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 …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of N B Minerals Corporation Limited Vs Union of India & Others dated 27/02/2024. The matter related to mining of magnesite/dolomite by N B Minerals Corporation Limited, Didihat, Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand. The Supreme Court (SC), February 29, 2024 directed N …
Status report by the state of Uttarakhand in compliance with the National Green Tribunal order June 29, 2020 regarding dumping of solid waste on the forest land at village Sirar, P.O. Nainipatal, tehsil and district Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand resulting in pollution and affecting the health of the inhabitants. The report said …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Chander Singh Vs Union of India & Other dated 16/09/2020. The matter related to illegal mining of dolomite by N. B. Minerals Corporation Ltd., at village Dundu, tehsil Didihat, district Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. A report filed by the State Environment Impact …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ramesh Chandra Kapri Vs State of Uttarakhand dated 29/06/2020. The matter relates to waste management in Pithoragarh. Report filed by the Secretary, Urban Department, State of Uttarakhand stated that the Solid Waste Management Plant, Pithoragarh would be functional by March …
Report on behalf of state of Uttarakhand in compliance of National Green Tribunal order dated October 17, 2019 regarding unsatisfactory state of affairs in violation of mandate of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 in Tehsil and District Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Tribunal had directed the secretary, Urban Development, Uttarakhand to look …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ramesh Chandra Kapri Vs State of Uttarakhand dated 17/10/2019 regarding unscientific dumping of solid waste on forest land, Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. A factual and action taken report submitted by the District Magistrate and the District Forest Officer, Pithoragarh has stated that …
The Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) has opposed the proposed Pancheshwar dam in Pithoragarh district. UKD central working committee member Kashi Singh Airy, while addressing a press conference here today, said the party was not in favour of big dams and would launch a widespread agitation in protest against the move. …
Environmentalists rued the proposal to cut down at least 4,600 trees — mostly deodar and broad leaf trees which are important for absorption of water — spread over 94 hectares for the construction of a 150-km all-weather two-lane road between Tanakpur and Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand by 2020. Executive engineer of …
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has started a 'Krishi Jal' campaign for water conservation and water resource mapping in 1,000 villages of Pithoragarh and Champawat districts. A two-day workshop organised for 'jal doots' (volunteers) with the help of an NGO, Nidhi, on methodology to collect data and …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written to the state government to take steps to stop illegal mining going on in Jakh Pant village near Pithoragarh town. The Prime Minister took cognisance of a letter written to him by villagers seeking his help in stopping illegal mining in their village. The …
DEHRADUN: A few days after the Uttarakhand forest department disclosed that there were sightings of a tiger at 12,000 feet in the Askot wildlife sanctuary in Pithoragarh, the first time the presence of a wild cat was recorded at such altitudes anywhere in the country, there came reports on Wednesday …
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand has the higher number of landslide prone or unstable zones among the north Himalayan states including Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, according to a report submitted in Parliament recently. As per the report, submitted on July 27 by YS Chowdary, minister of state for earth sciences, science …
The rescue operations launched in the wake of heavy rains and cloudbursts in hilly state of Uttarakhand were wound up today in most places except in Bastadi in Pithoragarh district which bore the maximum brunt with highest number of casualties at 17. Rescue operations have been completed everywhere except in …
DEHRADUN: A team of experts from the Disaster Mitigation and Management Centre (DMMC) is conducting a geological study of the villages in Pithoragarh that were hit by landslides triggered by cloudbursts on July 1. The disaster claimed 16 lives in the district while eight people are still missing. Piyoosh Rautela, …
DEHRADUN/ALMORA: Over 900 villages across the state had plunged into darkness when cloudbursts and incessant rains hit Uttarakhand on July 1. Of these, around 150 are still in the dark. Senior officials of the Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited (UPCL) said on Monday that the scale of damage to transmission lines …
Dehradun: The search and rescue teams have recovered four more bodies from the debris in the cloudburst-hit villages of Pithoragarh district, raising the death toll in the natural disaster to 20 while 12 persons are still missing. Significantly, three bodies were pulled out from the worst-affected Bastadi village while one …
DEHRADUN: International Road Federation (IRF), a Geneva based global body consisting of 90 countries working for better and safer roads worldwide which also has deparment of Road Tranport and Highways, CPWD and NHAI as members, has expressed deep concern at repeated loss of life, landslides, areas being cut off and …
Indiscriminate blasting of mountains to build roads or other infrastructure has rendered the fragile areas of the state more susceptible to landslides and floods, say experts and scientists. According to the director of the Geological Survey of India, the institute had submitted a report regarding the treatment of vulnerable sites …
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 …
Himalayan wild animals are being compelled to leave their natural habitats due to encroachment by people in the higher meadows to pick wonder drug yarsa gumba. This became evident after a pack of Himalayan Thar was seen near Aalam Drama village, at a height of 6,000 ft, in Munsiyari sub-division …
