MAY 1 (Friday)
Fresh rains lashed
the Kashmir Valley since Thursday morning : April 30
The Jammu-Srinagar
national highway was closed today following landslides in Ramban.
A strong western
disturbance (WD) over Jammu brought down temperature as rain has been lashing
Jammu since Thursday morning. April remained relatively cooler this year with
rainfall keeping the temperature down. This year there was heavy rain in Jammu,
which destroyed crops. Fresh snowfall was witnessed at several places along the
upper reaches of the mountainous Doda district last evening (Thu). Several
areas in the Bhaderwah tehsil of Doda district witnessed fresh snowfall last
evening.
http://www.tribuneindia.com/ May 1
(Friday)
A moderate
earthquake measuring 5.4 in the Richter scale hit the Andaman Island region at
about 2.45 PM today. The depth of the earthquake was measured as 10 km, IMD
said in a statement.
The coolest April in
six years in Jharkhand due to cyclonic circulations and low-pressure troughs-18 wet days: May 1
Telangana government
sets up ‘Kawal Reserve Tiger Conservation Foundation’: May 1
Jhilmil Jheel’s
swamp deer’s battle shrinking habitat: TNN | Apr 30
When animals stray
from the wilderness: May 01
MAY 2
Beyond trench
warfare and monetary compensation: May
02
Enumeration of lions in the GIR Sanctuary
started on Friday, 1st May: May 2
The GPS system will
be used in the census, and every lion spotted will be photographed.The last census in
2010 counted 411 lions.
MAY 3 (Sunday)
Met office today
forecast pleasant weather in Kashmir Valley in the coming days: May 3
Kashmir has
witnessed wet weather for the last three months which followed last September's
unprecedented floods. According to Met office, the minimum temperature in
Srinagar was 8.8 degrees Celsius, 2.9 degrees in Pahalgam, 1.2 in Gulmarg, 16.5
in Jammu, 5.7 in Leh, 2.2 in Kargil, 17.8 in Katra, 8.2 in Banihal, 11.7 in
Batote and 7.2 degrees in Bhaderwah on Saturday.
Heavy rain and wind
hits most parts of Bangalore for half hour in late evening on Friday, while
some parts experienced hail briefly: May 3
According to the Met
Department, the city recorded 9.3 mm of rain, the first for May. In the
previous month, the city saw a 10-year record of 226.5 mm of rain, or more than
five times the “average” rainfall. Many places in the city, including the
central business district, Jayanagar and Kengeri on the outskirts, even saw a
brief fall of hail. This is the third time in over a week that hail has been
reported in Bengaluru. The weather phenomenon remains unusual in a city, which,
on average sees a hail storm once in five years.
Project
Vijayak’s to clear snow along 434-km
Srinagar-Leh route: May 2
The Project Vijayak
of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), which is working on snow clearance of
434 km-long Srinagar-Leh national highway, has started clearing snow from the
NH1D from Zero Point, Gumri, towards Srinagar today. Col P Kumar, Commander, BRTF,
Kargil, said the Project Vijayak completed its work on April 17 from Drass to
Ghumri and the snow clearance work from the Srinagar side by the Project Beacon
was still pending, which had to do snow clearance work up to Zero Point from
the Srinagar side. Col P Kumar added that the Project Vijayak after clearing
all avalanches on its side and widening the road for the passage of two
vehicles at a time, started helping its sister organisation, Project Beacon so
that the NH1D opened early and this also helped the people of Ladakh, which
remained cut off from the rest of the country from about last four months.
Bhitarkanika NP
closed to visitors for 3 months for the mating and nesting season of salt-water
crocodiles: May 3
Lion population in
‘Amreli district' has grown considerably, may need another reserve: May 2
Okhla bird park: The
threat is in the nest: TNN | May 3
Timbi lake located
on the outskirts of Vadodara city is a haven for 124 species of birds that
visit it every year: May 2
Short-toed Larks, a
migratory bird killed in lakhs in Birbhum for its meat: TNN | May 3
Image 1: From TOI Image 2: From Wikipedia
 | Greater short-toed lark |
Women forest rangers
being trained in TN for the first time: May 3
<http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/women-forest-rangers-being-trained-in-tn-for-the-first-time/article7166023.ece>
MAY 4
36 tremors in NE
this year: May 3
Mughal Road opens after the winter closure for
over five months: May 3
Mughal Road between
Jammu and Kashmir closed again: May 04
Forest land at
Yadahalli village in Bilagi taluk of Bagalkot district may be declared as
protected area for Chinkara: May 4
Estimation of
eastern swamp deer ( Rucervus duvauceli
Ranjitsinhi) in KNP: May 4
Over 100 personnel
from Assam forest department and Wildlife Trust of India scoured the grasslands
of Kaziranga to count swamp deer locally known as dal-harina
for two days, which ended on Sunday. The park was divided into 22 blocks for
the estimation, which is done twice a year. Last year's population was 854.
