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 …
AGRA: A sanctuary may soon come to the rescue of the dwindling peacock population in Mathura. The district Forest Department and some NGOs are chalking out a plan to develop a natural habitat for the national bird in the forests near Mathura, Kosi Kala, Vrindavan and Govardhan. District forest officer …
PORVORIM: While the process for the identification of private forests in Goa is still on, the government is also finalizing an "intensive management plan" for private forests in Goa, environment minister Alina Saldanha told the legislative assembly on Wednesday. Replying to a starred question by BJP Sanguem MLA Subhash Phal …
BRT Wildlife Sanctuary director S Lingaraja said on Tuesday that granite quarries around the tiger reserve are causing disturbance to the wildlife. Delivering a talk on ‘Challenges in Tiger Conservation’ at Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens on account of ‘World Tiger Day’, he said there are 24 granite quarries around BRT …
In its newly re-constituted avatar, the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) is as good as an “illegal body,” having flouted several guidelines mandated by the Wildlife Protection Act (WLPA), say wildlife experts, who add that a weakened Board could be catastrophic for wildlife and protected habitats. The NBWL is mandated …
The environment ministry has asked Uttar Pradesh government to submit a revised proposal for declaring the periphery of Okhla Bird Sanctuary an Eco- Sensitive Zone (ESZ). "The proposal of ESZ around Okhla Bird Sanctuary was discussed in a meeting chaired by the secretary, MoEF. The state government of Uttar Pradesh …
The surface of a pool near the Imfolozi river ripples as a white rhino, its young calf close by, lowers its mouth to drink. Rhinos have roamed the Earth in such a way for 40 million years. Humans, by comparison, are new kids on the block. Yet it is modern …
In a move that is likely to bring relief to thousands of home owners along Noida Expressway, a committee constituted by the Union Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) has recommended that the Eco-Sensitive Zone around Okhla Bird Sanctuary stretch no further than 1.2 km with the DND flyway as …
LUCKNOW: In UP, the eco-sensitive zone around national parks wildlife sanctuaries does not go beyond 100 metres. The ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) says 10 km around notified protected areas should be marked as an eco-system zone but UP has not proposed marking more than 100 metres as the …
An NGT order declaring that construction within a 10-km radius of the Okhla Bird Sanctuary cannot be given completion certificates has left flat buyers and builders in the lurch. Adding to their woes, a 2005 directive of the National Board for Wildlife insists that 10 km is the radius around …
The state's first rewilding experiment through voluntary relocation of people, who had inhabited wildlife sanctuaries, has come to fruition as the area is now teeming with wild animals. The settlements in Golur and Ammavayal villages in Wayanad were left by its inhabitants in 2012. The 54 families from the two …
Move comes Uttar Pradesh’s January proposal to notify 100 m around sanctuary Echoing the Uttar Pradesh Government’s proposal in January to notify 100 metres around the Okhla Bird Sanctuary as “eco-sensitive zone”, the Delhi Government’s Forest Department is set to propose the same. As per a directive issued by the …
If National Green Tribunal orders are followed, townships in vicinity of Ralamandal Wildlife Sanctuary will land in troubled waters. Taking up the cause of conservation of the forest, the green body has banned construction within 10km radius of the sanctuary thereby bringing the townships at bypass road under scanner. A …
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 …
