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 …
SHIMLA: The policy of promoting hydropower projects in Himachal Pradesh's fragile and eco-sensitive zones will have geological and hydrological impacts and there is need for strict compliance with environmental and safety norms by project authorities, an environmental group said on Wednesday. Two days after two workers were killed in an …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s. Manoj Stone Crushing Co. Vrs. SEAC & Ors. dated 03/12/2015 regarding projects coming up in the eco-sensitive zone of Western Ghats especially stone crushing industry. The Environment Department may place on record the authenticated copy of the eco-sensitive zone …
A Bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar gave this direction to advocate M. C. Mehta, who was appointed as local commissioner to enquire into the tree felling incident. With continued threat to the Taj Mahal due to pollution around it, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought a …
The Centre has proposed to declare two famous biodiversity spots in Meghalaya eco-sensitive zones. The Union ministry of environment, forests and climate change has issued two draft notifications, proposing to declare the areas around the Nokrek National Park in Garo hills and Narpuh wildlife sanctuary in the East Jaintia Hills …
The tribunal has also asked about the steps taken by the State of Assam to prevent animal deaths on roads caused due to vehicular traffic The sad state of affairs at the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, where animals continue to become victims of poaching, commercial activities and vehicular traffic, …
‘Any failure to initiate action as suggested by the panel will amount to contempt of Parliament’ The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests has sought Action Taken Reports (ATR) from the State on pollution of Vembanad lake, processing of solid waste at Brahmapuram and Kalamassery, cutting …
Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests, Ashwani Kumar today said balance has to be kept between the need for development and environment. Talking to reporters along with committee members after holding discussions on various environmental issues connected to Kerala and particularly to Kochi, …
People have been rendered jobless and are leading a miserable life, NGT told Heeding to the plea that the ban on commercial activities in the eco-sensitive Rohtang Pass area was affecting the livelihood of people, the National Green Tribunal has sought response from the Himachal Pradesh government on the issue. …
Nagpur: The 400 sq km Painganga Wildlife Sanctuary spread in Yavatmal and Nanded districts is facing sever threat from politically backed sand mafia. On Sunday, the sand mafia tried to run over three revenue department talathis who attempted to stop them fleeing from Umarkhed. The spot from where sand was …
The sluggish pace of eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) demarcation by several state governments has prompted the environment ministry to put on hold consideration of projects, situated around protected areas, for wildlife clearance. The standing committee of National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) has decided that they will not consider projects for wildlife …
With large-scale hotels in and around the world heritage site of Kaziranga National Park (KNP) posing a threat to wildlife, especially the one-horned rhinoceros, the National Green Tribunal has sought to know how such activities came to be permitted by the State government. The Tribunal has summoned the Secretary, Department …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Devrai Foundation & Ors. Vrs. S.N. Infrastructures & Ors. dated 16/11/2015 regarding developmental activities for commercial gain in village Dongarwadi, Tq. Mulshi, District Pune and its precincts lying within ten (10) k.m. from Tamini Wildlife Sanctuary-Eco …
The National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) has taken "serious" note of non-submission of proposals for declaring eco-sensitive zones (ESZs) around national parks by states, and directed them to do so "expeditiously". The 36th meeting of the standing committee, held yesterday, also decided that the boundary of Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary …
Maharashtra government has submitted a report to the ministry of environment, forests and climate change (MoEF) which, according to a report by a leading daily, suggests that ecologically sensitive area (ESA) of the Western Ghats has been reduced from 17,340 square km to 6,719 sq km. The news report also …
Files second set of objections to Kasturirangan panel recommendations While the panel has recommended that sand mining and quarrying be banned in ESAs in the Western Ghats, the State has sought that the recommendation should be reconsidered. The State has filed its second set of objections to the Ministry of …
Several groups in the region have raised objections saying the diversion of these lands will spell doom for the Bustard as well as the entire ecosystem of the region. The Central Information Commission (CIC) has pulled up Environment Ministry for withholding information related to construction work in the ecologically- sensitive …
The NGT, in its first hearing of a petition filed by city-based environmentalist Vivek Kamboj and Amit Chaudhery on groundwater contamination at Bandhwari on Wednesday, ordered the municipal corporations of Gurgaon and Faridabad to ensure proper dumping of waste, maintenance and collection of already dumped waste while ensuring that it …
Union Minister for Environment and Forests, Prakash Javadekar has said that he has not received any proposal from the State government seeking protected tiger reserve tag for Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary and Male Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary, Speaking to reporters after visiting Biligiri Ranganatha Tiger Reserve in the district on Sunday, Javadekar …
Around 500 students of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) here have launched a campaign to save the Western Ghats. They have demanded that the Centre hold wider consultations on the draft notification of the High-Level Working Group (HLWG), also known as the Kasturirangan Committee report, which reduces the Ecologically …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Devrai Foundation & Ors. Vrs. S.N. Infrustructures and Ors. dated 15/10/2015 regarding construction activities in the eco-sensitive zone of Tamhini Wildlife Sanctuary, Pune, Maharashtra.
