National Green Tribunal has constituted three-member committee to identify the persons involved in illegal cutting down of 6,000 trees in the Corbett Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], October 6 (ANI): Asteria Aerospace Limited, a full stack drone technology company, on Thursday, said it has become the first firm to receive micro category drone type certification from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) under the Drone Rules 2021.
Gothenburg [Sweden], September 20 (ANI): Planning is necessary to promote the sustainable development of marine habitats, just as there has long been spatial planning for operations on land. Researchers from the University of Gothenburg and other institutions are now demonstrating that marine planning must take climate change into account, which it does not at the moment. According to the researchers' calculations, temperature and salt content changes may affect ecosystems and species more than all other environmental factors combined.
New Delhi [India], September 10 (ANI): Manoj Ahuja, Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare on Saturday chaired a meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee on transforming 'Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast Centre (MNCFC) into a Centre of excellence in geospatial technology utilization in the agriculture sector.
Connexis [Singapore], July 20 (ANI): Research discovered a critical cancer progression mechanism that is observed in 90 per cent of cancer cells. The subsequent development of cancer-specific medications with perhaps fewer side effects will be guided by this research.
New Delhi Apr 24 PTI The Delhi government is conducting an extensive ground truth survey to collect data on 258 extinct water bodies in the capital as part of its one final effort to save them There are 1043 water bodies in the capital All have been allotted unique identification numbers while 1014 have been mapped on the GIS platform The Wetland Authority of Delhi constituted in 2019 is now making rapid strides to notify at least 20 of them under Wetland Conservation and Management Rules 2017 by January next year according to officials These include Sanjay Lake Hauz Khas Lake Bhalswa Lake Tikri Khurd Lake Welcome Jheel Daryapur Kalan and Sardar Sarovar Lake Once notified the water bodies will be protected against encroachments dumping of garbage discharge of untreated wastewater and effluent from industries and setting up and expansion of industries etc In March the Wetland Authority of Delhi had received a request from land-owning agencies to delete 258 extinct water bodies from the official list of 1043 as these have gone extinct over the years due to large-scale encroachment negligence and degradation According to officials private buildings have come up in place of 62 water bodies 52 are now being used to provide public services 37 are untraceable 14 have been encroached upon by educational institutes 11 have been turned into parks and recreational centres 6 are being used for commercial services and unauthorised colonies have come up on 5 A technical committee is now reviewing the request for the deletion of water bodies from the official list they said At a meeting held on March 28 the panel proposed to conduct a survey to ascertain the level of degradation of these water bodies and prepare a Red Document -- which will include those that cannot be saved -- and a Green Document listing the ones which can be reclaimed and restored The water bodies that cannot be revived will be deleted from the list However all efforts will be made to restore the water bodies even if theres a five percent chance of doing so an official said Field teams have been constituted for ground truthing These will collect crucial information such as the historic spread of these water bodies their capacity how they went extinct who was responsible what has come up in their place etc a member of the technical committee said on the condition of anonymity One of the teams has already surveyed a cluster of eight to nine extinct water bodies in north Delhi district The reports are being compiled The process is going to take some time another member of the panel said The panel is likely to ask the encroachers to compensate for the loss of water bodies by providing alternate land for the development of wetlands The purpose is to discourage further encroachment of wetlands in Delhi Those responsible should be penalised a panel member said We will also try to remove the encroachment wherever feasible If a structure has come up on a part of a wetland we will try to remove it It could be our last attempt to salvage some of the extinct wetlands he said PTI GVS RCJ
New Delhi Apr 24 PTI The Delhi government is making one last effort to salvage the water bodies which have gone extinct over the years due to large-scale encroachment and negligence There are 1043 water bodies in the capital which have been allotted unique identification numbers1014 of them have been mapped on the GIS platform The Wetland Authority of Delhi constituted in 2019 is now making rapid strides to notify at least 20 of them under Wetland Conservation and Management Rules 2017by January next year according to officials These include Sanjay Lake Hauz Khas Lake Bhalswa Lake Tikri Khurd Lake Welcome Jheel Daryapur Kalan and Sardar Sarovar Lake Once notified the water bodies will be protected against encroachments dumping of garbage discharge of untreated wastewater and effluent from industries and setting up and expansion of industries etc In March the Wetland Authority of Delhi had received a request from land-owning agencies to delete 258 extinct water bodies from the official list of 1043 wetlands in the capital as public and private utilities have come up in their place According to officials private buildings have come up in place of 62 water bodies52 are now being used to provide public services 37 are untraceable 14 have been encroached upon by educational institutes 11 have been turned into parks andrecreational centres 6 are being used for commercial services and unauthorised colonies have come up on 5 A technical committee is now reviewing the request for the deletion of water bodies from the official list they said At a meeting held on March 28 the panel proposed to conduct a survey to ascertain the level of degradation of these water bodies and prepare a Red Document -- which will include those that cannot be saved -- and a Green Document listing the ones which can be reclaimed and restored The water bodies that cannot be revived will be deleted from the list Field teams have been constituted for ground truthing These will collect crucial information such as the historic spread of these water bodies their capacity how they went extinct who was responsible what has come up in their place etc a member of the technical committee said on condition of anonymity One of the teams has already surveyed a cluster of eight to nine extinct water bodies in north Delhi district The process is going to take some time another member of the panel said He said the panel will try to compensate for the loss of water bodies by asking the encroachers be it a private individual a government agency or an educational institution to provide alternate land for the development of wetlands The purpose is to discourage further encroachment of wetlands in Delhi Those responsible should be penalised a panel member said We will also try to remove the encroachment wherever feasible If a structure has come up on a part of a wetland we will try to remove it It could be our last attempt to salvage some of the extinct wetlands he said PTI GVS RCJ RCJ
New Delhi [India], January 17 (ANI/NewsVoir): Esri India, country's leading Geographic Information System (GIS) software and solutions provider, today announced GeoInnovation 2022 - an acceleration platform for startupreneurs, in partnership with AGNIi (Invest India).
Khartoum [Sudan], October 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Sudan's General Intelligence Service (GIS) on Monday announced the end of a raid on terrorist cells south of the capital Khartoum, saying 4 terrorists were killed and 4 others arrested, while an officer was killed and three others injured.
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