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 …
There are 45 stone crushing units in Haridwar district engaged in mining of gravel from the Ganga river bed. Maitri Sadan, the ashram where Swami Nigamanand Saraswati sat on a 68-day fast that led to his death, had, however, initiated a campaign against only one of them. The Himalayan Stone …
Besides causing huge losses to the state exchequer, illegal mining is impacting the ecology of the region drastically. In most of the mining areas, the Ganga
The death of a fasting sadhu in Dehradun has triggered a political storm with the Congress and the BJP blaming each other for it. The BJP tried to wash its hands of the death of Swami Nigamanand, who was protesting against mining near the Ganga, saying he was agitating against …
Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh today blamed the BJP-led Uttarakhand government for the death of Swami Nigmanand, who was agitating to save the Ganga. Accusing the state government of
On Tuesday, India signed a deal for a $1-billion loan from the World Bank to clean up the Ganga. Just a day earlier, in a tragic coincidence, a 34-year old swami died after a four month-long hunger strike, protesting the mining mafia illegally quarrying in the river. Besieged with questions …
IN THE first week of April, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) oversaw an experiment to monitor, minute to minute, the water quality of the river Yamuna. The two-week trial at the water intake point of the Wazirabad water treatment plant in north-east Delhi was conducted by a private firm …
India's giant public sector undertaking, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited's (BHEL) Haridwar unit has registered the highest ever turnover of Rs 4,237 crore during 2010-11. This is a whopping 31 per cent more than the turnover registered during the last fiscal. Addressing the unit's annual Press conference here on Thursday, Devendra …
Soil organic carbon was estimated in four land uses viz. forests, plantations, agroforestry and horticulture in Haridwar district. Over all 425 soil samples were collected from different land uses at various locations. Soil organic carbon, bulk density and coarse fragments were estimated in collected samples and SOC pool was calculated …
The Uttarakhand Red Cross Society in Haridwar and District Magistrate R Meenakshi Sundaram are overseeing efforts undertaken by a team of doctors and Red Cross volunteers who are providing medical treatment facilities in the villages of Haridwar district affected by natural calamities. According to official sources, Red Cross secretary Dr …
New Delhi: With the flood situation grim in Uttarakhand, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, the Centre has rushed several teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), comprising more than 500 personnel, for rescue and relief work in affected areas in the three states and kept military helicopters on standby to ferry …
Incessant rain has put the Tehri dam under tremendous threat with water levels in the reservoir crossing the 828.85 metre mark. This is seven metres above its normal strength. Once the water level crosses the 830-metre danger mark, the automatic discharge system will get activated and this could lead to …
Dehradun/Lucknow: Water levels at the Tehri dam rose menacingly, following incessant rain in the hills of Uttarakhand, and the release of waters from its massive reservoir to avoid breaches threatened flooding of nearly 1,200 villages downstream along the Ganga. But a threat of floods in Haridwar passed, with Tehri authorities …
LUCKNOW: There's dispute brewing over the holy waters of Ban Ganga and Saloni rivers in Muzaffarnagar district of UP. And it all started when huge quantities of dead fish appeared, four days ago, on the surface of river waters of Shukratal -- regarded as mini-Haridwar of the region. District magistrate, …
The Ganga in Haridwar district has shifted 500 metres from its course over the past four decades, shows a study by the Uttarakhand Space Application Centre (usac). The state government agency said erosion of the river banks maybe speeding change of course. “Half a kilometre in 36 years can be …
This study demonstrates the application of remote sensing, GIS and GPS for preparation of sustainable land and water resources development action plans for Pathri Rao sub-watershed in Haridwar district of Uttarakhand. High resolution IKONOS satellite imagery was used for detailed land use/cover mapping on 1 : 12,500 scale. Various primary …
