July 04, 2025 3:54 pm
Disasters year after year illustrate the need for a Commission of Enquiry that takes people along
June 01, 2025 12:35 pm
The report by People for Aravallis emphasised the need to find alternative sources for construction materials, provide compensation to those affected by mining pollution, and implement initiatives to restore native plant species and revive dried-up rivers in Haryana.
April 18, 2024 9:46 pm
The Bombay High Court also expressed concerns over large-scale felling of trees and directed interim orders restraining the same in the corridor. It asked the authorities to create a task force to ensure the corridor does not suffer ecological damage.
August 23, 2023 9:35 pm
The occurrence of recent disasters such as landslides, rains, cloudbursts, and the subsidence in Joshimath in the Himalayan States has highlighted the imperative of prioritising environmental preservation over development. However, there is an ongoing debate on whether environmental concerns be traded for development in Himalayan states?
August 03, 2023 11:18 am
The Madhav Gadgil report recommended the establishment of a Western Ghats Ecology Authority under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, as a professional body to manage the ecology of the region and to ensure its sustainable development.
July 15, 2022 9:03 am
The Union Environment Ministry’s latest draft notification on Ecologically Sensitive Areas in the Western Ghats is facing stiff opposition in Karnataka. What does it say, and what is Karnataka's stand on the matter?
March 06, 2021 6:09 am
Officials said SDMC is seeking permission to dump this material in 3 former mining pits in the sanctuary and one outside it.
March 19, 2014 12:57 am
The Working Group had identified approximately 37 per cent of Western Ghats, 59,940 sq km of natural landscape of the hills, as ecologically sensitive.
November 17, 2013 3:20 am
The highest number of villages about 40 are in Dangs district.