Environmental clearance was granted to a 300-MW hydroelectric power project on February 3 even as a Supreme Court order dated August 13, 2013 clearly said the Union Ministry of Environment and Fore

The Asian Development Bank today signed a $200 million loan agreement with India to help rehabilitate people who were affected by floods and landslides in Uttarakhand last June.

U.P., Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi, H.P. will also benefit

A 300-MW hydro power project in Uttarakhand received clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forests on Monday. The Lakhwar project is located in the Upper Yamuna River Basin in Dehradun district, Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar told The Hindu .

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) in response to a case filed on January 2 has issued notice to the Alaknanda Hydropower Company Limited (AHPCL).

Earlier, a case was filed with the NGT by the Srinagar Bandh Aapda Sangharsh Samiti, an organisation for the affected residents of Srinagar, Pauri district, and Matu Jansangthan, an organisation that works on dam related issues.

Slamming the Uttarakhand government for encouraging industrial development in the ecologically sensitive region, environmentalist Anil Prakash Joshi opposed the proliferation of industries in the S

The Uttarakhand government has sought a special dispensation for use of forest land to speed up construction of rural roads in the state, crucial to its reconstruction and development efforts.

The government has asked that the relaxation for forest clearance given to Naxal-affected areas for construction of rural roads be extended to Uttarakhand as well.

In exciting news for wildlife conservationists, a camera installed at Gangotri National Park in Uttarkashi district has caught two snow leopards, a rare species.

Sixteen buildings in Simi village have collapsed as a result of land sinking due to continuous erosion by the Mandakini.