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Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding disposal of waste generated by Park Prime Hotel into river Ganga, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, 11/08/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Park Prime Hotel Vs. State of Uttarakhand & Ors. dated 11/08/2016 regarding disposal of waste generated by Park Prime Hotel into river Ganga, Haridwar, Uttarakhand. Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board submits that the Hotel is now compliant and non-polluting. It has got its own STP and is located at a reasonable distance from river Ganga. In view of this NGT directs the seal of the Hotel to be removed.

Judgement Date: 
11/08/2016
Tags:
Ganga, Hotels, Haridwar (T), Waste Disposal, River Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
Land

Tehri dam displaced families will get land ownership rights

In accordance with the earlier decision of the Supreme Court of India, the Tehri dam displaced families rehabilitated in Pashulok and Pathari areas will be granted land ownership rights.

Publication Date: 
09/08/2016
Pioneer (Dehradun)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Tehri, Displacement, Rehabilitation, Land
Natural Disasters

Flash floods kill 2 in J&K, flood-like situation in Rajasthan

In Uttarakhand, where most of the places have been receiving rain for the past several days, a heavy rain alert has been issued over the next 48 hours

Publication Date: 
09/08/2016
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Floods, Rainfall, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Rajasthan, Natural Disasters, Jammu & Kashmir
Climate Change

Gangotri glacier retreating at 12m annually: Experts

DEHRADUN: Gangotri glacier, one of the largest in Uttarakhand, is retreating at 12 metres per year, said scientists at the GB Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development (GBPIHED) who a

Publication Date: 
08/08/2016
Yogesh Kumar
Times Of India (Dehradun)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Glacial Melt, Uttarkashi (D), Global Warming, Climate Impacts, Climate Change
Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal construction for commercial purposes on the river bed of Ganga in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, 05/08/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajiv Savara Vs. Darrameks Hotel & Developers Pvt. Ltd. & Ors. dated 05/08/2016 regarding illegal construction for commercial purposes on the river bed of Ganga in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand.

The Counsel for Darrameks Hotel & Developers Pvt. Ltd. submits that in discharge of corporate and social responsibilities they would clean plastic and other waste from river Ganga which comes within their stretch.

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Judgement Date: 
05/08/2016
Tags:
Ganga, Hotels, Waste Disposal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, River Pollution, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
Wildlife

In a first in the country, female monkeys to be given oral 'contraceptive' in Uttarakhand

DEHRADUN: In a bid to control monkey menace in the state, the Uttarakhand forest department in collaboration with the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) is going to introduce a project, pegged as th

Publication Date: 
05/08/2016
Seema Sharma
Times Of India (Dehradun)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Monkey, Contraception, Govind NP, Population, People - Animal Conflicts, Wildlife
Wildlife

India's first tiger cell to be set up in Dehradun

The country's first tiger cell will soon take shape at the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) campus in Dehradun.

Publication Date: 
05/08/2016
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Tiger, Dehradun (D), National Tiger Conservation Authority, Bangladesh, Nepal, Wildlife
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding forest fires in the state of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, 04/08/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajiv Dutta, Senior Advocate Vs. Union of India & Others dated 04/08/2016 regarding forest fires in the state of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Tribunal directs that State of Uttar Pradesh and State of Uttarakhand to submit to the MoEF & CC the Crisis Management Plan for forest fires preventions and control prepared by them.

Judgement Date: 
04/08/2016
Tags:
Forest Fires, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Wildlife

Confusion over tiger's presence at 14000 ft altitude at Kedarnath

DEHRADUN: A few days after the Uttarakhand forest department disclosed that there were sightings of a tiger at 12,000 feet in the Askot wildlife sanctuary in Pithoragarh, the first time the presenc

Publication Date: 
04/08/2016
Seema Sharma
Times Of India (Dehradun)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Pithoragarh (D), Tiger, Kedarnath SA, Endangered Species, Wildlife
Environment

33 beaches in state suitable for camping: U’khand govt to NGT

DEHRADUN: The Uttarakhand government, in its submission to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in connection with the ban on beach camping in the state, said on Wednesday that 33 beaches in the state

Publication Date: 
04/08/2016
Seema Sharma
Times Of India (Dehradun)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Beaches, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Wildlife, Deforestation, Environmental Security, Environment

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