'Shrinking of agri land will create severe food shortage'

The State government is understood to have promised legislators hailing from the Malnad region that it will protect the interests of farmers to whom the Forest department had recently issued notices, regarding encroachment of its lands.

New Delhi: Unhappy with failure of state authorities to preserve and protect the fast diminishing water bodies in the capital, the Delhi high court has issued contempt notice to the environment sec

Sarakki water body sees mushrooming of properties

Around 9,380 hectares of forestland has been encroached upon in Rupandehi district by landless people and freed Kamlaris, according to the District Forest Office (DFO).

SRINAGAR: The Committee on Environment of Legislative Assembly today recommended that all the Deputy Commissioners should act as nodal officers for ensuring Environmental Protection within their respective districts.

The Committee, which met under the chairmanship of MLA, M. Y. Tarigami discussed various issues related to environment. The meeting was attended by legislators, Mohammad Sharief Niaz, Abdul Rehman Veeri, Mohammad Khalil Band, M. Y. Shah, Rafi Ahmed Mir, Prof. Gharu Ram Bhagat, Durga Dass and Mohammad Ashraf Ganaie.

Noida: A day after TOI reported that Noida Authority had been selectively demolishing illegal structures on river beds, an anti encroachment squad on Friday razed a number of unauthorized, concrete

HYDERABAD: The state government will send proposals worth Rs 2, 122 crore to the Centre under the JNNURM scheme for infrastructure projects including construction of grade separator at Tolichowki,

Former Mayor of East Delhi Municipal Corporation Annapurna Mishra has demanded that the Delhi Government appeal against the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order for evacuation of all unauthorised co