Welcoming the Centre’s affidavit presented before the Supreme Court on not constructing mega hydro-electricity projects on Uttarakhand rivers, Uttarakhand Lok Vahini, a group of public activists in

The Shyampur range of the Haridwar forest division, which should ideally be conserved, has turned into a dumping ground. Garbage from the entire Haridwar town is dumped here.

A week after the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) declared a 100-km stretch from Gaumukh to Uttarkashi in Uttarkashi district as an eco-sensitive zone, the Uttarakhand Cabinet on Sunday p

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 aim of freeing the State Capital from the menace of tobacco should start from Mussoorie and the upcoming winter line carnival is the best opportunity to kick start the campaign”, Chief Develop

Uttarakhand is all set to promote rooftop solar power as part of alternate energy initiative, with the Union Ministry of New Renewable Energy already having a target of 7 MW of power generation thr

One of the heaviest spells of snowfall has left 30 people dead in Uttarakhand in the last two days.

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Vimal Bhai Vs. Japee Associates & Ors. dated 05/12/2014 regarding dumping of muck or debris in the river Alaknanda by Jaypee Associates.

The common stand taken by the Respondents including the Project Proponent is that there was no muck dumped or deposited by them in the river bed and it was as a result of flash flood that occurred in the month of June, 2013 and as a result thereof some muck had got collected on the riverbanks.

HARIDWAR: After activists against environmental degradation and some spiritual leaders took up the matter of the large scale of illegal sand quarrying on the Ganga riverbed, the Haridwar district a

HALDWANI/NAINITAL: Elaborate efforts to revive the Naini lake with the help of artificial oxygen supply and advanced biological technology may soon grind to a halt due to the shortage of funds and

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