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 …
NAINITAL: Taking a serious note of unlawful constructions in the state, the Uttarakhand high court on Monday ordered a ban on mining activities within one kilometre radius of bridges across the state. The development comes after a PIL was filed by a resident of Ramnagar alleging that illegal construction has …
As the health authorities and civic bodies in the state continue awareness camps and aggressive fogging to battle the dengue menace, the viral disease shows no signs of abating. On Thursday, the number of dengue patients in the state crossed the 1,000 mark. Of the 1,002 cases of dengue reported …
NAINITAL: Over 140 leopards and tigers have been declared maneaters in Uttarakhand in just 15 years, according to the state forest officials. In the latest case, a leopard attacked and killed two people near Ramnagar a few days ago, after which a team of government licenced hunters has been deputed …
National Green Tribunal on Thursday asked the petitioners to provide a list of stone crushers who are allegedly flouting several environmental norms in Uttarakhand. The matter has been posted for hearing in next 15 days. "We will be filing an amendment application with the list of violators and will request …
NAINITAL: With the discovery in Uttarakhand recently, the total number of varieties of butterflies found in the hill state is 453. Of the three new varieties, two were discovered and photographed in Nainital whereas the third was found in Haldwani. Founder of Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal Peter Smetacek confirmed the …
उत्तराखंड में गुरुवार रात से हो रही बारिश और बादल फटने से जानमाल का भारी नुकसान हुआ है। चमोली और पिथौरागढ़ जिलों में बादल फटने से कम से कम 30 लोगों की मौत हो गई है। नदियों में आए उफान से कई लोग, मकान और जानवर बह गए हैं। ऋषिकेश-बद्रीनाथ …
NAINITAL: Thousands of people living in 83 villages of Kumaon region, which are close to rivers, are now at the mercy of the weather after the monsoon reached Uttarakhand on Wednesday. With incessant showers continuing to lash the region, fear of flooding and landslide looms large over the villages. According …
We present the measurements of cloud-base height variations over ARIES, Nainital (79.45°E, 29.37°N, 1958 m amsl) obtained from Vaisala Ceilometer, during the nearly year-long Ganges Valley Aerosol Experiment (GVAX). Original Source
The National Green Tribunal has chided the Environment Ministry and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for cutting trees for widening of Rampur—Rudrapur—Kathgodam section of NH—87, which connects Uttar Pradesh with Uttarakhand, and restrained them from chopping any tree further. “There shall be no tree felling on the stretch …
Dehradun: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has pulled up the Uttarakhand government for non-implementation of its order on pollution in the Kosi river in Nainital. The green panel had directed that an action plan for the collection and disposal of sewage in the area along the river be submitted within …
DEHRADUN: A few days after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) acted tough on the Nainital district administration and issued bailable warrants against the district magistrates and other officials for not taking strict action against pollution in the Kosi river, the district administration on Tuesday cracked down on Club Mahindra and …
The recent forest fires in Uttarakhand torched over 2,000 hectares. In a three-part series, Business Standard looks at the burning issues that need to be resolved An overpowering smell of smoke hangs over Bhimtal, days after most of its forest fires burned out. Although it has been raining here since …
DEHRADUN: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Century Pulp and Paper Ltd to pay Rs 30 lakh as compensation for failing to manage pollution caused due to effluents discharged in a local water stream from its paper mill in Nainital. The bench also constituted a team of senior scientists …
Aided by widespread rainfall since Tuesday, forest fires which ravaged thousands of hectares of green cover in Uttarakhand were doused completely on Thursday with no reports of fresh blaze from anywhere in the state. Meanwhile, the administration claimed it was fully prepared to deal with fresh fires in case they …
Three nabbed for causing fires that devastated 3,185 hectares in Kumaon and Garhwal Three persons have died, 14 have been injured and three have been arrested for allegedly causing forest fires that have devastated 3185 hectares of forest area in the Kumaon and Garhwal regions of Uttarakhand, Additional Chief Secretary …
Nainital-based veteran photographer Anup Sah, whose pictures of blazing forests in Kumaon have gone viral on social media, has said that a number of factors, including climate change and official apathy, has resulted in the fires amassing large proportions in the state. Claiming that it was a disaster waiting to …
Dehradun: The number of diabetes patients in Uttarakhand has more than doubled in the past five years, with the state witnessing a rise in both type I and type II diabetics, according to the latest data released by the health department. In 2011, Uttarakhand had recorded 19,308 diabetes patients while …
Dehradun: National Green Tribunal has taken notice of the contempt plea filed by Dinesh Pandey, conservation activist and member of Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), who alleged that illegal mining is still continuing on Gaula river in violation of the tribunal's order passed in January this year. The bench ordered …
DEHRADUN: A day after the special task force (STF) of Uttarakhand police seized the skins of five big cats from a gang of poachers, a red alert was issued in the entire Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR). It also emerged that the state forest department, which went into a huddle soon …
DEHRADUN: A programme that aims to provide dialysis services in all district hospitals across the country has been welcomed by the health department of Uttarakhand, as the state currently has only two district hospitals that provide dialysis facilities. The Union Budget released on Monday proposed the National Dialysis Service Programme …