estimation results will be declared on Monday.
Seasons second
Nor'wester over Jharkhand on Sunday: May
4
Several districts in north and northeast Bihar were hit by thunderstorm and a few by hailstones
on Saturday night: May 4
Jabarkhet Nature
Reserve, the first private reserve near Mussoorie inaugurated: May 3
Ananda Kumar, a
wildlife scientist from NCF working to mitigate human-animal conflict in
Valparai, has received the Whitley Award, the 'Green Oscar': May 4
Jait Sagar or Lotus
lake in Bundi - boating proposed here! May 4
Billions of lotus
bloom here from March to October and the lake is a haven for native and
migratory birds.
MP forest officials
crack Indo-China Pangolin smuggling racket: TNN | May 3
Striped hyena
captured on camera in Kawal Tiger Reserve (KTR) in Adilabad: May 4
Preserving Himalayan
ecology: May 4
Rejoinder to the
article “Killing
a country’s ecology” Comment page, April 29
MAY 5
A slow
loris rescued at Panitola Parsuram tea factory on Sunday: May 5
Elephants strike at
Ramakuppam in A.P: May 5
Teak trees fail to
produce seeds this year: May 5
BNHS and others
against use of wildlife for religious and cultural practices: May 5
Notorious
International Smuggler Held, Red Sanders Worth Rs 9 Crore Seized: May 5
Clean up Kolkata air
to make it inviting - US diplomat: TNN | May 5
Ankasamudra tank in
Hagari Bommanahalli taluk in Ballari district is turning into a natural bird
sanctuary: May 5
SMS as SOS: A
community driven early warning system that has saved precious human lives and
reduced damage to property in the Valparai plateau bags the Green Oscar: May 5
The Information
Network: NCF team receives SMS on specific locations. It is then passed on to
residents in the locality through bulk SMS covering about 3,000 families.
Elephant movement location is shown as a ticker in the local cable TV channel.
25 mobile operated flasher beacon lights covers half of Valparai plateau - 3
rings to turn on the light and 7 rings to turn it off. SMS alerts are activated
once beacon is switched on.
MAY 6
11 rhino poachers
killed while 20 have been arrested in
the KNP this year: May 5
MAY 7
Pune ornithologist,
Pramod Patil has won the Whitley Award, popularly known as the ‘Green Oscar’
for his work on the conservation of the Great Indian Bustard: May 7
Swamp deer
population in Kaziranga goes up 1,129 from 854 in 2014:May 6
Cabinet panel going
slow on eco-sensitive zones in Karnataka:
May 7
Artificial lake on
Phuktal river bursts: May 7
The
artificial lake on the Phuktal river in Zanskar
Man-eater leopard
gunned down in Pithoragarh district, Uttarkhand: May 6
Lion doubles habitat
in Saurashtra region in the last 5 years; population has crossed 480: May 7
Artificial coral
reef structures developed by CMFRI attract many species of fish along Tamil
Nadu coast: TNN | May 7
An angry tusker
killed a man and chased another till he broke his leg in Ranchi city: May 7
MAY 8
Elephant rampage in
Ranchi yesterday has jolted the state
forest department to beef up a comprehensive 24/7 elephant track-and-alert
mechanism: May 8
Efforts to save GIB
will be made up to international level: Rajasthan govt: TNN | May 8
Bannerghatta among
30 Eco-Sensitive Zones: May 8
Flash floods in
Kargil: Friday, May 8
A flash flood caused
by melting of snow hit Sankhoo village,
40 km from Kargil town today damaged and
inundated several buildings and crops. On Wednesday, water gushed down from a
nearby mountain towards the sleepy
village of Thang Humbree , 45 km from Kargil town and wrecked several houses
and buried their ground floors, trees and a stream of fresh water under rubble
and mud.
