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 …
Today is World Heritage Day and this is the apt occasion to deliberate upon the need for making India’s holy river, Ganga, a UNESCO world heritage site. Many organisations have been requesting the State and Central Governments to prepare a scientific report on the basis of which the Ganga can …
A special Tiger Protection Force (TPF) will be set up in the Rajaji National Park soon. The force will focus on the protection and security of tigers in the National Park and will be dedicated in solving cases of wildlife offenses, including those against tigers in the park, officials said. …
The government does. It says area under forests has been increasing for the last 13 years. M Rajshekhar finds this is the outcome of statistical jugglery and the use of flawed definitions by India’s forest bureaucracy. The bald truth is India’s forests are in serious decline, both in numbers and …
Residents living across the capital city are facing the brunt of the department due to non-functioning tubewells which has affected supply of potable water. According to department sources, those living in remote areas are among the worst affected due to disrupted potable water supply. Sources said that inferior quality valves …
Hundreds of young and old eco-activists turned up at the Yamuna ghats in this Taj city on Sunday morning to pick up trash, mostly polythene bags, to mark the start of World Water Week March 18-25. A joint initiative of the Rivers of the World Foundation and the Braj Mandal …
The amended draft of the Dehradun Master Plan is replete with the mistakes which were expected to be corrected. In the amended draft, the land use of residential areas in different parts of the city has been shown as used for Government offices. Anomalies in the land use shown in …
Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal has termed the Railway Budget as anti-people and anti-poor stating that the increase in railway fares will hit every section. He said the Railway Minister had also hinted at an increase in freight charges, which would have a cascading effect on prices, leading to a …
The GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (GBPUAT), Pantnagar, has bagged ‘Mahindra Samraddhi India Agri Award-2012’ in recognition of its services in the field of agriculture education. The vice-chancellor of the GBPUT, BS Bisht, received this award from the Union Minister for Agriculture, Sharad Pawar, at a function recently …
The past history of organic life can be the key to the future, said ex-head of Geology Department, University of Jammu, Prof SK Shah while delivering the SP Nautiyal Memorial Lecture at the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology on Thursday. Delivering his talk on bio-events and climate change, Prof Shah …
Agriculture sector contributes a major portion in gross production of India. In spite of this, agriculture today is finding itself in increasing difficulties. The adverse impact of agriculture based on synthetic fertilizers and herbicides is visible in the degradation of soil fertility, quality of food, taste of food and so …
Northeast Lost 550 Sq Km During 2007-09, No Change In Delhi’s Green Zone. New Delhi: India’s forest cover has declined by 367 sq km between 2007 and 2009. While the figure may not seem alarming, it runs counter to the impression that afforestation and conservation programmes are yielding results. The …
In order to highlight the importance of forests for the country and the contribution of ICFRE in this vital sector of national importance, ICFRE has published a book Forestry in the Service of Nation: ICFRE Technologies. The book has been prepared with a view to provide a consolidated account of …
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Chinese Academy of Forestry and the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education to foster cooperation between the two nations in identified fields of research. A six-member high-level Chinese delegation, headed by CAF president Zhang Shougong, visited ICFRE, Dehradun, on Monday. The …
The Uttarakhand Government has amended the hill industrial policy-2008 by extending its benefits beyond 2018 to 2025 and decided to set up 11 new industrial hubs. This was decided by the Maj Gen BC Khanduri Cabinet on Saturday. This was disclosed by the Principal Secretary Industries, Rakesh Sharma in the …
Water security is one of the most important ingredients of the human security as the agricultural and industrial sectors are heavily dependent on water. Externally, it has lead to tensions between India and the neighbouring countries, and given rise to many intra-State conflicts internally. According to the National Commission for …
The Uttarakhand Health Department has deployed the rapid action team in village Sultanpur and nearby areas of Haridwar district following nine more persons testing positive for dengue fever on Sunday. With this, the total number of dengue patients in the village rose to over 25, action team leader Gurnam Singh …
About 1,500 pilgrims are stranded on the Rishikesh-Gangotri route since Thursday. Over 20 villages still cut off. The toll on life and property is rising as monsoon wreaks havoc in the hills. The scale of destruction goes up with each passing year Dehradun: On Thursday morning, about 160 vehicles carrying …
With the launch of DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment, Short Course) Plus medicine for tuberculosis patients, Uttarakhand will become the first Himalayan State in the country to launch the service free of cost for the patients. The State Health Department revised the treatment module for the patients to attain 100 per …
In 2008, I shifted from Pune to the green environs of Dehradun to follow my heart. Writing, photography and nature conservation projects followed, making life really interesting. One of the conservation projects I took up involved studying the conflict between monkeys and farmers in Uttarakhand. In many areas of the …
Faulty tube-wells coupled with poor water storage capacity seems to have adversely affected the city's drinking water needs, of late. More so, as the local Gola river is the main source of water supply, the problem of choking of the main water filter system as well as supply lines by …
