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 …
Man-animal conflict has become a cause of serious concern for wildlife conservators, especially as exploitation of wild habitats for commercial purposes has worsened matters. In Corbett Tiger Reserve, as the tourist arrivals have increased in recent years, environmentalists have raised concern over increased movement in this hitherto secluded forest reserve …
Dehradun: A first of its kind carbon-dioxide (CO2) exchange tower has been installed by the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) in the forests of Haldwani. The purpose of setting up the tower is to quantify the exchange of CO2 emanating from the forest region and the atmosphere. The tower …
Rajeev Khanna & Arvind Kashyap Dehradun | Solan: Even as they look expectantly at skies to open up, farmers in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand have begun counting their losses. Scanty rainfall across both the states, they realise, is set to deal them a blow of several crores of rupees. They …
Staff Correspondent DEHRA DUN: The 127 Infantry Battalion (TA) Ecological here popularly known as the Eco Task Force has bagged the prestigious BNHS Green Governance Award 2008 for exemplary work of restoration, conservation and plantation at Aglar Valley and Mussoorie. Presenting the awards at a special function in Kolkata this …
Staff Correspondent DEHRA DUN: Panic prevails in the Rishikesh, Hardwar, Chidderwala, Doiwala and Bahadrabad areas of Uttarakhand as herds of wild elephants and neel gai from the adjoining Rajaji National Park raid the villages in search of fodder every night. Besides destroying crops, the animals also pull down structures used …
Dehradun: Though Uttarakhand has often been described as a hub of herbs, it has so far failed to tap the natural resources to its potential. Farmers have been reluctant to switch to cultivation of medicinal herbs with lack of marketing and other infrastructural support acting as major deterrents. The state …
The opium trade yielded enormous profits to the British imperialists during the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century. While China was forcibly converted into the largest market for opium by the British from the early nineteenth century, India emerged as a fertile ground for the cultivation …
Jardhargaon is a village at a height of 1500 metres situated in the hilly district of Tehri Garhwal in the state of Uttarakhand in North India. Jardhargaon came under the influence of Chipko Movement through the active involvement of one of its residents, Vijay Jardhari. In 1980 a Van Suraksha …
The distribution of rainfall in the Tarai region of Uttarakhand is very erratic in space and time and occurrence of occasional droughts is not uncommon. In this study 44 years (1961 to 2004) of rainfall data of Pantnagar have been analyzed on annual, seasonal, monthly and weekly basis for predicting …
Mill Lane in Garhi Cantonment can once again live up to its name. Uttarakhand Governor B L Joshi on Tuesday inaugurated three renovated Raj-era water mills along it which had been shut for the past six decades. It was around 1845 that the British constructed a canal on the Tons …
Air pollutants damage genes, affect human behaviour THE air you breathe in may affect your health in more ways than you think. Besides causing respiratory disorders and hypertension, pollution may be damaging genes and changing human behaviour, revealed a study on health of urban population in Delhi and rural population …
Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd (UJVNL) has received nearly 1,000 applications in response to its invitation of bids for micro, mini and small hydel projects under the new power policy. With the deadline for submission of bids ending yesterday, top UJVNL officials today said the response was tremendous.
The groundwater resources of India play a major role in the irrigated agriculture. Therefore, expansion of these resources to increase agricultural production received high priority in the development programmes of the country. The area under irrigation by groundwater through wells is continuously increasing. On the contrary, contribution of canals and …
