Jaipur: A month after the Supreme Court banned tourism in core areas of tiger reserves on the basis of Union environment ministry's guidelines, the ministry did an about turn on Tuesday, telling the court that it needed to rethink the guidelines.

The SC order banning tourism in core areas had led to loud protests from states and thriving commercial ventures in and around tiger reserves. In an affidavit, the Centre cited loss of livelihood and a threat to wildlife and forests in the event of a ban on tourism.

Seen Mating After 30 Families Move Out From Mordungri Village

Jaipur: The shifting of a few villages from the periphery of Ranthambore National Park has started showing results. The big cats, which were scrambling for space, have now more space to move around and expand their breeding zones. On Tuesday morning, tigress T-22 was seen mating with tiger T-23 in Bodal beat near Mordungri village. Thirty families from the village moved to Amli, some 35 km away in Tonk district, barely a month back. Originally consisting of about 157 families, the rest had earlier took the offer of cash package of Rs 10 lakh and relocated.

A dedicated team of volunteers to fight for the cause of the river Ganga will be ready soon with a proposed training centre coming up at Bheekampura in Alwar district of Rajasthan offering different courses on the river protection. The “Ganga rejuvenation centre” being opened on Monday will offer five types of training ranging from that of the Ganga sevak (worker) to the Ganga Prabanthak (manager) to Ganga Rishi (saint or expert) free of charge to the aspirants.

“The Ganga now needs warriors for re-establishing the community-driven management of the river.

Barren land glares at you from either side of the national highway from Jodhpur to Jaisalmer. A few dry wild bushes and cacti line the tough terrain.

JAIPUR: The Rajasthan High Court has asked the state government to file an action taken report on its decision to remove and relocate mobile towers near hospitals, schools and populated areas.

The government on Thursday told the court that a committee constituted by it has concluded that mobile towers in close vicinity of schools and hospitals need relocation. The committee submitted its report to the government on August 13. The division bench then directed that the report shall be submitted in the court.

JAIPUR: With number of vehicles increasing manifold and parking areas becoming a major problem, the state government is planning to draw a parking policy for the city.

The policy will be drawn taking cue from the model parking policy of the Union government. In this regard, a meeting chaired by principal secretary (urban development and housing) G S Sandhu was held to discuss on the issues proposed for parking policies. Officials of traffic department, Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) and Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) were also present in the meeting.

Jaipur: Chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday inaugurated the free generic veterinary medicines scheme, following which 87 veterinary drugs and 13 surgical consumables would be provided free of cost at the state hospitals from Wednesday onwards.

Speaking at the state-level function here, which was attended by hundreds of farmers and cattle-owners, Gehlot said the decision to launch the scheme was taken to ensure timely and better treatment for the cattle just like humans.

JAIPUR: To deal with the drought-like situation in Rajasthan, the state government has demanded Rs 7,424 crore from the Centre as well 27 lakh metric tones of wheat. The memorandum presented before the Central government is interim and includes the relief work for only 26 districts. The call on the other seven will be taken after the Girdawari.

In the memorandum, the state has asked the Centre to provide Rs 2,500 crore under MNREGA.

Jaipur: The alleged threat of radiation from mobile towers has now made the high court look up.

The Rajasthan high court, while hearing a case related to heath hazards due to mobile tower radiations on Thursday, demanded statistics from the state government on the number of cancer patients undergoing treatment and those who have died in Jaipur. The data, along with steps taken to address public concern over the radiation, has been sought by August 16.

A three-day orientation workshop on new livelihood projects in Rajasthan ended here on Thursday with the resolve to extend the benefits to the deserving people among the poor. The Rajasthan Gramin Ajeevika Vikas Parishad (RGAVP) announced that it would spend Rs.35 crore on implementation of the Rajasthan Rural Livelihood Project (RRLP) this year.

RGAVP State Mission Director P.C. Kishan said the project would gather full speed and vigour this year and prepare a robust ground for providing sustainable livelihood to the poor. He affirmed that nearly 80,000 people in the State would stand to benefit from RRLP this year.