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 …
Order of the Uttaranchal High Court in the matter of Dr. Vijay Verma Vs Union of India & Others dated 01/06/2018 regarding the situation of mentally disturbed children in the State of Uttarakhand. The State Government is directed to prepare a comprehensive Policy for rehabilitating the mentally disturbed children and …
Mussoorie: The Jabarkhet Nature Reserve (JNR), a 100-acre privately-owned forest reserve popular with visitors to the hill town is the latest casualty in the recent spate of forest fires that have hit the state. According to reserve officials, almost 80% of the reserve has been affected in fires that have …
Rudrapur: The Uttarakhand Environment Protection and Pollution Control Board (UEPPCB) has issued show-cause notices to 62 industrial units and ordered inspection of 24 others in Udham Singh Nagar district for not installing Effluent Treatment Plants (ETPs) on their premises. The action was taken after these industries failed to respond to …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Uttarakhand Government to submit within four weeks a percentage-wise compliance report on steps taken by it to clean the Ganga in the stretch between Gomukh and Haridwar. A Bench, headed by acting NGT Chairperson Justice Jawad Rahim, asked the government to make …
Dehradun: Persistent smoke caused by raging forest fires since the past few days has led to a rise in cases of respiratory and eye ailments among hundreds of villagers in Pauri, Nainital and Bageshwar districts. “Our areas are covered with thick smoke and visibility is down to almost zero. The …
DEHRADUN/RUDRAPUR: Soaring mercury across the hill state has thrown life out of gear even as meteorologists predicted that the heat wave is likely to continue for some more days. With the temperature touching 42oC on Wednesday, three degrees above normal, farmers in Terai region have raised concern about its detrimental …
NAINITAL: Uttarakhand may well be heading towards a repeat of 2016 when around 4,500 hectares of forests were destroyed in jungle blazes. Already this year, over 2000 hectares of the state’s forests have burnt down and there is still a month left for the onset of monsoons. Incidentally, climatic conditions …
HARIDWAR: An analysis of the animal remains found stuffed inside a bag recovered from Rajaji Tiger Reserve in March by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has revealed that of the five samples examined, three were of leopard and two were tiger remains. The revelation has added a new twist …
The Union government has received no proposal for environmental clearance for the Chardham Yatra Project and so the question of an environment impact assessment (EIA) study of such a project does not arise, government informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) recently. The environment ministry was responding to a petition in …
Dehradun: The forests of Haridwar, Pauri Garhwal and Almora continued to burn on Tuesday with 88 more incidents of forest fires being reported. A total of 1,213 hectares have been gutted in the state since the beginning of the fire season in February, officials said. The raging fires have also …
DEHRADUN/NAINITAL/HARIDWAR/UTTARKASHI: At least 57 small and big incidents of fires and 65 fire alerts were reported from forests across Uttarakhand in the past three days in both Garhwal and Kumaon divisions. “A total of 69.71 hectares of forest area was lost due to fire incidents on Saturday and Sunday while …
The work on tapping nullahs so that they do not flow into the Ganga continues to be carried in only on paper and in a slipshod manner in Haridwar. This was discovered by the district authorities when they undertook an on the spot inspection of the work. On paper, the …
Dehradun: The central government has allotted Rs 218 crore to Uttarakhand towards its State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) which is used to provide immediate relief to those affected by natural calamities like earthquake, floods, fire etc. In case of Uttarakhand, which is a special category state, the Centre contributes 90% …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tribunal on its own Motion Vs. State of Uttarkhand & Others dated 18/05/2018 regarding complete disregard of environmental laws and pollution norms by large numbers of industries established in ELDECO (SIDCUL) industrial park which are situated in the vicinity of …
A total of 5.38 lakh families of Uttarakhand will be able to avail health cover under the Ayushman Bharat Yojana, the memorandum of which has been signed by the Uttarakhand government. The cashless health scheme would prove to be a boon for families who hail from economically weaker sections and …
Expresses concern over rampant construction in the name of the all-weather road project Magsaysay awardee Rajendra Singh, also known as ‘Jal Purush’, has expressed concern over rampant construction activities in Uttarakhand in the name of Kedarnath reconstruction and an all-weather road project. Rajendra Singh, who was here on Wednesday, said …
The National Green Tribunal today rapped the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) for not filing a compliance report on the steps taken by the Centre and the UP and Uttarakhand governments to clean the river Ganga in the stretch between Gomukh and Unnao. A bench headed by acting NGT …
DEHRADUN: As the city grapples with stinking heaps of garbage, residents in the campus of Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) have set an example by disposing household garbage on their own. In a workshop held in the campus on Tuesday, residents demonstrated the way they have been using garbage for …
Experts say climate change, unusual Western Disturbance main reasons The violent thunderstorm on Sunday, which claimed as many as 80 lives in five states and caused severe damage to property and agriculture, seems to have again caught off-guard the authorities concerned with its intensity almost like the May 2 event. …
Judgement of the High Court of Uttarakhand in the matter of Gram Sabha Mawakot & Others Vs State of Uttarakhand & Others dated 14/05/2018 regarding declaration of rural self governing institutions like "gram panchayat" to an urban local body, by converting it into a "Nagar Panchayat". The main matter relates …
