Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
Tree cutting would mean business for the Delhi Government now. While giving its nod to the Northern Railway to cut 3,000 trees to facilitate the expansion of Anand Vihar Railway Station, the Environment Department of Delhi Government has directed the authorities to send the logs to the crematorium of the …
Mumbai: Eight environmental organisations came together on Thursday to protest against the imminent Byculla Zoo makeover plan which they fear will spell a death-knell to its thriving botanical garden. The organisations include the Bombay Natural History Society, Citispace, Oval Trust, Sanctuary Asia, Save Rani Baug Botanical Gardan Action Committee, Urban …
New Delhi: On the occasion of World Forestry Day on Sunday, the Parks and Gardens Society is set to adopt 4 parks in Netaji Nagar. Two-hundred saplings will be planted at Jhanda Park and three other parks in Netaji Nagar on Saturday. Chief Secetary Rakesh Mehta, NDMC Chairman Parimal Rai …
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai and its Tree Authority to state how many trees were cut and how many were planted last year. The court also sought to know what the corporation is doing with the unutilised funds. The corporation also …
New Delhi: Security is an issue, especially when it has to be provided to the plants. The NDMC (New Delhi Municipal Council) is facing the challenge to protect its greens from the city
Damage to trees during the dredging of Kestopur canal has prompted the forest department to ask the Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (Hidco) to stop the work, if necessary.
The NWFP Minister for Population Welfare, Saleem Khan has said that the provincial government would take steps at provincial and district levels to stop illegal cutting of forests in Chitral and control the smuggling of timber from Chitral to down district. The measures would help meet the need of the …
The High Court has directed the BBMP to adhere to the Town and Country Planning Act -1961 and Karnataka Preservation of Trees Act- 1976, while widening the roads. The petitioners, Environment Support Group (ESG), the city-based organisation and Civic Bangalore had challenged the felling of trees on 91 roads. They …
Mulund: The octroi department of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has planned to cut down 230 full-grown trees as part of a beautification project and for extension of the yard near Hari Om Nagar in Mulund east. The process of felling has already begun and almost the entire green stretch of …
Mumbai: Over 25 trees have been felled recently on a land owned by Airport Authority of India (AAI). Residents fear that sooner or later, this plot of land, a green zone, will be encroached by slum dwellers. With an already existing slum at Nehru Nagar which is bordering the AAI …
Tariq Mehmood Khan, Chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA) has said on Wednesday that 2.4 million saplings would be planted in the Federal Capital of Islamabad during the next three years under the Clean and Green Islamabad programme. He said this after the inaugural ceremony of tree plantation campaign at Media …
The Gajner police in Bikaner has registered a case over the cutting of Khejri trees during the shooting of Veer, starring Salman Khan. The shooting of the movie has been going on for the past five days in and around Bikaner. Salman and other actors also camping in Bikaner for …
President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday gave green signal to the Green Karachi Project that aims at turning hundreds of acres of wasteland in the city into lush green parks, besides massive tree plantation along 24 major roads traversing through the city and advised the government that this project be …
A devastating fire gutted about 30,000 trees of Telmachhara forest range in Habiganj yesterday afternoon. However, the wildlife and valuable trees at the nearby Satchhari Jatiya Udyan remained unharmed. The animals escaped deep into the forest due to tremendous heat, informed official sources. Fire service sources suspect that the fire …
Delhi Government gave permission to cut 30,863 trees in the last three years with a condition that 2.99 lakh saplings will be re-planted by applicants, but neither the target could be reached nor the balance plantation charges of over Rs six crore recovered. Merely 1.8 lakh trees have been re-planted …
Mumbai: Efforts on to ensure survival of 300 transplanted trees along Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road In an attempt to give a fresh lease of life to the dying green cover in the area, the residents dwelling close to the Indian Institute of Technology at Powai have joined hands with the MMRDA …
Though the government has banned polythene bags in the city, it has not yet come up with a better environment-friendly alternative. Recently, some newspapers published articles where the government is asking people to suggest an alternative to plastic bags. Where paper bag is considered as one of the alternatives, it …
