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Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of river Kausi and Ganga, Uttarakhand, 12/07/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Suo Motu Uttarakhand Human Rights Commission Vs. Chief Secretary, Govt. Of Uttarakhand & Others dated 12/07/2016 regarding pollution of river Kausi and Ganga.

NGT directs counsel appearing for the State of Uttarakhand and Pay Jal Nigam to state all steps for preventing pollution of river Kausi and Ganga.

Judgement Date: 
12/07/2016
Tags:
River Pollution, Ganga, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Solid Waste

Trekkers collect 2,127kg of waste at Roopkund in Himalayas

Group has been collecting waste from the trail for the past three years now

Publication Date: 
11/07/2016
Daily News Analysis (Delhi)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Himalaya, Waste Disposal, Waste Recycling, Waste Management, Solid Waste
Health

Mobile apps teach citizens how to prevent dengue outbreak

DEHRADUN: With dengue claiming its first victim in Uttarakhand, the citizens are a worried lot.

Publication Date: 
11/07/2016
Shivani Saxena
Times Of India (Dehradun)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Dengue, Vector Borne Diseases, Health Education, Monsoons, Sanitation, Health
Natural Disasters

Strengthening disaster risk management in India: a review of five state disaster management plans

India has suffered from many disasters in its recent history, both natural and climate-related, and these continue to cause devastation. In November 2015, floods in the southern city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, killed over 370 people and damaged crops worth US$190 m.

Publication Date: 
07/07/2016
Aditya Bahadur, Emma Lovell, Florence Pichon
Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)
Tags:
Disaster Management, Disaster Preparedness, Finance, Climate Change, India, Natural Disasters, Assam, Bihar Sharif, Orissa (Odisha), Gujarat, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
Natural Disasters

Strengthening disaster risk management in India: a review of five state disaster management plans

India has suffered from many disasters in its recent history, both natural and climate-related, and these continue to cause devastation. In November 2015, floods in the southern city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, killed over 370 people and damaged crops worth US$190 m.

Publication Date: 
07/07/2016
Aditya Bahadur, Emma Lovell, Florence Pichon
Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)
Tags:
Disaster Management, Disaster Preparedness, Finance, Climate Change, India, Natural Disasters, Assam, Bihar Sharif, Orissa (Odisha), Gujarat, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
Mining

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal mining in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, 06/07/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sandeep Kumar Vs. MoEF & Others dated 06/07/2016 regarding illegal mining in Haridwar, Uttarakhand. Tribunal directs the Committee consisting of Director Mines, State of Uttarakhand, Member Secretary, Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board and District Magistrate, Haridwar to hear the Applicant (Sandeep Kumar) and asked the committee will determine the environmental compensation payable for illegal mining as well as on account of environmental degradation.

Judgement Date: 
06/07/2016
Tags:
Mining, Haridwar (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Climate Change

Forest dept prepares framework for climate action plan

The Uttarakhand forest department has prepared a framework for implementing the state's climate action plan.

Publication Date: 
06/07/2016
Seema Sharma
Times Of India (Dehradun)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Climate Change, Forests, Natural Disasters, Water Resources, Eco-Sensitive Zone
Natural Disasters

DMMC team to conduct geological study of cloudburst-hit villages

DEHRADUN: A team of experts from the Disaster Mitigation and Management Centre (DMMC) is conducting a geological study of the villages in Pithoragarh that were hit by landslides triggered by cloudb

Publication Date: 
06/07/2016
Gaurav Talwar
Times Of India (Dehradun)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Disaster Management, Rainfall, Landslides, Pithoragarh (D), Natural Disasters
Natural Disasters

U'khand cloudburts: rescue operations wound up at most places

The rescue operations launched in the wake of heavy rains and cloudbursts in hilly state of Uttarakhand were wound up today in most places except in Bastadi in Pithoragarh district which bore the m

Publication Date: 
06/07/2016
Times Of India (Dehradun)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Rainfall, Landslides, Floods, Disaster Management, Pithoragarh (D), Chamoli, Natural Disasters
Natural Disasters

Uttarakhand cloudburst: Death toll rises to 20, 12 still missing

Dehradun: The search and rescue teams have recovered four more bodies from the debris in the cloudburst-hit villages of Pithoragarh district, raising the death toll in the natural disaster to 20 wh

Publication Date: 
05/07/2016
Gaurav Talwar
Times Of India (Dehradun)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Rainfall, Landslides, Floods, Pithoragarh (D), Chamoli, Natural Disasters

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