In Kargil, a remote
mountainous district in the Ladakh region, the lengthy winter is finally over.
The sudden sunshine
and rise in temperature have caused the snow, which is present in bulk on
surrounding mountains, to melt posing the threat of flash floods like the one
which swept through villages this week. The more severe flash flood, which had
been in the making for months, was triggered on Thursday morning in the
snow-bound Zanskar subdivision of Kargil where the rising temperature melted an
artificial frozen lake leading to evacuation of 4,000 residents from nearly 100
villages.
A campaign,
“Preserving the Future: Stop Illegal Wildlife Trade” against illegal trade in
lesser-known species jointly run by TRAFFIC, WWF-India and WCCB on social media
claims to have reached out to nearly 1.4 million people: May 8
<http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/outreach-on-social-media-against-illegal-trade-of-lesserknown-species/article7182799.ece>
MAY 9
World Migratory
Birds Day: May 9 - 10
World Migratory Bird
Day (WMBD) was initiated in 2006 and is a global awareness-raising campaign
highlighting the need for the protection of migratory birds and their habitats.
On the second weekend each May, people around the world take action and organise
public events such as bird festivals, education programmes and bird-watching
excursions to celebrate World Migratory Bird Day.
A mild quake
measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale was felt this morning in Kutch district of
Gujarat. The epicentre of the earthquake was 22 kms northwest from Bhachau town
of district," officials of the Institute of Seismological Research (ISR)
said. Another minor tremor measuring 2 on Ritcher Scale was also felt at 7.47
AM after the first tremor: May 9
Odisha in grip of
heat wave: PTI, May 9
MAY 10 (Sunday)
Plea in NGT to curb
construction activity in Aravallis: May 10
Three adult tigers
along with hundreds of leopards, clouded leopards, wild dogs and the Asiatic
golden cat captured on camera traps in Namdapha Tiger Reserve: May 4
MAWLYNNONG : God’s
own garden - Asia’s cleanest village: May 9
Mawlynnong, in East
Khasi Hills district of the Meghalaya is a tiny village with 95 households.
It is about 90
kilometres from crowded but picturesque Shillong. The speciality of this
village is that it is spotlessly clean, thus fetching the title of Asia’s
cleanest village. The villagers take it upon themselves to keep not only their
surrounding clean but the entire village as well. It is not unusual for people
of all age group to sweep the tiny concrete road that connects the village. The
villagers say that open defecation was stopped almost a decade ago under the
Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan.The village has lush greenery all around, with abundance
of flowering orchids dangling in almost all the houses.
Even before the
village was dubbed the cleanest village, people have kept the village spotless.
Now, it’s a community responsibility. There is a parking lot here and visitors
will be guided to the designated area . Every vehicle has to pay fifty rupees to
the Dorbar Shnong, a local governance body for the maintenance of the
village. Between Sept-April, it receives up to 300 tourists a day!
The main occupation
of the villagers is agriculture mainly betel nut and horticulture produce. There are three
schools here and it is a 100 percent
literate village.Ten minutes' walk
from the village is a living roots bridge, unique to Meghalaya with a serene view of the tranquil rivulet
below. The nearby Sky walk made of bamboo and natural rope is more than 80 feet from where one can see
the plains of Bangladesh!
Bombax trees under
threat in Lakhimpur: May 9
An
egret feeds her chicks on the banks of the Brahmaputra in the Panbazar area of
Guwahati on Saturday: May 10
Scores of egrets build their nests among trees
in the populated Panbazar area, a major business centre of the city, at this
time of the year.
Four arrested in
Tamil Nadu for smuggling sea cucumbers: TNN | May 10
10 tigers and 23
leopards in Kanhargaon in Chandrapur district, Maharashtra: May 10,
May 11
Population of
Asiatic lions found to have increased considerably in Gir WLS — from 411 during
the last census in 2010 to 523 in 2015: May 11
Arunachal tops in
illegal Poppy cultivation: May 10
Of the total 2,530
acres of illegal opium poppy crop destroyed across the country by Narcotics
Control Bureau (NCB) during 2014-15, Arunachal accounted for nearly 40 per cent
with 1,067 acres. During 2013-14, 1,222 acres and less than 400 acres in 2012 of
poppy were destroyed by NCB, in
Arunachal Pradesh. The figures could be just the tip of the iceberg as NCB
sources said they could not penetrate deep into the remote state as their teams
were attacked by armed locals. The teams
went to Arunachal after noticing
widespread poppy cultivation in satellite imagery provided by
Secundarabad-based Advanced Data Processing Research Institute (ADRIN).
