Ranchi: An Indian Forest Service official has launched a ‘My Ranchi-My Responsibility’ campaign, which aims at planting saplings across the state capital with the help of NGOs and the common people.
Siddharth Tripathi, who has worked in the state bureaucracy for several years now, was perturbed by a survey which revealed that 53 wards under the Ranchi Municipal Corporation’s limits have lost around 95% greenery in the last 15 years, which prompted him to take up the initiative.
Tripathi said, “When I saw the satellite map of Ranchi a year ago I was shocked to see the depletion of greeneries. As the Forest Survey of India does not conduct a survey for municipal limits, I, along with a few experts, decided to do one on my own to calculate the loss. We took the help of Geographic Information System and analysed the data between 2004 and the ongoing year and we were shocked to find that in most of the wards the greenery has shrunk between 50% and 95%.”
Jharkhand high court
RANCHI: The Jharkhand high court on Tuesday stayed the order of the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) to seal the premises of a few banquet halls in the city.
While hearing a petition filed by banquet hall owners, the bench of Justice Rajesh Shankar directed the civic body to file a counter affidavit in the matter and not seal the premises of the petitioners.
Notably, the banquet halls Manya Palace, Gitanjali, Paahi, Ashirvad and Chandragarh Bhawan were served notices by the RMC on June 24, informing their respective owners that their campuses will be sealed. The owners rushed to the high court challenging the order, saying it was violative of the principles of natural justice.
With most districts also running out of stocks, the state-wide drive will stop from Wednesday, health officials said.
RANCHI: The vaccination drive against the Covid-19 virus came to an unexpected halt in the city on Tuesday after most session sites run out of both Covishield and Covaxin doses. With most districts also running out of stocks, the state-wide drive will stop from Wednesday, health officials said.
The drive also received a jolt in Bokaro after all 62 session sites, barring four, ran out of vaccine. The district health department said the drive would remain suspended till fresh stocks arrive from the state headquarters. Bokaro civil surgeon Dr A K Pathak said, “Of the 64 vaccination centres across the district, only four-five remained functional with limited stocks. Their stock has also exhausted today (Tuesday) and will remain closed from Wednesday till the fresh stock arrives.”
Ranchi: The Jharkhand high court on Thursday pulled up Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) for failing to remove encroachments around waterbodies in th.