Battle for survival
Nearly 8,000 of the Dongria Kondh Adivasis, who revere the Niyamgiri mountain as their king and god, fear displacement and disruption of their centuries-old culture once the company gets the clearance
Nearly 8,000 of the Dongria Kondh Adivasis, who revere the Niyamgiri mountain as their king and god, fear displacement and disruption of their centuries-old culture once the company gets the clearance
Bhubaneswar: A day after the Centre gave the final forest clearance to the South Korean steel major Posco
More than eight months after the government scrapped the controversial ‘no-go’ policy, which had banned mining in some areas, state-owned Coal India Ltd (CIL) is still struggling to operate its new projects located in the so-called no-go areas in the absence of a formal go-ahead from the environment ministry. The delay is set to stem the miner’s efforts to meet new supply obligations, further aggravating the ongoing coal crisis in the country. “Since September last year, only two of our new mining projects have received clearance and, that too, outside of the no-go list.
The environment appraisal committee of the Union environment ministry has given the go ahead to state-run miner NMDC Limited to operationalise 10 million tonne per annum greenfield iron ore mine at Bailadila
Mumbai While the proposed Navi Mumbai airport waits for clearance, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray has said convenience of passengers should be kept in mind while considering the location.
Vedanta Aluminium Ltd has sought a level playing field by seeking a waiver on public hearings on grounds that they were conducted twice — in 2003 and 2009 — to build the refinery and smelter. The union
<p>15 mines running sans permits, 8 exceeding limits In what appears to be a massive scam in the mining sector, the public accounts committee (PAC) on Monday, pointed out that 15 mines were operating without valid forest clearances and eight mines, were extracting ore much beyond their permitted capacity.
Letter to Principal Secretary (forests) govt of Gujarat to Assistant Inspector General of Forests regarding diversion of 1840 ha of reserved forest land for development of port based Special Economic
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Dr. P.C. Prasad & Ors. Vs. Govt. Of NCT of Delhi & Ors. dated 04/07/2014. The Tribunal has directed the counsel appearing
The Environment Ministry today lifted moratorium imposed on eight industrial clusters located in critically polluted areas in different parts of the country for considering projects for environmental clearance.
The Rs 50,000-crore Posco steel plant in Odisha hit a snag after the National Green Tribunal denied clearance to the project. The Tribunal held that the project will remain suspended till the Environment
Mumbai city builders condemned a new country-wide regulation that requires developers to get environmental clearance from the Centre for all projects worth over Rs 50 crore. Builders said it would
Nagpur-based Murli Agro Products (MAPL) has received the pollution clearance from the Maharashtra government for its Rs 578 crore greenfield cement plant. The company also expects to get the
With its forest panel still dithering over the minutes of a meeting held two weeks ago, and its experts on environmental clearances for ports requiring more time to study the issue, the Union Environment Ministry has managed to delay any decision on the fate of Posco's $12-billion steel project in Orissa for another ten days. The South Korean giant presented its
The writ petitioner, Prafulla Samantra, appealed in his personal capacity as the President of a Social Organisation viz.
Says Central and State Governments have taken safety measures and it is high time steps were taken for starting production The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board have applied their mind in all clearances and statutorily passed various orders relating to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP). There is no scope for the Madras High Court to presume that the orders are arbitrary, a Division Bench has held.
The Centre on Wednesday decided that it would not consider any development project proposed in the country's top 43 identified 'critically-polluted' industrial clusters and pending with it for an environment clearance for the next eight months.
A year after Jairam Ramesh's final environmental clearance, Korean giant waits for state govt to hand over land Last January, the Union environment ministry's approval for the Rs 52,000-crore mega steel
BHUBANESWAR: IT will be difficult for Vedanta to get prospecting licence (PL) or mining lease of any bauxite mines in Orissa in the near future following rejection of stage-I forest clearance from the proposed mining project in Niyamgiri by Union Ministry of Environment and Forests. Steel and Mines Minister Raghunath Mohanty said though Vedanta is ready to take bauxite from any other altern
Ministry Says Investments Worth . 35,000 Cr Have Been Committed In These Areas PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh has directed Union environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh to soften his stand on coal mines attached to power projects that are stranded for want of green clearances, government officials said. The coal ministry has estimated that investments of .