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 …
CHENNAI: On its third anniversary on Saturday, members of non-governmental organisation Nizhal gathered here to celebrate their growing membership and ongoing effort to plant saplings and treasure trees in and around Chennai.
Tirunelveli, A HALF-HEARTED plan to enhance the green cover within the Tirunelveli Corporation limits is on the verge of withering away, thanks to government apathy . The plan was unveiled by Chief Minister M Karunanidhi this year in the State Assembly . Saplings too were planted. But little has been …
Integrated watershed management is aimed at minimizing the rate of sediment flow in the streams being harnessed for hydro power generation. The main aim of the Catchment Area Treatment Plan is to rejuvenate various potential and degraded ecosystems in the catchment area for longevity of the underground balancing reservoir storage …
THE GREEN WAY: R.Annamalai, (second left) Director, Department of Environment, Government of Tamil Nadu, handing over a sapling to a student of AJK College of Arts and Science in Coimbatore on Friday. S.R.Ramanan (third from left), Director, Area Cyclone Warning Centre, Regional Meterological Centre, Chennai, R.S.Lal Mohan (second from right), …
The Maharashtra Forest Policy 2008 aims at raising forest cover in the state to a minimum of 33% (101.54 lakh hectares) of total land, as per the recommendations of the Planning Commission and the National Forest Policy, 1988. At present, the forest area in the state is around 20 per …
AHMEDABAD: Realizing the folly of a missing green cover in the city and with the threat of global warming looming, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is all geared to make the city greener with its revamped plan for major plantation work in the city. Now, AMC will be focusing on a …
Hyderabad Sept. 18: To offset the carbon footprint for its meeting here, the Pacific Asia Tourism Association (Pata) has decided to plant 30,000 trees at various places in the city. The state government will support Pata in the green drive. A carbon footprint is the impact human activities have on …
The target of planting more than 150,000 trees in the city by the end of the year will be achieved through extraordinary efforts. This was stated by City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal while directing the parks department to further speed up the green city campaign and making arrangements for greenery …
DINDIGUL: A total of 9,000 tree saplings would be planted in the district to mark Anna birth centenary celebrations, Collector R. Vasuki has said. She inaugurated various programmes and launched several projects as part of the celebrations here on Monday. The tree saplings would be planted on the campus of …
Pune, September 10 The latest to join the green brigade in the city, the jewellers may gift every customer, who purchase gold from them on Dassera (buying gold on Dassera is considered auspicious), a Shami tree sapling. The Department of Social Forestry has proposed to distribute about one lakh saplings …
Tiruvannamalai: The State government has sought Rs. 5 crore from the Centre to improve the green cover at Theimalai hillock in Tiruvannamalai district, Food Minister E.V. Velu has said. He was speaking after planting 6,000 saplings in the hillock as part of
