
Invitation for documenting heritage and natural sites
The Hindu
Invitation for proposals to document heritage sites and biodiversity was given by Telangana EPTRI on the occasion of World Heritage Day.
Principal Secretary, Environment & Forests, and Director General, Environment Protection Training & Research Institute (EPTRI) A.Vani Prasad has has extended an invitation for proposals on the documentation of heritage sites, wetlands, natural or unique landforms, vegetation, and flora and fauna, on the occasion of World Heritage Day, on April 18.
Along with the Additional Secretary, M.Prashanti, Ms. Prasad said the initiative is being jointly launched by EPTRI and Telangana Biodiversity Board.
A call has been given to universities, institutions, organisations, NGOs, research scholars, and students to actively participate in the documentation initiative. The deadline for submitting the proposals is May 15, a statement informed.

In , the grape capital of India and host of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela every 12 years, environmental concerns over a plan to cut 1,800 trees for the proposed Sadhugram project in the historic Tapovan area have sharpened political fault lines ahead of local body elections. The issue has pitted both Sena factions against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra. While Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief, and Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the Shiv Sena (UBT), remain political rivals, their parties have found rare common ground in Tapovan, where authorities propose clearing trees across 34 acres to build Sadhugram and a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) hub, as part of a ₹300-crore infrastructure push linked to the pilgrimage.












