Though the Union Government has given the utmost priority to the conservation of the Ganga, the holy river seems to be facing a new threat at the place of its origin.

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand government's special mining vigilance force (SMVF), constituted last December, has come down hard on illegal mining in the state's ecologically sensitive zones.

DEHRADUN: The relocation of around 181 families from Sonanadi Wildlife Sanctuary (SWLS) in Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) is likely to increase the tiger density there.

Opposing declaration of a sensitive zone within 10 km radius of Binsar sanctuary, residents of villages surrounding the sanctuary today demonstrated at the sanctuary’s gate.

To provide Rs 807 crore to address forest degradation

The plea alleged illegal sand mining in Haridwar

There are reports of light to medium rains in parts of the state including capital Dehradun

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A shooting range set up in Kalagarh forest range, which has a high population of tigers, elephants and leopards, is being used to train foresters since several years in violation of the Wildlife Pr

The level of civic sanitation in Pauri town has continued to deteriorate with the municipal waste being dumped haphazardly in the open.

Environmentalists have said that the construction of the Pancheshwar dam will rub salt on the yet to heal wounds left by the construction of the Tehri dam.