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 …
Farmers in the North West Himalayan region generally practise rainfed agriculture and have very limited scope for irrigation. Water scarcity is a major constraint for crop production in these areas. This problem exacerbates further during the Rabi season where vagaries of winter rain result in complete crop failure. This study …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Bharti Kawatra Vs Department of Tourism, Uttarakhand & Others dated 21/02/2019 regarding construction being made by Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board in forest land in Park Estate, Hathipaon, Mussoorie, Dehradun District. NGT directs the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, (PCCF) Uttarakhand, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Birendra Kumar Pegwal Vs State of Uttarakhand dated 24/01/2019 regarding illegal mining along Song River, Suswa River and Jakhan River at Doiwala, District Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The report submitted by a Joint Committee of State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) and the …
Three persons have died allegedly due to severe cold wave conditions in Uttarakhand’s Dehradun district, officials said on Sunday. According to the police, three bodies were found from the Raiwala area on Saturday. Prima facie it is suspected that they died due to the cold, the police said. Officials said …
Dehradun: The on-going cold wave conditions across Uttarakhand are going to continue for at least another couple of days with mercury hovering below normal limits in both hills and plains in the hilly state. Matela in Almora district remained the coldest place in Uttarakhand after recording a minimum temperature at …
The much touted river revival initiative pushed foward by the chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat appears to have had little impact considering recent findings regarding the level of toxic chemicals in the water of Rispana and Bindal rivers in Dehradun. The findings also elicit focus on governmental measures like the …
To end water woes being experienced in several areas of Uttarakhand, the World Bank has agreed to finance water schemes worth Rs 975 crore in 35 semi-urban areas of Dehradun and six other districts. An agreement was signed among the Centre, state government and the World Bank. A population of …
Move Will Alert People In Seismic Cities IIT-Roorkee, is looking to deploy an early earthquake warning system across all cities and towns in seismic-prone north India where people can be alerted about impending powerful tremors a few seconds in advance through sirens. The institute has already started installing sirens in …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Selaqui International School Vs. Union of India & Others dated 25/07/2017 regarding discharge of toxic waste by the factories at the Pharma City, Selaqui, Dehradun into River Yamuna. National Green Tribunal directs the Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board to submit affidavit …
Dudhai's villagers may be the first in India to have got financial ben efits under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002.They have also used its provisions to end rampant illegal mining on the Swarna riverbed which had been destroying agricultural field and forests. Fighting the mining mafia, engaged in large-scale extraction …
The noise pollution in the city has touched alarming levels, according to the data available with the Uttarakhand pollution control board which shows that the major intersections of Dehradun have noise levels similar to those found in industrial hubs. According to guidelines, noise level in intersections which fall under commercial …
Society of Pollution and Environmental Conservation Scientists (SPECS) yesterday announced that the waters of the Suswa river in Dehradun were highly toxic and harmful for both human use and wildlife. Addressing a press conference in Dehradun, SPECS secretary Dr Brij Mohan Sharma said the Suswa river of Dehradun had become …
कागजों में उलझी 30 हजार लोगों की प्यासकागजों में उलझी 30 हजार लोगों की प्यास अधूरी पेयजल योजनाओं से जल संस्थान के सामने 30 हजार लोगों की प्यास बुझाने की चुनौती खड़ी हो गई है। दो साल पहले जल संस्थान ने शहर व शहर से लगे इलाकों के लिए छह …
As the health authorities and civic bodies in the state continue awareness camps and aggressive fogging to battle the dengue menace, the viral disease shows no signs of abating. On Thursday, the number of dengue patients in the state crossed the 1,000 mark. Of the 1,002 cases of dengue reported …
DEHRADUN: The dengue cases in Uttarakhand soared to 911 on Thursday with Dehradun remaining one of the top affected districts. As the state capital registered 809 patients, department has also raised a precautionary Chikungunya alert. The alert has been sent out because dengue is generally accompanied by chikungunya as the …
To reduce the long queue at hand pumps, Uttarakhand pey jal nigam has decided to install around 200 eco-friendly hand pumps, which will work through solar energy. The department has managed to install 58 of them in various parts of Dehradun district, while eight still needs to be put up. …
The country's first tiger cell will soon take shape at the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) campus in Dehradun. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding the setting up of the cell will be signed between the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and WII on Saturday. The cell will house a …
DEHRADUN: In some alarming news, 22 people from a single residential area - Pathribagh - in the city have tested positive for dengue. Pathribagh in Patel Nagar had recorded the season's first dengue death on July 6 and registered another dengue case after a 32-year-old man tested positive for the …
Ten daily wagers were killed and five others injured — one of them gravely — in a landslide that hit Dehradum district’s Chakrata in the wee hours of Monday. The daily wagers were asleep when strong winds and thundershowers sent boulders rolling down from a hill nearby in Teoni-Hanol at …
DEHRADUN: A programme that aims to provide dialysis services in all district hospitals across the country has been welcomed by the health department of Uttarakhand, as the state currently has only two district hospitals that provide dialysis facilities. The Union Budget released on Monday proposed the National Dialysis Service Programme …
