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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal mining in the state of Uttarakhand, 28/11/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of National Green Tribunal Bar Association Vs. Gugan @ Muban, Rashid & various other Noticees dated 28/11/2016 regarding environmental and ecological degradation resulting from illegal mining in the state of Uttarakhand. Status report filed on behalf of the State of Uttarakhand states that 34 persons were found to be carrying on illegal mining, the quantum of illegal mining varied from 5 cubic meter to 18000 cubic meter. The State has compounded them with imposition of penalty which varies from Rs. 5,000 to Rs.3,85,000/-.

Judgement Date: 
28/11/2016
Tags:
Mining, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Compensation, Environment Act 1986
Forests

Only large-scale plantation can save ecology: Madan Kaushik

City legislator Madan Kaushik inaugurated a plantation drive organised by the Rudra Yagna Samiti and the Pragat Bharat Sanstha here yesterday.

Publication Date: 
28/11/2016
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Trees, Afforestation, Forest Conservation, Municipal Corporation, Forests
Mining

Demonetisation curbs illegal mining in U’khand dist

RUDRAPUR: Sixteen days after demonetization, as queues outside banks and ATMs continue to get longer, the decline in purchasing power of customers due to currency shortage has hit not just legal bu

Publication Date: 
25/11/2016
Aakash Ahuja
Times Of India (Dehradun)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Udham Singh Nagar, Mining, Illegal Trade, Rudrapur
Energy

Himalayan projects face flood risk

Potential hydro power projects in the Himalayan region would need to factor in chances of increased floods from the formation of new lakes and the expansion of existing ones due to melting glaciers

Publication Date: 
24/11/2016
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Hydroelectricity, Floods, Himalaya, Ecology, Global Warming, Energy
Climate Change

1% budget allocation of each govt dept to climate change adaptation

In a major decision to deal with climate change which is threatening to assume worrying proportions, the Uttarakhand government has decided to deploy one percent of the total budget of each of its

Publication Date: 
24/11/2016
Seema Sharma
Times Of India (Dehradun)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Climate Change, Climate Adaptation, Budget, Farmers, Crops, Natural Disasters, Climate Impacts
Forests

Depleting green cover adds to pollution woes in Haridwar

HARIDWAR: Even though the major culprits in the deterioration of Haridwar's air quality are burning of waste and dry leaves and vehicular emissions, the city's dwindling green cover is no less to b

Publication Date: 
10/11/2016
Times Of India (Dehradun)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Deforestation, Haridwar (D), Air Pollution, Ganga, Forests
Wildlife

Outside of protected reserves, 130 tigers thrive in Kumaon forest

NAINITAL: Kumaon’s western forest circle constitutes one-third of the tiger population of the country which is outside of tiger reserves, with 130 big cats living in the region, according to a new

Publication Date: 
09/11/2016
Vineet Upadhyay
Times Of India (Dehradun)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Tiger, Nainital (D), Corbett NP, Rajaji NP, Wildlife
Health

Dengue crosses 2,000 mark in state

DEHRADUN: The cases of dengue in Uttarakhand have soared to 2011 on Tuesday with Dehradun remaining on the top affected districts with 1386 cases.

Publication Date: 
09/11/2016
Times Of India (Dehradun)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Dengue, Vector Borne Diseases, Health Effects, Health
Environment

Order of the High Court of Uttarakhand regarding felling of trees indiscriminately as well as the unauthorized constructions, in the close vicinity of Bhimtal Lake area, Nainital, Uttarakhand, 07/11/2016

Order of the High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital in the matter of Tara Singh Rajput Vs State of Uttarakhand & Others dated 07/11/2016 regarding the issue of felling of trees indiscriminately as well as the unauthorized constructions, in the close vicinity of Bhimtal Lake area, Nainital district in the state of Uttarakhand.

Judgement Date: 
07/11/2016
Tags:
Lakes, Nainital (D), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Deforestation, Glaciers, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Glacial Melt, LPG, Kerosene, Tourism, Waste Disposal, River Pollution
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding M/s Aman Metals Finishers permission to operate its unit, Uttarakhand, 02/11/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s Aman Metals Finishers Vs. Uttrakhand Environment Protection and Pollution control Board dated 02/11/2016. M/s Aman Metal Finishers is the applicant seeking direction to permit it to operate its unit on the basis of provisional consent and authorization granted by Uttarakhand Environment Protection and Pollution Control Board vide order dated 24.06.2016.

Judgement Date: 
02/11/2016
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Industrial Waste, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP)

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