Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
From our Correspondent NAGAON, Oct 17: The unabated encroachment by the thousands of Bangladeshi immigrants in a planned way inside the Kaziranga National Park and its surrounding areas posed a great threat to the security and existence of the park. The Nagaon Upabhokta Suraksha Samiti alleged that the forest authorities …
BISWANATH CHARIALI, Sept 19: After the Cenral Government passed a Law in 1980 for conservation of the Forest resources, different state governments started to strictly implement the law resulting in increase in the forest cover and thus helping in conservation of the flora and fauna. However in Assam due to …
KOCHI: Tribal people encroached the Devikulam divisional forest office premises on Saturday morning. A group of people, including women and children trespassed into the area. The police had stopped another attempt to encroach the forest land at Perinjamkutty on Friday. The tribal people, who were given land at Chinnakkanal as …
From the Gir National Park in Gujarat to the Sunderbans in West Bengal, lions and tigers are ranging far beyond territories administered by the forest department. Communities that have traditionally been accommodative are now unsettled, their patience worn thin by the rising incidents of human-animal conflicts. Yet, the debate on …
V Narayana Murthi | ENS Vellore THE Vellore Forest Division has removed encroachment by farmers from around 450 acres of forest land from border villages in Gudiyattam and Odugathur ranges in the past three months, thanks to the support given by the Village Forest Councils and local bodies. Except in …
By our Staff Reporter GUWAHATI, Aug 18: Very recently the Early Birds had submitted an application to the office of the Chief Conservator of Forest (Wild Life) under RTI Act, 2005 about the status of Amchang Wild Life Sanctuary at the outskirts of Guwahati and the reply thereof had revealed …
Adilabad, July 18: Not only the farmers, but the forest officials of the Kawal wildlife sanctuary are praying to the rain gods to stop the tribals from the felling of trees as part of the ongoing second phase of the Bhoo poratam led by left parties. It is alleged that …
Publicity given for the Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006 to educate the STs on their rights on forest land became a nuisance for the Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA). ITDA organised street plays with the help of Jana Vignana Vedika cultural troops …
A press release stated that the rapid encroachment of forest land in the Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary which is going on unchallenged by the local authorities is threatening to lay bare the wooded hills. This fact came to light when a team consisting of two members from Early Birds, an NGO, …
All Tiwa Students' Union (ATSU) central committee, Autonomy Demand Struggling Forum (ADSF )and Tiwa People of Amri and Duaramla mouza submitted a memorandum to chief executive member Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council, Diphu though the range officer, Au guri range, Auguri recently, as stated in a press release. ATSU, ADSF and …
Kudremukh was notified a national park in 2001. Protests have ensued ever since and the demand for denotification of the park has intensified over the years. The tribals fear they will be forced out of the park and relocated elsewhere. The state's relocation plans, however, haven't taken off yet. But …
Relocation measures in the Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan in the 1970s have seen people returning to forests after being relocated. "Violent' efforts of the forest department to evict people from non-revenue villages from the core area also faced opposition from the residents of the village where they were relocated. …
Residents of Nahur, Mulund, oppose state govt's fromula to pay afforestation charges , regularise land The Hillside Residents Welfare Association (HIRWA) and People's Power of Nation (PPN)
At the time when unabated encroachment in Lawkhowa Wildlife Sanctuary is going on posing a threat to the sanctuary, a forest guard on duty had to resort to firing to stop an alleged attempt of encroachment by a group of people in Lawkhowa recently. However, the most unfortunate thing was …
Naga Hoho, the apex tribal body of all Naga tribes, has condemned encroachment of land at Rangapahar Zoological Park here. In a release Naga Hoho Vice-President Keviletuo Kiewhuo questioned the Nagaland Government as why the state machineries are unable to nip the buds of the encroachers. The body also urged …
Madhya Pradesh has the largest recorded forest area in the country. Forests constitute nearly 31 per cent of its geographical area. Forests are largely distributed in central, southern and eastern parts of the state. Teak and Sal are the two most important forest formations of the state. The Government of …
Digging in to the old records,AIADMK MLA Viswanathan slammed the DMK, Union Road Transport and Shipping Minister TR Baalu in particular, of impeding power project implementation during the AIADMK tenure. His ministry (Baalu was Union Forest Minister then) declined to clear Pykara power project, simply because the AIADMK Government had …
