SHILLONG: The Jaintia Youth Federation (central body) has expressed its serious concern over the fate of enquiry into the establishment of huge cement plants that are operating in the district and

Industries to chip in with 40 lakh plants and saplings

Under criticism for the scanty green cover across the state and not utilising the Centre’s fund, the state government will plant 5 billion trees over next five years.

New Delhi After a short period of lenience in allowing coal mining in “no-go” forest areas, the environment ministry has decided to impose stringent penalties on violators.

Agartala: The autonomous Tripura Forest Development and Plantation Corporation has decided to encourage bamboo cultivation and medicinal plant and rare herb plantations besides rubber, officials sa

Patnitop passenger aerial ropeway project

A massive campaign will be taken up during the next five years, with the assistance of the local public sector units as well as the private sector, to grow 40 lakh trees in and around Visakhapatnam

The city's fall from grace has been dramatic. Experts point to the decade immediately after the economic liberalisation, especially between 1997 and 2001, when the city lost up to 99 per cent of its green cover in some parts. The built-up area in the city nearly doubled in that short period, show remote sensing satellite images.

Lieutenant-Governor launches International Year of Forests celebration by planting a sapling