Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jagan Prasad Tehriya Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 23/05/2025. The applicant has alleged large-scale illegal felling of green trees within the Agra district, Uttar Pradesh. The application revealed instances of illegal tree felling at Fatehabad, Sadar, Kiraoli and Agra …
Urban areas are responsible for significant amounts of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but cities can have quite different values of carbon footprints. The purpose of this paper is to identify the determinants of urban GHG emissions in order to explain these differences. Seven global cities – Bangkok, Chicago, London, Madrid, …
Slum dwellers should develop their own land where builder will not have any crucial role to play, says social activist Medha Patkar on Tuesday. More than 60% of slum dwellers are living in just 6-8% of the city land. The vast working class, lower middle class and the informal sector …
AN animal’s ability to acclimatise to urban surroundings is believed to depend on its brain size. Evolutionary biologists have for the first time provided evidence of it. Alexei A Maklakov and his team from Evolutionary Biology Center, Uppsala University, Sweden, have found that relative brain size in birds is a …
Thiruvananthapuram: Union environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Monday said the proposed international cricket stadium in Kochi and the hydel power project in Athirappally cannot be given environment clearance.
While camping at New Delhi, after his treatment at AIIMS, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal is back in action clearing some of the important files , ordering inquires in lapses and seeking reports from Deputy Commissioners on resolving public grievances. As one of his first actions, Dhumal today sanctioned a …
The flow of populations within and across international boundaries is an important element in today's globalized world. Recent estimates of migration patterns place the combined numbers of international migrants and internal migrants at nearly a billion people. Although migrant populations are extremely diverse, the processes of migration include certain characteristics …
n 9,000 trees in 150 acre forest land near Indrunag temple in Dharamsala to go n In Dehra, the state government is diverting 400 hectare forest land. More than 90,000 trees to be felled on the land n Diverting such a huge chunk of forest land is also against the …
The Annual Plan 2011-12 of Delhi was finalized in a meeting held today between Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. The Planning Commission has approved the plan outlay of Rs 15,133 crore for the year 2011-12. This includes Rs 14,200 crore state plan …
GANDHINAGAR/NEW DELHI: The Union ministry for road transport and highways has allotted Rs 200.81 crore for the expansion and reinforcement of roads in the state with a view to providing more connectivity to interior and rural areas of the state with main cities. The project covers 10 state highways and …
Human actions rather than natural forces are the source of most contemporary changes in the state and flows of the biosphere. Understanding these actions and the social forces that drive them is crucial to understanding, modelling and predicting local, regional as well as global environmental change and also for managing …
India has the world’s second largest urban population (after China). This paper shows the large disparities within this urban population in healthrelated indicators. It shows the disparities for child and maternal health, provision for health care and housing conditions between the poorest quartile and the rest of the urban population …
Cities are blamed for the majority of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. So too are more affluent, highly urbanized countries. If all production- and consumption-based emissions that result from lifestyle and purchasing habits are included, urban residents and their associated affluence likely account for more than 80 per cent of the …
Well-planned urban green landscapes, including wildscapes and green spaces, have the potential to contribute to climate change adaptation and mitigation. Yet for cities in low-income countries, the value of these urban landscapes in climate change response strategies is often disregarded and remains largely unexploited and unaccounted for. This paper discusses …
Global management consultancy McKinsey & Co says over the next 15 years, the centre of gravity of the urban world will be heading South in general, and to the Eastern regions in particular. Today, 600 cities, mainly in the North and the West, generate about 60 per cent of the …
Delhi is country's best metro city as far as parameters of public transport, education, employment and security are concerned, said Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit while giving a vote of thanks on LG address in the Assembly today. The vote of thanks was passed with a voice vote. Referring to a …
If there is no proper planning in view of pressure of population, traffic, need of water and other basic things in the future, the citizens of Delhi will not get an adequate place to live in. It will be difficult to move on roads as 1,000 new cars add everyday …
