Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
Last Thursday, the Tree Authority (TA) of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation gave the green signal to cut 2,000 trees for several infrastructure projects in the city, and transplantation of 2,000. Set up to protect and preserve the city's green cover, the Authority-comprising politicians, bureaucrats and tree experts-has according to environmentalists …
Federation of Jayanagar Residents' Associations had organised a spot inspection to clear doubts on the Metro Rail project on Nanda Road, here on Saturday. Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) managing director N Sivasailam and Jayanagar MLA B N Vijayakumar joined the inspection to clarify apprehension on the number of …
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that the irrigation network of Sindh is very important and it is the need of the hour to properly maintain all structures, canals, distributors and channel paths. He was presiding over a meeting regarding revamping/rehabilitation of Irrigation and Drainage system in …
The Irrigation network of Sindh is very important and it is the utmost need of hour to properly maintain all structures, canals, distributaries and channel paths. This was stated by Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah while presiding over a meeting regarding revamping/rehabilitation of Irrigation & Drainage system in …
MUMBAI: The BMC's Tree Authority on Thursday cleared various proposals to hack around 4,000 trees in the city. Permission has been granted for 2,250 trees to be felled and another 2,000 to be transplanted. The two main proposals to remove trees have come from the civic administration. It has sought …
Mumbai The Marine Drive, which lost its treasure of 153 coconut palms to the 2005 makeover, will soon get its glory back, albeit partially. Starting Monday, about 92 dead or stunted trees at the Marine Drive stretch would be uprooted and replaced by new, sturdier trees in an effort to …
The division bench headed by Justice N Kumar directed the BMRCL not to fell trees along both Lalbagh as well as the Lakshman Rao Park boulevard, where the metro rail alignment is planned. The High Court has directed the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) not to fell trees along …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The environmentalists in the city, including Sugathakumari, G. Shankar, Sridhar P., Eldo Pachilakadan and R. Ajayan, have put forward a series of recommendations on tree-felling in the city. These recommendations were made at a discussion the greens had with PWD Minister Mons Joseph, Forest Minister Binoy Viswam and Law …
Mumbai: A group of 30 residents of Appasaheb Marathe Marg in Prabhadevi on Monday protested against the killing of trees in the area with acid. Over the last one year, seven Gulmohar trees on the pavement in front of several high-end products showrooms and commercial institutions have been killed by …
Pune The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), which has embarked upon counting the trees in the city last year, has decided to go for an extension of the project at least by another one year. The 'quizzical nature' of some property owners, who do not let the staff count the trees …
Mumbai Over 3,000 trees are facing the axe across the city to make way for public and private infrastructure projects. Facing the greatest damage to its greens is the Bhandup Water Complex area that may lose more than 2,300 trees to make way for the upcoming water supply project. In …
Hasiru Usiru had earlier lodged a complaint with Siddapura police against 'Namma Metro' authorities on Monday, for tree-felling activities. Hasiru Usiru, the green NGO has made a representation to Deputy Commissioner of Police, Bangalore South, Krishna Bhat and Assistant Commissioner of Police, Jayanagar, Ramesh Chandra on Tuesday, to protect public …
A study was undertaken to find out the impact of physiologically superior and inferior neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) trees on their seed performance in laboratory as well as in nursery. Germination percentage, mean germination time (MGT) and germination value were taken as seed parameters.
- SP Jain boys find lac cultivation cure to depleting green cover They can be called the green messiah. At a time when green cover of the state is fast disappearing leading to abnormal rise in temperature, two students of SP Jain Institute of Management of Research, Mumbai, have come …
P K Jeevan Jose KOCHI: Much to the relief of nature lovers, Forest Department officials stopped the axing of trees on the Spices Board campus in the city on Thursday. But before the officials could intervene one tree was completely chopped off and two were trimmed. The Spices Board authorities …
April 29: After three de-cades, developmental works at Thimmamma Marrimanu are going to materialise with its adoption by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD). Many leaders in the past had given assurances to develop the site, but to no avail. Thimmamma Marrimanu is a huge banyan tree, 550-years-old and spread over …
health sciences Mussels in surgery Natural adhesive proteins secreted by marine mussels may replace sutures in surgery. Sutures, made from sheep intestines, are used to repair tissues in a surgery. Sutures can cause infection and inflammation. Synthetic adhesives are also used to repair tissues but they are not biodegradable and …
The National Gem and Jewellery Authority has launched a program to reclaim lands ravaged by gem mining in a project to restore lands devastated by irregular gem mining. National Gem and Jewelery Authority Chairman, Hasitha Tillekeratna said the Authority expects to procure gems from lands that are
Punjab government has evolved a comprehensive programme costing more than Rs 1 billion to cope with the increasing level of pollution on account of increasing trend of population, industrial development and vehicles in the province. Official sources told Business Recorder here on Tuesday that under the programme preventative measures would …
