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 …
DEHJRADUN: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Uttarakhand government to furnish explanation before it on why helicopters are flying so low over the Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary (KWLS) and the impact it might be causing. The state government has been given two weeks' time to file its report. The Tribunal …
Scientist moves NGT against constructions within 10 km of the sanctuary Environmentalists who are crying foul over the government’s decision to notify eco-sensitive zone around the Okhla Bird sanctuary to one kilometre are now fearing a repeat with Asola Wildlife Sanctuary, which has been in news more for the monkeys …
नई दिल्ली । ASOLA वन्य जीव अभयारण्य के समीप चल रहीं परियोजनाओं पर सख्त रुख अपनाते हुए नेशनल ग्रीन ट्रिब्यूनल (एनजीटी) ने आज केंद्र समेत तीन राज्य सरकारों को नोटिस जारी करते हुए उनसे जवाब मांगा है। वरिष्ठ वैज्ञानिक डॉ सीवी सिंह की याचिका पर सुनवाई करते हुए एनजीटी ने …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT), western bench zone has ordered the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to not issue any no-objection certificate (NOC) for construction within Aarey Colony till September 10. In February 2013, the chief conservator of forests (CCF) forwarded a proposal to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zonal Bench, Chennai) in the matter of K. Savad Vs Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change & Others dated 31/08/2015 regarding construction activities in Kodancheri and Nellipoyil Villages among others in Kozhikode District, Kerala which are within the purview of Ecologically Fragile …
BMC’s draft DP released in February had, however, proposed new development on the 1,009 hectares of Aarey land, leaving only 232 hectares of the pristine green cover intact. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) not to issue any no-objection certificate (NOC) for construction within …
MUMBAI: Ten years after it sought objections and suggestions on the regional development plan for the Mahabaleshwar-Panchgani eco-sensitive zone (MPESZ), the state government has finally approved it. It will come into force three months from now. After a sustained campaign by the Bombay Environmental Action Group (BEAG), the popular tourist …
NGT also directed Assam government to submit a map of Kaziranga showing its boundaries and offending structures within five kms of the park boundaries. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday asked the Assam government to ensure that no construction whatsoever was permitted in and around the Kaziranga National Park, …
Taking a dig at the previous UPA regime, the government today said that it was "unfortunate" that only 15 eco-sensitive zones around protected areas of the country were declared in the last eight years against more than 150 by the present government in just eight months. Noting that it was …
Concern over the "looming threat" to flora and fauna in the eco-sensitive Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary from helicopter operations to fly pilgrims to the religious shrine there was expressed by an environmental group today, leading the green tribunal to seek responses from the Enviroment Ministry and Uttarakhand government. The National Green …
Four of the six Western Ghat states including Karnataka have not submitted the assessment of their eco-sensitive areas to the Centre, though the deadline to notify these areas on the basis of the Kasturirangan committee report is less than three weeks away. Though Kerala presented its report long back, the …
Birds fly for only 10-20 m around a sanctuary. Environmentalists said the National Board of Wildlife’s order last week sounded the death knell for the Okhla Bird Sanctuary. They said shrinking the eco-sensitive zone set a “dangerous precedent” for other protected forests and sanctuaries in the country. “Many builders have, …
AHMEDABAD: The Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has earmarked areas within a 7-km radius of the boundary of Shoolpaneshwar wildlife sanctuary in Narmada district as an "eco-sensitive zone" under the Environment Protection Act. A draft notification in this regard was issued by the ministry earlier this …
Western Ghats, a global biodiversity hotspot, is facing huge crisis due to developmental demands. New and innovative methods using geospatial technology can help manage this challenge better, if stakeholders have access not only to the data but also to appropriate tools for informed decision making. “If you learn spatial analysis, …
NEW DELHI: The city recorded the seventh-highest number of environment-related crimes in the country in 2014. Although it had only 41 cases, as against the wo-rst performers Rajasthan (2,666) and Uttar Pradesh (1,442), none of the other Union Territories-including the densely forested and eco-sensitive islands of Andaman and Nicobar, and …
Environment ministry okays only 26 zones out of 452 proposed Of the 629 national parks and wildlife sanctuaries, the Union environment ministry has been able to provide a protective buffer zone, called ecologically sensitive zones (ESZs), to only 26 so far. According to the national wildlife policy, each of these …
While builders and lakhs of investors may be rejoicing over the Centre’s latest move on eco-sensitive zone around Okhla Bird Sanctuary, a threatened haven for migratory and resident birds, environmental activists, analysts and lawyers see red over the ‘arbitrary and illogical’ decision of the government. The Ministry of Environment and …
MUMBAI: The Rs 1,1000-crore Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) project will not face environmental impediments as the Union environment and forest ministry (MoEF) is likely to approve the eco-sensitive zone as 0-8km from the Karnala bird sanctuary. The MoEF had issued a draft notification notifying the eco-sensitive limit in June …
Notification for declaration of Eco-sensitive Zone (ESZ) around Okhla Bird Sanctuary in the National Capital Territory of Delhi and the State of Uttar Pradesh. The extent of Eco-sensitive Zone ranges from 100 meters to 1.27 kilometers from the boundary of the Okhla Bird Sanctuary in the district of Gautam Budh …
In what may turn out to be a big relief for homebuyers in Noida, the Centre will on Tuesday take a final call on notifying certain areas as an eco-sensitive and no-construction zone around Okhla bird sanctuary. The notification will allow homebuyers outside the zone to get occupancy certificates of …
