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Noida to rope in consultants to develop Deer Park, night safari
NOIDA plans to develop a Deer Park and Sunset Safari in Sector 91, featuring 132 deer species, using spectrum lighting for visitors, costing ₹40 crore.
Published on Apr 30, 2025 09:26 AM IST
State committee to launch drone survey to identify BDP encroachments
A state government-appointed committee on Friday decided to carry out a drone survey to get a clear picture of encroachments on BDP areas
Published on Apr 27, 2025 07:42 AM IST
Study group formed to study BDP, hilltop and hill slope
The group will be headed by former IAS officer Ramanath Zaa, said minister of state for urban development Madhuri Misal who took the initiative
Published on Apr 10, 2025 10:28 PM IST
‘State government to form policy for hilltop, hill slope, BDP’
Minister of state for urban development Madhuri Misal said on Friday that the state government will frame an integrate policy for hilltop, hill slope and biodiversity park areas
Updated on Jan 11, 2025 09:42 AM IST
Ghaziabad to get 16 Miyawaki sites by year end
The 16 sites will cover an area of 154,735 square metres and they will be set up in Harsha industrial area, Sahibabad industrial area, Rajendra Nagar industrial area, South-side GT Road industrial area, Loha Mandi and Indirapuram/Kanawani, among others
Updated on Sep 13, 2024 05:16 AM IST
Peeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad
Delhi Police arrest ISIS terrorist who was a key operative of ‘Pune module’
The terrorist, identified as 35-year-old Rizwan Abdul Haji Ali, was apprehended with one sophisticated pistol with cartridges in his possession.
Published on Aug 09, 2024 12:13 PM IST
Ghaziabad: City forest all set for revival after 16 years with Hindon biodiversity park
The proposed land was home to fully grown trees in 2008. But hundreds of them were destroyed due to overflowing sewage water from a city drain
Updated on Jul 14, 2024 06:36 AM IST
Pesticide-free Ganga to transform Banaras into a green city: NGT judicial member
It should be ensured that pesticides used anywhere in farms or gardens don’t enter the river Ganga, said Ahmed while chairing a meeting of the district environmental committee, Varanasi.
Updated on Dec 02, 2023 05:44 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Varanasi
Free BDP zone of illegal encroachments: Activists
The demands of activists include identify the areas under BDP reservation owned by the government and details of ownership by private individuals
Updated on Oct 05, 2023 05:36 AM IST
Asita East to be made G20 ready
Officials said that pumps have been installed to remove water from the upper reaches that is being diverted towards the Yamuna
Updated on Aug 23, 2023 11:20 AM IST
Southern Command undertakes initiative to conserve biodiversity of Pune Cantonment
As a part of the project, many activities have been planned including a tree census, development of biodiversity parks, gardens and tree avenues
Updated on Aug 13, 2023 11:07 PM IST
Gayatri Vajpeyee
Delhi flood: Newly developed biodiversity park submerged
Asita East, which had only recently begun to attract visitors, was inundated to nearly the main gates and forced to close to the public
Updated on Jul 14, 2023 12:57 AM IST
Ludhiana MC begins field inspections to develop biodiversity parks
The National Green Tribunal monitoring committee had in December last year directed the civic body to develop parks in association with the forest department
Updated on Jun 08, 2020 11:40 PM IST
Government plans three new biodiversity parks in Gurugram district
Amit Khatri, deputy commissioner, added that the total area earmarked for restoration in different parts of the district under the Jal Shakti Abhiyan amounts to about 1,500 acres.
Updated on Aug 20, 2019 02:24 AM IST
Gurugram | Prayag Arora-Desai
Gurugram civic body may shift Sufi Nights out of biodiversity park
The amphitheatre was built in 2010 by the MCG, in consultation with an NGO called IAmGurgaon, which played an instrumental role in restoring the Biodiversity Park from an erstwhile stone quarry to its current biodiversity-rich status.
Published on Mar 11, 2019 04:41 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Gurugram | Prayag Arora-Desai
Kalyan school converts barren campus into biodiversity park
The campus of the Sacred Heart School in Varap, Kalyan, is home to around 20 bird species, 35 butterfly species, 15 insect species and seven reptile species, apart from 150 plant species and 20 wild vegetables species, which the students and the staff have cultivated.
Published on Nov 19, 2018 03:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | Shweta Verhani, Mumbai
Biodiversity park exemplifies sustainability, too valuable an asset to lose, say experts
The campaign to save the Aravalli Biodiversity Park (ABDP) continued to gain momentum on October 30. Dissent on social media also gained steam, fuelled by hashtags including #SaveBiodiversityPark and #NahiToNHAI.
Updated on Nov 03, 2018 04:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Gurgaon | Prayag Arora-Desai, Gurugram
After residents protest, Noida will not cut trees for Biodiversity Park
While some residents’ welfare organisations have demanded that eucalyptus trees be cut, other resident groups and the authority’s horticulture department have planned a plantation drive at the Park site Wednesday.
Published on Aug 28, 2018 01:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Noida | Vinod Rajput
Noida to chop 3,000 trees for city’s largest biodiversity park
The Noida authority has plans to clear a eucalyptus forest and plant about 5,000 native trees and around one lakh other shrubs and plants, including 19,625 ornamental ones. The authority has handed over the task to Uttar Pradesh forest corporation.
Published on Aug 25, 2018 03:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Noida | Snehil Sinha
Noida’s biggest biodiversity park to be ready next year
The Noida authority will spend Rs 50 crore on the 75 acre park in Sector 91 and it will be ready in the next six months.
Updated on Aug 21, 2018 03:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Noida | Vinod Rajput