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 National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vinod Singh Rawat Vs State of Uttarakhand & Others dated 24/01/2025. The matter related to illegal mining on river bank of Yamuna and the operation of a stone crusher (M/s Astitwa Anantraj Enterprises) in violation of environmental laws in Uttarkashi …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sanjay Kumar Vs Union of India dated 09/11/2023. The grievance raised by the Applicant is that National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) has failed to take action for construction of landslide protection gallery, slope protection work and river …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sunil Thapliyal Vs State of Uttarakhand dated 04/01/2023. Sunil Thapliyal, Samajik Chetna Ki Buland Awaaz Group in his application to the NGT said that during widening of Delhi – Yamunotri National Highway from Khaneda Khadd to Kuthnour downstream, a lot …
Dehradun: For G D Agrawal, who came to be known as Swami Gyan Swaroop Sanand after he turned sanyasi in July 2011, a clean and free-flowing Ganga was the mission of his life. To prevent mining, oppose hydro power projects, keeping the river clean and maintaining its free flow, the …
DEHRADUN/NAINITAL/HARIDWAR/UTTARKASHI: At least 57 small and big incidents of fires and 65 fire alerts were reported from forests across Uttarakhand in the past three days in both Garhwal and Kumaon divisions. “A total of 69.71 hectares of forest area was lost due to fire incidents on Saturday and Sunday while …
DEHRADUN: Assi Ganga in Uttarkashi has become the first energy efficient valley in the country with all the eight gram sabhas (1,550 households) having only LED bulbs, said Society of Pollution and Environment Conservation Scientists (SPECS). The 100 watt bulbs in the houses were replaced with the LED bulbs that …
Union Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister Uma Bharti will launch a new national drinking water programme named ‘Swajal’ from Uttarakashi district in Uttarakhand on February 20. Introducing the programme, she said it will be implemented in six states, including Uttarakhand, as pilot. Uttarakhand has been chosen for launching the first …
UTTARKASHI/DEHRADUN: When the rhododendron blooms in Uttarakhand, there is a special cheer that spreads in the hills which only the beautiful red flowers can bring. This time, though, it has brought worries, for both growers and experts. Found at altitudes ranging from 1,500 mts to 3,600 mts, the flowers have …
Nainital: The Uttarakhand high court on Wednesday asked the state government to file its reply on the formation of a lake in Gaumukh, due to landslides in October and December, by February 16. The court, acting on a PIL filed by Delhi-based petitioner Ajay Gautam, also directed the state government …
DEHRADUN: Six months after the tenure of a monitoring committee that was constituted by the environment ministry to ensure compliance of guidelines of Bhagirathi eco-sensitive zone ended, no effort has been made either by the environment ministry or the state government to renew it. The objective behind the formation of …
NEW DELHI: Obstructive rules of the environment ministry and its notifications issued without considering ground realities have proved to be roadblocks for development in Maoist-affected areas, highways minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday. At an inter-ministerial meeting on infrastructure, attended by environment minister Harsh Vardhan and power minister Piyush Goel, …
Three persons were killed and seven others injured as lightning struck Chaisheel Bugyal area of the Uttarkashi district on late Friday night. Uttarakashi District Magistrate Ashish Srivastava said relief works were being done on a war footing despite the place falling in an inaccessible area. The three dead had been …
The MoEF clarified its stand on the directions of the Tribunal, who had observed in the last hearing that there seemed to be conflict between the environment and water ministry After initial differences, the ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday that it …
Climate variability and changes are the emerging challenges for Indian agriculture with the growing population to ensure national food security. A study was conducted to assess the Climatic Change effects in medium to low altitude areas of the Himalayan region causing changes in land use and cereal crop productivity with …
Gangotri glacier’s rate of receding slows, but base thinning: Experts Development (GBPNIHESD) who conducted a study of the glacier located in Uttarkashi from 2008 till 2016. While the slowing down of the rate of recession is good news, since it means that the glacier is not melting at a rate …
A minimum of eight units, in Chamoli and Uttarkashi districts were selected through probability proportional to size sampling technique (PPS) to study the work profile of nettle units in Uttarakhand. Fifty per cent of nettle units were established in the years 2007-2008. It was observed that 72.50 per cent and …
Three years after the Uttarakhand flash floods, the implementation of the Bhagirathi eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) is yet to take off. The ESZ, which is expected to ensure "sustainable development" in the highly fragile areas from Gaumukh to Uttarkashi, may get further delayed now as the Union ministry of environment and …
DEHRADUN: The Uttarakhand government has appealed to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to reconstitute the monitoring committee which was formed to assist in the formulation of a zonal master plan for eco- sensitive zones on 100 km stretch of the Bhagirathi river - an area which encompasses 4179.59 sq km …
Dehradun: Three activists, who were also part of Uttarakhand government's monitoring committee to prepare zonal master plan on eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) around Bhagirathi River in Uttarkashi, have raised objections to the final blueprint. The Uttarakhand government submitted its final report on the zonal master plan to the Union environment ministry …
DEHRADUN: The state government has marked over 10,000 trees on the 30 km stretch between Harsil and Gangotri, which will be cut down for widening of road. The environmentalists are terming the exercise as a major ecological disaster in the eco-sensitive zone of Garhwal Himalayas. "It is ironical that on …
