The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has finally issued a draft notification demarcating area from 1 km to 2.035 km around the Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary as an eco-sensitive zone
Organisers enlighten people on the need for protecting the Ghats A signature campaign organised by the Save Western Ghats Movement, as a prelude to its Ecological Festival of Western Ghats, received
Over 56,000 kilometres of ecologically sensitive areas (ESA) in the Western Ghats could not be earmarked as ‘no-go’ zones due to State governments’ ‘insensitivity’, a parliamentary committee has said.
The environment ministry in 2018 finalised a nationwide plan to curb air pollution, notified new rules governing India's coastlines and proposed prohibition of use of animals in circuses besides engaging
Kurangani fire, Thoothukudi police firing and Chennai-Salem corridor project expose policy deficit It started out pretty well this year for the environment and the forest sector in Tamil Nadu. But as
<p>Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 11/12/2018 regarding areas around National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries
In a big blow to the country's top aluminium rolling private sector firm Hindalco, the Supreme Court on Thursday ordered shutdown two of the company's bauxite ore mining units in Maharashtra as it was
The ministry prepared its notification after coming under fire from the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for not finalising the ESA in the region. Nearly 57,000 sq km of the Western Ghats should be declared
GURUGRAM: Nearly an acre of land has been stripped of its green cover while work is on to flatten the plot that falls in the ecologically sensitive Aravalis off the Southern Peripheral Road (SPR), merely
With Karnataka rejecting the draft notification, the Centre had asked the state to form a state-level committee to readdress the issue. BENGALURU: With the Karnataka government urging the Centre to
When it receives petitions about violation of environmental laws such as illegal construction in eco-sensitive area. Hyderabad: The National Green Tribunal is ready to launch a new software that will
