Foresters worry as Van Gujjars numbers rise in Amangarh Tiger Reserve
Bijnor: The rise in number of Van Gujjars, a pastoral tribe, who have made Amangarh Tiger Reserve (ATR) home is beginning to worry forest department here as they are putting pressure on both land and...
View ArticleAdmin declares Bijnor open defecation free
BIJNOR: The Bijnor administration has declared the district open defecation free, with chief development officer Indramani Tripathi on Monday saying that the district panchayati raj officer has received
View ArticleNotices to 50 for encroaching on 64 hectares of tiger reserve
Bijnor: The Bijnor forest department has issued notices to 50 people for allegedly encroaching on 64 hectares of Amangarh Tiger Reserve. After issuing notices, forest department authorities said they...
View ArticleNamami Gange: CSE team collects river Chhoiya water
Bijnor: As part of the Namami Gange project, a team from Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) collected samples of river Chhoiya water. It is one of the dozen tributaries of the Ganga in Bijnor...
View ArticleComplete electrification by 2018? 427 villages in UP dist continue to live in...
Bijnor: At a time when the Union government has revealed its plans to electrify each household in the country by 2018, as many as 427 villages in Bijnor alone – which were to be electrified by 2015 –...
View Article250 farmers adopt organic farming to cultivate wheat in Bijnor
Bijnor: To curb use of pesticides in farming, the agriculture department has launched a project to train farmers in organic farming under the Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana. Under the scheme, 250...
View Article37 years on, farmers still waiting for compensation for land acquired by govt
Bijnor: It has been 37 years since land of farmers at Raipur Berisaal village, located on the border of Najibabad and Bijnor tehsils in the district, was acquired by the government for construction of
View ArticleOver 1.5 lakh households in Bijnor villages still wait for power connection
Bijnor: With flickering light of a lantern in their backdrop, a group of sugarcane farmers in a Bijnor village huddled together to listen to 8pm Hindi news on a radio, fuelled by pencil batteries. To...
View ArticleBijnor forest dept issues notice to 18 civic bodies for dumping trash in jungles
Bijnor: Forest department here has issued notices to all 18 municipalities of Bijnor district for dumping and burning garbage in the jungle and along roadsides in the protected areas. The department has
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution caused by power-loom...
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Residents of Gram Panchayat Aladdinpur Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 09/10/2018. Proceedings have been initiated in this matter
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