For people, Surat & Ahd top list
New Delhi: In sharp contrast with the findings of the first Annual Survey of India’s City-Systems, Surat and Ahmedabad topped the list of 11 cities in the public survey on quality of life and city-system.
Survey of India
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City no. 1 in resources but ‘unsafe’
New Delhi: Delhi may be far from being the global city that the government tells us it is, but in a new survey on the state of city systems, the capital has done well on at least two parameters — first
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Mangrove plantation in four districts
In its bid to increase mangrove cover along the Odisha coast, the State Government has decided to take up plantation over 1,000 hectares in four districts. The Mangrove Action Committee of the State Government
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First animal census in Buxa
Alipurduar, July 11: The forest department will for the first time count the number of animals in the Buxa Tiger Reserve, except the big cats, in the coming winter and find out if the sanctuary has a balanced
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Urban growth eats into NCR green cover: Dense Forest Shrinks By 40%
New Delhi: Urbanization, road expansion and illegal mining seem to have taken a toll on the green cover in the national capital region (NCR) between 2000 and 2009. While the dense forest cover in the area
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IIFM to help MoEF draft cost-benefit analysis norms
Against the backdrop of the contentious issue of country’s development vs environment conservation, Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) is now drafting revised guidelines for evaluation of environmental
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Fires ravage 20,000 hectares of Himachal forests in two months
SHIMLA: Unusually hot and dry conditions this summer have turned the green hills of Himachal Pradesh into a tinderbox - literally. Forest wealth estimated at well over Rs.2 crore (over $400,000) spread
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Madhya Pradesh has most forests
Madhya Pradesh has the maximum area under forest cover among all the states in the country, an RTI query has revealed. According to the latest India State of Forest Report 2011, 77,700 kms (11.24 percent)
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Apex court stays demolitions in Sukhna catchment area
Chandigarh: SC orders bar on razing of any construction which has come up till May 21. In an immediate relief for those facing demolition of their buildings/ constructions in the Sukhna catchment area,
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Forest fire destroyed 200 hectares, claim officials
At least 141 incidents of forest fires have taken place in Uttarakhand since the beginning of March which has affected about 200 hectares of forest land. However, unofficial sources claim that nearly 1,000