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 …
Concerned over 14 big cats dying in the last three months, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has decided to convene a three-day meeting of wildlife officials of tiger-range states to review protection strategy in national parks. DH Photo by Ramu MThe meeting, to be chaired by NTCA Member Secretary …
NDA working chairman L K Advani has again pitched strongly for inter-linking of rivers in the country, something that was projected as a flagship programme during the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA government
After the public feuding over Bt brinjal, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh is at the centre of another policy dispute with ministries of road transport and commerce for holding up critical development and industrial projects. Among the projects held up for clearance is a highway construction through Pench tiger reserve, part …
Cites acute shortage, demands 1,000 MW free power in return The issue of hydel power projects in Uttarakhand is snowballing into a major controversy with the BJP Government in the state planning to move court and challenge the Centre
C. K. Chandramohan Two hydroelectric projects on Bhagirathi river called off Chief Minister asks Centre to give free power to the State as compensation DEHRA DUN: The Centre's decision to scrap the 381-MW Bhaironghati and 480-MW Pala- Maneri hydroelectric projects coming up on the Bhagirathi in district Uttarkashi in order …
New Delhi: There would be no water in large stretches of the famed Alaknanda and Bhagirathi river beds if the Uttarakhand government goes ahead with its plan to build 53 power projects on these two rivers which join at Dev Prayag to form the Ganga, the Comptroller and Auditor General …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests today scrapped two proposed hydel projects on the river Bhagirathi in Uttarakhand and suspended work on another mega project in the state.
Free flow for Bhagirathi as govt shelves 2 dams in upper reaches Religious, Green Concerns May Shut Third Project Too New Delhi: Bhagirathi, one of the key tributaries of the Ganga, will now flow untamed and unchecked through the year for at least part of its stretch. In a decision …
VHP leader Ashok Singhal on Monday said BJP-ruled state Uttrakhand should clarify its stand on the power projects coming on the river Ganga. Mr Singhal said these projects would thwart the flow of river Ganga and therefore ongoing construction should be immediately stopped. The VHP leader also asked the Congress-led …
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Monday demanded a complete halt to all hydroelectric project works on river Ganga in the BJP ruled Uttarakhand, saying alternative methods should be explored to generate power. The RSS affiliate also asked both the BJP and Congress to spell out their respective policies about the …
Anmol Singh Jaggi was quick to spot and capitalise on the carbon trading opportunity Anmol Singh Jaggi was all of 21 when he landed his first contract as a carbon consultant. Still a student of petroleum engineering at University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, he made a decent Rs …
New Delhi: Only recently, the Delhi government had assured the Supreme Court that the capital was power surplus and would not face any power cuts in the summer. But that claim may have been made too soon. The reservoir at Tehri hydel station in Uttarakhand is running low and may …
Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal today stressed the need for creating public awareness to protect environment and irrational use of precious natural resources. He was speaking at the inauguration of the three-day-long conference on Himalayan Environment Issues and Challenges organised by the Institute of Integrated Himalayan Studies (IIHS), Himachal Pradesh …
DEHRADUN: If all goes well then cheetahs, which have been extinct in India since more than six decades will once be seen in the wilds here. The government of India is planning translocation of African cheetahs. The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) and the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) have …
The National Thermal Power Corporation (ntpc) plans to build a hydropower project on the Gori river in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh district. It needs 280 ha forestland for the project of which two-thirds is controlled by the the local forest councils called van panchayats. The elections to one of the van panchayats …
Haldwani: The Government, given the present status of agro-economy of the State, has launched State food security mission to attain self-efficiency in food grains setting a roadmap for the next two years. Whereas the concerned department has set a target of 22.02 lakh metric tone of food grains for the …
At least 11 tigers have died across the country in the last two months due to various reasons, including poaching and poisoning, the government said on Monday. In reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said while two tigers died due to infighting inside Corbett …
