Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
Of the 151 fire incidents reported in last one week, at least 95% were forest fires With the temperatures remaining nearly 10-12 degrees Celsius above normal, amid the extreme dry weather conditions, forest fires are spreading fast across the state. Nearly 150 fire incidents across six districts of the state …
Adverse hydrology apart, generation from projects of the State Electricity Board has been declining due to indifferent management and unplanned and poor maintenance, resulting in loss of revenue amounting to more than Rs 150 crore over the past five years. Barring a few exceptions, all 20 projects, with aggregate installed …
This work reports an attempt to make use of the indigenously developed high resolution IRS-1C satellite imagery to generate a database, including expertize from different organizations involved in floral, soil, microbial, hydro, socio-economic and geological fields. In the absence of large scale topographic maps, high resolution precision geocoded PAN + …
We will not allow diversion of water: Jairam Ramesh NEW DELHI: A wildlife committee headed by Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh issued four rejections and two postponements to industry proposals on Monday. The proposal to build a port at Poshitra in the Jamnagar district of …
The National Board for Wildlife, headed by Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, rejected some big projects, including a port project in Gujarat, signalling that the ministry would not clear projects in ecologically sensitive zones. The standing committee of the board, in its meeting yesterday, turned down a proposal for setting up …
With maximum and minimum temperatures across the hilly and lower areas of Himachal Pradesh remaining unusually high, warning bells have started to toll for the farmers and horticulturists in the state. The Shimla hills have been recording temperature above 25 degree Celsius for two weeks, with Sunday touching the all-time …
Channelling water eco-friendly option. S. Shanker Mumbai, April 6 The Rampur hydroelectric project, downstream of Nathpa Jhakri hydro electric project (NJHEP) in Himachal Pradesh, is the second unit in the country that will use the water discharge of an upstream power station. The 120-MW Kodri power project in Uttaranchal, downstream …
The Pollution Control Board has unearthed 37 cases of bogus units which tried to evade authorities to get consent to operate after furnishing erroneous affidavits giving false declarations in various industrial areas of the state. The attempt to cheat the authorities came to light when officials of the board paid …
The government has decided to implement MNREGA in the hill state on a massive scale to ensure that its benefits reached the maximum number of people. Stating this while presiding over the meeting of the Thadi panchayat in the Mashobra block, Rural Development Minister Jai Ram Thakur said the government …
Water scarce villages of Hamirpur district have set an example by reviving the traditional water sources to meet their requirements this summer. This initiative of self-dependence by 229 gram panchayats has been turned into a success story under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Generation Scheme (MGNREGA), that too in …
A group of innova tive young architects from Delhi's School of Planning & Architecture (SPA) have created a wonderfully userfriendly pedestrian map for Garli -India's first heritage village notified by the Himachal Pradesh government in 2002 located about 450 km north of the capital amidst the still picturesque Kangra Valley. …
The Jai Shri Baryogi Joint Action Committee, apex body of various local organisations opposing the cement plant being set up in the Karsog area by the multinational Lafarge company, has urged the government to review the decision in view of its adverse environmental fallout on ecologically sensitive area having a …
Official records show a downward trend of jaundice outbreak in the state capital, but regular reporting of cases has kept the health department on the tenterhooks. Though the frequency of cases reported in the hospitals has reduced as compared to January when the outbreak took place, danger still looms large. …
Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal today stressed the need for creating public awareness to protect environment and irrational use of precious natural resources. He was speaking at the inauguration of the three-day-long conference on Himalayan Environment Issues and Challenges organised by the Institute of Integrated Himalayan Studies (IIHS), Himachal Pradesh …
Shimla: Though summer is yet to set in officially, Shimla has recorded a sharp rise in maximum temperature, which shot eight to 10 degrees above normal. On Saturday, the hill station recorded an all-time high of 25.7 degree celsius this time of the year. It has triggered concern among environmentalists, …
