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UP disputes report on ‘excessive’ tree felling for Upper Ganga Road

The tribunal is currently hearing the matter after taking cognisance of an HT report dated February 1, which revealed that the UP forest department had allowed the felling of around 112,722 trees and shrubs. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

Published on Jul 13, 2025 07:00 am IST

U.P. CM for steps to combat heatwave: Fire control rooms set up in all divisional forests

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath. (HT file)

Published on Mar 26, 2025 06:54 am IST

UGC road project: New report points to excess tree-felling, lack of clearance from Centre

The Upper Ganga Canal in Ghaziabad on Tuesday. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

Published on Mar 05, 2025 05:20 am IST

Ecostani: Western Ghats, hill states lose forest; growth outside reserved forest

The Western Ghats Eco-Sensitive Areas occupies an area of approximately 60,285.61 km2. (HT File Photo)

Updated on Dec 23, 2024 02:59 pm IST

1 year on, FSI yet to release the crucial State of Forest report

Last year, 11 retired government officials, including some from the forest and environment departments and two environmental activists challenged the new amendment in the Supreme Court. (HT PHOTO)

Published on Jul 25, 2024 08:58 am IST

SC moots apparatus for tree-felling compliance

The top court recently constituted a committee of three experts along with a team from Forest Survey of India (FSI) to determine the total number of trees cut. This report is still awaited. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 20, 2024 07:40 am IST

Heatwave, dry conditions push Uttarakhand forest fires to new high

According to state officials, 11 people have died in Uttarakhand forest fires that have ravaged at least 1,747 ha of land this year.(File)

Updated on Jun 20, 2024 02:36 am IST

SC puts DDA in dock for hiding data on tree-felling

Insaaf Bagh, in the Ridge, created at the orders of Delhi HC. (HT photo)

Updated on May 17, 2024 07:14 am IST

Stop illegal mining in Aravallis, SC tells Rajasthan govt

Gurugram, India-July 05, 2023: A view of Aravali Safari Park land in Garat Pur Bas village; Safari Park project which is being developed in line with the biodiversity park concept in a 10,000-acre land parcel in the Aravalli region in Gurugram and Nuh Districts, in Gurugram, India, on Wednesday, 05 July 2023. (Photo by Parveen Kumar/Hindustan Times)

Updated on May 03, 2024 05:30 am IST

Uttarakhand records highest number of large forest fires in India in last 7 days

Forest fire being doused in Dhanpur range of Kedarnath wildlife division. (HT photo)

Published on Apr 30, 2024 04:04 pm IST

With 9% growth since 2017, half of Chandigarh area now under green cover

Of Chandigarh’s total 140 sq km, 70 sq km is now under green cover. (HT File)

Updated on Mar 12, 2024 08:26 am IST

Plantation drives increase U.P’s green cover by over 9% in 6 years: Report

The plantation drive ongoing for the last six years has increased the green area of the state. (HT File)

Updated on Jul 22, 2023 10:16 pm IST

Forest fire training for villagers helps to protect the Western Ghats

Villagers draw fire lines as a precaution to avert forest fire at Sakhargaon village in Velhe tehsil in Pune. (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Apr 16, 2023 11:07 pm IST

Over 80K hectares of forests diverted for infrastructure projects in 5 years: Centre

HT Image

Updated on Apr 07, 2023 12:14 am IST

Plantations count for 28% forest cover: FSI DG

India added 1,540 sqkm of forest cover to 713,789 sqkm in 2021, said the ISFR 2021. (Representative Image)

Updated on Jan 31, 2022 09:15 am IST

Green cover in Prayagraj almost doubles in 3 years

The forest department alone has planted over 40 lakh saplings. Besides, farmers and residents have planted trees on a large scale.(Representational Photo/HT)

Published on Sept 24, 2020 09:58 am IST

Uttarakhand forest department to use GIS to check for encroachments

In the last two surveys conducted by the Forest Survey of India over a period of four years from 2015 to 2019, Uttarakhand has not reported an increase of even 1% forest cover.(Representational Photo/HT)

Published on Sept 10, 2020 04:48 pm IST

Forest fire, tourism causing Gangotri Glacier to melt faster: Study

An aerial view of the Gangotri glacier / Photo: DMMC

Updated on Feb 04, 2020 05:34 am IST

Forest cover increases, but questions remain

The country has a target of bringing 33% of its geographical area under forest cover(Gurminder Singh/Hindustan Times)

Updated on Dec 31, 2019 08:20 pm IST

Sunderbans lost 2% mangrove cover in two years, reports central survey

The Sunderbans is the world’s largest mangrove delta and home to the Royal Bengal Tiger.(GETTY IMAGES/iStockphoto.)

Updated on Dec 30, 2019 11:09 pm IST

Heavy encroachment led to rejected forest claims: FSI

The need for an FSI survey arose after a bench led by Justice Arun Mishra on February 13 ordered eviction of forest dwellers whose claims had been rejected. (HT File)

Updated on Dec 18, 2019 11:39 pm IST

Aarey tree felling case revives debate on what constitutes a forest

Chopped down trees are seen at Metro car shed in Aarey Colony in Mumbai, India, on Monday, October 7, 2019.(Satyabrata Tripathy/HT Photo)

Updated on Oct 08, 2019 05:36 am IST

SC told forest surveys to point out encroachments may take 16 years

FSI was asked to “make a satellite survey and place on record the encroachment positions and also state the positions after the eviction as far as possible.”(HT File)

Updated on Aug 07, 2019 08:46 am IST

A parched India doesn’t need more bad news

Will the pre-monsoon delays have any impact on the monsoon? We don’t know yet. According to the India Meteorological Department, the monsoon may hit Kerala’s coast only by June 8 as opposed to the earlier prediction of June 6. A parched India does not need any more bad news.(VIVEK NAIR/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Jun 05, 2019 06:58 pm IST

Thane creek wetlands need to be saved

The number of flamingos decreases at Thane creek due to illegal dumping.(HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 02, 2019 11:42 pm IST

Minister orders third-party audit of plantation drives

For the first time, all government agencies involved in planting tree saplings during the monsoons every year have been directed to carry out third-party audits to check how many plants survived.(Photo by Gurpreet Singh/Hindustan Times)

Published on May 30, 2019 03:12 am IST

Over 2,000 fire alerts reported from Uttarakhand in one week, over 1700 ha forest lost

Uttarakhand has already lost over 1798 hectares of forest including 1341 hectares of reserve forest.(HT File)

Published on May 29, 2019 03:19 pm IST

The SC’s February 13 order on FRA was consistent with its earlier stand

On February 13, the Supreme Court asked 17 state governments to evict an estimated one million tribal and other households living in forests after their claims of the right to live in forests were rejected under The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (FRA). On February 28, the SC ordered a stay of its order.(HT FILE PHOTO)

Updated on Feb 28, 2019 08:00 pm IST

Bandipur forest fire stoked by bureaucratic friction, inaction

Bandipur: Rescue officials assist in extinguishing a forest fire at Bandipur Tiger Reserve, in Bandipur.(PTI)

Published on Feb 25, 2019 11:24 pm IST

Supreme Court orders eviction of 1.1 mn forest families

According to affidavits filed by the states in the Supreme Court, about 11,72,931 land ownership claims have been made .(HT FIle Photo)

Updated on Feb 21, 2019 06:55 am IST

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