Sanctuaries

Counter affidavit by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change regarding illegal constructions within the Barak Bhuban Wildlife Sanctuary, Cachar district, Assam, 30/01/2025

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 …

NGT order delays Noida flats

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 regarding illegal and unauthorized construction works undertaken within a radius of 10 kms. from the boundary of the Okhla …

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.

Gautala Autramghat sanctuary gets eight trap cameras

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 …

Land issues hold up new township development

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 …

Shingkhar-Gorgan road makes it into 11th Plan

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 …

Road construction sets alarm bells ringing for urial population

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 …

Activists plan SC move over Okhla eco zone

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 …

National Tiger Conservation Authority sets June 15 deadline for revised tiger conservation plans

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 regarding unauthorised structures within the sanctuary area of village Asola, 07/05/2014

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 regarding unauthorised structures within the sanctuary area of village Asola, 02/05/2014

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

NGT refuses to stay razing in Asola Bhatti

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 …

Green panel blames hydel projects for Uttarakhand disaster, calls for ban on projects in eco-fragile regions

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 …

New govt needs more than steely resolve to fix mining mess

The current global price of Iron Ore at around $120/t cfr China is in tandem with the falling trend of this critical input and is projected to go down further by another $10-15/t in the coming weeks, depending on how the Chinese deal with the huge inventories lying at ports …

Wall of forest farmhouse razed

Environmentalists Laud Move; Residents At Asola-Bhatti Plan To Move Court New Delhi: It’s quite a sight inside Asola Bhatti Sanctuary as earthmovers are demolishing boundary walls of some palatial farmhouses. The forest department is clearing its own mess now in the sanctuary. Action was taken only after the ministry of …

Wildlife census for carnivorous animals conducted in Goa

The wildlife division of North and South Goa from April 21 to 23 conducted a wildlife census for carnivorous animals wherein pugmarks of tigers were recorded in various sanctuaries. Inside the Mhadei sanctuary at many places pugmarks and scat of tigers were recorded by the volunteers who participated in the …

32 leases in 1km buffer zone to be cancelled

The Supreme Court's order fixing a one km buffer zone for mining has in effect put a permanent closure to 32 mining leases in Goa coming under the eco-sensitive zone in the wildlife sanctuaries of Mhadei, Molem, Bondla and Netravali. In its iterim order, the SC has stated that there …

Goa Congress welcome Supreme Court’s order to resume mining

The Congress in Goa welcomed the Supreme Court's interim order to restart mining in the state. Goa Pradesh Congress committee president John Fernandes said that Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar wrongly stopped all mining in Goa on September 10, 2012. With the Supreme Court order, mining should resume immediately though …

SC lifts ban on Goa mining, fixes annual cap at 20 MT

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday lifted the ban on Goa mining and allowed an annual cap of 20 million tonnes of iron ore excavation, down from earlier 40 MT. However, the apex court said there will be no grant of lease for mining around one km of national …

Machan wildlife census on May 14

The annual waterhole (machan) census to count herbivores and carnivores will be taken up on May 14, the Buddha Pournima day, when visibility is good owing to full moon, in all the national parks, sanctuaries and tiger reserves in the state. "We have issued instructions to respective chief conservators of …

Arab royal hunts down 2,100 houbara bustards in three week safari

A Saudi prince has poached over 2,100 internationally protected houbara bustards in 21-day hunting safari in Chagai, Balochistan, during which the royal also indulged in illegal hunting in protected areas, says a report. The report titled ‘Visit of Prince Fahd bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud regarding hunting of …

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