Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Avinash Vidhrohi Vs State of Himachal Pradesh dated 04/11/2022. Avinash Vidhrohi resident of village Deoli, tehsil Ghanari, district Una, Himachal Pradesh in his application to the NGT said that the PWD Department got pruning of all branches of 200 fruit …
Soil organic carbon was estimated in four land uses viz. forests, plantations, agroforestry and horticulture in Haridwar district. Over all 425 soil samples were collected from different land uses at various locations. Soil organic carbon, bulk density and coarse fragments were estimated in collected samples and SOC pool was calculated …
Kerala government has been pressing the Centre to impose a country-wide ban on endosulfan. But its own track reocrd hasn't been impressive. The ban on endosulfan in Kerala has proved ineffective and the pesticide is being smuggled in the state. A recent survey shows more children are falling victim, Down …
It is called the mango city. But of late, Muthalamada panchayat in Kerala’s Palakkad district has gained notoriety for excessive use of endosulfan in its mango orchards. Its effect is showing on people living there. When seven-year-old Sharanya was born, her parents Rukmini and Chandran were relieved the baby was …
KRISHNAGIRI: A low-cost pheromone trap to control fruit fly (Bacterocera dorsalis), which attacks papaya at the ripening stage, has been developed by Dr. Perumal Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Elumichangiri near Krishnagiri. Dr. T. Sundarraj, Programme Coordinator, Dr. Perumal Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), told The Hindu on Friday that the fruit fly …
Rs. 2.05 crore allotted for banana plantation A sum of Rs.3.5 lakh allotted to raise medicinal plants Two vermin-compost yards given a subsidy of Rs.30,000 Nagercoil: The Government had been implementing National Horticulture Mission Scheme, Micro Irrigation Scheme and Integrated Horticulture Scheme for the benefit of farmers in different parts …
Sushil Kumar Lodhi, 32, walks about Dashehari village with newspaper clippings, which carried news of his grandfather’s death. His grandfather suffered a heart attack on his way back from Lucknow. He went there to convince officials not to build a solid waste management facility in their village because it would …
THE Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has bent backward to commission the 1,200 MW thermal plant in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra, promoted by the Jindal group. The ministry has agreed to let the plant function without the flue gas desulfurization (FGD) unit needed to remove sulphur dioxide (SO2) from …
Hardly any house peeps out of the foliage of mango orchards over village Dharhara in Bihar’s Bhagalpur disrict. Bias against girls is almost non-existent here. Unlike other parts of the state where the birth of a girl is usually greeted with grief, families in Dharhara celebrate the birth of a …
LUCKNOW: Mango aficionados, farmers and industry bigwigs, chew on this. If minister of food processing industries, Subodh Kant Sahai is referring to India as a future 'World Food Factory', it is not without reason. As the largest suppliers of mango by-products to the rest of the world, there's help at …
The fate of the birthplace of famous Dashehari variety of mango, the Dashehari village, is hanging in a balance. Known for the oldest mango tree of the variety
Sandip Das Quality Indian mangoes have been satiating the appetite of discerning US consumers for the last couple of years. This is thanks to the sea-route trade and a new irradiation facility that checks weevils and fruits flies in mangoes, assuaging the food safety concerns of the US health authorities. …
Continuing its raids on illegal ripening of mangoes for the second day on Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorities raided outlets in Ponda and Mapusa and seized 11 tonnes of mangoes. According to Food and Drug Administration Director Salim Veljee, the FDA officials sealed three godowns in Ponda, …
If consumed, they will cause vomiting or symptoms of diarrhoea HEALTH HAZARD:Municipal officials who seized the mangoes ripened using chemicals at a godown in Pudukottai on Wednesday. PUDUKOTTAI: In a surprise raid on a mango godown in the town on Wednesday, municipal officials destroyed about one tonne of the fruits …
There seems to be no end to the miseries of mango growers this summer. Mango growers in Kolar and Chickaballapur districts are a worried lot. Already battered by unseasonable rain and drop in flowering of mango trees, mango growers in Srinivaspur are now worried over borer menace to the crop. …
Himanshu Bhatt | TNN Surat: Use of pruning and plastic mulching technique in mango farming have brought very encouraging results in the last few years for the farmers who export their produce to Gulf countries. Recipient of Sardar Patel Agriculture Research Award in 2009 from Fansa village in Valsad Rajesh …
Last few days the markets have been flooded by the Goan delight, Mancurad mangoes but mango traders are not a happy lot. This season, they have not able to earn expected returns for two reasons. One, mango production has been less this year. There has been drop in the production …
Aurangabad: Farmers are lamenting the damage to their mango crops in various regions of Maharashtra due to hailstones and early rainfall. Every year Aurangabad district exports around 70 tons of Kesar Mangoes to USA. But earlier this week, due to hailstorms and unexpected rainfall, the mangoes have been damaged, and …
