Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
: Adding a new dimension to the case related to pollution caused by the Okhla waste-to-energy plant, the National Green Tribunal on Friday has directed the UP government to verify claims of that emissions from the Delhi plant are adversely affecting environment and wildlife of Okhla Bird Sanctuary in Noida. …
In FY13, the Daitari mines had recorded production of 703,440 tonnes of ore With the forest department taking a grim view on Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) carrying out mining activities without forest clearance, the state-controlled miner's Daitari iron ore mines might soon close down. In a recent letter to Odisha …
As many as 19,000 farmers from Solapur district have submitted their objections regarding reservation of land for the Rehekuri Bird sanctuary, spread across the Ahmednagar and Solapur districts. Close to 8,500 sq.km, mostly from Solapur district was reserved as forest area for blackbuck and Great Indian bustard bird. The area …
The National Board of Wildlife (NBWL) recently shot down a proposal to set up a Clinker Grinding and Flash Mixing Unit in close proximity to the Chambal Crocodile Sanctuary in Kota, Rajasthan. The NBWL chaired by Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan also overturned the Rajasthan State Board of Wildlife stating that …
RANCHI: The establishment of a Tiger Conservation Foundation, a legal prerequisite under the Wildlife Protection Act, is likely to become a reality soon in Jharkhand during President's rule. The foundation which is believed to be the core establishment for the protection and conservation of big cats has been facing the …
The move will prevent people from encroaching the forest land One more wildlife sanctuary will dot Karnataka which already has 22 wildlife sanctuaries. The State government has officially declared a part of the Kollegala Range Forest as Male Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary. Off the 1,224 sqkm of the Range forest, 906.18 …
Files Review Petition In SC; Says MP Misled Court Ahmedabad: The battle over the translocation of lions from Gujarat to Madhya Pradesh is back in the Supreme Court. The Gujarat government on Tuesday moved a petition challenging the April 15 order which directed the state to translocate lions to Palpur-Kuno …
Attempt to retain it as a captive animal opposed Biswajit Mohanty, Secretary of Wildlife Society of Orissa, on Wednesday demanded immediate release of the wild tiger that walked into the Nandankanan Zoological Park here recently. Pugmarks sighted In a letter addressed to the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), Mr. Mohanty …
Jaipur:Around 29,692 hectares of forest land is under encroachment in Rajasthan, according to the latest figures of the ministry of environment and forests. While the country boasts of over 19.57 lakh hectares of encroached forest land as compared to 17,94,879 hectares in 2009. The data shows that the encroachments on …
NEW DELHI: Gujarat is still smarting over the loss of some of its Gir lions to Madhya Pradesh. But many states would gladly give away an animal whose burgeoning population is causing havoc in farms, airforce stations and on national highways — the blue bull or nilgai. So fraught has …
In an interesting development, the Karnatakka high court has dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL)challenging the proposal of the Karnataka government to translocate/transfer 23 elephants to Madhya Pradesh. "In the instant case, the state government in its wisdom has taken a policy decision for the translocation of the elephants having …
Expressing concern over the killing of peacocks in the state, the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau has asked police to take stern action against the poachers. Increased poaching of peacock for feather is posing a serious threat to the national bird in the region, Special Officer of the Wildlife Crime Control …
Sterlite asked to deposit Rs. 100 crore with Collector The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Sterlite copper smelter plant to deposit within three months a compensation of Rs.100 crore with the Tuticorin Collector. A Bench of Justices A.K. Patnaik and H.L. Gokhale said this amount would be put in …
In the result, the appeals are allowed and the impugned common judgment of the High Court is set aside. The appellants, however, are directed to deposit within three months from today a compensation of Rs.100 crores with the Collector of Thoothukudi District, which will be kept in a fixed deposit …
A standard operating procedure (SOP) to deal with the emergency arising due to the straying of tigers in human-dominated areas has been issued by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), stipulating the imposition of prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code in the area of its operation. …
Letter to Central Empowered Committee from D. K. Joshi (Member, Monitoring Committee, constituted by Supreme Court of India) on the issue of an educational institution, Anand Engineering College belonging to Sharada Group of Institutions operating within the Soor Sarovar Bird Sanctuary, Agra.
PIL against officials for issuing NOCs to bring jumbos from other states Elephants being used in various ceremonies and processions have for long raised the heckles of environmentalists, on the grounds that the ‘gentle giants’ are subjected to inhuman treatment in the name of culture and tradition. Compassion Unlimited Plus …
Hundreds of fully grown and commercially important trees have been axed by thieves in the Dandeli-Anshi and Bandipur tiger reserves in Karnataka. Sources indicated a nexus between the forest department officials and local politicians in the Kulgi range of the Dandeli-Anshi Tiger Reserve. In Bandipur, eyewitnesses pointed to the involvement …
A tiger that has strayed into human habitation must be guided back to forest, chemically immobilised, trapped but, unless it is established as a man-eater, not killed, states a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) framed by the National Tiger Conservation Authority to deal with man-tiger conflict. The SOP, circulated among chief …
PANJIM: The Central Government, acting through the Union Environment and Forests Ministry, has blamed the Goa government for the current mining imbroglio, in a 107-page affidavit filed before the Supreme Court on Wednesday, pointing out to repeated directives issued by it, in a bid to ensure compliance of various mining …
