Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News item published in Newspaper ‘The Hindu’ dated 04.02.2023 titled “19 families shifted after houses in J & K village develop cracks” dated 20/09/2023. The issue relates to the damage caused to 21 structures in Doda district of Chenab Valley …
Estimates for development works to be carried out colonies of the city were passed in the House Meeting of the Municipal Corporation (MC) held today. The agenda for this month was dominated by issues of the rehabilitation colonies. A number of new projects would be taken up. These include construction …
BARCELONA: Few people call it eco-friendly when a company like Royal Dutch Shell, to pump natural gas and make petroleum products, disturbs coral reefs and damages the habitats of rare desert truffles and vulnerable birds. But the energy giant may have found a way to turn local environmental losses into …
We were cheered to learn that the U.S. Navy and conservation groups have reached a court-approved settlement that allows the military ample opportunity to test its low-frequency sonar systems while protecting the habitats of marine life. So it is especially disturbing that the Bush administration is still trying to block …
Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) Mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka during a meeting yesterday underscored the need for formulating a 100-year-long master plan to keep the capital habitable. He also suggested that a separate independent authority be formed, comprised of environmentalists and experts concerned, to save the rivers around Dhaka as they …
Ramna Park, the green oasis, the lung of the Dhaka city has survived one hundred years amidst the concrete jungle. Though the park is a source of pleasure to the city dwellers with all its natural assets, no one bothered of celebrating the centenary of the park except for two …
The APTDC is making efforts to encourage the large chunk of pilgrims bound for Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam from Tamil Nadu to explore the other scenic locations in the state. Chennai SABYASACHI Ghosh, director, Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC), during an interaction on the AP tourism roadshow here on Saturday, …
A. Srivathsan A drastic intervention that combines incentives, subsidies and regulation is required to address the housing crisis. The din of real estate boom in India drowns the stark realities of housing crisis that looms large. About 1.5 million houses are built every year. Home ownership in urban areas has …
CHANDIGARH: While speeding up activity to further strengthen and improve the network of roads in Haryana, the State Public Works (Building and Roads) Department has allotted 12 more works involving an investment of Rs.944.23 crore, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said on Tuesday. Other projects He further disclosed that 15 …
Fueled by advances in information technology, data-driven decisionmaking has transformed every corner of society, from business to biology. In the policy domain, quantitative performance metrics have reshaped decisionmaking processes in many arenas, including economics, health care, and education. The 2008 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) brings a similar datadriven, fact-based empirical …
REAR ADMIRAL K.R. SRINIVASAN, AVSM Proposed rules are laudable and indeed necessary, but they raise some fundamental issues of jurisdiction The Central government has recently gazette notified the proposed "Coastal Management Zone (CMZ)' Notification 2008 for public objections and suggestions by June 2008. The Notification aims to replace the existing …
THE latest news from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) points out that all the warnings and pleading of conservationists have gone unheeded, and the world has lost nearly one-third of its bird species. India, rich in birdlife, has been particularly badly hit. In the IUCN Red List …
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha on Tuesday demolished at least 50 unauthorised structures at Hatirjheel in the Hatirjheel-Begunbari Integrated Development Project area. The pulled down structures include tin and bamboo made shanties beside the Moghbazar level crossing and some concrete structures opposite the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation. The town planner started the …
Ten years ago, when environmental lawyer Kassie Siegel went in search of an animal to save the world, the polar bear wasn't at all an obvious choice. Siegel and Brendan Cummings of the Center for Biological Diversity in Joshua Tree, Calif., were looking for a species whose habitat was disappearing …
RAMNAGAR : Minister for Road and Bridges, Jugal Kishore Sharma asserted that under the dynamic leadership of Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad, the Central Government has released funds worth Rs.1200 crore for construction of 400 new roads in the state under Prime Ministers Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) to extend road …
It comes as a huge sigh of relief to Goans in general that the Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA) is united and determined in purpose to act as a watchdog in the formation of the Regional Plan 2021. At a meeting on Tuesday, the organisation ironed out whatever differences, small or …
Construction of a bridge over the River Morasati under Aditmari upazila in Lalmonirhat brings hopes for thousands of farmers in different upazilas of the district. Farmers in remote areas have got connected with the district as well as different upazila headquarters after construction of the bridge and now they can …
