Counter affidavit by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) in the matter of Pradeep Singh Shekhawat Vs State of Assam & Others dated 30/01/2025. The application complained about the illegal constructions, including the illegal construction of road to Bhuban Hill, within the Barak Bhuban Wildlife Sanctuary located …
Draft notification declaring eco-sensitive zone around Nagazira Wild life Sanctuary, New Nagazira Wild life Sanctuary, Koka Wild life Sanctuary, Navegaon Wildlife Sanctuary and Navegaon National Park
The state is mulling to declare ESZs in all the buffer areas of the remaining national parks and wildlife sanctuaries The Uttarakhand government has proposed to declare three eco-sensitive zones (ESZs) - Binog (Mussoorie) Wildlife Sanctuary, Valley of Flowers National Park and Nandhore Wildlife Sanctuary - in the state. "We …
Two Madhya Pradesh government departments are at odds over restarting of a carcass utilisation plant inside a wildlife sanctuary which activists say poses threat to tigers living in the area. While the animal husbandry department is trying hard to get the plant operational, which has been not working for about …
AHMEDABAD: Ahead of the 12-member committee meeting to discuss translocation of lions from Gir to Kuno Palpur (KP) in Madhya Pradesh (MP) scheduled for this month end, the Gujarat government has made it clear that MP will have to first satisfy the requirement of creating a sanctuary spread over 700 …
A North Florida non-profit proposing a National Marine Sanctuary for Northern right whales and Oculina coral that would cover more than 7,000-square miles of ocean from Jacksonville to Fort Pierce is headed back to the drawing board after having its initial application rejected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. …
If the long wait for environmental clearance for their flats wasn't bad enough, nearly 30,000 homebuyers in Noida now face significant cost escalations when they register these properties. The Uttar Pradesh stamps and registration department has said it will collect stamp duty for registry of flats at prevailing rates after …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Alka Sareen & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 27/02/2015 regarding setting up of Solid Waste Management Project at village Jhuriwala in Panchkula district, Haryana. The Applicant has stated that the proposed site is …
The Gujarat government has sought approval from the Centre for its Rs 150-crore Lion Conservation Plan. Not only that, it has demanded that the central government bear the lion's share — Rs 135 crore — of the total project cost. The state government has also demanded wildlife and environment clearance …
NOIDA: Close to a lakh Noida homebuyers and their builders are waiting impatiently for the final order on demarcation of eco-sensitive zone around the Okhla Bird Sanctuary, which needs to be cleared and sent by the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to the law ministry for approval. All objections …
Agra: More trouble is in store for the Sharda Group of Institutions. After its Anand Engineering College, another institute of the group, Hindustan Institute of Technology and Management (HITM), is now under scanner of the National Green Tribunal for allegedly violating environment and wildlife norms. Admitting a petition of DK …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Sonya Ghosh Vs. State of Haryana & Others dated 05/02/2015 regarding illegal, unauthorised and the rampant mining going on in the District of Alwar. The Tribunal noted with concern that the extent of illegal mining has …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Mathialagan Vs Union of India dated 05/02/2015 regarding order of the State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Tamil Nadu dated 20.5.2013 by which the SEIAA has granted an approval of Environmental Clearance (E.C.) for the proposal of …
In a first for the country, the Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP) has set up a 49.5 hectare (122 acres) fenced, forested elephant sanctuary. Elephants can move about freely in the enclosure. This comes as a big relief to jumbos that were either chained or kept in small enclosures after they …
Whereas, the Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary, situated in the then Shahabad district, and presently in Rohtas and Kaimur District, lying between Latitudes 24°3’ and 25°0’ N and Longitude 83°25’ and 85°0’ E, in the State of Bihar, spread over an area of 1504.96 sq. km was notified as wildlife sanctuary vide …
With the Union Government promulgating the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Ordinance, 2015, various cement plants in the state have heaved a sigh of relief as they will be relieved from seeking renewal of lease after every 10 years, as was the earlier norm. Seeking renewal of mining …
The Statue of Unity is likely to face a legal hurdle with a group of environment activists set to move the National Green Tribunal (NGT) against the state government’s ambitious project to construct the 180-metre statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at a distance of 3.2 km downstream of the Narmada …
Nagpur: The ministry of environment, forest and climate change seems to be engaged in giving a big push to projects falling within 10km of protected areas (PAs). After a gap of four months, the 32nd meeting of the standing committee of National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) will be held on …
More than 30,000 apartment buyers in Noida could finally get possession of their homes, with the ministry of environment and forests set to consider all comments on its draft notification on the ecosensitive zone around the Okhla Bird Sanctuary at a meeting it is planning on January 30. The ministry, …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Goa Paryavaran Savrakshan Sangharsh Samitee Vs M/s. Sociedade Timblo Irmaos Ltd. & Others regarding clandestine mining and export of the minerals for huge sums by M/s. Sociedade Timblo Irmaos Ltd. The applicant is seeking restoration of …
To understand the diverse habitats of migratory birds and make comparison studies, the bird watchers’ team of Nature Society of Tirupur, that has been studying the arrival-departure patterns of such species in western region, travelled across the State where migratory birds flock in large numbers. The assessment helped find the …
