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 …
Drive for distributing soil health cards among farmers will be intensified in Udhamsingh Nagar, Haridwar, Nainital and Dehradun districts so that that the process is complete within six months, Chief Minister Harish Rawat said on Monday. Making the announcement while inaugurating the State’s first Mango Festival here, Mr. Rawat said …
राष्ट्रीय हरित पंचाट (एनजीटी) ने हरिद्वार और ऋषिकेश शहर में प्लास्टिक बैग के इस्तेमाल पर पूरी तरह से पाबंदी लगा दी है। पंचाट ने गंगा सफाई में ढुलमुल रवैया अपनाने पर स्थानीय प्रशासन को लताड़ भी लगाई है। साथ ही आदेश का उल्लंघन करने वालों को चेतावनी भी दी गई …
A tractor which was set afire by pro-quarrying supporters near Sati Kund, Kankhal, in Haridwar on Tuesday. A Tribune Photo Additional Secretary Rakesh Sharma today said CCTV cameras would be installed at all permitted quarrying lots to keep tabs on activities. He stated this during his talks with Matra Sadan …
In what could be a big boost to those fighting against rampant mining in Uttarakhand, the state government is contemplating making Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar districts as no-mining zones. Sources said that officials have been asked by the CM's office to assess the impact on the exchequer if such …
In one of the first instances of action against a prominent commercial establishment for allegedly violating pollution norms as laid down by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Radisson Blu, a five-star hotel in the city, was sealed by a team of the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) on Saturday. "During …
With illegal sand-mining continuing unabated in the Ganga in Haridwar district, Swami Shivanand of the Matri Sadan Ashram has resumed his fast. Last month, he sat on a 22-day fast in protest. On April 15, the National Green Tribunal ordered that “no illegal, unauthorised, unscientific mining” should be allowed in …
The Uttarakhand Environment Protection and Pollution Control Board (UEPPCB) has sought details regarding registered hotels and resorts along the Ganga river in Haridwar and Rishikesh from four district magistrates. The report will ascertain whether any hotels or resorts are dumping untreated sewage in Ganga. In addition to this, notices were …
The much-touted Namami Gange project, which was allocated Rs 20,000 crore by the Union Government recently, will complete its first phase by October 2016 and on-ground Ganga rejuvenation work will begin. As per Ganga Rejuvenation-Water Resources Union Minister Uma Bharti, Clean Ganga drive will show its initial results by October …
The permission to allow mining in Bishanpur and Bhogpur areas of Haridwar district after three days of an announcement regarding its closure has once again stirred a hornet's nest. Even as the district magistrate and director, mining and geology department, pass the buck, Matri Sadan priests on Thursday wrote a …
Illegal mining continues in many areas in Haridwar, despite a National Green Tribunal (NGT) order banning such activity. On April 15, the NGT ordered that “no illegal, unauthorised, unscientific mining” should take place in Haridwar “without taking environmental clearance.” Swami Shivanand of the Matri Sadan Ashram is on an indefinite …
In a move seen as a big boost to those fighting against illegal mining, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday directed the Uttarakhand government as well as the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to stop illegal mining in Haridwar district from immediate effect. The NGT bench, headed by …
HARIDWAR: Matri Sadan's Swami Shivanand on Tuesday went ahead with his threat, which he made on Sunday, to sit on an indefinite hunger strike against mining along the Ganga. This is the second such protest by seers of the Haridwar ashram in the last month and a half. "The state …
Acting on an Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board (UPCB) report, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has formed a technical monitoring committee to conduct a survey into untreated sewage waste being discharged into the Ganga by ashrams in the holy towns of Haridwar and Rishikesh. Speaking to TOI on Thursday, Ankur Kansal, …
A follower of Matri Sadan, Atmabodhan, began an indefinite hunger-strike here on Thursday demanding action to end the illegal mining and stone crushing operations along Ganga in Haridwar district. Swami Shivanand, mentor of Matri Sadan, said that despite repeated orders issued by the court and the Chief Minister, illegal mining …
The Shyampur range of the Haridwar forest division, which should ideally be conserved, has turned into a dumping ground. Garbage from the entire Haridwar town is dumped here. Shockingly, this has been going on since the past two decades and nobody has paid attention towards it. Despite the fact that …
HARIDWAR: After activists against environmental degradation and some spiritual leaders took up the matter of the large scale of illegal sand quarrying on the Ganga riverbed, the Haridwar district administration has decided that no quarrying will be allowed without an environmental clearance and a no-objection certificate from authorities. The decision …
Canal blocking an exercise in futility; no repairs, no cleaning The annual Ganga canal closure being done since the last 100 years from Haridwar in Uttarakhand has now become a routine exercise carried out by irrigation department of Uttar Pradesh. Neither the canal bed was cleaned this year nor was …
The annual Ganga canal closure, from its inception source at Bhagirathi Bindu, near Har-ki-Pauri, and the Mayapur Ganga canal dam till the end point in Kanpur, is usually opposed by saints and teerth purohits, Ganga Sabha, traders and local people. As Ganga canal is operated by Uttar Pradesh irrigation department, …
The state said it would create new solid waste management systems at a cost of Rs 829.66 cr The Uttarakhand government on Wednesday submitted its Rs 9,478-crore action plan to the Centre to clean the Ganga from Gaumukh to Haridwar in the state. Government officials said in its plan submitted …
Matra Sadan founder Swami Shivanand today cornered the Uttarakhand government’s lackadaisical attitude towards quarrying issue by citing a Nainital High Court judgment, wherein the court directed the government to review its policy regarding quarrying and stone-crushing operations in Uttarakhand. Speaking to mediapersons here today at Matra Sadan ashram,5 kms from …
