Reply affidavit filed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Debadityo Sinha & Others Vs Union of India & Others. An application filed before the NGT said that illegal construction activities and clearing the vegetation and forest using massive earthwork and levelling the land …
Heavy rain and floods have so far claimed 31 lives in the State prompting the Government to allocate additional funds of Rs12.47 crore for the flood-affected 23 districts. Eight persons lost their life in Hoshangabad district, followed by Bhopal where six persons died due to rains and floods. Three deaths …
The SC deadline for notifying buffer areas around each tiger reserve is being cheered by the greens. But court orders alone cannot alter the grim ground reality. A primer HOW On 3 April, the Supreme Court directed state governments to demarcate and notify buffer zones around critical tiger habitats (CTH) …
A large population, especially children, in 27 of the 50 Madhya Pradesh districts are threatened by the fluorosis menace as people in these districts are being forced to drink water with excessive fluoride, much beyond the permissible limit. According to the latest information available from the state public health engineering …
Farmers in large numbers demonstrated at the State Assembly here on Thursday under the banner of Kisan Sangharsh Samiti (KSS) to get back acquired land and cancellation of Adani Pench Power Project, Pench Diversion Project, SKS Project, and MAXCO Project in Chhindwara. The farmers gathered at Shahjehani Park and marched …
Degraded bamboo forests in 7,800 hectare area were upgraded by 789 beneficiary families during the year 2011 under land erosion prevention project being implemented in the State with the cooperation of United Nations Development Programme. This project is being implemented in Betul, Chhindwara, Sidhi, Singrauli and Umaria districts of the …
The State Cabinet on Wednesday decided to make available Government security worth Rs387.40 crore under Integrated Housing and Slums Development Programme and Basic Services for Urban Poor. With this, decks have been cleared for the construction of 60,000 houses for the urban poor. Under Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme …
Bhopal : Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan met union Minister for Environment and Forests Jayanthi Natarajan in New Delhi and urged her not to ban tourism in sanctuaries and tiger reserves, officials said here. A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) is pending in the Supreme Court to ban tourism in all …
Thirty districts of Madhya Pradesh have achieved 100 per cent success in Ladli Laxmi Yojna launched with a view to developing a positive thinking among people about the birth of girl child. The districts have achieved 100 per cent to 162 percent success against the target given to them in …
Fishermen and fish breeders in the state are constantly getting the benefits of fisheries schemes. During the year 2011-12, twenty beneficiaries of 13 districts have been selected for fishing training under National Agriculture Development Scheme. Out of these, five beneficiaries are from Harda district, two each from Betul, Jabalpur and …
With a view to generating job opportunities for the villagers of forest area through forests, production of tusser and lac is being increased in forests as per resolution of the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Forest Minister Sartaj Singh informed that programme of tusser cocoon rearing has been prepared for …
With a view to reducing the technical and commercial loss in power supply to 15 percent, an R-APDRP scheme of Rs. 2216 crore 10 lakh is being implemented in 83 cities having over 30 thousand population in the state. The Power Distribution companies are establishing an IT based metering system …
As many as 329 villages have been electrified during the 10th Five Years Plan and in last three years of the 11th Five Years Plan in Madhya Pradesh. During the period, 11 thousand 415 electrified villages have been intensively electrified and electricity lines have been laid upto all the majaras …
With a view to implementing Nandan Orchard scheme under National Horticulture Mission, ten districts have been selected in Madhya Pradesh. Under the scheme, around hundred beneficiaries will be selected for imparting training to them. They will be provided inputs to work under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Mission Act. …
The Integrated Land and Ecosystem Management Project is being implemented by the Forest Department in Madhya Pradesh with the cooperation of Global Environmental Facility. The project is being implemented in nine forest divisions of Betul, Chhindwara, Umaria, Sidhi and Singrauli districts. The five-year project will be implemented till the year …
The Ladli Laxmi Yojana implemented by the Madhya Pradesh government has rid the society of its tendency of considering girl child as a curse. The scheme launched by Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan on May 27, 2007 from Raisen district has given several benefits to the girls in the …
The farmers in Madhya Pradesh are feeling devastated and over a half-a-dozen of them have even committed suicide in a short span of time in different parts of the state. In the last one month, farmers have committed suicide in villages across Bhopal, Sehore, Chhindwara, Damoh, and Sagar districts. The …
Bhopal: Their crops destroyed by frost between January 5 and 9, five farmers in Madhya Pradesh committed suicide while three are battling for their lives after consuming pesticide. The weather destroyed their standing crops of wheat, soyabean, gram, peas, opium and oranges in just five days. Their crops gone, farmers …
Notification for the constitution of Satpura Tiger Reserve buffer zone has been issued today. The notification has been issued after the recommendations of committee of experts and discussions with all Gram Sabha (villages). There are 55 Gram Sabha (villages) under the buffer zone. A total of 12 villages are in …
Bhopal: A sum of Rs 105 crore 85 lakh 84 thousand was spent in first six months of current financial year under Ladli Laxmi Yojna that aims at securing the future of girls in the State. Rs 134 crore 94 lakh, 93 thousand was allocated for first and second quarters …
