USDA to provide $320 million for conservation efforts along Mississippi River in 12 statesSeptember 24th, 2009 USDA to fund conservation effort in 12 statesWASHINGTON — The Agriculture Department is pouring $320 million into efforts to improve water quality in the Mississippi River basin. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced in a videotaped speech on Thursday that he is creating the Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative.
9 bodies fished out of swollen Himachal riverSeptember 13th, 2009 SHIMLA - Nine bodies were fished out of a rain-swollen river in Himachal Pradesh Sunday, more than a day after a car plunged into it, police said. All the nine people were travelling in a Scorpio when their vehicle fell into the Beas river near Mandi town during the wee hours of Saturday.
Car falls into river, nine feared deadSeptember 12th, 2009 SHIMLA - A car plunged into a rain-swollen river in Himachal Pradesh Saturday, and police said all its nine occupants may have drowned. Police Superintendent S.M.
Car falls into Himachal river, 9 feared deadSeptember 11th, 2009 SHIMLA - Nine people were feared killed Saturday when a car rolled down into a swollen river on the Chandigarh-Manali highway in Himachal Pradesh, police said. "Nine men were feared killed when their Tata Sumo vehicle fall into the swollen Beas river near Hanogi Temple on the national highway early this (Saturday) morning," Superintendent of Police (Mandi) S.M.
Himachal power project shut down, Delhi hitSeptember 10th, 2009 SHIMLA - Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam, a state-owned power utility in Himachal Pradesh, has shut down the 1,500 MW Nathpa Jhakri power project in Kinnaur district after the level of silt in the Satluj river rose suddenly. The closure has affected the supply of electricity to other states in north India, including Delhi.
China spends $146 bn on ecology in decadeSeptember 6th, 2009 BEIJING - China has spent nearly 1 trillion yuan ($146 billion) on ecological conservation and environmental protection over the past decade, a senior official said Sunday. Of the total expenditure, more than 700 billion yuan went to projects to reforest cultivated land, return grazing land to protected grassland, protect natural forests and conserve river sources on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau and for the south-to-north water diversion programme, according to Du Ying, vice minister of the National Development and Reform Commission.
Forest ponds in Himachal to harvest rainwaterAugust 23rd, 2009 SHIMLA - Forest ponds will be constructed to check the depleting groundwater and to harvest rainwater in Himachal Pradesh, state Forest Minister J.P. Nadda said Sunday.
Include Himachal in national river conservation: NaddaAugust 18th, 2009 SHIMLA - Himachal Pradesh Tuesday requested the central government to include the state in the National River Conservation Programme as most of the rivers in northern states originate from it. State Environment Minister J.P.
Conservation programme launched for 70 critically endangered speciesAugust 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Central Zoo Authority has initiated a coordinated conservation breeding programme for 70 critically endangered species in Indian zoos, an official statement Saturday said. "The Central Zoo Authority has initiated a planned coordinated conservation breeding programme for critically endangered species in Indian zoos.
Himachal Pradesh launches massive afforestation schemesAugust 14th, 2009 SHIMLA - Himachal Pradesh has launched massive afforestation schemes with people's participation. Personnel of the Indian Army stationed in the state have also come forth in this social forestry project.
Successful breeding of highly endangered Western Tragopan in captivity: Himachal Pradesh claims the creditJuly 14th, 2009 Flap, flap! Out comes another endangered Tragopan
SHIMLA - Call it a feather in the cap of the Himachal Pradesh forest department, which has once again managed to breed Western Tragopan - a critically endangered bird - in captivity. "This time we have succeeded again in breeding the highly endangered Western Tragopan in captivity.
Peer pressure can impact conservation positivelyJune 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Peer pressure does help when it comes to conservation programmes. People are more likely to enrol in one if their neighbours do - a tendency that should be exploited to protect the environment, according to a new study.
Reducing water level in Satluj RiverMay 19th, 2009 SHIMLA - Environmentalists have expressed serious concern about the reduction of water level in Sutlej River in Kinnaur valley of Himachal Pradesh. They are worried that the water level is decreasing, as the hydropower companies are not releasing required water into the river, as per government norms.
Three youths drown in Himachal riverApril 14th, 2009 SHIMLA - Three youths have drowned while bathing in the Beas river in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district, police said Tuesday. 'Only one body has been found.
'40 million hectares in India flood prone'March 30th, 2009 SHIMLA - As much as 40 million hectares in the country, a major portion of it in the Ganga river basin is flood-prone, a flood control official said Monday. 'Forty million hectares in India is flood prone out of which the Ganga river basin constitutes 50 per cent,' said A.K.
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