Imphal, April 17 (IANS) The Manipur government has announced plans to develop a bird sanctuary at Kharungpat in Kakching district, in a move aimed at strengthening biodiversity conservation and promoting eco-tourism in the state, officials said on Friday.A senior forest official said the proposed sanctuary will cover around 227 hectares, accounting for about 6.7 per cent of the total wetland area. The site is considered ecologically significant, particularly for the conservation of waterbirds, i…
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Jaipur, April 8 (IANS) The Central Zone Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in Bhopal comprising Justice Sheo Kumar Singh (Judicial Member) and Prashant Gargava (Expert Member), on Wednesday, has taken suo motu cognisance of a report, concerning a fatal explosion at an oxygen plant in Jaipur. According to the report, a tragic incident occurred at an oxygen refilling plant in the Vishwakarma Industrial Area of Jaipur, where multiple oxygen cylinders exploded during refilling operations. Th…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the government has appointed Vir Vikram Yadav as the new Director General of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), replacing Faiz Ahmed Kidwai.Yadav, who is currently serving as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, will now head India’s aviation regulator at a time when the sector is expanding rapidly.With rising air traffic, growing airline fleets and increased focus on safety,…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) India has emerged as the global leader in issuing Internationally Recognised Certificates of Compliance (IRCCs) under the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS), accounting for more than 56 per cent of all certificates issued worldwide, an Environment Ministry official said on Tuesday. According to the latest data on the ABS Clearing-House, India has issued 3,561 IRCCs out of a global total of 6,311, placing it far ahead of all other countries in implement…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notices to the Centre, Uttar Pradesh government and multiple authorities over alleged large-scale environmental degradation in Sai Upwan city forest in Ghaziabad, where nearly 70,000 trees are claimed to have been destroyed due to years of waste dumping and sewage inundation. Taking cognisance of an original application filed by petitioner Rajendra Tyagi, a former municipal corporator and board member of the Ghaziabad Develo…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) India has emerged as the global leader in issuing Internationally Recognised Certificates of Compliance (IRCCs) under the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS), accounting for more than 56 per cent of all such certificates issued worldwide, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change announced on Tuesday.According to the latest data available on the ABS Clearing-House, India has issued 3,561 IRCCs out of a global total of 6,311, placing it sign…
Gwalior, March 28 (IANS) WWF India, in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), on Saturday organised awareness and outreach activities in Gwalior to mark 20 years of Earth Hour, with a nationwide call to “Give an Hour for Earth”. The activities were conducted under WWF-India’s Environmental Information, Awareness, Capacity Building and Livelihood Programme (EIACP) as part of the nationwide observance of Earth Hour.The programme was held in …
Bhopal, March 24 (IANS) The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has received crucial wildlife clearance for the Betul–Khandwa–Deshgaon (Package-I) project, paving the way for enhanced connectivity in central India while prioritising ecological safeguards in a sensitive tiger corridor. The 125-km stretch, traversing forest areas under the Betul (North and South) and Khandwa Forest Divisions, involves the diversion of approximately 167 hectares of forest land. The alignment passes t…
Bhubaneswar, March 23 (IANS) The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has sought an action taken report from the Odisha Forest, Environment and Climate Change Department regarding the alleged proposal of felling of more than 2,000 full-grown trees for the construction of a new building at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela.Acting on a complaint filed by one Alaya Samantaray, an RTI and Environmental Activist, the MoEF&CC, on March 20, wrote…
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) A sea of Forest Guards in uniform, sitting on their cycles and passing through India Gate, was the highlight of Sunday morning at the 66th Fit India Sundays on Cycle event. The flag-off at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium became a proud moment as the army band played patriotic tunes and conch shells were blown. The latest edition of Fit India Sundays on Cycle was organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the Ministry o…