DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand government's special mining vigilance force (SMVF), constituted last December, has come down hard on illegal mining in the state's ecologically sensitive zones.
DEHRADUN: After last June's disaster, Uttarakhand's Harish Rawat government has decided to to carry out detailed mapping of different rivers and rivulets besides ecologically sensitive landslide-pr
Noted ecologist and Western Ghats expert Madhav Gadgil said the usage of earthmoving machinery for creating terraces for cultivation must be avoided in ecologically sensitive areas like Malin.
The ashram of controversial self-styled godman Asaram Bapu in the ecologically sensitive central ridge of the capital has a "large number" of illegal constructions, the National Green Tribunal (NGT