The environment ministry has set February 15 as the deadline for states to finalize no-go areas for industry around the 600-plus national parks and sanctuaries.

AHMEDABAD: The city may finally get much-awaited eco-friendly systems for disposal of construction debris and animal carcasses.

From organising door-to-door campaigns to spearheading plantation drives on campus, students across India are at the forefront of many interesting eco-friendly initiatives.

Punjab government is now rushing to launch Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal’s pet project—Medicity at Mullanpur—before the electoral code of conduct is put into place.

The environment master plan (EMP), being prepared by the government to secure a $ 2 million development policy loan from the World Bank, will address issues pertaining to 18 major sectors, virtually covering the whole gamut of development activities, to lay down the road map for sustainable growth of the ecologically fragile hill state.

The State Environment Department has identified the enviro

KALPETTA: The eco-tourism centre at Tholpetty near Mananthavady, a growing tourism destination under the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, will be reopened for tourists on Wednesday.

The centre had been closed for tourists since June 7, 2010 on an order of the Chief Wildlife Warden.