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 …
Shishir Prashant / Rudrapur October 1, 2008, 20:20 IST A five-star hotel, malls and branded showrooms. The face of Rudrapur, a small township in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, has undergone a drastic change due to the Pantnagar Industrial Estate. With hundreds of new industries setting shop at Pantnagar, just …
The Chenab Valley in Urgam Reserve Forest of Chamoli District (Uttarakhand), was surveyed during March-April 2005, to estimate abundance and record observations on the group sizes, sex ratios and habitat utilization pattern of Himalayan tahr and Goral.
The recognition of noise as an environmental problem and its impact both on community and occupational environment is rapidly growing. The present survey is aimed to report about the existing noise environment in Roorkee. A cross section survey of population in Roorkee points out that main sources of noise pollutions …
Tehri hydroelectric project of 2,400 MW capacity, the Asia's highest dam constructed on the Bhagirathi river in Uttarakhand is one of the most debatable dams of the country. The fluvial system of Bhagirathi and Bhilagana has been converted into a huge lentic water reservoir. Therefore, the information on periphytonic diversity …
In an example of how civilian co-operation can help tackle wildlife crime, three dancing bears have been rescued from Salem district in Tamil Nadu, after local people responded to an advert in a regional paper asking for information on sightings of dancing bears.Wildlife SOS, an NGO in a joint operation …
Business Standard / New Delhi September 28, 2008, 0:38 IST The rampant poaching of leopards in the wilds of Uttarakhand is as alarming as the earlier revelation about vanishing tigers in protected areas, a development that forced the government to set up a special Tiger Task Force in 2005 for …
Dehradun, September 25 Scotching speculation that the Tatas had made up their mind to manufacture the Nano from Uttarakhand, Chief Secretary, Indu Kumar Pande, said on Thursday that there was no such proposal from the Tatas so far. The announcement follows a much-hyped meeting between the state Government and Tata …
Shishir Prashant / Dehra Dun September 25, 2008, 0:34 IST Officials say state ready to roll out the red carpet, October launch possible. A team of Tata Motors is arriving here tomorrow, leading to fresh speculation that Nano, the company
Tata Motors Considering Rollout From Pantnagar, Moves Equipment Out Of Singur Sutanuka Ghosal KOLKATA RATAN Tata is yet to officially bring the curtain down on Singur. But behind the scenes, the Tatas have clearly moved on, albeit silently. Information trickling in from the highest echelons of Bombay House suggested Tata …
Nourisher of an ancient civilization, the Ganga could be gasping for its survival. Every few kilometres the water of its tributaries will be diverted to produce power. While there may not be enough flow to run the turbines, there
Unfulfilled promises; villagers hanging loose On July 24 this year, a school block near the Loharinag Pala hydroelectric project in Sunagarh, Uttarkashi district, gave away as the rocks under it had become unstable. The subsequent landslide kept the highway blocked for the next three days.
Shishir Prashant / Pantnagar (uttarakhand) September 12, 2008, 5:12 IST Amidst deepening suspense over the future of the Nano car project at Singur, speculation is rife in this industrial town of Uttarakhand that Tata Motors will add a four-wheeler plant to its existing Ace truck factory here. Tata Motors owns …
A documentary film on how market forces are appropriating natural resources that belong to everybody. IN VARANASI, WITH the Ganga in the background. The documentary is part of a movement to expose the subterranean war going on for water. GLOBALISATION is the new omnipotent mantra of our age. Dissenters who …
Dehra Dun, September 7 Carcass of a young male elephant was today recovered from the Najibabad forest area in Uttar Pradesh barely at a distance of 4 km from the Uttarakhand Motadhang area falling in the Lansdowne forest division. The state forest officials found a carcass of the elephant aged …
The Tatas have sounded the Uttarakhand government on the possibility of shifting the small-car project to Pantnagar if they decide to leave Singur, a top government official said.
Dehra Dun: An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter Scale shook Uttarakhand on Thursday evening, but there were no reports of any loss of life or damage to property. The quake, with its epicentre near the Uttarakhand-Tibet border, hit the State and its neighbouring areas at around 16.23 pm, Meteorology …
A study was conducted to estimate the soil organic carbon pool under Eucalyptus, Poplar, Shisham and Teak plantations in Haridwar and Dehra Dun, districts of Uttarakhand and Yamunanagar District of Haryana State. Over all, SOC pool under Eucalyptus, Shisham and Teak plantations was higher in the study area in Uttarakhand …
