The Bokaro district administration on Thursday launched an 18-day paddy transplantation drive across the district, from July 3 to 20, with a focused push for the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) to improve yields and optimise water use.
In a coordinated operation, Manipur Police, in collaboration with the village authorities from Kuilong and Kadi IV, uprooted nearly 10 acres of illegal poppy plantations in the Tamenglong district.
The first round of bipartite negotiations on bonuses for tea workers, held in Kolkata on Tuesday, ended without a resolution as the Consultative Committee of Plantation Associations (CCPA) offered only a 10 per cent bonus.
Chairing a meeting, the LG reviewed the work done in the last two years and instructed officials on the future course of action.
Various Central Government agencies in the NCR also asked to target about 12,07,000 plantations as per the plans for FY 2024-25.
Chairing an inter-departmental/agency meeting, he issued the directions to Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC).
Environment Minister Gopal Rai today visited the Central Ridge to review the Ecological Restoration of the ridge through Biodiversity Enrichment method. He said that the department aims to develop the Central Ridge Project as a world-class central park
The managements of private-run Schools should also be encouraged to take up such plantation drives and DEOs are advised to take up the matter with them, they said.
The system facilitates in identifying potential avenue, block and individual sites for plantations through high-resolution satellite data.
The Uttar Pradesh government, has decided to plant 22 crore saplings geotag them to keep an eye on their growth,…
