Ahmedabad: Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has directed Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan to have state-level recovery plans for the Great Indian Bustard.

Gujarat principal chief conservator of forests C N Pandey said, “We had met experts recently and have now prepared a draft report, which has been approved and is in the final stages.”

The Yamuna, which flows through the city of Delhi and provides drinking water to millions of its inhabitants, has been given the short shrift by four main contending political parties — the Congres

The National Green Tribunal on Monday directed the Union environment ministry to clarify its status on implementing the River Regulation Zone policy so that rampant encroachment activities over flo

Srinagar, November 18: The Department of Irrigation and Flood Control will act tough against the encroachers on the banks of Srinagar’s lifeline river, the Jhelum.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the state government to chalk out a rehabilitation plan to free encroachments from all water bodies in the state including the Siddique Hassan Khan Ta

KSSP Team Starts Inspection Of Vembanad Lake

Kochi:The people’s commission on Vembanad ecosystem (PCVE), set up by the Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad (KSSP) to study the nature and extent of encroachments and violations on wetlands, met in Kochi and inspected waterfront areas.

Even as the high court’s decision on allowing a National Green Tribunal circuit bench here is pending, the court clarified on Wednesday that it would not hear 45 types of cases related to environmental issues.

With the court adopting such a stance, litigants in these 45 types of cases will have to travel to Chennai for grievance redressal before the National Green Tribunal’s regional bench there, which is expected to drive up the cost of litigation significantly.

More than a lakh litre of sewage and waste water flow into the Upper Lake every day.

The state government on Monday informed the AP high court that it has ambitious plans to beautify the entire 34 kilometres of Musi river spread in the GHMC area at a cost of Rs 922 crore.