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 …
Real estate developers who have projects within a 10-km radius of the Okhla Bird Sanctuary here are using environmental concerns to delay giving possession, buyers of these units have alleged. A National Green Tribunal order in April this year had stopped all new constructions within the 10-km radius pending the …
Many pinned the blame on builders and the Noida Authority for not pointing out irregularities at an earlier stage. Home buyers were left in the lurch after the Supreme Court refused to entertain real estate firm Jaypee Infratech’s plea to direct Noida Authority to grant completion certificates to its projects …
PANJIM: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday said that Union Minister for Environment and Forest Prakash Javadekar has assured that he would revisit Dr Kasturirangan committee report on Western Ghats. The report has identified nearly 4,156 villages as eco-sensitive zones, including 99 villages in Goa. The Minister has also assured …
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea of real estate firm Jaypee Infratech seeking a direction to Noida Authority to grant completion certificate to its projects which fall within 10km radius of a bird sanctuary. A bench of justices J S Kehar and C Naggapan said, "Let …
In what may be a big relief for miners in Goa, the Centre will review its earlier notification banning mining activity within one kilometer of wildlife sanctuaries in the state. The indication came even as environment minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday emphasized that states with higher forest cover should not …
In October 2013, NGT had directed the Noida Authority to stop construction activity within 10 km of the wildlife sanctuary The Supreme Court has rejected a real estate firm Jaypee Infratech’s plea that the Noida Authority be directed to grant completion certificates to its projects near the Okhla bird sanctuary …
NGT Order forbids giving completion certificates to projects in 10-km radius of Okhla bird sanctuary Builders in Noida are unable to hand over more than 30,000 completed homes to their buyers, because of a National Green Tribunal order forbidding the Noida Authority from giving completion certificates to projects within a …
BHOPAL: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered influential Madhya Pradesh builder Dilip Suryavanshi's company, Dilip Buildcon, to stop mining operations in the vicinity of the wildlife sanctuary in Ratlam district. The tribunal has also asked the company to shut its hotmix plant immediately. The company was awarded the contract to …
Affects 20,000 Homebuyers In Okhla Bird Sanctuary Zone Almost 20,000 homebuyers in Noida face a delay in receiving possession of their completed apartments. This is due to a recent judgment by National Green Tribunal, which prohibits Noida Authority from giving any completion certificate for projects within a 10km radius of …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s Jaypee Infratech Ltd. Vs Union of India & Others dated 30/05/2014 regarding illegal and unauthorized construction works undertaken within a radius of 10 kms. from the boundary of the Okhla Bird Sanctuary.
AURANGABAD: The forest department (wildlife) has received eight trap cameras to be installed in Gautala Autramghat sanctuary. The department had sent a proposal a few months ago, seeking 12 trap cameras to protect and manage the wildlife in the 22,000-hectare sanctuary area, located around 65 km from here. The cameras …
Landowners claim no compensation received for surrendered plots in biological corridor Assembly: The people of Nganglam might have to wait for some more time before the fate of the new town is decided. Fifty-five landowners from the dungkhag had submitted a petition to the dzongkhag tshogdu, saying that they received …
Development: National Assembly members yesterday decided to include the 55km Shingkhar-Gorgan road construction in the 11th Plan. Works and human settlement minister Dorji Choden said representatives from Bumthang and Lhuentse proposed for the road construction to the National Assembly is 2005. “The road was included in the 2007-2027 road master …
A controversial road project has not only rung alarm bells for urial population in Chumbi-Surla Wildlife Sanctuary, the sole protected area in the Salt Range, but also brought different departments to lock horns with each other. The approval of a new 11.83km long road, from Khokar Zer village in Chakwal …
NOIDA: In an attempt to block the UP government's proposal of reducing the eco-sensitive zone around the Okhla bird sanctuary to just 100 metres, city-based environmentalists and lawyers met in Noida on Tuesday. The proposal which is currently with the Centre, pending for approval, was made to suit developers rather …
NAGPUR: The National Tiger Conservation Authority, a statutory body under the MoEF monitoring tiger reserves in the country, has directed all the reserves to incorporate supplementary guidelines to prepare tiger conservation plans (TCPs) and has set a deadline of June 15, to submit them. Like a working plan for territorial …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Sonya Ghosh Vs. Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors. dated 07/05/2014 regarding unauthorised structures within the sanctuary area of village Asola, Delhi. The Tribunal has come down heavily on the lack of coordination in the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Sonya Ghosh Vs. Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors. dated 02/05/2014 regarding unauthorised structures within the sanctuary area of village Asola. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/216-2014(MApp)_2May2014.pdf Previous Orders: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/e-orders.php?eid=7538
With the Forest department coming down heavily on all encroachments, the owners of the farmhouses in the area are crying foul. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday refused to grant a stay on the demolition of farmhouses that have illegally encroached upon forest land at the Asola Bhatti Wildlife …
Kedarnath was the worst hit in Uttarakhand in June 2013 tragedy.Dams and tunnels will wreck Uttarakhand, green activists have said all along. It's official now. Blaming hydropower projects for aggravating the impact of the Uttarakhand catastrophe of June 2013 and for environmental degradation of the state, an expert committee of …
