Godavari Gatha
Is the Rs 13,500 crore Indirasagar dam another Narmada in the making? Despite protests, the project is on. "It is a historic moment. Call it god's gift." Thus spake a buoyant Andhra Pradesh CM Y.S. Rajasekhara
Is the Rs 13,500 crore Indirasagar dam another Narmada in the making? Despite protests, the project is on. "It is a historic moment. Call it god's gift." Thus spake a buoyant Andhra Pradesh CM Y.S. Rajasekhara
Blocks with a tree canopy of less than 10 per cent of the area may not need any clearance The Union Environment and Forests Ministry is considering a proposal to allow mineral exploration in blocks
EC comes after forest clearance from chief wildlife warden; three leases apply for consent from GSPCB PANJIM: The iron ore mining lease belonging to Geetabala Parulekar (currently operated by Fomento),
Sea link project, Sewri- Nhava Sheva Mumbai Trans Habour Link (MTHL) is not exactly going at an ideal pace to complete the work and so to speed up the work which is already delayed, the state’s coastal
Mumbai: Serious efforts are being made to bring the Peddar Road flyover project back on track. Getting environment clearance is on top of the priority list for the state government. Public works department (public undertaking) minister Jaydutt Kshirsagar said the Centre had given in-principal permission during a meeting held last week in New Delhi.
AMITA VERMA June 18: Union minister of state for coal, Sriprakash Jaiswal, has said that delay in environment clearance was hampering the growth of coal production in the country. Talking to reporters here on Friday, the minister said that though the concern of the environment ministry was justified, he had made certain suggestion to remove the roadblocks.
<p>Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Lakhan Musafir & Others Vs Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited dated 01/09/2015 regarding Garudeshwar Weir project.</p> <p>The Applicants
<p>Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Geeta Bhadrasen Vadhai Vs Ministry of Environment and Forests & Others regarding regarding Dighi Port, Raigad,
THE proposed 1,320-megawatt Rampal power plant is an outcome of the Bangladesh prime minister’s visit to India from January 10-12, 2010. As per article 35 of the 51-point joint communiqué issued at the
As reported by Business Standard, the Lower Penganga project was mired in controversy after a multi-crore irrigation scam in the state came to the fore Construction in the inter-state Lower Penganga irrigation project between Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh is yet to begin, as Andhra Pradesh hasn’t received the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF)’s nod yet. Maharashtra had received the environment clearance in May 2007. As reported by Business Standard, the Lower Penganga project was mired in controversy after a multi-crore irrigation scam in Maharashtra came to the fore. MoEF’s expert appraisal committee (EAC) has asked the Andhra government to carry out a baseline environmental monitoring for the pre-monsoon, monsoon and post-monsoon seasons in a year.
PANJIM: Tearing into the State government’s affidavit (reply), Goa Foundation in its rejoinder, has argued that if the original lessee cannot mine the ore from the mine, then it should be returned to the state instead of being allowed to be mined by a raising contractor. Iron ore resource is a public asset. In the act of mining, the said resource is depleted for profits which accrue to the private party to whom the asset is leased,” says the rejoinder, pointing out that the government is only the custodian of that asset, and therefore duty bound to ensure that the public asset is leased to private parties at the highest possible price.
KOLLAM: Greens are crying foul over a recent circular issued by the Department of Environment and Climate Change, making Environmental Clearance Certificate (ECC) from the State Environment Impact Assessment
Faced with acute shortage of power and fuel and various issues impeding development of the power sector, the government on Tuesday hinted that it would soon come out with new bidding norms for new power projects after holding talks with the stakeholders. Addressing a press conference here, Minister of State for Power Jyotirditya Scinda said he would hold talks with stakeholders during the next two weeks and finalise the Standard Bidding Documents (SBDs) that had been in the works for a long time now. He also indicated that a plan was underway to strengthen the electricity grid system and move was afoot to grant the status of regulator to Power Operations Systems Company (Posoco), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL).
<div>The government's decision to reject Vedanta's proposed $1.7 billion bauxite mining project in Orissa has been hailed by green lobby terming it as a great step towards people's empowerment and saving pristine wildlife in the eco-fragile Niyamgiri Hills.</div> <div> </div> <div>"It's a great step foward in people's empowerment.
The wood panelled office in Delhi's Paryavaran Bhawan is now a 'no-go' zone. Its reigning green queen, Jayanthi Natarajan , once a daily fixture on television shows as Congress spokeswoman, presides in
The National Hydro-electric Power Corporation (NHPC) has obtained concurrence of CEA (Central Elelctricty Authority) for 600 MW Tawang-I and 800 MW Tawang-II Projects in Arunachal Pradesh. Environment
The first phase of Posco’s $12-billion Orissa project — India’s single-largest foreign direct investment — could start churning out steel by 2018, three persons with direct knowledge of the development
This document provides the decision of meetings of Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) for River Valley and Hydroelectric Projects constituted under the provisions of EIA notification 2006 during the period
Letter to M/s Adani Chemicals Limited from additional director on establishment of salt works at Mundra District Kachchh by M/s Adani Chemicals Limited dated 04/08/2005.
It asks company to carry out a fresh cumulative assessment study The National Green Tribunal (NGT), New Delhi, has suspended the environment clearance (EC) granted by Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) for the proposed coal-based thermal power plant of IL& FS Tamil Nadu Power Company Ltd in Cuddalore district. The tribunal directed the company to carry out a cumulative assessment study afresh within a radius of 25 km from the project site and submit it to the MoEF for stipulating any additional conditions and safeguards required for the protection and preservation of the Pichavaram mangroves and marine environment.