Buddhist monks in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang district have reason to cheer as their movement to save the winter habitat of the black-necked crane seems to have borne fruit. The Dehradun-based Wildlife
The tribunal was hearing a plea filed by environment activist Pushp Saini seeking directions to the Centre and the states to maintain minimum environment flow in the rivers across the country to ensure
Itanagar : The Save Mon Region Federation (SMRF) has asked the Central and state governments to fulfill its demand for immediate rollback of NHPC State I & II hydropower project from Tawang district.
An environment ministry panel has decided to hold back clearance to 600 MW Tawang hydroelectric project in strategic Tawang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh keeping in mind the biodiversity rich forest area
Itanagar: Landslides triggered by torrential rainfall in the past couple of days washed away eight residential buildings in Tawang district, bordering China on Friday night. Though no casualty was reported,
GUWAHATI: The ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) has asked the Dehradun-based Wildlife Institute of India (WII) to conduct the study on black-necked crane habitat, located on the
<p><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has suspended the environment clearance (EC) accorded by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) to the 780-MW Nyam Jang Chhu Hydroelectric Power Project in Arunachal Pradesh. The green tribunal maintained that though it is true that the hydel power project provides eco-friendly renewable source of energy and its development is necessary, it is of the considered view that such development should be “sustainable development” without there being any irretrievable loss to environment.</span></p>
Tawang district, which is situated at 10,000 feet above sea-level in Arunachal Pradesh, erupted in protest on Saturday against large hydropower projects in the district bordering the Tibetan region of
The graceful black-necked crane, which spends every winter in the Zemithang area of Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang district bordering China, finds itself caught between the country's development narrative
<p>In Eastern Himalayan region, snow melt is the major source of fresh water. Also, snow covered areas lying at low altitudes are expected to be most vulnerable to global warming. Thus, assessment of the
