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 …
Bijnor: The exact count of tigers falling prey to poachers’ bullets in Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) may not be known anytime soon due to the lack of coordination between Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand authorities. While census of the big cat in Uttarakhand has already been completed, it has not even …
More than 86 mining projects and other industrial projects seeking environment clearance (EC) at the state level of private and government bodies are pending for more than a year, due to the non-constitution of State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) and the State Environment Impact Assessment Committee (SEIAC), stalling development …
DEHRADUN: The Uttarakhand health department has sounded an alert after recording four swine flu deaths in the last eight days. According to the health department, since January this year 21 cases were reported from the state, of which 17 were positive. All four —one from Tehri, one from Pauri and …
In a significant order seeking a fundamental change in strategy in cleaning the river Ganga, the National Green Tribunal on Thursday directed that 100 meters from the edge of Ganga between Haridwar in Uttarakhand and Unnao in Uttar Pradesh should be treated as "no construction or no development zones." The …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Khatima Fibres Ltd. Vs. Uttarakhand Environment Protection and Pollution Control Board & Others dated 11/07/2017 regarding pollution caused by Khatima Fibres Ltd., Udham Singh Nagar District, Uttarakhand. NGT directs that Khatima Fibres Ltd. shall bring its TSS (Total Suspended Solid) …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today directed the state government to ensure there was no “illegal” sand mining being carried out on the floodplains of the Ganga in the state. A Bench, headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swantanter Kumar, asked the Trivendra Singh Rawat government to take necessary steps in …
NAINITAL: Uttarakhand high court (HC) on Wednesday directed the state health department to submit a report within three weeks about what it intends to do to improve the state's lone TB sanatorium located at Bhowali near Nainital. The division bench of justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and UC Dhyani gave the directions …
DEHRADUN: Experts met at the Forest Research Institute (FRI) to deliberate on ways technological intervention can boost green cover and mitigate climate change. The meeting was held in the city on the direction of environment ministry on Monday. According to Dr Savita, FRI director, Global Technology Watch Group (GTWG) and …
DEHRADUN: Nine-year-old Ridhima Pandey from Haridwar who moved the National Green Tribunal (NGT) alleging inaction by the Centre to tackle the adverse impact of climate change has been invited to participate in a conference on climate change in Paris on November 3. After the plea to the green tribunal was …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday asked the ministries of environment and power to apprise it about the steps taken by thermal power plants to avoid discharge of effluents and fly ash around the Ganga river. A bench headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar, while hearing a plea of non-governmental …
State Forest Minister Dr Harak Singh Rawat today called upon the industry to understand environmental concerns and not to spoil it for petty profits. Dr Rawat was addressing the 8th Environment Summit organised by Uttarakhand chapter of the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) here today. He said the environment was …
DEHRADUN: A new study has debunked a widely-held belief in the scientific community that global warming would cause the tree line -- the mountain zone after which trees stop growing -- to advance upslope. The initial findings of the research, which is being conducted under the National Mission for Himalayan …
The chairman of the Foundation for Integrated Resource Management (FIRM) and former director general of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) VK Bahuguna has written to the Union Minister of State for new and renewable energy, Piyush Goyal regarding removal of “irritants” in the implementation of the …
DEHRADUN: Wildlife Institute of India (WII) which is to conduct the fresh estimation of tigers in Corbett Tiger Reserve through camera trap images to find out about the numbers of tigers found missing in past two years is not getting permission from the chief wildlife warden (CWLW) to do so …
The Uttarakhand government has moved the Supreme Court challenging an Uttarakhand High Court order granting the rivers Ganga, Yamuna and their tributaries the status of living human entities. ‘Questions of law’ Seeking a stay on the March 20 order of the High Court through a Special Leave Petition filed recently, …
The Environment Ministry's Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) on river valley and hydroelectric projects has recommended a three-year extension to the validity of the environmental clearance (EC) for the Vishnugad-Pipalkoti hydel project in Chamoli district. The EAC's recommendation, though, comes even as the National Green Tribunal's (NGT's) principal bench imposed a …
DEHRADUN : A team of forest officials of Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) and leopard experts from Wildlife Conservation Society Vidya Athreya has begun training workshop for local youth of leopard affected areas of Tehri and Pauri in mitigating conflicts with the leopards and learning the ways to live in …
RISHIKESH: In a first of its kind initiative, 'green' crematoriums are planned to be built in villages along the Ganga (which have been branded as Ganga grams under the Namami Gange project). These crematoriums, which will come up in villages along the river at Rishikesh, Haridwar, Uttarkashi and Gangotri will …
NAINITAL: More than 2.26 lakh families of farmers who migrated from the hill districts — since inception of Uttarakhand in 2000 — for survival have been "reduced to manual labourers" in various cities of the country owing to apathetic attitude of the state government, which remained impervious to the farmers' …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Birendra Singh Matura & Ors. Vs. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change & Ors dated 19/06/2017 regarding widening of NH-34 which is in violation of the Bhagirathi Eco Sensitive Zone Notification. The Order notes that all the Parties are …
