Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Aparna Sarkar Vs Siliguri Municipal Corporation & Others dated 08/04/2025. The NGT, April 30, 2024 directed the Siliguri Municipal Corporation that the entire cleaning of legacy garbage and collected waste in the drains and way side, including road side garbage …
SILIGURI, 5 AUG: The minister for irrigation and waterways, Dr Manas Bhuniya, today said the state would demand at least Rs 307 crore from the Centre to carry on the construction work of the Teesta Barrage Project (TBP). Dr Bhuniya (see sns photo) said: "The Centre had allotted Rs 83 …
Siliguri, June 12: Apalchand forest is set to be declared the third habitat for one-horned rhinoceros in the state after Jaldapara and Gorumara. The forest, 35km from here, has been home to a pair of rhinos for about two years. Forest minister Hiten Barman had held a meeting with the …
A Siliguri-based NGO has appealed to the forest department to conduct a survey in the forests of north Bengal to find out the tiger population in the region. The NGO has said that a separate database would help the forest department understand the future trends of survival among the big …
Jalpaiguri, May 19: Over 200 houses were partially or completely destroyed and power and water supplies were disrupted when a storm battered Jalpaiguri town and the adjoining rural areas last night. It was around midnight last night when it began to rain and soon, a storm lashed the area and …
Siliguri, May 16: The elephant census conducted last year has revealed that the number of animals in north Bengal has increased by around 200 which foresters said is mainly because of increased vigilance that has reduced poaching. The officials are, however, apprehensive that an increase in jumbo population may result …
Environmentalists apprehend that forests left unguarded by the violence sparked by the Sibchu firing will again become havens for poachers and timber smugglers in north Bengal. State forest minister Ananta Roy today refused to say when the offices and bungalows targeted by arsonists could be restored to their original condition.
Siliguri, Feb. 2: The Kulik bird sanctuary and the Farakka barrage figure in a list of 135 wetlands drawn up by the Bombay Natural History Society for their protection under an international treaty. The BNHS has said in a study that all the 135 waterbodies should be declared Ramsar sites …
SILIGURI, 10 JAN: In order to maintain proper food chain the forest department released a total of 58-spotted deer in Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary today. The forest department in Darjeeling district brought those herbivore animals from Adina forest in Malda district. The divisional forest officer, wildlife Darjeeling-I, Mr Tapas Das said:
Siliguri, Dec. 22: The Centre has decided to clear encroachments from 183 elephant corridors in the country to stem the rate of man-animal conflicts arising from the rise in jumbo population.
Siliguri, Nov. 29: The state forest department will oppose any move by the railways to extend the Dooars rail route to Bhutan as it will pose threats to the wildlife, minister Ananta Roy has said. The opposition from the government came close on the heels of the deaths of seven …
KOLKATA, 17 NOV: The state forest department is setting up watch towers along the elephant corridor between Siliguri and Alipurduar junction to prevent incidents of elephants being killed by speeding trains. This comes after the Union ministry of forest and environment directed the department to take steps to prevent jumbo …
A wildlife enthusiast has been working on an early warning system (EWS) to check man-elephant conflict in a Terai village. Nidhi Singh identified Toribari village, part of an elephant corridor 8km from here, for the project that she has been working since September. She had helped wildlife filmmakers, the Bedi …
Siliguri, Oct. 19: Foresters have intensified patrolling on the fringe villages of the Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary apprehending raids by a herd of 100-odd elephants in the next 24 hours.
Siliguri, Sept. 8: The Siliguri Municipal Corporation has planned to introduce Green Police to help clear encroachments from the pavements in town, guide the residents on parking rules and enforce plastic ban.
Siliguri, Aug. 18: An alert has been sounded in Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar districts following the rise in the water level of the Teesta after heavy rain lashed the region for 24 hours. In Siliguri, panic struck after earth from the base of the last pillar of the Mahananda Bridge …
SILIGURI, 1 AUG: To obtain detailed reports on tea plantations and the exact number of working small tea planters in north Bengal, the Tea Board of India has asked the state's land and land reforms department to conduct a thorough survey in this region. The objective of this survey is …
Siliguri, July 28: Over 13,000 hectares of forest land has been encroached upon across Bengal, the state forest minister has admitted while expressing apprehension that if the trend continues the man-animal conflict will be on the rise. Till March 31, 2007, a total of 13,048.376 hectares of forest land had …
Gangtok, July 28: Want to buy a car? Get a garage first. This is what the Sikkim transport department has told residents of the state where, as almost everywhere in India, cars parked along roads choke traffic. The department issued a notification this month making it mandatory for buyers to …
