Wind power firms left in the lurch
Jaipur: Despite power regulator Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC) reversing an order passed by the previous government last year and bringing in fresh norms to ensure continuity in renewable
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More trees to be axed for Metro project
Nearly 90 Trees To Be Cut In Walled City Jaipur: Even though nearly 600 trees have been felled for constructing phase-I (Mansarovar to Chandpole) corridor and many more will be axed again, the Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation (JMRC) has not completed re-plantation till date, as per mandatory rules.
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Publicity gives illegal miners the edge, drive not on expected lines
Even as the government has launched a wide-spread campaign against illegal mining in the state, the monitoring and control agencies are having a tough time as the government move has alerted the miners
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Project Tiger fails to shift villagers from core reserve of Sariska
The objective of 'Project Tiger' of Union ministry of environment and forests to provide inviolate area for tiger movement might be just beating around the bush, at least in Rajasthan. The project that
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101cr spent, but relocation nowhere
After spending Rs 101.6 crore on village relocation, the Ranthambore tiger reserve has still not been able to create inviolate space for the tigers. While three villages have been totally shifted, 17 are
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Four panthers found dead in 10 days in Udaipur
The increasing number of panthers in the forest areas of Udaipur has resulted in a struggle for existence and supremacy ending in the death of four panthers in a short span of 10 days. This is apart
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Now, Raje puts on hold mining task force planned by Gehlot
5K Candidates Shortlisted For Physical Test Jaipur: In a move that may become a hindrance in combating mining mafia, the state government has put the recruitment of a specialized task force of 1,000 personnel on hold till further orders.
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Hills disappear as mining mafia takes over Tijara
Over 10,000 Dependent on Illegal Mining for Livelihood Alwar: Nearly 10,000 peoplein 50 villages of Alwar’s Tijara area alone are dependent on illegal mining for earning their bread and butter. This simple statistics of a small area in Alwar speaks volumes aboutthe gravity ofillegal mining in Rajasthan even asthe administration, police and mining department launched a statewide campaign against illegal mining on Monday.
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Tiger count begins at Ranthambore
The Ranthambore reserve is embarking on phase IV of tiger monitoring as part of National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) protocol for all tiger reserves for a national figure on big cats. Flush with a baby boom since the past couple of years but equally at the receiving end for deaths and straying of tigers, the Ranthambore tiger reserve has left one and all guessing on the exact tiger count.
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Forest gumption still on, but no sign of R’bore pride Machli
Jaipur: There are growing fears over the fate of Machli, the celebrated tigress of Ranthambore National Park, who continues to be missing after she was last spotted on January 9 in zone 5 of the park.
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Rules set to be framed for new land acquisition act
JAIPUR: The state government's revenue department is gearing up for framing rules for the new Land Acquisition Act that has come into force from January 1 this year. The new Bill, which replaced the 119-year-old