Affidavit filed by the Chief Wildlife Warden, Assam in the matter of news item titled "the last feral horses in India" appearing in Mongabay, November 5, 2024. The matter relates to the critically endangered status of feral horses in the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park as well as of smuggling of these …
The cabinet on Wednesday allowed auctioning of sand and stone mine sites in Maharashtra. State and district environment committees will soon be set up to scrutinize and proposals and sites. The decision will facilitate faster construction of infrastructure and housing projects. “There is a perception that the administration has given …
Various infrastructure projects are eating into the forest cover of the ecologically fragile Jammu and Kashmir. This was revealed by the Department of Forests, Environment and Ecology. As per the forest department data, 875.6647- hectare forest land has been used for road construction under the Prime Minister's Gram Sadak Yojna …
This paper reflects on the progress made in climate change adaptation in the city of Durban since the launch of the Municipal Climate Protection Programme in 2004. This includes the initial difficulties in getting the attention of key sectors within municipal government, and how this was addressed and also served …
Around 300 people were rendered homeless as erosion by Brahmaputra river washed away their villages in Morigaon district Monday morning. The homeless people have taken shelter on the nearby highland, while erosion continued to pose a threat to the area. Meanwhile, Assam State Disaster Management Authority said over 2,500 are …
Teesta river erosion has taken a serious turn at Char Dhuspara village of Balapara union under Kaunia upazila in Rangpur district during past few days, posing serious threat to many valuable establishments in the area. According to sources, a vast tract of arable lands and a good number of dwelling …
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved nine projects worth Tk 6,720 crore including a Tk 175 crore project for the construction of 156 flood shelters in the flood prone and river erosion areas of the country, reports UNB. The approval came from an ECNEC …
Padma erosion has taken serious turn and it has already devoured 2,023 houses including educational institutions in Chapainawabganj Sadar and Shibganj upazilas. Standing crops of 7,473 hectares of land have gone under flood water. More than one lakh people have been marooned. Acute crisis of pure drinking water has aggravated …
The National Green Tribunal has ordered an interim stay on cutting of trees in Manger village in Aravalli hills on a plea for withdrawing permission granted by authorities for non-forestry activities there. A bench headed by Justice S N Hussain issued notices and sought replies of the ministry of environment …
It appears that no lessons have been learnt from the Uttarakhand tragedy as the Uttarakhand government has been pushing full steam ahead with the Lakhwar dam project on the Yamuna river. This 204-metre-high dam with a storage capacity of 580 cubic metres will submerge 1,385 hectares, including 868 hectares of …
The police has launched a major crackdown against mining mafia in the Palampur region to check a large-scale illegal mining going on in local riverbeds. DSP Navdeep Kumar conducted a raid in the Neugal river today and seized 11 tractor-trailers laden with sandstone and other mining materials. The police brought …
Erosion by the River Padma devoured around 150 homesteads and over 1000 bighas of cropland under Sujanagar and Ishwardi upazilas in the last one week. A large number of erosion-hit people have taken shelter on roads and high land, said an official of Water Development Board (WDB) in the district. …
If it was the presence of leopards in Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary three years ago, the growing number of peacocks in and around Chandigarh has surprised the wildlife department, which is conducting a year-long bird survey in areas around the sanctuary. In 2010, the number of peacocks in the forest area …
Human Chain -3 (560 x 420)The worrisome situation of river erosion and high tide water intrusion of Bhola have been going on since May 2013, says a press release. The situation is getting worsen day by day but government hasn’t taken any effective initiatives for protection. At least 0.5 million …
An investigation carried out in Idukki by a team led by S. Sreekumar, Associate Professor with the Department of Geology and Environmental Science of Christ College, Irinjalakuda, indicates the possibility of fresh landslides being triggered in areas near where they occurred recently. Dr. Sreekumar had earlier been Principal Investigator in …
The Climate Change Trustee Board on Tuesday approved 22 projects with an estimated cost of Tk 77 crore to tackle the adverse impacts of climate change. The approval was given in the 29th meeting of Climate Change Trust Fund which was held at secretariat, sources in the board said. The …
Thousands of people in several villages of Chilmari upazila are passing their days amid fear as the flood control embankment faces a severe threat of erosion. The villages include Saroktari, Kachkol, Nayagram, Uttar Khamer, Dakkhin Khamer, Sarderpara and Majhipara, said an official of Water Development Board (WDB) in the district. …
After encroachment of land by illegal settlers, unabated erosion is now posing a great threat to the 500–year–old Jania Xatra in Barpeta district. The Baki River is now only 300 metres away from the Naamghar of the Xatra set up centuries ago by Sri Sri Purushotam Thakur Dev. More than …
Gadgil Report Included District In Highly Sensitive Areas “Idukki is a classic case where conservation of green zones and large perennial tree growth that can stop soil erosion, mitigating the risks of landslides,’’ said Madhav Gagdil, the architect of Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP). The WGEEP report had in …
Unabated erosions by 12 rivers, including the Brahmaputra, Teesta and Dharla, have taken a turn for the worse, leaving some 3,400 families of over 100 villages in five upazilas of the district homeless over the last three months. According to sources at the local Department of Relief and Rehabilitation, the …
KURIGRAM : Unabated erosions by 12 rivers, including the Brahmaputra, Teesta and Dharla, have taken a turn for the worse, leaving some 3,400 families of over 100 villages in five upazilas of the district homeless over the last three months, reports UNB. According to sources at the local Department of …
