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 …
HARIDWAR: Following complaint of illegal mining in the Ganga in Haridwar from Matri Sadan, the Union ministry of environment and forest resources (MoEF) has sent a team to assess the impact of mining activity in river’s ecosystem. The team on Tuesday visited two places — Bhogpur and Bishanpur villages — …
Over 3,000 trees will be felled for widening of the Rudraprayag-Gaurikund road in Rudraprayag district under the All-Weather Roads Project. The 76-km long Rudraprayag-Gaurikund is a key road to reach the Kedarnath shrine. The Public Works Department has been working on a war footing to widen the road. The Rudraprayag …
DEHRADUN: Dehradun and Haridwar have administered measles rubella (MR) vaccination to 61% and 30% children respectively between 0 and 15 years. The vaccination campaign that was initiated a month ago, suffered a setback in Dehradun due to protests by ANMs and Asha workers. Some schools also refrained from allowing the …
DEHRADUN: Six months after the tenure of a monitoring committee that was constituted by the environment ministry to ensure compliance of guidelines of Bhagirathi eco-sensitive zone ended, no effort has been made either by the environment ministry or the state government to renew it. The objective behind the formation of …
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand government shut down its Mukhyamantri Swasthya Beema Yojna (MSBY), a health insurance scheme that provides cashless health benefits for its holders in case of hospitalisation in public as well as private hospitals, on Thursday. The CMO office in Dehradun has confirmed the roll back of the scheme to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Pratiba Naitthani Vs. Union of India & Others dated 07/11/2017 regarding Gauri Kund spring near Kedarnath in the Himalayan Range in the State of Uttarakhand. NGT directs the State of Uttarakhand and CGWA to make every effort to restore the …
NAINITAL: Activists protesting against the Pancheshwar dam project have alleged that environmental and forest clearances are being taken for two separate dams in the name of one Pancheshwar dam (Pancheshwar multipurpose development project). “There should have been separate public hearing of the 95-meter-high concrete Rupaligad dam of 240 MW which …
NAINITAL: Around 21 students of Vijaypur Inter College, a government-aided school in Kanda village of Kumaon’s Bageshwar district were admitted to the district hospital late on Tuesday after complaining of dizziness and uneasiness. Around 150 students of classes IX and X were administered vaccines of measles and rubella disease on …
Religious and traditional beliefs, cultural mores, and practices play a crucial role in the conservation of environment and biodiversity. The present paper describes a case study of two sacred groves in Western Himalaya. Sacred groves (SGs) are patches of land that are communally protected with religious zeal. A preliminary survey …
Even as efforts are on to speedily move towards construction of proposed Indo -Nepal joint venture — Pancheshwar Multipurpose Project— resentment against the project continues to grow on ground in Uttarakhand. While both the Centre and Uttarakhand governments are keenly pursuing the Pancheshwar project, those opposing the project in Uttarakhand …
Dehradun: After noting a dip in total immunisation percentage in Uttarakhand to 58% in the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) IV, the state health department has decided to increase the ambit of its Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccination programme by involving common people in the drive. Now, not only health and education …
While the Government is focusing on the Pancheshwar dam project, numerous villagers hit by the construction of hydro power projects at Tehri, Vishnuprayag, Vishnugad-Pipalkoti and Asi Ganga are still struggling to get land based rehabilitation and are struggling even for basic facilities. While no serious efforts appear to be taken …
HARIDWAR: A 30-year-old woman died on Saturday due to complications arising from dengue fever, her relatives said. However, the district administration refused to confirm if the death was due to dengue. Garima Gupta, 30, a pharmacist was unwell for some time and was shifted from Haridwar to Delhi’s Apollo hospital. …
Centre, U.P., Uttarakhand to respond The National Green Tribunal has directed the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh and the Uttarakhand governments to file affidavits stating what steps they have taken to comply with its directions to clean the Ganga in the stretch between Gomukh and Unnao. The green panel, in …
Dehradun: Addressing a conference, the National Health Mission (NHM) director, Chandresh Kumar, said that Uttarakhand has taken up a target to make the state free from Tuberculosis by 2025. He was speaking at the three-day training and workshop of district Tuberculosis (TB) officers, supervisors and district coordinators of Uttarakhand that …
DEHRADUN: The Centre has sanctioned Rs 515.99 crore for Uttarakhand to implement National Health Mission programmes in the state as against the demand of Rs 530.13 crore. Majority of the funds, Rs 208.53 crore, have been allocated under the Mission Flexible Pool that will include National Oral Health Programme, National …
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand recorded 24 new dengue cases and a death on Wednesday and with this the total count of dengue patients in the state crossed the mark of hundred. One Mohd Kamil, 45, from Uttar Pradesh succumbed to the virus on Wednesday and doctors in Haldwani tagged this as the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Birendra Singh Matura & Ors. Vs. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change & Others dated 15/09/2017 regarding the Chardham highway project in Uttarakhand. Counsels appearing for the State of Uttarakhand and Border Roads Organisation submit that they would carry …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of State of Uttarakhand & Others Vs Kumaon Stone Crusher dated 15/09/2017 regarding transit fee levied by three States (Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh) on forest products and minerals among others. The writ petitioners from whom the transit fee …
French Ambassdor to India Alexandre Ziegler today inaugurated a 5 MW solar plant at Maheshwari village near Bhagwanpur in Haridwar district. Developed by a French company, Technique Solaire's Indian subsidiary, JLTM Energy India Pvt Ltd,the plant came up in three months at an investment of approximately Rs 27 crore (4 …
