Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Kamal Tiwari Vs Union of India & Others dated 27/05/2025. The Principal Chief Conservator of Forest and Chief Wildlife Warden, Rajasthan stated that a high level meeting to review the progress on the demarcation of Nahargarh …
PANJIM: With the government intending to promote eco-tourism in eco-sensitive areas (ESA), the process to draft Zonal Master Plans for each of notified ESA around six wildlife protected areas has begun. The plan will categorize various activities under three different heads – permitted, prohibited and regulated. The Zonal Master Plan …
National Green Tribunal, Eastern Zone bench, Kolkata has issued notices to Ministry of Environment and Forest, Odisha government and Odisha State Pollution Control Board over plea for cancellation of environment clearance granted to Talabira-1 opencast coal mining near Hirakud Reservoir. Human rights activist Subash Mohapatra and Hemant Rout, a local …
KOCHI: Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said a meeting of Western Ghat range states would be convened by this month to take a final call on demarcation of ecologically sensitive areas (ESA) in the hills. He said all state governments, except Tamil Nadu, have submitted their proposals regarding demarcation …
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today said a meeting of Western Ghat-range states would be convened by this month to take a final call on demarcation of ecologically sensitive areas (ESA) in the hills. He said all state governments, except Tamil Nadu, have submitted their proposals regarding demarcation of ESAs. Since …
Determined to shift the Darbar by June, the State government is going ahead with its plans to construct a temporary capital, despite the fact that cases are pending in the National Green Tribunal (NGT). The government has even floated tenders. The State government claims that it has got all the …
The union ministry on Friday had issued the final notification on reducing the Karanala Bird Sanctuary's Eco-Sensitive Zone. This move was to pave way for 22-km sea bridge to become a reality, free from any jurisdiction related to the environment and forest. The Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link (MTHL) project received a …
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday took a dig at his predecessors for failing to get clearances for major infrastructure projects, while announcing the environmental clearance for ‘eco-sensitive zone’ proposals for the Karnala Bird Sanctuary and Sanjay Gandhi National Park. The Chief Minister also thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and …
Nagpur: Adding a wild touch to weddings, tying the knot at luxurious resorts surrounding the core tiger habitat has become the newest fad for many Nagpurians. But little heed is being paid to the massive disturbance and harm that is caused to wildlife by such celebrations. Loud music, DJs, laser …
Conservationists demand ‘sincere’ environmental impact assessmentof the project Though it looks altruistic, the plan to develop one lakh acres of ayacut in the eastern parts of Adilabad district, in addition to the originally proposed 56,000 acres under the Pranaita-Chevella barrage across Pranahita river at Tummidihatti in Koutala mandal, will require …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Legal Aid Committee, National Green Tribunal Bar Association Vs. Union of India & Others dated 20/01/2016. The MoEF had issued a Notification on 18th December, 2012 declaring Bhagirathi eco sensitive zone. They had asked the State Government to submit a …
The cutting of Dindoshi and Yeoor hills, in Goregaon and Thane, respectively, has been stayed in an interim order by the Pune bench of the National Green Tribunal. The ruling comes two months after NGO Vanashakti sought that they be declared no-development zones as they lie on the periphery of …
Hinting at a lack of coordination between the Revenue and Forest departments, the National Green Tribunal has called for checks on the cutting of trees in non-forest areas in Sindhudurg and strict implementation of laws in the ecologically sensitive district. In an order on January 8, in response to an …
The National Green Tribunal has issued notices to the Union of India and other respondents to reply before February 4 on objections raised by former bureaucrat and social activist E.A.S. Sarma on establishment of capital of Andhra Pradesh in the Amaravati area. In response to the petition, the tribunal would …
Some of the most fragile districts in ecologically sensitive areas (ESA) of Western Ghats have been heavily cut to size, according to a detailed dna analysis of state government reports on physical demarcation of the region. The demarcation has largely been found in Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka, which are looking …
The Centre appears to be going slow on issuing the final notification on the Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESAs) in the State as per the Kasturirangan Committee report and the modification to the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms, leading to a continued state of uncertainty and insecurity in the high ranges …
The National Green Tribunal on Thursday declined to prevent flying of helicopters in the eco-sensitive zone at Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary in Uttarakhand and asked the State to issue specific directions in consonance with the aviation policy. “We decline to prevent flying of helicopters in that area,” a bench headed by …
MUMBAI: In a landmark order, the National Green Tribunal in Pune has restrained the government and other planning authorities from granting any permissions for new projects within 10 kilo meters from the boundary of Sanjay Gandhi National Park. The bar on such new sanctions would remain until the National Board …
Panaji: Those projects or activities that require extensive interference and that have the highest impact on the ecosystem within the ecologically sensitive area in the Western Ghats will not be granted environmental clearances, Union minister of environment, forest and climate change (independent charge), Prakash Javadekar said. "The ministry issued a …
NOIDA: The National Green Tribunal on Monday directed the Noida Authority to submit the format of completion certificates issued to builders whose projects fell within a 10km radius of the Okhla Bird Sanctuary. The green tribunal is hearing a petition challenging the Union ministry of environment's August 19 notification, demarcating …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Demarcation of eco-sensitive Zone around Okhla Bird Sanctuary, 07/12/2015. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) around Okhla Bird Sanctuary in the State of Uttar Pradesh and National Capital Territory of Delhi vide notification dated 19.8.2015 to conserve …
