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 …
Q&A;: R Seshasayee, MD, Ashok Leyland Swaraj Baggonkar / Mumbai March 6, 2010, 0:41 IST R SeshasayeeChennai-based Ashok Leyland Ltd (ALL), the second largest truck maker in India, has inaugurated an integrated manufacturing facility at Pantnagar, Uttarakhand. This unit, in which Rs 1,500 crore have been invested, is the company
DEHRA DUN: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has called for urgent steps to reduce man-animal conflict and ensure ways to provide better security to the wildlife. Presiding over a meeting of the State Wildlife Board here on Friday, Mr. Nishank expressed distress over the increasing rate of man-animal conflict. …
$1bn WB Loan Also On Cards: Ramesh New Delhi: In a boost to the Ganga cleaning programme, the government has cleared projects worth Rs 1,394.11 crore for the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Uttarakhand. While the Union government had allocated Rs 500 crore for the 2010-11 fiscal, …
Assessing for climate-sustainable development in the Ganges Basin by Divya Mohan and Shirish Sinha presented at the National Climate Research Conference, IIT Delhi, March 5-6, 2010. http://www.cseindia.org/docs/IIT_Climate_change/Divya%20Mohan.pdf
DEHRA DUN The prestigious Indian Military Academy here is facing a threat of the third kind. The threat to the residents living inside the high security complex comes in the form of leopards that make an appearance at their own will forcing the officers and Gentlemen Cadets to be extra …
Noise levels have been monitored at selected locations of Delhi and Roorkee, viz. Rithala (Delhi), Panchsheel Enclave (Delhi), New Friends Colony (NH-2 Delhi) and Gurudwara (NH-73, Roorkee) along with observations of traffic volume, speeds and other geometrical parameters.
On February 12, state governments together held close to Rs 101,461 crore worth of 14-day treasury bills. Five years earlier, just before the Twelfth Finance Commission presented its report, that number was Rs 13,351 crore. Investment by states in 14-day treasury bills provides the closest measure of the cash available …
Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) organised two-day workshop on Water Management and Hydrochemistry in the auditorium of Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology. The participating experts strongly recommended for proper rehabilitation of the areas of land degenerated by mining in the State. The experts also called for protecting anthropogenic population.
There is good news for environmentalists. Uttarakhand will soon have a chain of green restaurants that will serve organically grown food, prepared in a traditional and healthy manner. The green restaurants will not serve any non-vegetari- an food. According to government sources, the Uttarakhand Organic Commodity Board (UOCB), a state …
CHENNAI: A new National Bureau of Forest Genetics is to be established in Dehra Dun under the Indian Council for Forest Research and Education to help protect India
BHUBANESWAR: Albeit endowed with bounties of nature, Orissa has never made it to the league of ecotourism destinations such as Kerala, Goa, North East and Uttarakhand. The State Government is out to make amends for the loss and is busy chalking out plans for an Eco Tourism Policy. The Tourism …
The State Government has approved funds amounting to more than Rs 100 crore for construction of sewage treatment plant and related facilities in Dehradun. According to Dehradun Mayor Vinod Chamoli whereas, funds amounting to Rs 55 crore has been approved by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for construction of sewage …
Sacred groves are (small or large) patches of vegetation of varying sizes, conserved on the basis of the religious beliefs of the community. In India 13,720 sacred groves have been identified from 19 states and named differently in various parts of India as Law lyngdhoh in Meghalaya, Kovil Kadu in …
Continuously receding water levels in the majority of rivers has alarmed the authority to find out more avenues for increasing power generation in hydel projects in the State. In order to meet the daily electricity demands of the State, plans are in the pipeline for sensitising masses about the need …
With RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) spearheading a campaign against introduction of Bt brinjal and Sangh boss Mohan Bhagwat too speaking out against it, BJP-ruled Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh went the Uttarakhand way today, announcing a ban on commercial cultivation of Bt brinjal. Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said …
SITTING ON the mud porch of his house in Uttarakhand, 80-yearold Maulya Singh looks stoically at the burnt stumps of pine a few metres away and talks philosophically of the land drying up. His daughter-in-law is, however, more concerned about the practicalities. As most springs in the village are dry, …
IN A snub to Sharad Pawar, who has been arguing for the introduction of Bt Brinjal, Uttarakhand has announced a ban on the genetically modified crop. The Centre is yet to take a formal position on the issue. The final consultation meeting as part of the public hearings in seven …
Dun/Bengaluru, : Uttarakhand on Friday became the first state in India to announce a ban on Bt brinjal even before the Centre takes a final decision on introduction of the controversial genetically modified crop. The hill state also asked the Centre to follow suit while the final consultation as part …
