Salt farms likely on part of wild ass sanctuary
The Gujarat government is likely to allow salt farms on nearly 10 per cent of the 4,953 sq km of area on which the Wild Ass Sanctuary is situated in the Little Rann of Kutch. A report by the Gujarat
The Gujarat government is likely to allow salt farms on nearly 10 per cent of the 4,953 sq km of area on which the Wild Ass Sanctuary is situated in the Little Rann of Kutch. A report by the Gujarat
Noise, air pollution by 2,80,000 truck trips, Army field firing are driving beasts to extinction in world's only sanctuary for species.The noise and air pollution the burgeoning salt industry has
It is a mining village that lost its mine. Still fresh in the minds of the many jobless ex-miners is the war they waged to save their pit and their livelihoods. Today, with local unemployment of more
Mining activity has taken a heavy toll on the air water and land quality of the tourist paradise Goa, a Tata Energy Research Institute (Teri) study has shown, suggesting an integrated approach to
The Labour minister, Dr Satyanarayan Jatiya, has directed the Director General of Mines Safety to launch a special drive for thorough inspection of all the mines in the country on a time-bound basis.
Rising temperature of water and high air pollution is turning Orissa's Sukinda valley-- the largest concentration of chrome ore deposits in Asia -- into a death trap, according to noted
The Vriksha Laksha Andolana has welcomed the decision of the Mysore Minerals Limited(MML), a State Government undertaking, not to undertake mining in Kaarakodlu village in Shettyhalli wildlife
Communities led by youth, in Ghana's western gold mining region are mounting frequent protests against the destruction of the environment and villagers farms by mining companies. There have been
Rising temperature of water and high air pollution is turning Orissa's Sukinda Valley - the largest concentration of chrome ore deposits in Asia - into a death-trap, according to noted
China will renew its investigation of Pacific Ocean seabed resources in April. The Dayang No 1 ship will begin its 10th trip to a Chinese pioneer zone in the Pacific, following nine previous trips
In what is seen as an important step to further open up the economy, the Union Cabinet today decided to amend the Coal Mines (Nationalisation Act) 1973 to enable private Indian companies to mine and
A four-member team to probe the atrocities on tribals in Orissa has recommended that the State Government initiate a dialogue with the tribals who are facing displacement on account of the upcoming
The damage caused to the Gommateshwara statue at Karkala in Udupi District by the quarrying activity in surrounding areas, will be inquired into by a senior geologist of the Department of Mines and
The Rajasthan State Mines and Minerals Ltd (RSMML) is planning to double the beneficiation capacity of its rock phosphate plant in the next two years. Mr K S Money, managing director, RSSML said the
Central Mine Planning & Designing Institute Ltd, the consulting subsidiary of Coal India Ltd, has recommended closure of 24 mines belonging to the Eastern Coalfields Ltd in an alternative revival
The biggest -ever recorded mines explosion of North India was carried out in the rock phosphate mines of Jhamarkotra in Udaipur district of South Rajasthan, owned by the public sector Rajasthan State
Environmental groups last week welcomed the US forest Service's move to halt mining for gold, sliver and other "hard rock" minerals for at least two years along Montana's spectacular Rocky Mountain
The news is nothing new, many people knew of it, they may just having been ignoring it. Now its official and people working in and around the Dankuni Coal Project. Air and water pollution in and
Signalling a breakthrough in the lifting of economic sanction, the International Financial Corporation, the affiliate of the World Bank that invests in the private sector, has cleared a $35-million
State Minorities Commission Chairman Qamarul Islam has urged the governemt to ban quarrying in the 2-km radius of the Gomateshwara statue in Karkala in the wake of reports of possible damage to the