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Wednesday, September 10, 2025
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Topic: Environment Ministry

Locust attack badly-timed serious infestation, says environment ministry official

PTI -
Soumitra Dasgupta, IG Wildlife at Ministry of Environment, said that it happens on a small scale but the current attack is a once-in-a-three decade situation.

How Farakka barrage & govt’s river linking project can sink Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta

Rishika Pardikar -
Ganga–Brahmaputra–Meghna delta also faces threat from sea-level rise around it as recent study says sea level could reach 85-140 cm by end of this century.

India wants more Blue Flag beaches, set to identify 20 sites for the voluntary eco-label

Mohana Basu -
Modi govt identified 13 pilot beaches in July 2019 for voluntary eco-label Blue Flag. Ten of these sites are likely to be sent for certification soon.

India’s green cover up by over 5,000 sq km but existing forests lost trees: 2018 survey

Mohana Basu -
India State of Forest Report shows maximum increase in tree and forest cover in Karnataka, followed by Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.

Habitats of critically endangered Great Indian Bustard to be declared conservation reserves

PTI -
According to a Wildlife Institute of India report, there are just 150 of the bird species left in India.

India will restore 50 lakh hectares of barren land for cultivation by 2030, says Javadekar

Mohana Basu -
Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar says the target is in addition to India’s pledge to restore 13 mn hectares of degraded land by 2020.

Govt sanctions Rs 5,800 crore for cleaning 34 polluted river stretches, Ganga excluded

PTI -
The Centre has already released Rs 2,522 crore out of the sanctioned amount under the National River Conservation Plan (NRCP).

Wild elephants in India have killed more than 1,700 in four years

Iain Marlow -
The deaths have prompted the government to step up measures to minimise potential clashes of elephants with humans.

Environment minister Harsh Vardhan wants forest officers inducted into tribal affairs ministry

Sanya Dhingra -
Vardhan rules out rechristening name of forest service since doing so would be ‘a complex process’.

Slipped up on pollution in Delhi and other cities, admits government

Priyamvada Grover -
Environment ministry official says the government couldn’t properly implement its plans on stubble burning and the SC ban on firecrackers.
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National Interest

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

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In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?

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