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 planned dam on one of Kerala’s most beautiful rivers has made multiple trips to the court and MoEF over the last 25 years. Now, days into the new LDF govt, it has divided communist partners CPM and CPI. Within a week of the LDF government assuming office in Kerala, …
Energy expert and former KSEB Member (Generation) K. Radhakrishnan, who has been campaigning for the implementation of the Athirappilly hydroelectric project for long, has welcomed the statements of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Power Minister Kadakampally Surendran in favour of the project. Speaking to The Hindu , he said considering …
Panaji: Pernem villagers are sore at being forced to accept the legislators' brand of development and being sidelined in participatory planning and governance, but now want to reassert their rights to protect natural resources and livelihoods. A section of villagers, activists, farmers, intellectuals and others are veering around to a …
The Western Ghats are spread across Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The Centre on Sunday announced that a new policy is in the offing to conserve Western Ghats, which is recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. “The Centre will formulate a policy that will conserve the …
India is blessed with the tallest and the most gallant mountains of the world. These mountains, apart from being aesthetically beautiful, also host a wide variety of flora and fauna that sustain the livelihood of the people in the region. The mighty Himalayas, the Aravalli range, the Satpura range, the …
Many natural and mixed World Heritage Sites, including the Western Ghats, are threatened by harmful industrial activities such as mining, says a report. The harmful industrial activities include oil and gas exploration and extraction, mining, illegal logging and large-scale constructions, according to the report, ‘Protecting people through nature,’ prepared by …
Scientists working at Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala’s Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR) have discovered two new species of medicinal plants from the Western Ghats. The research team led by K.M. Prabhukumar and Indira Balachandran discovered a new Habenaria species during their floristic explorations in the shola forests on the …
Effective management of land erosion and water and promoting organic farming are some of the key features in sustainable development and ecological protection agenda showcased in manifestos by political parties, perhaps for the first time, in the fray for assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and the …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Eco-sensitive areas in Western Ghats, 25/04/2016. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has brought out a fresh notification dated 4th September, 2015 for declaring ecologically sensitive area in the Western Ghats in supersession of the earlier draft notification issued on 10th March, …
India's three major natural World Heritage Sites - the Western Ghats, Sundarbans National Park and Manas Wildlife Sanctuary - are facing threats from harmful industrial activities like mining, according to a latest survey by World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Activities such as mining, illegal logging, oil and gas exploration threaten 114 …
As per the latest tiger census, Karnataka has 406 big cats out of the 2,226 in India. Karnataka, which has the largest tiger population in the country, is expecting a lion's share for the conservation of big cats. A senior Forest official from the state, who is attending a three-day …
The Palghat gap is a low mountain pass in the Western Ghats that is located between Nilgiri Hills to the north and Annamalai Hills to the south. As a result of geological processes, the widest gap in the mountainous region was formed years ago and has affected the distribution of …
Some dists of south K'taka have a similar problem, but their number is less North Karnataka in general and Hyderabad Karnataka in particular appear to be heading for a severe environmental crisis due to fast depletion of forests with 11 districts having forest cover less than 10%. But the more …
Recent SC order enlivens the hopes of people living in five Kaani hamlets Kaani tribals living in five settlements in the Western Ghats in Tirunelveli district may get patta for the lands under their possession and cultivation as a recent ruling by the Supreme Court has paved way for the …
Activists of Sahyadri Sanchaya, a registered body, have expressed fear that the proposed highway tunnel project at Shiradi Ghat in the Western Ghats could damage the environment and ecology. Dinesh Holla, convener of the sanchaya, said that the government has already taken up the Yettinahole diversion project in the ghats …
Escalating its attack on the AIADMK dispensation, Union Minister and BJP leader Prakash Javadekar today alleged the Tamil Nadu government was not opting for the Centre-led power reforms initiatives and was only interested in protecting those pilfering electricity. Referring to Uday scheme, a Centre-led power reforms initiative, he said if …
The Kerala Paristhithi Aikyavedi, an umbrella organisation of environmental groups in the State, has released a green development agenda for political parties to incorporate into their manifesto for the forthcoming elections to the Assembly. Releasing the document here on Wednesday, Aikyavedi leaders V.S. Vijayan, R. Sridhar and S. Usha said …
A new tadpole that burrows through sand has been discovered in the Western Ghats of India, scientists report. The researchers' study, published in the journal Plos One, says that tadpoles would not normally burrow through sand, nor swallow the material, but this "remarkable tadpole" does. It belongs to the Indian …
Tadpoles of the monotypic Indian dancing frog family Micrixalidae have remained obscure for over 125 years. Here we report the discovery of the elusive tadpoles of Micrixalus herrei from the sand beds of a forested stream in southern Western Ghats, and confirm their identity through DNA barcoding. These actively burrowing …
It is spread over 308.22 sq. km around the boundary of the sanctuary The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change recently notified an extent of 4.83 km covering 14 villages around the Bhimgad Wildlife Sanctuary in Khanapur taluk of Belagavi district as ecologically sensitive zone (ESZ). As per …
