Chaturvedi, an Indian Forest Service(IFS) Officer, is currently deputy director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS). Sources said that Delhi government is planning to make Chaturvedi the head of its Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB). Kejriwal wrote to Union Environment and Forest Minister Prakash Javadekar seeking services of Chaturvedi as an Officer on Special Duty
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The Himalayas are young and highly fragile mountains where more than 50 hydroelectric power projects in the river basins of Bhagirathi and Alaknanda have been built. Despite the Kedarnath tragedy of 2013, which claimed more than 5,000 lives, the government has launched a massive project to widen roads along the Char Dham (Yamunotri-Gangotri-Kedarnath-Badrinath) route, increasing tourism and uncontrolled development of hotels, shops and other tourist infrastructures. Thousands of trees have been cut and the ecosystem has been disturbed. Many green hills now look barren.
The glacial flood and debris in the Rishiganga river on February 7 washed away bridges connecting dozens of villages, two power projects, along with the people at work. More than 60 people have already been confirmed dead and nearly 200 more are missing. The area is quite vast and its deep gorges and valleys are inaccessible. It is unlikely that the bodies of many missing persons will
Leopard population in Odisha doubles
New Delhi: Leopard population in Odisha has doubled to around 760 as compared to around 345 in 2014 census, revealed the ‘Status of Leopards in India 2018’ report released by Union Environment and Forest Minister Prakash Javadekar here, Monday.
According to the report, the population of leopards in the state is estimated to be around 760. The report shows a tremendous increase in the population of the spotted big cat as compared to the 2014 estimates.
Significantly, more than 60 per cent increase in the population of leopards has been recorded in the 2018 report across the country. The country now has 12,852 leopards as compared to the previous estimate of 7,910, as per the census conducted in 2014, says the report.