USAC and NIH would pave the way for various important research and …
ON SEPTEMBER 17, the National Environment Appellate Authority (NEAA) cancelled two environmental clearances: Vedanta’s bauxite mining in Niyamgiri Hills in Odisha and the National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC’s)Kotli-Behl 1B dam on the Alakananda river in Uttarakhand. A few days earlier, it had cancelled the environmental clearance for the integrated cement …
Activists and many residents blame a hydel project for the growing frequency of landslides in some Uttarakhand villages. THE nearly 3,500 residents of Bhatwadi village along the Uttarkashi-Gangotri highway in Uttarakhand saw their world come crashing down around them on the night of August 12/13. A massive landslide that hit …
THE nearly 3,500 residents of Bhatwadi village along the Uttarkashi-Gangotri highway in Uttarakhand saw their world come crashing down around them on the night of August 12/13. A massive landslide that hit the village formed cracks up to five metres wide on the highway and these crept up the hills …
The Shivalik landscape is extended from the Indus basin to the Brahmaputra with one gap of over 300 km from the Sapta Kosi to the Manas river. The Shivalik landscape, has been categorized under Indo-Gangetic plains and it has special significance in India's biogeography due to intermingling of taxa from …
A study was conducted to document spider diversity in Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary, Chamoli District, Uttarakhand. The area is dense forest of Chir Pine, Oak, Birch and Rhododendrons.
Soil and water are the two important natural resources, which are the backbone of the Indian agriculture. The prime cause for the backwardness of the farmers is reduction in soil fertility and productivity, due to massive soil erosion. Most of the farmers are depending mainly on renewable natural resources for …
Based on the traditional wisdom of the tree based farming systems followed since ages across the world, scientific community intervened to harness full benefits of agroforestry land use system and address global issues of land degradation and agricultural sustainability.
Agriculture sector contributes a major portion in gross production of India. In spite of this, agriculture today is finding itself in increasing difficulties. The adverse impact of agriculture based on synthetic fertilizers and herbicides is visible in the degradation of soil fertility, quality of food, taste of food and so …
The Uttarakhand Red Cross Society in Haridwar and District Magistrate R Meenakshi Sundaram are overseeing efforts undertaken by a team of doctors and Red Cross volunteers who are providing medical treatment facilities in the villages of Haridwar district affected by natural calamities. According to official sources, Red Cross secretary Dr …
Chaamriya (Almora): The stretch between Garam Pani to Kwarab is the area that is on the border of Nainital and Almora districts and has been the worst affected in the recent rain related disaster in the state. Together, the two districts of Almora and Nainital have pegged their losses at …
LUCKNOW: Zero rains in Uttaranchal hills on Sunday helped to stabilise the rising water levels of Gang Naher and Kosi rivers which have wreaked havoc in west UP, much to the relief of lakhs of people affected by flood. However, the unrelenting Yamuna continued to swell on Sunday. Meanwhile, the …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday announced Rs 500-crore relief assistance to flood-hit Uttarakhand, a day after Congress president Sonia Gandhi requested him for a liberal package to the state. The advance interim assistance would be in addition to the money given on Tuesday for the State Disaster Response Fund, …
DEHRA DUN: The Uttarakhand Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution urging the Centre to declare the massive devastation by rain, landslides and floods in the hill State a national disaster. The day began with the Bahujan Samaj Party members entering the well of the House demanding a debate on …
Large Parts Of Bareilly, Bijnore Go Under; Army Called For Relief Ops Lucknow: Overall flood situation in UP worsened on Tuesday with nine more western and eastern districts being declared flood-hit. More bad news is in store for the state with Uttarakhand likely to release more water from Tehri dam. …
Congress presi dent Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday spoke to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and asked him to provide a liberal Central assistance to deal with the worst floodaffected areas of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. She spoke to the Prime Minister after making an aerial survey of the floodaffected areas. Mrs …
New Delhi: With the flood situation grim in Uttarakhand, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, the Centre has rushed several teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), comprising more than 500 personnel, for rescue and relief work in affected areas in the three states and kept military helicopters on standby to ferry …
Breach May Check Rising Water Level But Flooding Around Games Village Worries Govt New Delhi: Early on Monday morning, Hathnikund released the highest amount of water that it has released in the past 100 years. For three hours at a stretch, the barrage saw 7,44,507 cusecs water passing through its …