The Institute of
Narcotic Studies and Analysis (INSA) in a ground-based extensive survey on
opium in 2010 found that poppy was being farmed on 16,441 hectares in just Lohit and Anjaw districts. According to NCB
officials, apart from Lohit and Anjaw districts, there have been reports of
poppy cultivation from Changlang, Longding, Upper Siang and Tirap districts.
Due to geographic
closeness with the 'Golden Triangle' of Myanmar, Lao PDR and Thailand, infamous
for opium and heroin production and trafficking, security agencies are
concerned that the state with favourable climate for poppy cultivation has
started to act as an extension of the international mafia indulging in the
illegal trade. There have been no indications that the extracted opium from the
poppy pods is refined into heroin in India. This means that it is being
smuggled to Myanmar, which is one of the largest heroin producers in the
region," an NCB official said. People in Arunachal extract opium in a
unique way by lancing poppy pods with blades and collecting the viscous fluid
on a fabric made of nettles. PTI/ <http://www.arunachaltimes.in/#Arunachal>
May 11
High mortality of
fish in Kolleru lake is due to decreased water levels and low dissolved oxygen
levels, says Deputy Director of Fisheries: May 11
Residents near the
Atapaka bird sanctuary in Kolleru say that the negligence of Forest Department
authorities has contributed to mortality of fish; in addition large quantity of
fish have been stolen
Oppressive weather
in Calcutta and most parts of Jharkhand: May 11
Polluted Ennore
Creek fishermen harvesting bristle worms, a bio-marker and a food for marine
organisms: May 11
The creek has been
severely affected by pollution, due to effluents released from industries as
well as sewage flow and dumping of construction debris.
<http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Starved-of-fish-in-Polluted-Ennore-Creek-Bio-marker-Worms-Harvested-Instead/2015/05/11/article2807859.ece>
MAY 12
NGT, Calcutta bench
directs Union Ministry of Power, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate
Change, and governments of Arunachal and Assam and the Brahmaputra Board to set
up a study on environmental impact of HE projects being set up in Arunachal: May
11
New 7.3-magnitude
earthquake and several powerful aftershocks shook Nepal today; tremors were felt across vast stretches of
east and northeast India: May 12
Activists
fighting for upgrading the Mhadei
Wildlife Sanctuary in Goa to a tiger reserve: May 12
The 208 sq km
Sanctuary has an estimated five tigers.
Nelang valley in the
border district of Uttarkashi opened for eco-tourism: May 12
<http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/uttarakhand/remote-nelang-valley-to-be-thrown-open-to-tourists-today/79237.html>
Chenab river in Doda
that flows into Pakistan from Akhnoor, 25 km from Jammu in Jammu district. The river is a source of
drinking water for the expanding city of Jammu which gets its supply from Tawi
River now: May 12
MAY 13
Several tremors rock
the NE region - epicentres in Nepal where a quake measuring 7.3 occurred today:
May 12
At least 36
aftershocks, including five on Wednesday alone, were recorded in Nepal
following Tuesday's 7.3-magnitude earthquake.
Nepal earthquake
rocks WB, Bihar, Delhi, Jharkhand, TN and other states
Nor'wester sweeps
Ranchi after Nepal tremor: TNN | May 12
Elephants of Dalma
WLS are back home, after extending their stay in neighbouring Bengal
for nearly two months: May 13
Centre okays Rs.
20,000-crore budget for Namami Gange scheme: May 13
The scheme will
integrate the efforts to clean and protect the River Ganga in a comprehensive
manner.
A trek into the
Parambikulam Tiger Reserve organised by Pollachi
Papyrus magazine: May 12
Srinagar-Leh NH
opened to vehicular traffic: May 13
The NH was thrown
open to vehicular traffic on Wednesday after remaining closed for four months
owing to heavy snowfall during winter.It was closed on January 12 this year.
