India's giant public sector undertaking, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited's (BHEL) Haridwar unit has registered the highest ever turnover of Rs 4,237 crore during 2010-11.
Soil organic carbon was estimated in four land uses viz. forests, plantations, agroforestry and horticulture in Haridwar district. Over all 425 soil samples were collected from different land uses at various locations.
The Uttarakhand Red Cross Society in Haridwar and District Magistrate R Meenakshi Sundaram are overseeing efforts undertaken by a team of doctors and Red Cross volunteers who are providing medical treatment facilities in the villages of Haridwar district affected by natural calamities.
According to official sources, Red Cross secretary Dr Naresh Chaudhary is heading the team of doctors and volu
New Delhi: With the flood situation grim in Uttarakhand, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, the Centre has rushed several teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), comprising more than 500 personnel, for rescue and relief work in affected areas in the three states and kept military helicopters on standby to ferry essential items.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday announced ex gratia ass
Incessant rain has put the Tehri dam under tremendous threat with water levels in the reservoir crossing the 828.85 metre mark.
This is seven metres above its normal strength.
Dehradun/Lucknow: Water levels at the Tehri dam rose menacingly, following incessant rain in the hills of Uttarakhand, and the release of waters from its massive reservoir to avoid breaches threatened flooding of nearly 1,200 villages downstream along the Ganga.
But a threat of floods in Haridwar passed, with Tehri authorities staggering flows to avoid a sudden surge.
LUCKNOW: There's dispute brewing over the holy waters of Ban Ganga and Saloni rivers in Muzaffarnagar district of UP. And it all started when huge quantities of dead fish appeared, four days ago, on the surface of river waters of Shukratal -- regarded as mini-Haridwar of the region.
This study demonstrates the application of remote sensing, GIS and GPS for preparation of sustainable land and water resources development action plans for Pathri Rao sub-watershed in Haridwar district of Uttarakhand. High resolution IKONOS satellite imagery was used for detailed land use/cover mapping on 1 : 12,500 scale.
