Ken-Betwa river link given go-ahead; expert committee yet to submit report

The project would require diversion of 52.58 square kilometers of forest land, including 41.41 square kilometers of Panna Tiger Reserve

Ken-Betwa project gets wildlife board's approval

The project has a significant environment and wildlife impact as it passes right through the reserve where tigers had vanished in 2009

International Day of Forests: Can India shift from a ‘plantation’ mindset to an ‘eco restoration’ one

On World Forestry Day 2022, a retired forest officer offers some suggestions on India’s future forest policy  

Union Budget 2022-23: Activists express disbelief at sanction of money for river interlinking

River interlinking projects including Ken-Betwa do not have statutory clearances, are sub judice and have hardly progressed in the last two …

Sighting of desert cat termed ‘rare’ by MP is not rare after all, say independent wildlife experts

Sighting of the cat in jungles in not unusual, claim experts with ‘photographic evidence‘ captured as recently as 2018

Public hearings for Ken-Betwa river link project a sham, complain activists

People’s organisations say officials did not follow the correct procedure of informing village residents about the project. The environment …

Forest staff helped poachers in Panna Tiger Reserve: report

This resulted in wiping out of tiger population in the reserve in 2008