Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
ALMORA: The first public hearing on Pancheswar dam project was conducted in Barakot block of Champawat district on Wednesday. Representatives of villages to be impacted by the construction of the dam attended the hearing. Although the hearing was specifically about environmental clearance, most of the grievances were raised on resettlement …
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has started a 'Krishi Jal' campaign for water conservation and water resource mapping in 1,000 villages of Pithoragarh and Champawat districts. A two-day workshop organised for 'jal doots' (volunteers) with the help of an NGO, Nidhi, on methodology to collect data and …
Nainital: Forest fires broke out in Chaafi in Nainital district and Ladhiya in Champawat district and were controlled by the forest department on Wednesday. In Champawat, the blaze that started on Tuesday gutted more than five hectares of forest land while in Chaafi, a hectare of land was engulfed in …
Several houses were buried under debris following a cloudburst near the Barsali forests of Karnaprayag in Chamoli district early this morning. Also, many vehicles were swept away in the Pindar river, resulting in closure of the Badrinath highway. The incident occurred around 7 am today and the scale of damage …
With illegal felling of the Cedrus Deodara (Deodar) going on unabated, Champawat district administration has decided to move the God’s court to protect the tree species.Being unable to prevent illegal felling of Cedrus Deodara which is a symbol of Champawat’s natural beauty, Champawat district administration has now appealed to the …
With India and Nepal now agreeing to construct the long-pending Pancheshwar dam project at the confluence of the Mahakali and the Saryu rivers in Uttarakhand's Champawat district, a long –awaited plan to construct a dam on the Saryu river at Chamgarh area that falls in the same Pancheshwar region takes …
To maintain cleanliness of all the rivers of the district that merge in the Ganga, the Champawat district administration has sent a proposal of constructing 100 toilets across the district under the ‘Clean Ganga Campaign’. Besides, a plan has also been formulated under the same proposal to maintain cleanliness and …
The proposed site has experienced several earthquakes The bilateral talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nepal Prime Minister Sushil Koirala during the former’s recent Nepal visit included an agreement to restart work on the 5,600 MW Pancheshwar multipurpose project. This has aroused strong resistance from environmentalists and anti-dam activists. …
Environmentalists have said that the construction of the Pancheshwar dam will rub salt on the yet to heal wounds left by the construction of the Tehri dam. Environmentalist and founder of Uttarakhand Nadi Bachao Abhiyan, Suresh Bhai said that the world was once again considering the options of mini and …
The Uttarakhand Government on Monday decided to raise a battalion of the State Disaster Response Force on the lines of the National Disaster Response Force. Announcing this here the Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna said the SDRF would comprise of volunteers below the age of 40 from the PAC and other …
Dehra Dun: Central teams arrived here on Thursday to make an assessment of the damage caused by landslides, cloudbursts and floods following incessant rain in various parts of Uttarakhand. Three teams from the Centre comprising officers and experts of various departments have landed in Uttarakhand for making the assessment, a …
Drinking water scarcity in the region seems to have created a drought like situation. The matter of fact is that as many as 73 areas including 22 urban cities, 31 villages and 20 other colonies in five districts of Kumaon division are reeling under severe water crisis , while as …
In 2008, the Ministry of Rural Development issued guidelines on convergence of MNREGA with other development programmes and schemes to enable creation of durable assets and strengthen the livelihood resource base of the rural poor. In the framework for convergence, the role of NREGS is to provide the primary input …
