Reply affidavit filed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Debadityo Sinha & Others Vs Union of India & Others. An application filed before the NGT said that illegal construction activities and clearing the vegetation and forest using massive earthwork and levelling the land …
Jamshedpur, Jan. 5: Jharkhand has recorded an increase in forest cover by 172 sqkm, a feat made possible by local villagers and, surprisingly, Maoists, whose presence deterred widespread tree felling that has been the norm in certain remote areas. The India State of Forest Report-2009 has arrived at this conclusion …
Hazaribagh, Nov. 5: At a time when the forest department has almost conceded defeat to save the migratory birds that are target of poachers, a social activist has come forward to give them a fresh lease of life. Satya Prakash, the founder of Neo Foundation
Radiation magnet? Hazaribagh, Nov. 3: Residents of Kolghati and Ramnagar localities in Hazaribagh town have raised a voice against the mushrooming mobile phone towers fearing
Hazaribagh: Just a few days after the contract was signed for four-laning of the Ranchi-Hazaribagh stretch of NH-33, the much-awaited project is staring at fresh hurdles. A survey for identification of land from Barhi in Hazaribagh to Ranchi revealed that plots that need to be acquired mostly house buildings, temples …
The ball has started rolling, finally. The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) today signed a contract with a consortium of IL&FS; Transportation Networks Limited (ITNL) and Punj Lloyd for the proposed four-laning project of Ranchi-Hazaribagh stretch of NH-33, the state
A PWD team inspecting the Ghato-Charhi diversion that vehicles are using to bypass the underground fire zone at Kujju on the Ranchi-Patna highway (NH-33) has found that three old bridges on the route have developed cracks that may not hold on for long unless movement of heavy vehicles is stopped …
Petition addressed to the President of India for immediate stop to 31 new Karanpura opencast coal mines in the upper Damodar Watershed in Jharkhand affecting a million people in 200 villages over an area of 300 sq km of agricultural and forest lands. http://karanpuracampaign.com/president.htm See Also Petition: Online petition (www.ipetitions.com/petition/Karanpura/) …
A student who has returned to Hazaribagh town from Pune has been admitted to the Sadar hospital with flu symptoms. Doctors suspect that 25-year-old Saket Kumar has contracted the H1N1 virus. His swab sample has been sent to RIMS in Ranchi. According to sources, Saket, son of a businessman of …
CCL employees insert a water pipe into the ground at Lohagate on NH-33 on Monday. Picture by Prashant Mitra Ranchi, Aug. 10: Land acquisition is delaying the much-awaited four-laning project of NH-33 between Ranchi and Hazaribagh, including a 4km bypass near Kujju, where a portion of the highway caved in …
- Governor urges coal minister to check fire, fund rehab OUR BUREAU The 15ft wide crater created on NH-33 near Kujju on Sunday. Telegraph picture Hazaribagh/Ranchi, Aug. 9: The state
Two days after traffic on the stretch was closed due to an underground fire, a 80-sq ft section of the NH 33 caved in near Kujju in Ramgarh district. Though no one was injured in the incident, the administration has cordoned off a three-sq km area and declared it a
Hazaribagh, July 29: As the survey for construction of a diversion on Ranchi-Patna Highway (NH-33) near Kujju came to an end today, another fire was reported at an abandoned mine near here. The survey team prepared a report and forwarded it to the state. In the report, the team identified …
- NSSO begins year-long programme in rural, urban pockets next month SANTOSH K. KIRO The National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) will create a databank on
Clawing back Hazaribagh, June 24: Vultures may be on the brink of extinction in the country, but its population continues to thrive in this district. Efforts taken by Neo Human Foundation, an NGO working for vulture conservation, has given a boost to the bird population in this region. For now, …
Only four days are left for the Centre to take a final decision on executing the Hazaribagh-Ranchi four-lane project worth over Rs 600 crore, even as its bids were decided on February 27.
After urging the senior district officials to upgrade the basic facilities in Hazaribagh town last week, BJP leader Yashwant Sinha today took to the streets for a cleanliness drive. With a broom in hand, the new Hazaribagh MP worked in tandem with hundreds of BJP workers to get rid of …
Land purchase deals amid gunshots in Jharkhand village investigations into the murder of four security guards at a proposed power plant in Jharkhand are revealing uncomfortable truths about industrialization in the state. The company that wants to buy land in Chakla village of Latehar district called the guards martyrs and …
Tapas Soren, a tribal of Birakhap in Jharkhand, committed self-immolation recently, impoverished by the constant demand for bribes by local officials for work done under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. His death soon after the murder of Lalit Mehta who had exposed corruption in NREGA schemes in Palamu is …
