Judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of In Re: Zudpi Jungle Lands. A batch of applications involved a peculiar issue concerning the situation prevailing in the six districts of eastern Vidarbha region namely Nagpur, Wardha, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli. The issue pertains to the status of the …
Tiruvannamalai: The State government has sought Rs. 5 crore from the Centre to improve the green cover at Theimalai hillock in Tiruvannamalai district, Food Minister E.V. Velu has said. He was speaking after planting 6,000 saplings in the hillock as part of
DH News Service, Bagepalli: The monsoon rains this year had ushered in new hopes among the people of Bagepalli. The taluk had witness moderate rainfall, which was suitable for agricultural purposes. It was in this backdrop that it was decided to plant saplings in the premises of every Government School, …
Climate change is a serious environmental challenge that could undermine the drive for sustainable development. Since the industrial revolution, the mean surface temperature of earth has increased an average of 1degree celsius per century due to the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Furthermore, most of this change has …
NEW DELHI: During her visit to New York for three days in September, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit would inform the international community how planting of one million saplings every year has resulted in expansion of the city
Bangalore, DHNS: To arrest global warming, the Karnataka State Legal Services Cell has embarked upon a mega-programme to plant one million saplings on August 31. The project, which aims at educating people about the sustainability of ecology and environment, will be launched by Chief Justice of India, K G Balakrishnan …
Why should one plant a tree? Ask this question even to a kid and you will be showered with various answers like - it can help in reducing global warming, keeping clean and green environment, protecting habitation, surrounding, biodiversity conservation and promoting global harmony through ensuring more livelihood options. In …
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 …
Delhi has very few windmills compared to places like Lowville in New York, says R.V. SMITH A windmill looks just as much out of place in a landlocked area like Delhi as perhaps a lighthouse. And so the windmill that stares at you near Moti Bagh in New Delhi (and …
PALAKKAD: The grama panchayats in various districts of the state which execute afforestation and soil and water conservation schemes in an exemplary manner by including it under the National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme (NREGS) will be given awards, according to Finance Minister Thomas Isaac. The award money will be announced …
August 22, 2008 Hyderabad, Aug. 22: The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, on Friday stressed the need for improving the green cover, particularly in urban areas, as part of the overall objective of transforming the state into "Haritandhra Pradesh.' The Chief Minister planted saplings at the Air Force Academy, …
The government initiated the process to mark hillsides and valleys, where landslides are possible, as "Red Zones", evacuate people living in those areas and bring those areas under afforestation. The move comes a day after 11 people died in a mudslide at Matirjharna in Chittagong city. Commerce and Education Adviser …
The Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) has planted 42,000 saplings during the last 20 days as part of its trees planting campaign in the city. According to a press release issued on Sunday, the members of the national and provincial assemblies also participated in the tree planting campaign. Rana Mubashar, …
The city government is on a tree planting drive ahead of the 2010 Commonwealth Games Urban Indians are realizing the problem that is staring at us and therefore concerted efforts are being made to turm the Capital green. After decades of reckless industrialization the environment is back on the nation's …
In the heels of the predatory nature of deforestation and environmental degradation, urban as well as rural afforestation programmes have assumed paramount significance in Bangladesh in line with the neighbouring South Asian nations. Although there has been a prolific growth of literature on environment in general and forestry in particular, …
