Around 7 to 8 hectares of forests have been lost in the Nanda Devi National Park in the last one decade either due to climate change or the Kedarnath flash floods of 2013.

NAINITAL: In gross violation of many mining guidelines including Section 157 of the Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1963, which says that the individual holder of agricultural land can on

Activists of the Maa Ganga Aahwan Akhada have urged National Green Tribunal (NGT) local Commissioner S Jaidi to take stringent action against those violating its order regarding ban on polythene ba

NAINITAL: To promote safe housing which will be fire, water and quake-proof, the forest department is planning to promote a hybrid of bamboo, called 'Reinforcement Compact Bamboo Material' or 'Bull

The Uttarakhand Government has decided that the State Cabinet will pass a proposal for green felling of pine trees in the mountainous regions of Uttarakhand and then approach the Supreme Court with

DEHRADUN: The state forest department has sent a proposal to the Centre seeking permission for dredging in around 1,300 hectares in the Ganga and its tributaries at various places in the Haridwar d

DEHRADUN: The state capital has been selected by the Centre for implementing an ultra-modern sanitation plan, for which a meeting of Dehradun Municipal Corporation officials was held on Monday with

Concern over the "looming threat" to flora and fauna in the eco-sensitive Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary from helicopter operations to fly pilgrims to the religious shrine there was expressed by an e

Rajnish Jain 54 Founder and CEO of Avani Bio Energy, Uttarakhand
Pine push

HARIDWAR: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) saw heated arguments at its hearing convened on Tuesday in New Delhi pertaining to the ban on the use of plastic and polythene in Haridwar, which was ope