`200,000 hectares forest land diverted in four years`

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 21:48

Over 8,000 projects, involving a diversion of 200,000 hectares of forest land, have been cleared by the central government in four years and this was double the clearances given in three decades, environmentalist Sunita Narain said here Friday.

`Ghaziabad`s green areas being fast concretised`

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 21:19

Ghaziabad`s civic and development bodies seem obsessed with concretising the city`s green areas, environmentalists say.

Notify inclusion of env & forest expert in UTTIPEC: NGT to DDA

Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2013, 19:01

The National Green Tribunal Friday directed the Vice Chairman of Delhi Development Authority to ensure issuance of notification stating that an environmentalist and a forest expert or official shall be part of UTTIPEC which gives go ahead to developmental projects.

Environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna hospitalised

Last Updated: Monday, April 15, 2013, 16:17

Noted environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna on Monday was admitted at the Jollygrant Hospital here after he complained of trouble in breathing.

Save Ganga activist agrees to end fast

Last Updated: Friday, March 23, 2012, 13:09

Environmentalist G.D. Agarwal, 80, who is on a fast-unto-death since Jan 15 to save the Ganga river, agreed to end his fast after the govt agreed to his demands.

Tibetan environmentalist jailed for 5 yrs by Chinese court

Last Updated: Saturday, July 3, 2010, 12:25

A Chinese court sentenced a Tibetan environmentalist who organized villagers to pick up litter and plant trees to five years in jail for inciting to split the nation on Saturday, his lawyer said.

Environmentalist named abettor in tiger killing in Goa

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 17:44

The investigation into the last year`s tiger killing in the state, has named state’s renowned environmentalist Rajendra Kerkar as abettor in the crime as he (Kerkar) did not reveal the source of information.