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 …
Ranchi, Jan. 15: A first-ever water pollution audit carried out by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has pegged Jharkhand at the bottom of the performance chart with most river conservation projects lying incomplete in the state. According to the report, Performance Audit of Water Pollution in India, the Ganga, …
In a worrying development, hundreds of crows have died in Jharkhand due to bird flu, a government official said Thursday. The crows first started dying mysteriously last month in Jamshedpur district. This was followed by their deaths in Ranchi, Bokaro, Khuti, Sahebganj and other districts of the state. Concerned over …
Ranchi: The Centre has sent an alert to the Jharkhand government to remain cautious about a possible poultry infection, after a mysterious bird flu-like virus is believed to have killed between 500 and 1,000 crows in Jamshedpur, Bokaro and parts of Hazaribagh. Though an official intimation from the Union animal …
Despite the decline in the number of migratory birds this winter in the coal and steel belt of Dhanbad-Bokaro in Jharkhand, poachers continue to kill the winter visitors. The exotic birds that come in search of a home here to escape the severe winter, are ironically finding their way on …
Over 2800 cases reported till October, officials asked to stay alert The state’s plans of introducing two varieties of fish, gambusia and guppy, to control the spread of mosquito larvae in ponds has failed to make an impact, at least in Bokaro, with the district administration now gearing up to …
Bokaro/Ranchi, Nov. 10: Chief minister Arjun Munda today declared that the state government would contribute Rs 5 crore for the development of Luguguru, a tribal religious hub situated some 75km from Bokaro city. Munda was in the village to offer prayers to Luguguru deity on the occasion of Kartik purnima. …
In a bid to cap the polluting fumes emitted by thousands of vehicles in Jharkhand’s cities, the government is thinking of putting in place liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dispensing stations. In an affidavit filed before Jharkhand High Court in Ranchi on Thursday, the government informed that as a pilot project, …
The Government is keen that SAIL be part of South Korean steel firm Posco's proposed $12-billion steel plant in Orissa. The Steel Minister, Mr Beni Prasad Verma, conveyed the Government's willingness that SAIL could be a joint venture partner to Posco officials here on Wednesday. Mr Y.W. Yoon, Chairman and …
Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh will arrive in Ranchi tomorrow on a three-day visit of the state to review execution of development schemes, including a blighted MGNREGS, in Jharkhand’s 14 left-wing extremism (LWE) affected districts. In his first tour of Jharkhand after taking over the rural development ministry with …
Availability of surplus iron ore prompts Jharkhand to provide special incentives to set up pellet plants Jharkhand has emerged as the first state to make it mandatory for companies with captive iron ore mines to set up pellet plants to utilise their increasing deposits of iron ore fines. Availability of …
Ranchi, Aug. 31: Chief minister Arjun Munda today asked the Centre to ban the export of iron ore from the state in an attempt to enlarge the scope of a debate raging in Jharkhand on his government’s decision allowing sale of iron ore fines by owners of captive mines. “Why …
Ranchi, Aug. 29: A Comptroller & Auditor General’s report, tabled in the Assembly today, has pulled up the state for poor implementation of a central government scheme for rural roads, pointing to substandard work, fraudulent payments to unscrupulous contractors and serious financial irregularities. Only nine per cent of rural habitations …
A high-level delegation of the steel ministry led by steel secretary Pradeep Kumar Misra will meet Jharkhand chief secretary SK Chaudhary next week to seek renewal of leases of Chiria and Gua mines in favour of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL). The delegation will also seek renewal of three …
- Rs 51 crore plan to lay new pipelines from Damodar to city will take another year Residents of Chas, living through a severe water crisis, are looking at another year of hardship with the Rs 51.02 crore project to lay a new pipeline to the city staring at further …
Bokaro, March 1: Mineral-rich Jharkhand has both the power and prowess to split an atom, eminent scientist and director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (Barc) Ratan Kumar Sinha said here today. Buoyed by the handsome 31 per cent increase in the 2011-12 budget allocation for atomic energy, the premier multi-disciplinary …
A 50-year-old labourer, Subal Mahato, was allegedly beaten to death by his employer for demanding revised wages in accordance with the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), in Bokaro on Saturday night. According to NREGA Commissioner Ajay Kumar Singh, Mahato, a resident of Bathua village under Chas block …
Bokaro, Jan. 18: The fear of diarrhoea has gripped Porabad in Silphor village under Babudih panchayat of Chadankyari block. Fourteen people, including three children and eight women of the village, had to be rushed to a private nursing home today suffering from diarrhoea and nausea. Villagers suspect that they might …
To Address Growing Energy Need With Forests Security THE group of ministers set up by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday will attempt to resolve a year of inconclusive discussions and efforts by the coal ministry to push through a liberal policy for diversion of forest land. The GoM on
As of now, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh is looking only at coalmines, but the policy might not end there. Last March he announced his ministry had begun identifying the green cover in nine coalfields (Singrauli, Ib Valley, Mand Raigarh, Sohagpur, Talcher, Wardha Valley, Hasdeo-Arand, North Karanpura and West Bokaro) and …
