The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has only tweaked its action plan to tackle air pollution in Bengaluru. While the action points are the same as the older plan, the difference is that the revised plan has set a different deadline for implementation and the progress made. For instance, …
BHOPAL: MANIT is learned to have requested National Green Tribunal (NGT) to give another month's time to complete tree census. The green panel had asked MANIT to carry out a tree census after a petition filed on deforestation and burning of solid waste on campus. NGT has asked MANIT authorities …
KARACHI: Karachi Commissioner Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui has ordered imposition of penalty as well as other legal actions against builders responsible for chopping off around 250 trees in Gulistan-e-Jauhar. Chairing a meeting on Monday to review status of plantations done in the city during previous occasions, the commissioner said special magistrates …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Southern Bench, has refused to stop the laying of 400 kV power line being laid by Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. between Mysore and Kozhikode in Kerala through the forests near Coorg. The project had stirred protests in Coorg considering safety issues and felling …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday asked the tree officer and the Horticulture department to calculate the number of trees felled by the South Municipal Corporation, while restraining any agency from felling more trees, in a local park in Greater Kailash-II. In an application filed to the NGT previously, …
Sanitation projects to reduce open defecation, increasing green cover and emphasis on creating assets form the crux of the Narendra Modi-led government's blueprint for redeploying UPA 's flagship social sector programme -the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). Top officials aware of the government's re-orientation roadmap for the …
A new policy by the Himachal Pradesh Government to allot trees, instead of timber or wood, at subsidised rates for constructing or repairing houses has streamlined the process in the State, an official said. Under the amended rules, `500 per cubic metre standing volume is being charged for deodar and …
The Forest Department is undertaking research to identify various types of tree species that can grow in areas that have been polluted. These species can be used in afforestation initiatives in places such as Tirupur where industrial pollution is high. S. Balaji, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Research and Education), …
PUNE: Green activists on Wednesday filed a complaint with the Pune municipal commissioner Vikas Deshmukh alleging that illegal felling of trees has occurred in the campus of the University of Pune (UoP) on a large scale. A right to information (RTI) application filed by Vivek Velankar and A G Bagul …
Fourteen lakh saplings of different species will be planted under Koriya forest division this year. Each Government department has been given a target for plantation of saplings during the monsoon season. Different varieties of saplings are being prepared at ‘Plant Conservation Centres’ in the district. Baikunthpur Forest Ranger Akhilesh Mishra …
INDORE: Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) will review its decision to cut 199 trees and transplant 22 for the construction of bridges, culverts and roads. While hearing a petition filed by social activist Kishor Kodwani, National Green Tribunal (NGT) in its interim order in March had directed not to cut any …
Wildlife Works Carbon LLC, a U.S.- based business selling carbon credits in the voluntary market generated by forest conservation, plans to expand fivefold the biodiversity-rich areas it protects in Kenya. Disappearing forests deprive the East African economy of as much as $75 million of income a year, about five times …
Former Punjab Chief Minister, Amarinder Singh who was recently elected as MP from Amritsar, on Wednesday warned the State government and district administration against indiscriminate cutting of trees in the “holy city” under the pretext of widening the roads for putting in place a bus rapid transport system. “I am …
The Social Forestry Department will plant more than 4.5 lakh saplings in the district in connection with observance of World Environmental Day on June 5. Minister for Co-operation C.N. Balakrishnan will officially inaugurate the afforestation drive at a function to be held at Model Government Girls High School, Thrissur. Mayor …
PANAJI: You might have recently noticed a group of scribes scribbling down notes and clicking pictures of trees as they strolled along the busy roads, bylanes, back alleys and suburban areas in and around Panaji. These enthusiasts recorded a total of 120 tree species, excluding the mangroves and other green …
NASHIK: Environment activists and central public works department (CPWD) officials will conduct a joint inspection on Thursday of the trees planted at Sinnar in lieu of the ones that will face the axe for the widening of Nashik-Pune highway. Altogether 1,856 trees face the threat of the axe from Dwarka …
Environmentalists and civil society members have demanded taking effective measures to stop felling of roadside trees in Chandpur-Shayestaganj Bazar and Chunarughat-Satiajuri areas of Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj district. "The government authorities cut down around 2500 large roadside trees in last one week. We demand stopping such callous …
The Tamil Nadu Biodiversity Conservation and Greening Project (TBGP) faced some teething problems for which course correction is done. This helped the project impact to remain intact, said Vineet Sarin, Principal Development Specialist, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) India. Talking to The Hindu at the two-day workshop on ‘Sustaining forest …
Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has ordered district officials of Kangra to immediately stop the felling of green trees along the Dharamsala-Bagli road. The CM issued orders to this effect after a delegation of people met him at the Circuit House here this evening to plead against the felling of trees. …
Noida: Dedicated cycle tracks in the city, part of the dream project of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, no longer seem to serve the purpose for which they were constructed. The tracks, which were built by cutting hundreds of trees and spending crores of Rupees of the state exchequer, …
ALLAHABAD: Expressing concern over the deteriorating state of the environment and increasing pollution in the city, the Allahabad high court on Monday directed the formation of an 'Urban Environmental Protection Agency' headed by the divisional commissioner. The new committee, the court said, would supervise the environmental plan and issue necessary …
