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 …
DEHRADUN: With heavy rain and frequent landslides blocking more than 130 roads in various districts of Uttarakhand, patients from far-flung areas are struggling to reach hospitals. The state government seems helpless as reports trickle in of the sick and the dead. As many as five patients have lost their lives …
DEHRADUN: Gangotri glacier, one of the largest in Uttarakhand, is retreating at 12 metres per year, said scientists at the GB Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development (GBPIHED) who are studying the site to come up with long-term strategies to combat the threat posed by global warming. The team …
DEHRADUN: Just days after taking charge of the mines and mineral development, minister Nav Prabhat has claimed that he will stop all illegal and mechanized micro (river sand) mining from river beds and the authorities will take stringent action against offenders from August 31. The minister said, "No more mechanized …
Retreat of Gangotri glacier will not have drastic influence on the flow of Ganga as the river is not totally dependent on glaciers for its water even in the head-water region, said the government on Tuesday. "The percentage of snow and glacier-fed contribution progressively reduces as one moves downstream. Rainwater …
DEHRADUN: It was a joyride that turned fatal on Sunday afternoon when the car of four Rishikesh-based youngsters got buried under the huge debris of a landslide near Narendra Nagar, blocking the Rishikesh-Gangotri highway 34 for traffic throughout the day. The shocking incident took place near Kumarkhera area where the …
Dehradun: Incensed at the inordinate delay of eight years in construction of a road to their villages, hundreds of villagers of the Sarbadiyar region in Uttarkashi cut over 700 trees to express their protest at their villages not only being cut off from the rest of the world but also …
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 …
Over 700 families in Tehri have been left temporarily homeless after heavy rainfall and thunderstorms wreaked havoc in the hill district of Garhwal. The death toll from rain and storm in Uttarkashi and Tehri rose to four on Monday while two persons are missing. Hundreds of houses were caught in …
Weatherman has forecast rain or thundershowers in most parts of West Bengal for the next two days Cloudbursts claimed six lives in Uttarakhand’s Tehri and Uttarkashi districts while there were scattered rain in other States, Odisha and Bihar, bringing down the mercury. A child died in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnore district …
Forest fires this season, which began in February have so far destroyed nearly 4048 hectares of land in Uttarakhand in 1857 incidents. Soaring temperatures in Uttarakhand reignited forest fires in the hill state today, with nearly 180 hectares of green cover gutted in the fresh fire incidents in Uttarkashi district. …
While the level of mercury remaining high with hot days being experienced in different areas of the State especially in the plains, the problem of forest fires has not yet been fully resolved. After the brief respite provided by a few days of rain in various parts of the State, …
Dehradun: About a week after the forest fires in different parts of Uttarakhand were doused, largely due to rains, the blaze has returned, this time on Varunavat Parvat in Uttarkashi. The raging inferno was noticed at 4 am on Sunday and a team of 25 forest personnel was rushed to …
Earthquake in Uttarakhand: A 4.1 magnitude medium intensity quake on the Richter scale rocked this North Indian region late tonight that spanned Chamoli, Pauri, Uttarkashi, Dehradun and Bageshwar areas. According to National Centre for Seismology, the epicenter of the quake was Pithoragarh in the state and it struck around 23:30 …
Dehradun: Learning no lessons from the past, wildlife officials in Uttarakhand continue to be on the defensive and in denial of an alarming spurt in incidents of poaching in the hill state. When TOI spoke with DVS Khati, principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife), about the seizure of a leopard …
As many as 76 villages in Uttarakhand have been living in the dark since 1947, the year in which India attained independence. That's because till date, the Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited (UPCL) has not been able to set up the required infrastructure in these villages. Surprisingly, Uttarkashi and Pithoragarh, the …
This document provides an insight on the incidences of past disasters, and administrative, demographic, socio-economic and infra-structure perspectives of the Uttarkashi district, in Uttarakhand, India for assessing the vulnerability and capacity of the district in disaster risk reduction. It discusses the causes and consequences of the recent events (flashfloods and …
The fragile eco-system around the Gangotri glacier cluster in Uttarkashi district is feeling the effects of global warming. The frequent changes occurring in the glacier formation have been recorded by scientists from the Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development at Kosi-Katarmal in Almora. According to scientists researching …
Eminent environmentalist Suresh Bhai of the Himalayi Paryavaran Shiksha Sansthan based at Matali in Uttarkashi says both state and Union governments are playing politics and doing nothing to clean the Ganga. The pollution in the river can be witnessed right from Gangotri to Uttarkashi. Suresh says dirty water from urinals …
The exercise to prepare a zonal master plan in consultation with people following the announcement of an eco-sensitive zone from Gaumukh to Uttarkashi began at the administrative level in Uttarkashi today. Officials of the forest, horticulture and irrigation departments presented the zonal master plan for development works in the eco-sensitive …
