The ministry of environment finds itself in an embarrassing situation with its own 11-member expert panel, led by Ravi Chopra, questioning how the Lakhwar-Vyasi hydro-project was given clearance in

Taking cognisance of the media report about complaints regarding shortage of drinking water in certain areas in Dehradun and increase in patients of diarhhoea due to consumption of contaminated dri

Hearing on a Public Interest Litigation on Thursday, the Uttarakhand High Court has directed the State Government to strengthen the State Forest Department’s anti-poaching cell while leaving on the

Following the death of two leopards in different incidents apparently due to inefficiency of Forest Department personnel, activists have requested the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) m

Last year, the government had decided to set up a water regulatory commission to decide the tariffs of water

The Supreme Court on Wednesday continued the ban on issuance of environmental and forest clearances to power projects in Uttarakhand.

The Central Empowered Committee (CEC), constituted by the Supreme Court has directed the Uttarakhand forest department to stop any construction work that is in violation of the Wildlife Protection

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The committee was appointed by the ministry in October 2013 following a Supreme Court order.

At least 23 power projects should be scrapped in Uttarakhand, a high-level committee of the Environment Ministry has recommended while partly blaming hydro-power plants for the devastation caused by flash floods in the state last year.