HARIDWAR: Apprehending a fresh cracking of the whip by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Haridwar Municipal Corporation (HMC) is making renewed efforts to implement the ban on plastic and polythen

Flagging direct correlation between development activities and disaster in ecologically sensitive regions, a home ministry's body - National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) - has urged the

River rafting camps in Uttarakhand have come under the scanner due to a petition filed by a non-profit organization, Social Action for Forest and Environment (SAFE), before the National Green Tribu

DEHARDUN: Lakhs of Kanwarias -- the Uttrakhand government gave the figure of 3.19 crore -- who visited Haridwar in the last fortnight have left the city at the ghats of the Ganga to deal with a sta

If the Uttarakhand government has its way, lakhs of chir pines will be cut down in the name of curbing forest fires that have become rampant of late.

For the convenience of tourists and bird watchers thronging the Asan Conservation Reserve (ACR) to catch a glimpse of migratory birds, the state forest department will release the first wetland map

Urbanisation, rampant felling of trees to blame for the depletion

HARIDWAR: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has banned the use of plastic bottles around the banks of Uttarakhand here to check the menace of pollution in and around the river Ganges, an official s

LUCKNOW: Lack of waste management system and rampant open defecation are blots on the city's sanitation.