Indore: Even after getting a whopping Rs 18 lakh for the medicinal plantation under the compensatory afforestation project, the proceedings for the work has been stuck due to the budget yet to be r

JAIPUR: The Supreme Court has allowed laying of underground water supply pipelines through the Chambal Ghariyal Sanctuary in Kota to provide drinking water to Bhilwara.

The World Bank-aided project worth Rs 1,363 crore would supply water to Bhilwara city from the Chambal river in Kota and would require an underground pipeline through the national wildlife sanctuary for 16 km.

Despite Rs. 11,000 crores set aside for compulsory afforestation (CA) under CAMPA, much of the funding in forestation programmes remains unused.

The Compensatory Afforestation Planning and Management Authority (CAMPA) funds comprise collections from industries and government organisation for diversion of forested areas to non-forest purposes.

NASHIK: To attract more tourists to Nashik, the Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra (FDCM) is planning to set up an eco-tourism centre at its 105-acre nursery near Makhmalabad village in

Elephants are frequently being electrocuted in Orissa and the government has sought to fix live wires with Central funds not meant for such an exercise, a request questioned by Central officials as

SRINAGAR, Nov 22: As much as 2319 hectares land has been covered by planting 16.02 lakh saplings, including local conifers in Jammu region under flagship forest conservation programme, Compensatory

Bhopal : Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan met union Minister for Environment and Forests Jayanthi Natarajan in New Delhi and urged her not to ban tourism in sanctuaries and tiger reserves, offi

SRINAGAR, Oct 4: Minister for Forest, Environment and Ecol¬ogy, Mian Altaf, today informed the Legislative Council that the geographical area of the Jammu and Kashmir State is 1,01,387km sq while t

Uttarakhand is the only State in India with more than 12,000 Van Panchayats and nearly one lakh members.

The Ministry of Environment and Forest has for the first admitted, in the High Court, that nearly Rs 816.08 crore of compensatory afforestation fund deposited by the Private Power Producers and com