State Says Already Complying With Green Norms New Delhi: No new infrastructure projects will be allowed in the high-erosion coastal zone in the country, environment minister Jairam Ramesh has said. Ramesh said that the coastline is undergoing changes due to various anthropogenic and natural interventions.
In an effort to develop, conserve, utilise and manage water-resource, effectively '4th Water Asia Show' is being organised in Delhi Issues like municipal water, irrigation & mineral water, industrial
Wildfires that began on October 21 in California, usa, continue to burn southern parts of the state. Known as the deadliest of California blazes, the wildfires have ravaged thousands of hectares
The pampered paper industry in India is being given another sop. It has consistently lobbied for captive plantations in the country's forest tracts. Success, it seems, is at hand because the Indian
the Delhi government has decided to set up north India's largest deer park at Jehangirpuri Bhalaswa in east Delhi. Around 162 hectres of land has been earmarked for the park. Local member of
In October 2004, Down To Earth carried out a survey on people's perception of climate change. We sought replies for the following questions: • What kind of local/regional changes in climate
An eleven-member herd of wild elephants has triggered a row between two state governments, trapped forest officials into taking desperate measures which killed two members of the herd and brought the man-elephant conflict into sharp focus. It all started when an all-female herd of elephants crossed into Andhra Pradesh from neighbouring Orissa in July this year.
The Union environment ministry on Thursday issued a show cause notice to Mundra Port and SEZ Ltd, a private port and special economic zone being developed on the west coast of the country, for alleged violation of the provisions of the Coastal Regulation Zone Notification. Acting on a complaint of NGO Machimar Adhikar Sangharsh Sangathan, the ministry asked the port to reply in 15 days why the
The pugmark method of counting tigers in the wild is a tedious exercise. But this method really works amidst all modern criticism and technology
Teak is found in the tropical, moist regions with heavy rainfall, and are thickly forested. Felling of teak trees in this region results in a replacement by Xylia xylocarpa. And teak never reinvades
Tigers or tribals?
THE Environment Ministry is likely to decide on Tuesday whether or not to allow construction of Rs 3,000 crore-Lavasa hill city project in Pune which has been embroiled in a controversy for allegedly violating green norms. "In all likelihood, we will issue an interim order in this regard tomorrow as the Bombay High Court has set a deadline for us to decide on the matter by December 16 (the
Raj Faces Trouble In Getting Environment Clearances For 14 Power Projects Jaipur: In what could be termed as yet another addition to the ongoing war of words among the Congress leaders, Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday blamed union minister Jairam Ramesh for hindering environmental clearances that were holding up upcoming state
The Union government shoots down a hotel project within a Karnataka national park
On Monday, the French company AREVA and Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) signed a deal ensuring that the 9,900-MW Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project will proceed in New Delhi, which will have the evolutionary pressurised reactors designed by the said company. The project will have six such reactors, each with a capacity of around 1,650 MW, for around Rs1 lakh crore. After the
<p>The NGT ordered closure of 12 restaurants in Delhi’s Hauz Khas area for not having applied for consent to operate till date since its last year’s order dated 20/09/2013 directing them to do so after complying with all the norms.</p>
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EU, G-77 Back Proposal To Set Up Mechanism For Tech Transfer To Check Climate INDIA has scored a major success at the Cancun climate change talks when its negotiators managed the backing of EU and G-77 for its proposal to set up a mechanism for technology transfer to deal with climate change. The transfer of technology is crucial as developing countries, particularly the more vulnerable
Ahmedabad: Ahead of the Uttarayan festival, the state forest and environment department has issued a strange advisory this year. The department has advised against flying kites between 6am and 8am and 5pm and 7pm because birds are most active at that time. The notification has also imposed a complete ban on Chinese and any kind of plastic threads to fly kites in the state.
Unfinished tannery relocation in Bengal is typical of many MoEF projects, says CAG in its first-ever environment audit A major environmental project initiated in south-east Kolkata relocating more than 500 tanneries in an integrated leather complex spread over 1,100 acres has failed to take off even after 12 years of its initiation, though more than Rs 135 crore has been spent already.
