Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Medical Pollution Control Committee Vs State of Uttarakhand & Others dated 06/03/2023. The appeal has been filed against grant of Environmental Clearance (EC) by SEIAA, Uttarakhand in favour of M/s Bharat Environment Solutions for proposed Common Bio Medical Waste Treatment …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Kota Vikas Samiti Vs. State of Uttarakhand & Ors. And Nirmala Ganga Mata Sangh Society Vs. State of Uttarakhand & Ors. dated 01/02/2016 regarding illegal mining in Pauri Garhwal. NGT appoints Mr. Rahul Khurana, Advocate as a Local Commissioner to …
DEHRADUN: The counsel of Social Action for Forest and Environment visited areas adjoining Ganges to verify the state government's affidavit filed before NGT on January 15. The affidavit states that no permission for any beach camp was granted by the forest department nor has any company installed any rafting camp. …
DEHRADUN: Pauri Garhwal district witness spate of killings of people every year by leopard. Two innocent children too have been killed quite recently there. It was just sometime ago, Wildlife Institute of India conducted a sample study on Pauri district with regard to human-leopard conflicts and observed that it was …
Come winter and man-animal conflict turns to worst in the state with Pauri Garhwal district the major sufferer. Pauri district has six forest ranges. Out of these, the Pokhra, Pauri and Damdaval areas are the worst affected due to man-leopard conflicts. From 2012 till today, at least 22 persons have …
The provision of declaring Biodiversity Heritage Sites (BHS) in the National Biodiversity Act 2002 provides an opportunity to give recognition to the community initiatives vis-a-vis the institution of the sacred natural sites (SNS). In brief, the salient feature of the Biodiversity Act 2002, as relates to the BHS, is that …
NAINITAL: Taking serious note of alleged dumping of muck/excavated material by three private construction companies in Mandakini and Alaknanada rivers in Rudraprayag and Pauri districts, the Uttarakhand high court has asked the state government to submit a reply till July 27 this year. A public interest litigation was filed by …
Uttarakhand is all set to conduct leopard census in December. The last census in 2008 revealed the presence of 2,343 leopards in the state. Taking into account the rise in large number of cases of man-leopard conflict in Uttarakhand in the recent years, the census is expected to reveal a …
In a bid to stem the ever-increasing problem of migration from the hills, the state government is investing about Rs 35 crore in projects related to agriculture and horticulture. Dheeraj Singh Garbyal, managing director of Uttarakhand Agriculture Produce Marketing Board (Mandi), told TOI, "The state government is serious in checking …
The world famous Rajaji National Park has been notified as Rajaji Tiger Reserve, making it the second tiger reserve in this small mountain state and the 48th in the country. Chief Minister Harish Rawat today issued a notification in this regard in the Chila range of Yamkeshwar block in Pauri …
Despite the order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) regarding the disposal of garbage and waste products, the municipal council Pauri is doing nothing to address the issue. Six months ago when the order was issued many had thought that things would improve but nothing like this has happened with …
The state government has banned stone crushing at Maletha in Pauri. “The people of the town had been demanding a ban on the activity for long. Now no stone crushers will be set up in the town,” said Rakesh Sharma, Additional Chief Secretary. The town of Maletha is idolised for …
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat laid the foundation stone of Dhikwal Gaon Khirsu Gram Samuha drinking water pumping scheme at block headquarter Khirsu in district Pauri on Thursday. The villagers from nearly 110 villages kept demanding it over the past 30years. The project got the State Government’s sanction thanks to …
Despite the order of National Green Tribunal regarding the disposal of garbage and waste products as per MSW Act, the Municipal Council Pauri has failed to comply with the order and consequently, garbage and waste products are still being seen scattered in the different parts of the district headquarters Pauri. …
Concerned over the pollution from slag produced by iron and steel units, the National Green Tribunal today directed the authorities to prepare a restoration plan for Sigaddi river near Jasodhapur Industrial Area in Kotdwar district of Uttarakhand. The Tribunal's order came after the petitioner, Shiv Prasad Dabral, alleged that slag, …
The National Green Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi, has directed the forest department, State of Uttarakhand, to file its reply to the main application within two weeks with an advanced copy sent to the counsel of the petitioner who may file rejoinder, if any, within one week thereafter. In addition …
The level of civic sanitation in Pauri town has continued to deteriorate with the municipal waste being dumped haphazardly in the open. More than a year after the formation of the new municipal board in Pauri, its chairman Yashpal Benam has failed to ensure scientific disposal of garbage as required …
Residents of Pauri town are hopeful of some improvement in the level of civic sanitation here after the Pauri municipal council recently told the National Green Tribunal that it would arrange land for garbage disposal within two weeks. President of the Himalayan Environment and Employment Co-operative Society Ltd, Pauri, Ashok …
Lansdowne division corridor, which connects Rajaji National Park with Corbett Tiger Division and facilitates movement of big cats and elephants in between these two protected areas, has become a haven for poachers due to lax patrolling. There is no provision for patrolling by forest guards in the corridor as it …
Marking a year of the Uttarakhand deluge, activists and affected locals observed a 24-hour fast in Srinagar, Uttarakhand, for the rights of the disaster-affected people of the State. The fast concluded on Monday. The fast was observed in Srinagar, in Pauri district. Members representing Vishnuprayag Baandh Aapda Sangh, Assi Ganga …
Pauri district magistrate Chandra Shekhar Bhatt instructed the Superintendent of Police, sub divisional magistrate, Garhwal divisional forest officer, executive officer of the Pauri municipality and the senior mining officer to implement the orders of the National Green Tribunal's principal bench for stopping non forestry works, permanently closing the hot mix …
