Shimla: With the inspection report of the district administration regarding violations in execution of the 100 MW Tidong-I hydro power project in Kinnaur indicting executors of causing damage to numerous trees and undertaking unscientific road construction, residents of the adjoining villagers are up in arms against the very coming up of the project.

The inquiry report of the Kinnaur administration on the 100 MW Tidong Hydro Power Project has revealed gross violations in construction norms in forest area and blatant damage to environment beyond the limits for which the company, Hyderabad based Niji Vidu Seeds Limited, has taken permission.

In two years since 2005, there has been no change in the status of the green cover in five districts of the national Capital while it has declined in east Delhi due to tree felling, says a government report.

North-east and north Delhi districts added 0.39 sq km and 0.04 sq km, respectively, to the forest cover from 2005 to 2007 owing to plantations, the Forest Survey Report 2009 said.

BHUBANESWAR: Opposition MLAs today demanded in the Assembly that the Vigilance, inquiring into the multi-crore mining scam, should be asked to investigate whether the Forest Conservation Act has been violated by owners of mines.

ELISABETH ROSENTHAL Copenhagen, 16 December

Negotiators have all but completed a sweeping deal that would compensate countries for preserving forests, and in some cases, other natural landscapes like peat soils, swamps and fields that play a crucial role in curbing climate change.

AGARTALA, Dec 13: The Tripura Government has adopted a new strategy for protection of forest land, besides promoting settled agriculture among the tribal communities.

SHILLONG, Dec 9