DANDI (GUJARAT): Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh launched the Green Action for National Dandi Heritage Initiative project in the historic coastal village in south Gujarat on Wednesday. It was at Dandi that Mahatma Gandhi launched his salt Satyagraha 80 years ago.
Ahmedabad: The Centre has embarked on yet another ambitious project to build a green memorial at Dandi to immortalise the salt march by Gandhi in 1930.
With an aim to rejuvenating Gandhi principles, a Rs 25-crore green project will be launched at Dandi on Wednesday to transform the area into an eco-friendly tourist destination.
Ahmedabad: The city and new Raipur have been chosen by the European Commission promoted body called International Co-operation for New Town Exchange (ICNTE) to showcase some of the best municipal practices before member nations.
PALAKKAD: The government will implement a special scheme for continuing the Eco-restoration Programme at Attappadi, said Local Self-Government Minister Paloli Mohammed Kutty.
The programme which is currently being undertaken by the Attappadi Hill Area Development Society (Ahads) and funded by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency, is set to end in March.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Forest Department has failed to carry out its plans to reconstitute eco-development committees (EDCs) in the wildlife sanctuaries and national parks of the State to ensure better accountability.
To Develop Alang As Eco-Friendly Spot
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Gandhinagar: After deciding to develop a mini-Japan in Dholera special investment region (SIR) as a feeder township for Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), the Japanese have shown interest in developing a Rs 5,000-crore eco-township project at Dahej.
Fifteen years of relentless environmental protection measures of the small Himalayan State of Sikkim today received a resounding endorsement from the Centre with the Union Tourism Minister, Ms Kumari Selja, declaring Sikkim as an
