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. …
India, home to nearly 70% of the world's tiger population, will host the next Asia Ministerial Conference on tiger conservation. The three-day conference will be inaugurated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on April 12. All tiger range countries (TRCs) will participate in the conference where their representatives would …
Karwar: Decks have been cleared for the controversial Hubballi-Ankola railway line, cutting across the eco-sensitive Western Ghats, with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) giving its nod to Railways to approach the state government. The green signal has renewed the long cherished hope of development along the coastal belt. The order …
Artemisinin, a drug isolated from the sweet wormwood plant artemisia annua, has been in common use to treat malaria. However, of late, the malaria superbug has gained resistance against all existing antimalarials, including artemisinin, in some parts of the world. A study conducted by a researcher at the Indian Institute …
Coimbatore: Almost 800 farmers gathered in front of the South Taluk office on Saturday afternoon demanding that the government takes steps immediately to protect their lands and crop from being destroyed by animals, high tension power lines and natural disasters. They say that many of them are beginning to lose …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of T.N. Godavarman Thirumalpad Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 15/02/2016 regarding protection of eco sensitive area in Western Ghats. NGT directed the State of Karnataka to ensure that a notification in relation to the declaration of forest/deemed forest area …
The Department of Political Science, St. Mary’s College, Sulthan Bathery, is organising a seminar on ‘Western Ghats environment and people: need for a paradigm shift’ at the college auditorium from February 24 to 26. Experts will handle sessions on green politics, Gadgil report and other reports, environment and governance, environment …
Final decision after receiving reports about the big cat’s presence; Forest Department currently undertaking tiger census which will end in 2017 PANJIM: With the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) pitching for a tiger reserve corridor along Goa, Karnataka and Maharashtra, the Goa government has finally expressed its desire to declare …
DEHRADUN: In a report unprecedented in its detail, the Wildlife Institute of India finds out that among 44 tiger reserves of the country, Corbett Tiger Reserve has the maximum number of 215 tigers. Corbett is followed by Bandipur and Nagarahole reserves in Karnataka with 120 and 101 tigers respectively. Leopard …
KOCHI: Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said a meeting of Western Ghat range states would be convened by this month to take a final call on demarcation of ecologically sensitive areas (ESA) in the hills. He said all state governments, except Tamil Nadu, have submitted their proposals regarding demarcation …
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today said a meeting of Western Ghat-range states would be convened by this month to take a final call on demarcation of ecologically sensitive areas (ESA) in the hills. He said all state governments, except Tamil Nadu, have submitted their proposals regarding demarcation of ESAs. Since …
After dengue and Chikungunya, the Zika virus, which has caused a global scare, is seen as a threat to people in Indian subcontinent. The reason: the virus spreads through the bite of an infected mosquito Aedes Egypty, which breeds in fresh water, and given India's poor public hygiene, such pools …
Dwindling prey and skewed gender ratio a concern, says study The good news is there are tigers in the Buxa Tiger Reserve (BTR) in West Bengal. But, the worrying part is the scarce prey-base for the national animal. Net result is that the few big-sighted cats roaming are only a …
Pune: A type of lichen named Usnea ghattensis, found in the northern areas of the Western Ghats particularly in the vicinity of Mahabaleshwar, could well be the source of the next wonder drug. Under laboratory conditions, its extract has shown anti-oxidant and anti-microbial properties apart from a possible remedy for …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Jayant Baregar Vs State of Maharashtra & Others dated 08/01/2016 regarding illegal cutting down of trees in Sindhudurg District of Maharashtra. Respondent No.1 i.e. Principal Secretary, Department of Revenue and Forest shall issue instructions to both …
Some of the most fragile districts in ecologically sensitive areas (ESA) of Western Ghats have been heavily cut to size, according to a detailed dna analysis of state government reports on physical demarcation of the region. The demarcation has largely been found in Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka, which are looking …
MANGALURU: Activists and experts, who are fighting against Yettinahole project, have decided to meet the team of Regional Empowered Committee (REC) of Ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) that will visit the project area in Sakleshpur. Former MLA Vijayakumar Shetty, deputy Mayor Purushotham Chithrapur and National Institute of Technology Karnataka …
Wants others to contribute too With the Centre and successive State governments in Maharashtra dumping his crucial report on the conservation of Western Ghats, ecologist Madhav Gadgil has now turned to Wikipedia to record his findings and present his solutions. Prof Gadgil was feted with the prestigious 2015 Tyler Prize …
'Similar projects likely to be implemented in Western Ghats' Zilla Nethravathi Nadi Samrakshana Okkoota Chief Convener Dr Niranjan Rai alleged that Yettinahole project intends to empty the Nethravathi river and it is an anti-people project. He was speaking while taking part in a protest staged in front of the taluk …
Moderately dense forest has declined by nearly 30,000 acres in the State Though the gentle slopes of the Western Ghats form its backdrop, an astounding 263 sq. km. of dense forest cover in Shivamogga district has given way to plantations or fields over the past four years. At the southern …
Panaji: Those projects or activities that require extensive interference and that have the highest impact on the ecosystem within the ecologically sensitive area in the Western Ghats will not be granted environmental clearances, Union minister of environment, forest and climate change (independent charge), Prakash Javadekar said. "The ministry issued a …
