Judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of In Re: Zudpi Jungle Lands. A batch of applications involved a peculiar issue concerning the situation prevailing in the six districts of eastern Vidarbha region namely Nagpur, Wardha, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli. The issue pertains to the status of the …
RUDRA BISWAS Ranchi, June 27: Former Union rural development secretary K.B. Saxena today called upon villagers to oppose moves by corporates and the state forest department to plant bamboo, eucalyptus and other exotic varieties of trees on village lands.
The government will take 29 projects involving around Tk 2,894 crore in its next five-year plan aiming to curb environment pollution. It has decided to take a number of measures including formulation of Solid Waste Management and Handling Rules 2010 to prevent industries from dumping untreated waste, said Hasan Mahmud, …
Global warming will cast its calamitous effect on India too. The Himalayan glaciers would melt leading to massive flood in rivers, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board chairman A S Sadashivaiah has said. for secure earth Karnataka State Pollution Control Board chairman A S Sadashivaiah watering a plant to inaugurate World …
- Forest department to provide free saplings to private land owners Jamshedpur, June 16: The forest department will soon launch a massive plantation drive in non-forest areas across the state. The department recently issued directives to this effect to all the 28 forest divisions in the state . According to …
Ujjain: About six lakh saplings will be sold through a mobile van and later planted this year as part of the greenery drive under the 'Aao Banay Apna Madhya Pradesh' campaign in the district. ''Under the 'My City Green City' project, a target has been set to plant six lakh …
Gangtok, June 15: Sikkim chief minister Pawan Chamling today said some of the difficult decisions taken by his government to preserve the forests in the state had yielded a four per cent rise in the green cover.
Sarikah Atreya Gangtok, June 15 The Chief Minister, Mr Pawan Chamling, today said that the forest cover of the Himalayan State has increased by four per cent due to the pro-environment policies of his government since 1994.
CUTTACK: With fast depleting green cover coupled with the industrialisation spree beginning to raise concerns over environmental and ecosystems damage, the Cuttack district administration is all set to launch a massive plantation drive in the region soon. But with a difference. The Mission as it is proclaimed is to ensure …
Responding to the distress call on Sukhna Lake of City Beautiful, Haryana Forest and Environment Minister Ajay Singh Yadav has got going. He has directed his department to immediately prepare an action plan for afforestation of the catchment area of the Sukhna falling in Haryana. Speaking to The Tribune here …
Ahmedabad: Nano plant presence in Sanand will lead to greener surrounding areas. Not just jobs but the environment of the area and the depleting tree cover would also be taken care by the Tata Motors as a part of its corporate responsibility initiative. The officials in the state forest department …
BALASORE: Her years of hard work and love for greenery, was paid off when the State Government yesterday awarded her with the 'Prakurti Mitra' award. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik gave away the prestigious award to Urmila Behera of Balasore who has planted more than a lakh trees in the district. …
JAIPUR: The Japan International Cooperation Agency has asked the Rajasthan Government to submit a detailed project report for second phase of a Rs.1,228-crore project for forestry development and bio-diversity conservation by June 30 to facilitate its prompt approval. Agency's representative R. Hayashi expressed satisfaction over the completion of works under …
Nashik: MLAs, entrepreneurs, spiritual leaders and individuals here have joined hands to launch a movement against cutting of trees. A large number of trees on the Mumbai-Agra highway were cut or felled by the contractors over the last couple of years and many more or likely to be cut in …
Several organisations observed the World Envirnoment Day with festive fervour on Sunday in various places across Kolar and Chikkaballapur districts. Suhas Motors observed the Environment Day by distributing saplings to two-wheeler riders. The owner of the firm Narayanareddy said each vehicle owner should plant atleast 10 saplings every year as …
June 5: The state government will take up a massive plantation programme, by arranging to plant as many as one million saplings on a single day in the state, as part of its contribution to conserve and protect the environment, probably in the first week of July. The forest authorities, …
India must walk the environment-friendly road to development Jairam Ramesh Environment and development must go hand in hand. Who can disagree with this? But what is good in theory becomes contentious in practice. Sometimes a project will receive a
Pune On the occasion of World Environment Day, Give to Save foundation, has asked people to cultivate the habit of sowing of seeds to make the earth greener. This appeal was made as part of the nationwide seed campaign launched by Save foundation and Harit Mitra Parivar in which it …
