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 …
Kashipur : The Government has spent considerable resources for developing urban infrastructure and other facilities aimed at making Kashipur a better town. However, protracted violations like haphazard parking on main roads are making civic life worse and diluting the benefit of development and the authorities
Shishir Prashant / New Delhi/ Dehra Dun May 5, 2010, 0:44 IST Here is good news for the water-starved Uttarakhand. After more than four years of experiments and research, a European Union river bank filtration (RBF) project has ignited new hopes to end the perennial drinking water problem in the …
Shishir Prashant / New Delhi/ Dehra Dun May 03, 2010, 0:28 IST On the issues related to the Ganga, the Uttarakhand government appeared to be now competing with the Centre. After the Centre declared the Ganga as national heritage last year, the state government is also not lagging behind. Recently, …
The Uttarakhand capital is likely to get a specialised institute of glaciology, a first of its kind in the country. The study group on Himalayan Glaciers, constituted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, has recommended establishment of a nodal institution for glaciology that could act as a repository of the currently …
Binsar is a wildlife and forest sanctuary in Uttarakhand. It was declared a sanctuary decades ago, and as a result it is unscarred by development today. There are only five houses inside, each of which was built by the British more than a century ago. There is no electricity; water …
Kalpana Jain / New Delhi May 01, 2010, 1:58 IST The government is taking a fresh look at the 600 Mw Loharinag-Pala hydel project on the Bhagirathi river following an expert committee report cautioning against stopping work at an advanced stage, as it might be disastrous for an active seismic …
After Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed concern over unregulated tourism posing threat to tigers, a seceratary level meet is scheduled next week between the Tourism and Environment Ministry to take stock of the situation. "Though tourism is a state subject, booming tourist activity is being noticed around the wildlife habitat …
The Supreme Court was approached on Tuesday by an environmentalist ex-Naval officer seeking a direction to the Centre to take immediate steps to protect Bhagirathi and Bhilangana, the tributaries of Ganga, which he said faced a threat of drying fast. The petition was filed after the Uttarakhand government had recently …
In spite of crores of rupees being spent on the construction of the Parsari Joshimath Potable Water Project, the residents of Joshimath continued to face shortage of water. In order to facilitate regular water supply to the border areas of Joshimath, the Government had sanctioned Rs 1.65 crore in 1993-94 …
A meeting was held at the Collectorate hall to review preparations for Pulse Polio campaign in Dehradun scheduled to be organised on April 25. District Magistrate D Senthil Pandiyan presided over the meeting. The DM told officials that the Pulse Polio campaign was a national-level programme and no type of …
The budgetary allocation for providing compensation to those who suffer from financial losses due to human-wildlife conflicts has been increased. In order to provide immediate financial help to those who suffer the consequences of loss of human life, cattle or crop caused by wildlife, the Uttarakhand Forest Department has increased …
New Delhi: After chairing the National Board of Wildlife meeting, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has written to chief ministers of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttarakhand
NEW DELHI: With the mercury staying above normal, the heat wave continued unabated in many parts of the country on Friday. Sabarkantha district in Gujarat reeled at a high of 46.6 degrees Celsius. Gujarat continued to experience severe heat conditions with the temperature in some parts of the State soaring …
The Uttarakhand Forest Department has drafted a new plan to tackle the menace of forest fires in the State, while at the same time, providing employment to the youth of the State. According to the State principal chief conservator of Forests (PCCF) Dr RBS Rawat, the Forest Department will deploy …
With a view to ensure accountability of forest guards in patrolling tiger reserves and to enhance transparency in their functioning, the Government has launched a unique software monitoring system. Called M-STrIPES, it will be implemented in six tiger reserves to begin with within two months. Launching the Monitoring System for …
The landslide disaster on 8 August 2009 near Kuity village in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand State buried two villages and took 43 lives. The landslide, triggered by cloud burst resulted in massive debris flow along a stream channel. The site is still in danger as shown by the presence of …
Shishir Prashant / Dehradun April 13, 2010, 0:27 IST Two years after it was announced, the Uttarakhand hill industrial policy has failed to create an attractive business environment in the hill region of the state and entice manufacturing units., The policy aims to encourage the growth of small and medium …
