National Green Core (NGC) popularly known as ‘a programme of Eco-clubs’ is also a nationwide initiative of the Ministry of Environment & Forests and Climate Change. This programme was started in the year 2001-02, and today has a network of more than 1,20,000 schools that aims at building core groups of young students working towards…
National Nature Camping Programme (NNCP) also known as National Environment Awareness Campaign (NEAC) is an important campaign of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India. This campaign was initially organised in 1986, with the objective of creating environmental awareness at the national level and, since then, it has become an annual activity….
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is one of the most widespread and noteworthy missions in the history of India which was introduced by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and was launched on 2nd October 2014 to honor Mahatma Gandhi’s vision of a clean Bharat. This campaign was run on a national level in all the towns, rural…
Rising levels of pollution have been a major cause of concern in the National Capital Delhi, which has been put in the list of 20 most polluted cities of the world by World Health Organization. Main issues related to the environmental pollution are air pollution caused due to the vehicular and industrial pollution and water…
Tarun Bharat Sangh is a non-profitable environmental, non-governmental organization, with headquarter in Bheekampura, Alwar, Rajasthan. It was founded in 1975 in Jaipur by a group of students and professors from the University of Rajasthan. In 1985 the course of the organization changed when four young members from this organization went to live in the rural…
Another major controversy erupted around the Soviet aided Tehri Dam in 1972 situated in Garhwal Himalayas. The Tehri and Narmada movements evoked the conscience of people all over the world. The project was targeted on two Himalayan Rivers, Bhagirathi and Bhilangana. The larger plan aimed three storage reservoirs at Bhagirathi at Tehri, Kotli Bhel, a…
The Sardar Sarovar Project aimed at construction of a massive dam on Narmada river in Maharashtra and Gujarat began in collaboration with World Bank in 1978. The Sardar Sarover dam is one of the largest dams ever constructed. It consisted of more than 3000 major and minor dams with an outlay of approximately 25,000 crore….
Silent Valley is moist evergreen tropical forest spread over 90 kilometers and situated in Palakkad district of Kerala. This densely forested valley is highly deep and peaceful. Environmentalists argue that the valley was one of the world’s richest biological and genetic heritages, one of the few remaining rainforests in India and home for over 900…
The undulation effect of Chipko Movement was evident in the Uttar Kannada region of Karnataka (Uttara Kannada and Shimoga districts of Karnataka State) situated in the Western Ghats by starting Appiko Movement in 1983. The Appiko Movement was locally known as “Appiko Chaluvali”. It can be said that Appiko movement is the southern edition of…