Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Residents Welfare Association Savita Vihar Vs Irrigation & Flood Control Department & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant raised the grievance against throwing of construction debris and sewage obstruction in the Ghazipur drain. According to the applicant this drain flows behind …
RUDRAPUR: Sixteen days after demonetization, as queues outside banks and ATMs continue to get longer, the decline in purchasing power of customers due to currency shortage has hit not just legal businesses but also the illegal ones. Uttarakhand’s Udham Singh Nagar district, a hotbed of illegal mining, has seen the …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Khatema Fibres Limited Vs Uttarakhand Environment Protection and Pollution Control Board & Others dated 04/05/2016 on the issue whether the applicant industry uses or does not use chemical in its pulping process and whether it generates any black liquor. Tribunal …
The Uttarakhand high court has asked the state pollution control board to reconsider its decision of shutting down seven factory units for violating norms. The board has been asked to reconsider the matter within two weeks. On January 22, the pollution control board had ordered shutting down of 19 factory …
Uttarakhand high court on Wednesday scheduled June 3 as the next date for hearing a public interest litigation on illegal mining on the banks and outskirts if river Kosi. The decision came soon after the advocate general assured the HC that no illegal mining will be permitted in the Ganga …
In what could be a big boost to those fighting against rampant mining in Uttarakhand, the state government is contemplating making Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar districts as no-mining zones. Sources said that officials have been asked by the CM's office to assess the impact on the exchequer if such …
DEHRADUN: Haridwar has emerged as the TB capital of the state with total 1,030 new cases detected in the last one year. TOI dug out data of TB patients and found out that Haridwar raced ahead of all other districts in the hill state in the number of positive cases …
The Uttarakhand Pollution Board has initiated action against five sugar mills of Udham Singh Nagar after water samples taken from their premises by a National Green Tribunal (NGT) team were found to be polluted. The NGT team had taken water samples from sugar and paper mills functioning in the Terai …
Different teams of the anti-mining vigilance cell raided different cities for the fourth consecutive day today in order to check illegal mining in the state’s riverbeds. The teams have impounded dumpers and sealed stone crushers. They have also imposed heavy penalty on miners for flouting norms. Several teams comprising senior …
HALDWANI: Udham Singh Nagar administration plans to install an advanced garbage treatment plant in Rudrapur in collaboration with a Delhi-based private firm. The plant will primarily treat plastic wastes to generate electricity, diesel and biodegradable coal tar. Plastic wastes including polythene will be segregated from organic wastes. While polythene will …
Under attack from the opposition over the alleged illegal mining, the Uttarakhand government on Thursday said it would amend the policy to make the mining laws more stringent. Chief Minister Harish Rawat said, "We will bring some changes in the mining policy in order to curb any illegal activities." Rawat …
DEHRADUN: The Uttarakhand government has sent a proposal to the Centre seeking to relocate about 2,400 people from more than 300 villages located in landslide-prone areas in nine hilly districts to Haridwar, Dehradun and Udham Singh Nagar districts in the state, chief minister Harish Rawat said here on Sunday. The …
An Illegal Mining Vigilance Force has been set up in Uttarakhand to rein in the illicit trade. The Force has been given enough powers so that it can take effective steps to rein in illegal mining in the state, an official release quoting Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister S.S. …
The Government’s flagship health insurance scheme for the poor has sharply reduced out-of-pocket expenditure in three States, says an evaluation by German enterprise GIZ and independent research body Prognosis Management & Research Consultants. About 90 per cent of families enrolled in the Rashtriya Suraksha Bima Yojana (RSBY) said they did …
With an aim to boost growth, the Centre has announced a series of new sops with an estimated cost Rs 250 crore for Uttarakhand. These include a textile park, two spice parks, two convention centres and horticulture cold- storage chains. “We have brought new schems to boost growth in Uttarakhand …
The Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M;) group and Volkswagen—the two auto major groups—have evinced interests in setting up new manufacturing facilities in Uttarakhand, claimed a government official from the hill state. “We have received two proposals from the two auto companies (M&M; and Volkswagen) for setting up new manufacturing facilities in …
The World Health Organisation has removed India from the list of polio affected countries but the polio eradication certificate will be granted to the nation if no case of polio would be reported from any part of the country in the next two to three years. WHO representative Dr Saurabh …
Deteriorating weather conditions seem to have triggered serious concern among farmers with their rabi crop of wheat being highly prone to diseases such as yellow rust that strike during this period. Though no case of yellow rust affecting rabi crops has been detected in Nainital district, some cases of the …
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 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 …
