Brajwasis Resist SC Order Allowing Felling of 318 Trees for Mathura-Vrindavan Road Widening
Activists who have been opposing the project are praying for recall of the order on the grounds that the objections…
Category: Environmental pollution
Activist Oppose Govt Move to Fell 318 Trees for Mathura-Vrindavan Road Widening
The government proposal is estimated to affect 4.184 hectares of the protected forest land, in addition to 2.786 hectares sanctioned…
After Driving Sparrows to Extinction, Monkeys Go After Peacocks in Govardhan
According to a government survey conducted a year ago, only 43 peacocks were found in the 21-km-long Govardhan Parikrama where…
Cosmetic measures will not solve Vrindavan’s water woes
The biggest culprit behind Vrindavan’s depleting water reserves is the sheet piling done in the Yamuna as part of the…
Two incidents of waste burning reported in Govardhan in defiance of NGT orders
Following the inclusion of Govardhan in the TTZ (Taj-Trapezium Zone) by NGT, generators, waste and stubble burning, as well as…
Earth Day: Mathura’s green cover grows 3% despite extensive tree plantation drives
A record 96 lakh trees were planted in Mathura district from 2016 to 2021 which is equivalent of a forest.…
How Yamuna Pollution broke Rangji’s age old tradition
Until 18 years back, Bhagwan Goda-Rangmannar’s abhishek was done with the sacred waters of the Yamuna on the river bank.…
Reckless concretization in Vrindavan comes under NGT scanner
NGT orders constitution of committee comprising DM, UPPCB & DFO to tackle reckless concretization in Vrindavan. The Committee will have…
Vrindavan Named U.P.’s Most Polluted City: CPCB Orders Investigation
Vishakha Dasi 2022.01.03 (Vrindavan Today News): Vrindavan residents shouldn’t be surprised thinking that the fog has come early this year.…
Sewage Flows into Yamuna unabated despite NGT’s Order
by Vishakha Dasi 2021.12.27 (Vrindavan Today News): The Braj-Vrindavan Heritage Alliance (BVHA) scored a major victory on December 17th when…