Order of the High Court of Tripura in the matter of Court on its own motion Vs The Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare & Others dated 09/01/2025. The HC was informed that National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) has granted approval for establishing two new Facility-integrated ART Centres (Fi-ARTC) …
Dept, MoEF to have final meeting on issue today The Forest department is set to propose one-km radius around protected forest areas as eco-sensitive zone. The state government and the Forest department officials are at loggerheads over the range of eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) around protected forest areas. The forest officials …
Recommends withdrawal of forest clearance The Elephant Task Force constituted by the High Court has recommended cancellation of the lease granted to mushrooming mini hydel power projects in the Western Ghats, particularly in Sakleshpur region. Contrary to the contentions that there is not much forest cover in Sakleshpur region where …
The notification to provide more protection to Western Ghats by extending the boundaries of the Pushpagiri Wildlife Sanctuary and to ensure contiguity to Kudremukha National Park has suffered a setback with Union Minister for Corporate Affairs Dr M Veerappa Moily writing a letter to reconsider the proposal. The inclusion of …
Says MoEF clearance for hydel project a formality on may 23, chief minister B S Yeddyurappa laid the foundation stone of a 200 MW hydro-power plant at Yettinahole in Karnataka
Subhash Chandra N S, Bangalore, DH News Service: Even as the Supreme Court has referred construction of a road through Pushpagiri sanctuary in Kodagu to Central Empowered Committee, another case of violation of the Apex Court guidelines has come to light. The State has now taken up widening of the …
Even as the Supreme Court has categorically stated that there will be no compromise in protecting vital forest resources, an elected body has directed the Public Works Department to carry out road laying work through pristine forests of Brahmagiri and Pushpagiri in Kodagu district. Kodagu Zilla Panchayat, in violation of …
