VARANASI: A committee, constituted by the state government, will start studying the threat being posed to the scenic ghats along Ganga due to heightening sand dunes of tortoise sanctuary on the opposi ...More

The petition said Cooum river is now spoilt by filth and pollution and the water quality is considered to be highly toxic The National Green Tribunal’s Southern Bench has ordered the Chennai Corpora ...More

CHENNAI: As the Centre is drawing up an ambitious plan of cleaning the river Ganges, three rivers crisscrossing the city too are all set for a makeover. Underlining the importance of water channels ...More

CHENNAI: As the Centre is drawing up an ambitious plan of cleaning the river Ganges, three rivers crisscrossing the city too are all set for a makeover. Underlining the importance of water channels ...More

KOCHI: As the World Environment Day theme focuses on ‘Small islands and climate change,' those residing on the premises of the Korappuzha have taken conservation of the river through aquaculture as th ...More

VARANASI: How the project of turning the Ganga into a waterway, which is the top agenda of new transport & highways and shipping minister Nitin Gadkari, will be executed as drudging is not possible in ...More

KERI: May 22, is being celebrated as the International Day of Biodiversity this year with the theme on 'Island Biodiversity'. Goa, nestled amidst the Western Ghats and west coast has displayed ri ...More

The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday appointed a senior officer of Haryana Mining Department to carry out a survey within a month to ascertain the topography and quantity of sand mined at an Air For ...More

PUDUCHERRY: The National Green Tribunal has asked the Puducherry government to set up two check posts near a riverbed within 30 days to prevent illegal mining of sand. Tribunal's judicial member Ju ...More

KANPUR: Though the Supreme Court has given directions to the state government to check illegal mining along riverbeds, large-scale illegal mining of sand is going on from Patharra to the downstream Bh ...More

NAGPUR: Taking a cue from Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, the state government has decided to charge companies applying for environmental clearance. The minimum fee is Rs 1 lakh, and maximum Rs15 lakh, with ...More

NOIDA: In a first for any state, the Haryana government has made public its losses on account of illegal sand mining. In a report submitted to the National Green Tribunal on Tuesday, the government ha ...More

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court banned in-stream mining and use of mechanised equipment for mining in 18 sand quarries near the Cauvery and Kollidam rivers in the districts of Karur, Tiruch ...More

The Madras High Court on Thursday stayed 'in-stream' sand mining and mining using machinery at 18 quarry sites in Thanjavur, Tiruchirapalli and Karur districts. Justice V Ramasubramanian and Justice V ...More

Believe it or not, there is water scarcity in Manipur where many localities in the capital of the state have lack of potable water. Climatic change, deforestation and exploiting of river beds by ille ...More

PANAJI: Chief minister Manohar Parrikar has written to union minister of environment and forests Veerapa Moily, strongly objecting to MOEF's draft notification on the Western Ghats in Goa. In a r ...More

BHOPAL: Central zone bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered closing of mining leases of 18 mines in Betul district approved by the district-level environmental committee on grounds tha ...More

AHMEDABAD: In a big relief to the mining lease holders across the state, Gujarat high court on Monday recalled its order asking the state government to cancel all sand mining leases that do not have e ...More

CUTTACK: For the Millennium city, which is located between two rivers Kathajodi and Mahanadi, rising pollution level in both rivers has been a major cause of concern. But this issue has failed to attr ...More

NAGPUR: Katlabodi tigress and her three sub-adult cubs seem to be under severe threat from brick kilns on the edge of reserve forest areas in Kalmeshwar range, 35km from Nagpur. The Katlabodi tigress ...More