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 …
Social activist Avdhash Kaushal announced here on Tuesday that he along with some colleagues would observe a one-day fast outside the Gandhi Park on Wednesday against what he described as indecision on the part of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the National Ganga Basin Authority at its meeting in New …
Nine years after a PIL said that over five lakh people were engaged in manual scavenging across the country, the government today told the Supreme Court that a bill aimed at banning such practice will be introduced in Parliament soon. “I have received written instructions that a bill is being …
District administration has given conditional permission for carrying out mining in Bhogpur and Bishanpur areas of Haridwar. Mining in these places was banned after Swami Nigamanand’s death last year and Swami Shivanand’s subsequent fast in Matra Sadan. Following a nod by the State Government, the district administration on Saturday gave …
Former BJP general secretary and noted thinker KN Govindacharya was in Haridwar on Wednesday to support Swami Gyanswaroop Sanand (Prof GD Agrawal), who is fasting at Matra Sadan. “I have come here to extend my support to Swami Sanand’s fast and the cause he is fighting for. I am against …
The increasing frequency of chance encounters between people and elephants on road in the Rishikesh and Haridwar region has triggered widespread anxiety among locals. The forest department is undertaking measures to avert damage to property and life but officials believe the problem will persist. It advises the affected population to …
Gwaldam: There is a bizarre disconnect between the lives of people in this region and the electoral process, best exemplified by the crisis in agriculture. Unlike the rest of the country, almost every family has some land, although 54% have less than two hectares. But a combination of dependence on …
The Haridwar administration has collected more than Rs32 lakh in the last three months in fines from those involved in illegal mining in the district. Officials said they charged Rs25,000 as penalty from each of the offenders. According to figures, the district administration has, in the past three months, fined …
Villagers protesting against the State Government’s order to ban quarrying on Ganga called off their three-week long stir on Monday after president of Gau Raksha Ayog and senior BJP leader, Maharaj Yatishwaranand, assured them that the Government orders will be revoked soon. The protestors, who hail from Ajitpur, Bishanpur Kundi, …
Swami Shivanand, founder of Matri Sadan in Haridwar, on Tuesday ended his 11-day fast after the Uttarakhand government ordered suspension of quarrying on the Ganga riverbed in the Kumbh area, pending an environmental impact assessment report. Swami Shivanand accepted a glass of water with lime and honey after District Magistrate …
Alarmed by the increasing number of dengue cases being reported from Haridwar district, the State Health Department have sounded a high alert in the entire district. While leaves of all medical officers in the district have been cancelled, they have been put into 24X7 service in Sultanpur area, which is …
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 …
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 …
Even as the water started receding from the flood-affected villages near Laksar, the situation in the area continues to remain grim. While three villages are still completely inundated, the overall flood situation remains unchanged in at least a dozen of other villages. The swollen Ganga and the local Solani rivers …
The Ganga today is one of the most polluted rivers. It is not only untreated sewage that is dumped into the river but also toxic waste from hospitals and tanneries. Historical Importance Throughout the history of the Indian subcontinent, the Ganga has held an extremely important place, finding mention in …
An eight-year-old girl was washed away as she tried to cross an overflowing nullah on her way to school in Tilwari Bur village of Kalsi near here while it was pouring heavily on Friday, the police said. Altogether 16 persons have lost their lives in rain-related mishaps in Uttarakhand over …
Pollution is passe. Millions of Kumbh pilgrims bathing in the Ganga did not know they were taking a plunge right in the filth of untreated sewage. A CAG report reveals the shocking saga of the Uttarakhand government's callous mismanagement.
Swami Nigamananda. He had been fasting for almost four months to protest against illegal mining and stone-crushing along the Ganga near Haridwar before he died at Himalayan Hospital in Dehra Dun on June 13. EVEN as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders made a song and dance about Baba Ramdev's “fast …
The major problems caused by landslides being faced by thousands of pilgrims undertaking the Char Dham Yatra could have been mitigated had the Government taken cognisance of the GIS-based risk mapping of the yatra routes conducted by the Uttarakhand Space Application Centre (USAC). According to USAC director MM Kimothi, a …
Haridwar: Following the ban on their activities in 2010, Himalaya stone crushers first obtained a stay order against which Nigamanand went on a fast-unto-death. The sadhu died and now Himalaya stone crushers have appealed against the ban in the Supreme Court. In December 2010, the court had banned its operations, …
