An environmental scientist continues his relentless battle to save the Ganga, this time by starting a fast unto death.

Residents living across the capital city are facing the brunt of the department due to non-functioning tubewells which has affected supply of potable water.

The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India has proposed a 30-point agenda with a view to achieve double digit growth during the next decade in Uttarakhand.

The government expressed willingness to halt all power projects coming up in the Ganga’s Alaknanda and Bhagirathi river basi-ns as part of its concessions to 80-year-old Prof. G.D. Agarwal (Swami Gyansw-aroop Anand) to persuade him to break his prolonged fast at the AIIMS here on Friday.

These include the 330MW Srinagar hydroelectric po-wer project, Singoli-Bhat-wari and Phata-Byung on the Mandakini, Khotibhal IA on the Bhagirathi, Vish-nugad-Pipalkoti and Alakn-anda-Badrinath on the Ala-knanda and Devsari on the Pindar.

The amended draft of the Dehradun Master Plan is replete with the mistakes which were expected to be corrected.

Dehradun Power major NTPC today said it is implementing three big hydel projects with a total capacity of 942 Mw in Uttarakhand.

These three projects include Tapovan Vishnugad (520 mw), Rupsiyabagar-Khasiabara (261 mw) and Lata Topovan (171 mw) in the state, NTPC’s regional executive director (Hydro) Malvinder S Soin said.While Tapovan and Lata are situated on river Dhauliganga in Chamoli district,

The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has not yet issued a no-objection certificate for construction of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) on forest land at Sumari in Srinaga

Despite the fact that most of the higher areas of Uttarakhand are covered with snow during winter, companies engaged in power generation have set new records in terms of power generation in Febr

Jajpur: About 16 species of mangrove plants are proved as sources of anti-cancer drugs.

Garbage dumped in the open near a popular temple on Mussoorie Road has not only damaged the local environment but is also encouraging monkeys to settle in this area.