Uttarakhand forests are smouldering, leading to a loss of forest wealth worth crores, besides invaluable damage to flora and fauna. These raging fires have also claimed two human lives. With mercury soaring high, forest fires have engulfed large areas in the Garhwal as well as the Kumaon regions of the state. State government officials have requested the remote sensing agency to provide satellite imagery of the prevailing fires to know the exact damage.
WILL it quake or will it not? That is the topic being hotly debated by seismologists and environmentalists regarding the Tehri dam project in Tehri Garhwal, Uttar Pradesh (up). The latest in the
A function to mark the World Environment Day and the 17th anniversary of the National Museum of Natural History, witnessed high drama as anti-Tehri dam activists gheraoed the Union minister of state
Although it is hard for the hill State to exploit its wind energy resources given its geographical terrain, Uttarakhand is soon going to have its first wind power project in Bachelikhal, a small Tehri hamlet.
If all goes as planned, the concerned agency will begin work on this ambitious wind renewable energy project by September.
The procedure for land acquisition and allotment for the proje