The snow clearance operations, on the road where 18 to 50 feet of snow had
accumulated, commenced on March 21 this year and were completed in the first
week of this month.
Meet on saving wild
mangoes near Mangalore: May 13
First Giant Squirrel
census to commence this week in Maharashtra - by counting nests: May 13
Kallar - a
temperamental river in Thiruvananthapuram district: Wednesday, May 13
Anamalai Tiger
Reserve to undertake a pre-monsoon census all the animals: May 13
The week-long survey
will begin on May 13. During a census taken up earlier this year, the tiger
population in the reserve was found to have gone up to 23 from 13 in 2010. The
last census in December 2014 pegged the
population of Spotted Deer at 1,450, elephants at 817, Indian Gaur at 1,858 and
the Sambhar Deer at 6,100.
MAY 14
Poacher killed in
Kaziranga , taking the total number of poachers killed this year to 25: May 13
Rainfall lashes
several parts of Kashmir: May 13
Mughal Road closed
after heavy rains, landslides: May 13
Opium and cannabis
being cultivated in the inaccessible valleys & hills in Kullu, Mandi,
Chamba, Shimla and Sirmaur districts: May 14
There are 50,000
acres of cannabis under cultivation in the Kullu Valley alone. The Magic Valley
in the upper reaches of Malana, some 50 km from Kullu town, is known for
cultivating 'Malana Cream', a prized hashish that is a purified resinous
extract of cannabis.
Heavy rain in
Shivamogga, Uttara Kannada districts: May 13
Yettinahole drinking
water project may not be environment
friendly or useful for the targeted beneficiaries, feel experts: May 13
Yettinahole project
had been marked as top priority project of the government andwill cater to the
drinking water needs of Bengaluru Rural, Kolar, Chikkaballapur and Tumakuru
India's
forest man, Jadav Payeng has shunned the limelight to go it alone once again -
this time on a mission to stop elephant depredation in human habitations: May
13
He is planting trees
on a 2,000-hectare sapori (sandbar) off
Majuli island in Upper Assam before the floods so that elephants can feed on
the trees and not make inroads into human habitation.
Naga, the Amur
falcon flies 40000km in second migration
lap: May 13
Rain in many places
in Himachal: May 14
Less snowfall in
Sutlej catchment could have serious repercussions: May 13
The Sutlej is the
longest snowfed river (320 km) flowing through Himachal, having a catchment
area of 20,000 sq km, and a large number of hydro projects have come up or are
under execution in the Sutlej basin.As per the latest study conducted by
scientists of the Met Department, the average snowfall during winters,
(November 1 to April 30) has been decreasing by an appreciable 4.1 cm annually over the past three decades.
83 butterfly species
identified at Pawalgarh: May 14
J & K HC
orders felling of Russian poplars after widespread pollen allergy: May 13
Stormed capital -
Ranchi: May 14
After the earth
quaked, the sky grumbled, roared and poured. Tuesday's gale force of over
60kmph, 47.4mm rain and hail paralysed the capital through Wednesday. On
Wednesday afternoon, the skies opened again, with 57.6mm rain and wind speed
measuring anywhere between 40-45kmph.
MAY 15 (Friday)
Unseasonal rains
& release of water from Aliyar dam - Bharathapuzha flowing to the brim:
May 15
Mangrove crusader,
Kallen Pokkudan to start a school for training people on mangrove
conservation: May 14
The bird doctor -
Pramod Patil, winner of ‘Green Oscar’: May 14
Four forest
personnel from Dalma WLS short listed for Hem Chand Mahindra Wildlife
Foundation (HCMWF) and Saevus Wildlife Warrior Awards 2015: May 15
Nathu La route for
Indian pilgrims to visit Kailash Mansarovar will open in June: May 15
This was announced
today by PM during his visit to China. The second route through the Himalayan
pass of Nathu La, 4,000 metres above sea level, will be in addition to the
existing Lipulekh Pass in Uttarakhand.
Wet spell continues
in Himachal: May 14
Rampant felling of
deodar trees on in McLeodganj, Dharamkot: May 15
ADDITIONS:
No direct evidence
to prove that it was T-24 tiger which killed a forest guard: May 12
Partners in
conservation: May 14
GIR Lions gene pool:
May 14
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