Forest Land

Kashmir Forest Land Drive Fells Thousands Of Apple Trees, Evicts Tribals

India News | Written by Nazir Masoodi, Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Saturday December 12, 2020

The vast patches of land at Kani Dajan village are dotted with chopped apple trees. Even sapling have not been spared. A Jammu and Kashmir forest department drive to retrieve forest land from alleged encroachers is not only dispossessing villagers from land they have been farming for generations, thousands of apple trees, too, have been mowed down ...

Aashram Review: With Bobby Deol's Solid Presence, Prakash Jha's Digital Debut Is Nothing If Not Bingeworthy

Entertainment | Saibal Chatterjee | Sunday August 30, 2020

Aashram Review: You know you are in Prakash Jha territory when politics, policing, encroachment of forest land, reservation, the caste system are repeatedly invoked. In Aashram, he adds religion.

Case Filed Against Swami Chidananda Over Forest Land In Uttarakhand: Report

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday July 23, 2020

The Uttarakhand forest department has lodged a case against Swami Chidananda Saraswati for allegedly grabbing a piece of reserve forest land in Virpur Khurd area in Rishikesh and running a yoga and meditation centre, and a residential school on it.

Maharashtra Reserves Forest For Elephants Who Came From Karnataka

India News | Reported by Saurabh Gupta, Edited by Nonika Marwaha | Tuesday June 23, 2020

The Maharashtra government on Tuesday declared almost 3,000 hectares of Tillari forest land as a conservation reserve for elephants who had wandered into Sindhudurg district from neighbouring Karnataka almost two decades ago.

Delhi High Court Asks Whether Encroachment On Forest Lands Be Regularised

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday December 24, 2019

The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the city government whether it was going to regularise the encroachment on forest lands in the national capital.

"No Status Quo On Construction" In Aarey: Maharashtra Lawyer After Order

India News | Reported by Sukirti Dwivedi, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Monday October 7, 2019

Construction work related to the Mumbai Metro can proceed on the 33 hectares of forested land razed in Aarey Colony, a lawyer for the Maharashtra government told NDTV today, shortly after the Supreme Court stayed the felling of more trees till its next hearing on October 21

Showing Identity Cards To Go Home, Say Tribals Living In Mumbai's Aarey

Mumbai News | Written by Purva Chitnis | Sunday October 6, 2019

Tribal communities living inside forest land in Mumbai's Aarey, where at least a thousand trees have been razed and many more are still to be cut to make way for a car shed for the Mumbai Metro, have appealed for support in the fight to save their homes and the environment.

"Sleeping For 26 Years": Top Court To UP Government In Forest Lands Case

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Thursday September 19, 2019

The Uttar Pradesh government has been pulled up by the Supreme Court for allowing claims on reserved forest lands contrary to a top court order in July 1994 that said no person or industry could encroach on reserved forest land

Blog: Mumbai Needs The Metro, But Can We Save Aarey's Trees Too, Please?

Blog | Saurabh Gupta | Wednesday September 18, 2019

As a reporter, I have been covering the Aarey protests for a while now and the question has remained - whether the Metro car shed should come up at Aarey Colony, an area lush with trees and grassland, one that is technically not forest land but might well be.

Arvind Kejriwal Writes To Union Minister Over Ravidas Temple Demolition

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday September 11, 2019

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal wrote to Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday, seeking a direction to the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to initiate the process of denotifying the forest land where Sant Ravidas temple stood.

Sukhoi Su-30, C-130J In All-Night Search For Air Force's Missing An-32

India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Wednesday June 5, 2019

The terrain over which the plane was flying is mountainous and heavily forested; landing and take-off at Mechuka are extremely difficult. Coupled with erratic weather, the region is among the most inhospitable for air transport

Centre Asks Top Court To Stay Eviction Order Of Tribals From Forest Land

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday February 28, 2019

The Supreme Court Wednesday agreed to hear the Centre's plea seeking withholding of its February 13 order asking 21 states to evict nearly 11.8 lakh forest dwellers whose claims over the land have been rejected by the authorities.

Rahul Gandhi Asks Congress States To Approach Top Court Over Tribal Land

India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Monday February 25, 2019

Rahul Gandhi has written to Congress Chief Ministers to file petitions asking the Supreme Court to review an order asking state governments to evict tribals whose claims to forest land were rejected.

"For Life And Lung": Gurugram Residents March To Save Aravalli Forests

India News | Written by Sukirti Dwivedi | Sunday February 24, 2019

Nearly a hundred residents of Gurugram took out a protest march on Sunday to push for safeguarding the Aravalli range, a vital ecological zone and biodiversity hotspot that's home to nearly 400 species of plants and 200 species of native and migratory birds. As many as 60,000 acres of the protected forested area is likely to become available for co...

"Petition Against Tribal Eviction Order": Rahul Gandhi To Bhupesh Baghel

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday February 24, 2019

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday told Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel to file a review petition against a Supreme Court's order, which asked the states to ensure eviction of tribals and forest dwellers whose claim for the forest land have been rejected.