Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Khatema Fibres Limited Vs Uttarakhand Environment Protection and Pollution Control Board & Others dated 04/05/2016 on the issue whether the applicant industry uses or does not use chemical in its pulping process and whether it generates any black liquor. Tribunal permits the industry to operate for a period of 6 months at the first instance and then to its optimum capacity and it would be subject to a surprise joint
The Uttarakhand high court has asked the state pollution control board to reconsider its decision of shutting down seven factory units for violating norms.
Uttarakhand high court on Wednesday scheduled June 3 as the next date for hearing a public interest litigation on illegal mining on the banks and outskirts if river Kosi.
In what could be a big boost to those fighting against rampant mining in Uttarakhand, the state government is contemplating making Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar districts as no-mining zones.
The Uttarakhand Pollution Board has initiated action against five sugar mills of Udham Singh Nagar after water samples taken from their premises by a National Green Tribunal (NGT) team were found t
Different teams of the anti-mining vigilance cell raided different cities for the fourth consecutive day today in order to check illegal mining in the state’s riverbeds.
HALDWANI: Udham Singh Nagar administration plans to install an advanced garbage treatment plant in Rudrapur in collaboration with a Delhi-based private firm.
Under attack from the opposition over the alleged illegal mining, the Uttarakhand government on Thursday said it would amend the policy to make the mining laws more stringent.
DEHRADUN: The Uttarakhand government has sent a proposal to the Centre seeking to relocate about 2,400 people from more than 300 villages located in landslide-prone areas in nine hilly districts to
