The Centre has agreed to reconsider the December 18, 2012 eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) notification according to which a 100-km stretch of the Bhagirathi from Gaumukh to Uttarkashi— covering an area of

Uttarakhand Cabinet, on Sunday, passed a resolution to request the Central government to withdraw its December 18, 2012 notification, according to which a 100-km stretch of the Bhagirathi river fro

The 100-kilometre stretch between Gaumukh and Uttarkashi, which was notified as an eco-sensitive zone in December 2012 raised the ire of the local population due to lack of awareness regarding the

The proposed site has experienced several earthquakes

To provide Rs 807 crore to address forest degradation

Uttarakhand Director General of Police (DGP) B. S. Sidhu is involved in a legal battle over an alleged illegal purchase of forest land and the felling of 25 Sal trees on the land.

Fateh Singh from Jaunsar-Bhabhar here points to a valley on the brink of losing its serenity.

Five persons were killed in landslide following a cloudburst at Jakhnyali village in Tehri district of Uttarakhand early on Thursday.

Uttarakhand has 76 dams in the ecologically fragile regions.

In June, last year, following heavy rains, the Khiron Ganga river, a tributary of the Alaknanda, rushed through the Alaknanda Valley and filled the barrage site of Jaiprakash Power Ventures Limited