South Eastern Railway to replant and restore the trees destroyed during Cyclone AmphanThe historic campus of SER headquarters at Garden Reach was left badly damaged by Cyclone Amphan which ravaged Kolkata and its suburbs on M...
02 Jun, 2020, 04.01 PM IST
CAG report raises questions on efficacy of tree programmeThe report noted that Delhi’s Tree Authority, responsible for preservation and census of trees, met just once from 2014-17, while it is sup...
26 Jun, 2018, 08.36 AM IST
Bengaluru authorities may axe 2244 trees for infra projects: CensusThis is the finding of a tree census conducted by Prof Harini Nagendra and Seema Mundoli, both from Azim Premji University , and Vijay Nish...
07 Feb, 2017, 10.55 AM IST
Trees could be the answer to your deteriorating healthOn the occasion of World Earth Day today, we look at the depleting tree cover in Bengaluru and explore how it can reclaim its identity as G...
22 Apr, 2016, 11.44 AM IST
Over 44,000 tress to be hacked for Mumbai-Goa highway expansionThe Maharashtra government informed the Legislative Council that 44,574 trees will be hacked to make way for its ambitious Mumbai-Goa 4-lan...
20 Jul, 2015, 10.29 PM IST
- Centre moots “one child, one tree” plan for green awareness
The government has devised an innovative plan to generate awareness for greater greenery in the country with its “One Child, One tree” prog...
24 Jun, 2015, 08.05 AM IST
Metro 3 car shed project temporarily put on holdThe Maharashtra government has also proposed three alternate locations to relocate the project from Aarey colony, city's green belt.
25 Mar, 2015, 04.27 PM IST
Saplings suffer decline in sales owing to fall in rubber pricesFrustrated by the low prices that have been prevailing for nearly a year, the growers are looking at other options which provide them with ...
05 Nov, 2014, 02.30 PM IST
SC allows cutting down 38 trees in Taj trapezium zoneThe SC bench headed by Justice T S Thakur passed the order after the corporation submitted that trees need to be cut down to renovate the t...
03 Feb, 2014, 06.12 PM IST
- Giving a fallen tree a new lease of life
In an action which could be inspiring for the society, Sir Gangadharrao Chitnavis Memorial Medical Research Trust transplanted a tree on it...
21 Nov, 2012, 05.49 AM IST
Tree census once the monsoons get over, using GPSNow, there will be no manual method of counting trees in the city.In a first-of-its-kind endeavour, the civic body will use Global Position...
20 Jul, 2012, 01.37 PM IST
- ‘Rubber to turn surplus by 2012’
In an interview to ET, Sheela Thomas, the new chairman of Rubber Board, said that the stress is now on new planting and replanting during t...
28 Apr, 2011, 06.46 AM IST
- Large estates in Kerala seek rubber replanting subsidy
To tide over the huge replanting cost in the rubber plantation sector, the large estates including corparates have approached the Rubber Bo...
20 Jul, 2009, 10.08 PM IST
- Slow replantations to cut rubber output
Industries ranging from tyre and auto components to footwear which use natural rubber (NR) as a raw material may face a supply bottleneck.
22 Jul, 2008, 01.34 AM IST
- Mumbai has lost more than 25,000 trees
More than 25,000 trees uprooted to make way for developmental projects have not been replanted. This is because those who uproot the trees ...
18 May, 2008, 11.12 AM IST
- Rubber replantation gets a Budget boost
The finance minister’s announcement of creating a special purpose fund for rubber with an initial kitty of Rs 19.41 crore in 2008-09 is exp...
04 Mar, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- Rubber Board asks growers to submit rejuvenation plan
Rubber Board, which is ready to spend nearly Rs 10 crore for new plantation and re-plantation in the current year, has asked small growers ...
26 Jul, 2006, 12.00 AM IST