Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 10/04/2024. The present Original Application has been filed by the Applicant appearing in person stating that in the tourist township of Darjeeling there is the ‘Senchal Wildlife Sanctuary’ popularly known …
A total ban on sale of below 40-microns plastic carry bags in important tourist places is under consideration of the Environment Ministry, according to Minister for Environment T.K.M.Chinnaiyya. Mr.Chinnaiyya disclosed this to reporters at Mamallapuram on Tuesday when his attention was brought to the total ban on use of thin …
PANJIM: The beaches of Goa being the main assets for the promotion of tourism, the Department of Tourism ensures that the existing facilities on the beaches are not only maintained but also improved wherever necessary. Access roads, parking facilities, illumination near the beaches, modern toilet facilities are being provided with …
Rejecting draft amendments of the forest act and wildlife conservation act, a rights organisation, Greater Sylhet Indigenous People's Forum (GSIPF), yesterday called upon the government not to enact the laws without taking opinion from mass people. GSIPF also urged the similar organisations to raise greater movement against the section 2(8) …
The (Draft) Guidelines for Ecotourism in and around Protected Areas were issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests on June 2, 2011 and comments invited by June 30, 2011. Through detailed comments and documentation, Equations have recommended that the Ministry recognise the primacy of the Gram Sabha and the …
U.N. world heritage body UNESCO says Tanzania will reconsider plans for a major road across its Serengeti National Park that critics said would upset one of Africa's top wildlife spectacles -- the annual migration of some two million wildebeest. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization said Tanzania's Natural …
The Sri Lankan government has decided to lease out 10 more islands in the Kalpitiya area of Puttalam district in the northwestern coast of Sri Lanka for tourism projects. Deputy Economic Development Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena has said that there are 31 islands in the seas off Kalpitiya and four …
Mamata finalises Annual Plan with Planning Commission The Annual Plan for West Bengal for 2011-12 was on Wednesday finalised at Rs.22,214 crore at a meeting here between Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and State Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. At this level, the State Plan outlay for the current …
Sri Lan-ka’s booming tourist industry is having a major impact in changing the nature of Sri Lanka’s economy in the post conflict development process. The Economic Development Ministry has launched short and long-term programmes with the objective of developing the tourism industry after the end of the three decades long …
Arunachal Pradesh is all set to launch a rural tourism project at Ziro in Lower Subansiri district by involving local people with the tourism department. Entitled as
Potential of Alappuzha to be fully exploited, says Tourism Minister ALAPPUZHA: The work under the Alappuzha Tourism Master Plan will be expedited by including the project under the United Democratic Front (UDF) government's 100-day programme, Tourism Minister A.P. Anil Kumar has said. Addressing a meeting convened here to review plans …
Omar for direct international flights to Valley SRINAGAR: The Union Tourism Ministry has decided to identify 20 new tourist destinations in the State and set a huge amount for development of three mega circuits. The Ministry intended to hold a laser show in the Dal lake in order to woo …
UNESCO has prepared a draft plan in this regard Committee set up to identify land for science centre in Hassan city Hassan: Deputy Commissioner K.G. Jagadish on Thursday said the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) had prepared a draft plan to develop Hassan district as a tourism …
AHMEDABAD: No less than 13 crore saplings will be planted by the state forest department during the monsoon season in various cities, suburbs and villages of Gujarat. Of these, around one crore saplings would be high-quality clonal saplings, said a forest official. This is for the first time that the …
CUDDALORE: The National Forest Policy has stipulated that 33 per cent of the total land mass should be forests, but Tamil Nadu has forest area of only 17 per cent, according to K.T. Pachamal, Forest Minister. All efforts would be made to extend forest cover to the mandated level within …
Traditional trees like jackfruit, neem and others will be grown here Bettadapura Minister for Forests C H Vijayshankar has said the forest department will develop a Devavana at foot of the Bettadapura hill near Periyapatna taluk near here. An action plan will soon be prepared to protect the hilly area …
PC assures over Rs 500 cr under CSS State to get development monitored through NABCONS JAMMU: In a significant achievement for Chief Minister Omar Abdullah headed Government, the Planning Commission (PC) today approved the State
The Planning Commission on Wednesday approved a Rs.6,600-crore Annual Plan for Jammu and Kashmir for 2011-12. It is highest ever allocation for the State and Rs.600 crore higher than last year's outlay. This also takes the overall size of Central assistance to Rs.11,192 crore, which includes borrowings by the State …
