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 …
The plea alleged illegal sand mining in Haridwar The National Green Tribunal has imposed a cost of Rs 50,000 on the National Green Tribunal Bar Association (NGTBA) for withdrawing its plea alleging illegal sand mining in Haridwar and rebuked it for acting “irresponsibly”. The bench also issued notices to chief …
Under attack from the opposition over the alleged illegal mining, the Uttarakhand government on Thursday said it would amend the policy to make the mining laws more stringent. Chief Minister Harish Rawat said, "We will bring some changes in the mining policy in order to curb any illegal activities." Rawat …
DEHRADUN: To curb malnutrition in Haridwar, the district administration has set up a number of health camps, in which over 3087 children in rural areas have been screened in the last two months. For the health camps, the district administration formed special mobile teams involving officials from five departments to …
DEHRADUN: The Uttarakhand government has sent a proposal to the Centre seeking to relocate about 2,400 people from more than 300 villages located in landslide-prone areas in nine hilly districts to Haridwar, Dehradun and Udham Singh Nagar districts in the state, chief minister Harish Rawat said here on Sunday. The …
The National Green Tribunal has issued notice to 24 people for carrying out illegal sand mining activities in Uttarakhand's Haridwar district. A bench headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar sought response from all of them after the counsel for Uttarakhand government told the tribunal that certain people were carrying on illegal …
The Hindu holy sites in the Indian cities of Rishikesh and Haridwar attract millions of pilgrims each year - but they are now the destination for another group of devotees. Scientists trying to understand the rise of antibiotic resistance, considered by some to be the great health threat of our …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of National Green Tribunal Bar Association Vs. Ministry of Environment & Forests & Ors. dated 12/05/2014 regarding illegal and unauthorised mining activity being carried on within the 10 Kms of Rajaji National Park. Previous Orders
Way back in 1986, Rajiv Gandhi launched the Ganga Action Plan. But years later, after much water (sewage) and money have flowed down the river, it is as bad as it could get. Why are we failing, and what needs to be done differently to clean this and many other …
An Illegal Mining Vigilance Force has been set up in Uttarakhand to rein in the illicit trade. The Force has been given enough powers so that it can take effective steps to rein in illegal mining in the state, an official release quoting Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister S.S. …
Mining had been stopped in 22 rivers following alleged illegal activities and growing environmental concerns The Supreme Court has permitted mining in 22 rivers including that of Kosi in Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna announced on Wednesday. Bahuguna also said the government would undertake the extraction or quarrying of sand …
A Special Mining Vigilance Force will be constituted in the State in the wake of rampant illegal mining, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna said here on Wednesday. Mr. Bahuguna said: “Seven places, including Vikas Nagar, Haldwani, Haridwar, Kotdwar, and Kashipur, have been marked for the Vigilance Force to watch over the …
The threat of Dengue is looming large in Uttarakhand after three persons died of the vector-borne disease and 30 more new cases were reported. Three persons from Haridwar district who had tested positive for Dengue died during the past one fortnight, an official statement here said. So far, nearly 352 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of National Green Tribunal Bar Association Vs Ministry of Environment & Forests & Others dated 09/10/2013 on heavy illegal mining activity in the city Banjarwala and Bopara in District Haridwar and Gautam Budh Nagar. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/739-2013(MApp)_9Oct2013.pdf
Heavy showers continued to lash various parts of Uttarakhand, where a number of houses were damaged in Chamoli following a cloudburst while many other settlements in Uttarkashi district are sinking under rain effect, forcing occupants to move to safer places. A tragedy was averted on Wednesday in Haridwar district when …
Amid fears of disease outbreak after widespread devastation in flood-affected Uttarakhand, the Union health ministry has deputed a high-level team which will review the public health measures in the state tomorrow. The ministry said it was monitoring the situation and has initiated a few steps for relief operations that include …
Sangam (Allahabad): Sometimes a walk can change your life -- as well as the lives of millions of others. Invited by a temple mahant in Narora in 1998, Harichaitanya Brahmachari of Shriparamhans Ashram in Tikar Mafi, Amethi, was on a stroll with fellow monks when he casually asked if he …
Describing manual scavenging as a matter involving “human dignity,” the Supreme Court today noted that the officials concerned in states were not doing their best to weed out this practice even though a Union minister apologised to the nation on this issue. “If we go by the media reports and …
In one of the first signs of an industrial strife, street protests have begun in the key industrial estate of Haridwar in Uttarakhand which has been plagued by heavy power cuts in the past few days. After the two-days blackout as a result of grid collapse on July 30-31, the …
Save Ganga Campaigners have expressed concern over the possibilities of the river vanishing at its source due to the upcoming or proposed hydel power projects. Such projects are not solutions for the energy requirements for hills of Uttarakhand, they said. “They are outdated and will heavily damage the Ganga eco …
Jagadguru Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati on Tuesday reiterated that the saint fraternity is determined to save river Ganga at any cost. Saraswati said this while addressing a Press conference in Kankhal. Stressing on the need to stop all the ongoing hydro electric power projects in Ganga, Saraswati said that the …
