Counter affidavit on behalf of Chief Municipal Engineer, Patna Nagar Nigam in the matter of Saurav Narayan Vs Bihar Pollution Control Board & Others dated May 20, 2025. The report said that the corporation has been diligently performing its statutory duties within the limitations of the available resources and infrastructure. …
A senior researcher from Indian Institute of Science (IISC) Bangalore has predicted that climate change in next four decade will affect 20 percent of the Western Ghat, which is a bio diversity hotspot. IISC
Hubli: The Karnatak Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has urged the New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) management to take up the issue of the new Hubli-Ankola railway line with the Union Government as it would benefit both. Members of KCCI told NMPT officials at the
Climate change India has become the first developing nation to publish such updated statistics, which is likely to strengthen the country's negotiating position at the climate change meet at in Mexico Ahead of the UN meet on climate change in Mexico this month-end, India will on Tuesday release its first …
This new report prepared by INCCA, provides an assessment of impact of climate change in 2030s on four key sectors of the Indian economy, namely Agriculture, Water, Natural Ecosystems & Biodiversity and Health in four climate sensitive regions of India, namely the Himalayan region, the Western Ghats, the Coastal Area …
This monograph by Dr Jyothis Sathyapalan and Dr Gopinath Reddy is an attempt to understand the implementation processes of the Forest Rights Act 2006 in Kerala. The study also tried to evaluate the scope and feasibility of taking up the implementation of community rights and conservation duties in an integrated …
This paper depicts a research work comprising an attempt to estimate the rate of sedimentation from the basin surface of the Malampuzha, typical multi purpose storage reservoir on the western slopes of the Western Ghats in the Kerala state. The authors have employed the MMF model for computing the rate …
MUMBAI: The state government has been careless in its duty to protect the flora and fauna of the state - as is evident from its move to promote mining tourism in Sindhudurg - but the Bombay high court has not forgotten its green responsibility. In a bid to stop the …
New Delhi, 19 Oct: India has nominated Santiniketan, the university town where Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore founded Visva-Bharati, and the mountain range of Western Ghats for a place in Unesco's World Heritage list, officials said here today. The cultural ministry recommended the inclusion of Santiniketan, the university town 180 km …
Chikmagalur: Western Ghat Task Force Member Dr Keshava Hegde Korse said that the number of wild animals has been increased considerably after mining activities were wound up by the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited. Speaking to Deccan Herald here on Tuesday, he said that a serene atmosphere prevails in the …
Mumbai: Union minister of environment and forests Jairam Ramesh has asked Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan to review the 49 mining leases given for excavation of iron ore and bauxite in Sindhudurg region. The move follows a TOI expose on the state government
Mumbai: The beauty of the Western Ghats, one of the last few remaining densely forested areas in the country, may soon be relegated to the realm of the picture postcard. In what could bring forth one of the worst ecological disasters in years, the Maharashtra government has approved 49 mining …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Two zoologists, P Madhusoodanan Pillai and V Unnikrishnan from the MG College, here have discovered a rare species of prawn. The finding has been published in the September issue of the international journal
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The first Indian Biodiversity Congress (IBC-2010) and Expo will be held here in December. Organised by the Centre for Innovation in Science and Social Action (CISSA), Kerala State Biodiversity Board, University of Kerala and Navadanya, IBC-2010 will be held on Kerala University Campus, Kariavattom, from December 27 to 31. …
Submergence of land is a major impact of large hydropower projects. Such projects are often also dogged by siltation, delays in construction and heavy debt burdens-factors that are not considered in the project planning excercise. A simple
Mumbai A group of social workers and environmentalists from Pune have filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Bombay High Court against Lavasa Corporation and the state government for alleged irregularity in the Lavasa Township Project. The petitioners alleged that the state government had given the environmental clearance for …
Karnataka one of the Southern states of India has 3.83 million ha or recorded forest area which is around 20 percent of its geographical area. Karnataka is endowed with most significant forests in the country ranging from majestic evergreen forests of the Western Ghats to the scrub jungles of the …
