Rs 8,000 cr for flood control
Spread over 11 states and comprising 23 sub-basins, the Ganga basin accounts for 50 per cent of the total 40 million hectares of the flood-prone land in the country.
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Parties silent on eco-related issues
Jalandhar: Silence of the political parties contesting Lok Sabha elections over degradation of environment in Punjab has disappointed environmentalists in the state. No political party has made an issue of threat to ecology.
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HC cautions cancellation of mining lease
Govt should regulate transportation of ores and export should be last option The High Court on Monday warned that the mining lease of the operators who carry out mining on disputed lands in contravention of its orders will be cancelled.
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Data integration model for air quality: a hierarchical approach to the global estimation of exposures to ambient air pollution
<p>Air pollution is a major risk factor for global health, with 3 million deaths annually being attributed to fine particulate matter ambient pollution (PM2.5). The primary source of information for estimating
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Vedanta in West Bengal
Vedanta is planning a 600,500 tonne aluminium smelter and a 1,200-1,300 megawatt power plant in West Bengal's Burdwan district. The company is likely to sign an agreement with the state government soon. State commerce and industries secretary Sabyasachi Sen told <i>Down to Earth </i> the proposed project was "still in the talks phase' and that the company was "looking into the corporate social responsibility aspect' of the project. He didn't clarify how much land would be required for the project, but said the company's subsidiary, Balco, has over 80 ha of unused land in the district.
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Centre awaiting SC verdict
The Central Government would await the Supreme Court's verdict before allowing regularisation of encroached forest land in the country. Setting at rest all speculations on the contentious issue,
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Mass stir threat by Dimoria tribal body
The Brihattar Dimoria Bhumi Hastantar Nirikshan Samiti, a tribal body, has set a deadline to the Assam State Government to cancel the naamjari of 153 bighas of land, still under the occupation of
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Quantification of loss in spatial extent of lakes and wetlands in the suburbs of Srinagar city during last century using geospatial approach
In the study, geospatial tools were employed for quantifying changes in the spatial extent of fragile ecosystems of some of the world's most famous lakes and wetlands located in the suburbs of Srinagar.
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Heated exchanges witnessed at Saligao gram sabha over RP
The Saligao gram sabha on Sunday convened to deliberate on Draft Regional Plan marked heated exchanges between the members over proposed road issues in the area.
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Seminar on spices, herbs
India, the land of spices and herbs, from time immemorial, is endowed with a rich diversity of climate for a variety of spices and herbs having intrinsic quality. The annual global requirement of
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Govt told to stop mining work
The Himachal Pradesh High Court yesterday directed the state government not to allow any mining work or sanction any mining lease over the shamlat land owned by the villagers in Shiva Rudana tehsil
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The vanishing land
In what can be termed as a case of 'Once bitten, twice shy', yet another project envisaging conversion of Chambal ravines - into a land of prosperity has been swept under the carpet in Madhya
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CM orders fast work on bird park
The Okhla Bird Park and Wildlife Sanctuary project, conceived in 1990, has not yet taken off as Delhi government is clueless about the owner of the land that has been earmarked for it. But concerned
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Icrisat develops crops resistant to drought
The International Crop Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics has released 735 highly-nutritious and drought-tolerant crop varieties developed using germplasm and breeding materials in 78 countries, including Andhra Pradesh in India, significantly contributing to increased income and better nutrition of resource-poor people in the dry land tropics. In Anantapur, where over 50 per cent of farm
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State forest policy on June 5
Forest Minister C H Vijayshankar on Friday said that a regional forest policy, which is near completion will be announced on June 5, on the occasion of world environment day. He was talking to reporters after launching a tree planting programme at Press Club of Bangalore along with cine actor Tara. Vijayashankar said the policy will address serious issues like mining, afforestation and defor
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal dredging / quarrying of Veppampatti lake, Salem District, Tamil Nadu, 04/09/2015
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Chinnapaiyan, Edappadi Taluk,Vs.Member Secretary, Tamil Nadu State Pollution Control Board, Chennai dated 04/09/2015 regarding <span
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Megaconservation: Saving wildernesses on a giant scale
The only way to connect the major wildernesses of the world and save their inhabitants is to think big. Very big.
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State may grant TDR to owners of mangrove plots
The Maharashtra state has been toying with the idea of granting transfer of development rights (TDR) in compensation to owners of mangrove plots for not being able to develop their land. This
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Forest fires set to increase, EU ministers told
More catastrophic forest fires like those that engulfed large parts of Portugal and Spain this summer will result from a combination of land abandonment and climate change, European environment and
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Prospecting Licence to boost manganese output: MOIL
Maharashtra govt has granted Prospecting Licence to the company for 11 blocks spread over 597 hectares State-run manganese ore producer MOIL Ltd today said the Prospecting Licence for 11 blocks in Maharashtra that it has received from the state government would go a long way in augmenting the production of precious manganese ore in the country in coming years.