The Government of Nagaland on March 14, 2024, notified the Nagaland Tourism Policy, 2024. In order to implement programmes of the infrastructural development, strengthening promotion and marketing efforts and generating tourism awareness to the general public, and promote Nagaland as sustainable, community-centered tourism, preservation of diverse culture and its natural …
The Minister for Forest and Environment Mian Altaf today said that forest smuggling in the State has been curbed to a great extent by strict implementation of relevant laws including PSA. Replying to the debate on demands for grants for the forest and allied departments in Legislative Assembly today Mian …
Forest resources of Karnataka are under severe pressure with drastic fall in the area of dense forest cover between 2001 and 2007, with a 10 pc decline. The dense forest cover, which was estimated at about 26,156 sq km (70 pc) in 2001, has declined to 21,958 sq km (60 …
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha has set an example for other states with the success of the Odisha Forestry Sector Development Project (OFSDP) in regeneration, conservation and protection of mangrove forests. “Since interventions in mangrove areas in Odisha providing shelter against tidal waves and also additional livelihoods are quite successful and appreciable, there …
GUWAHATI, March 5 – A project on forest and biodiversity conservation is on the anvil in Assam with assistance from the French Development Agency at an estimated cost of 60 million euros, reports PTI. With Assam being one of the biodiversity hotspots in the country, a coordinated approach for conserving …
Despite the slowdown, hill stations of Himachal Pradesh attracted nearly 5 lakh foreign tourists in 2011, an increase of more than 30,000 than the previous year. A total of 4.85 lakh foreign tourists visited Himachal in 2011 as against 4.53 lakh in 2010, an increase of 32,000 tourists, according to …
Madhya Pradesh bagged the National Tourism Award on Wednesday for developing tourism related infrastructure and programmes and also for Best Tourism Film and Best Tourism Promotion Publicity Material. Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim were among the other winners. President Pratibha Devisingh Patil gave away the National Tourism Awards 2010-11 to 78 …
It was a clean sweep for Sikkim, as the state bagged three awards at the National Tourism Awards here today. Chief minister Pawan Chamling himself was present to receive the award from President Pratibha Singh Patil. Sikkim was rated the best state in the category of Jammu and Kashmir and …
On the threshold of the XII Five Year Plan, it was felt necessary to undertake an assessment of all the sectors of environment from a holistic and scientific perspective and set ourselves targets for the 12th plan. Based this review, the Committee has set 23 specific monitorable targets in addition …
If you are planning to drive to Shimla after April 1, be prepared to shell out more, as the Shimla Municipal Corporation proposes to levy green fee on vehicles not bearing Himachal Pradesh registration numbers. While four-wheelers will be charged Rs 200 per entry, two-wheelers will be made to pay …
The World Bank-aided Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) project, aiming to provide solution for better management of coastal zone, is expected to be completed in Gujarat by 2015. The pilot project, launched along with similar ones in West Bengal and Odisha, will also enable Jamnagar improve its underground sewage network …
NEW DELHI: The battle over removing hotels and resorts from the only corridor linking elephants in the Eastern and Western Ghats has got shriller. Experts on board the prime minister-led National Board of Wildlife (NBW) have written a joint letter to senior forest officials warning that they could be in …
Makaibari garden in Kurseong, which has introduced tea tourism. Siliguri: The government will support tea tourism based on infrastructure already existing in plantations but will not issue fresh lease for any portion of the garden land to be used for tourism. The government fears that issuing fresh lease would lead …
As the city’s wetlands struggle for survival due to persistent construction activity and water pollution, a bunch of nature enthusiasts are hoping to transform some of these lesser known sanctuaries of tranquility into tourist spots. Recently, environmentalists organised walks along several coastal and mangrove areas in Sewri, Bandra, Andheri, Bhandup …
In an effort to boost tourism, Madhya Pradesh will convert seven government-owned forts and around 20 private heritage properties into hotels. The Madhya Pradesh State Tourism Department Corporation (MPSTDC) will invite private parties to invest in tourism infrastructure. At the first ever tourism conclave organised by MP Tourism and FICCI …
Gangtok, Feb. 3: The Sikkim forest department will receive Rs 13.12 crore from a Japanese government agency to rebuild the infrastructure damaged in last year’s earthquake. The amount has been sanctioned by the Japanese International Co-operation Agency that is funding a project to ensure alternative livelihood for people living on …
NEW DELHI, Jan 31 – After showcasing wildlife and culture, Assam tourism is all set to focus on river tourism. The biggest and most modern cruise liner is being launched next month. Briefing newsmen, State principal secretary, Himanshu Shekhar Das announced this adding that the cruise ship has already reached …
The Forest Department would enforce strict monitoring mechanism at Ponmudi Eco-Tourism counter to check the dumping of plastic waste and bottles at the tourism spot. As part of this, the department had introduced the collection of caution deposit at the checkpost to ensure that bottles are not left in the …
MUMBAI: Several NGOs like Mangrove Society of India (Maharashtra Chapter) along with Vanashakti, Maharashtra Nature Park and various local bodies will organize nature walks and cleanup of inorganic waste from mangroves on Sunday, in order to celebrate World Wetlands Day, which falls on February 2. The purpose of the walks …
Munderikkadavu and surrounding areas in the district have to be protected with the involvement of local bodies to develop it into a bird sanctuary, a report prepared by birders on the proposal for conserving the area as a bird sanctuary said. The findings and the recommendations of the report came …
Ahmedabad: The recent poaching of lesser flamingos and cranes in Gujarat could well be the worst of its kind globally. Experts from different parts of the world, who have congregated at the second global bird watchers’ meet here, expressed shock and disbelief at the blatant manner in which these winged …
