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 …
The National Green Tribunal on Monday directed that no person or company will be allowed to carry out stone quarrying or mining of any sort without the requisite environmental clearance near the Sariska Tiger reserve in Rajasthan. It was hearing a petition by Khayali Ram Chattiram, a resident of Alwar …
Debris generated from construction sites in Dharamsala is being dumped in the hills turning the eco-sensitive zone into a landfill site. Bags filled with debris are carried in trucks on the 2-km stretch between McLeodganj and Bahsunag and are dumped in the hills. Those discarding muck and debris in the …
Environment minister Ramdas Kadam has told Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) to submit the detailed project report (DPR) for rejuvenation of Nag River within two months. He promised to submit the DPR to central government himself. He warned the civic officials in a review meeting that if the deadline was not …
Whereas, the Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary, situated in the then Shahabad district, and presently in Rohtas and Kaimur District, lying between Latitudes 24°3’ and 25°0’ N and Longitude 83°25’ and 85°0’ E, in the State of Bihar, spread over an area of 1504.96 sq. km was notified as wildlife sanctuary vide …
National Green Tribunal (NGT)'s eastern zone bench on Wednesday expressed grave concern over degradation of the Sunderbans and directed the state chief secretary to demolish all unauthorized structures within the world's largest mangrove delta even if they have been constructed by statutory bodies. The NGT took up suo motu proceedings …
A cabinet sub-committee constituted to go in to pros and cons of declaring villages along the Western Ghats as ecologically sensitive areas will visit Dakshina Kannada on January 27. The sub-committee comprises of B Ramanath Rai, minister for forest, environment, ecology and DK district in-charge, Vinay Kumar Sorake, minister for …
M Madan Gopal, additional chief secretary of the department of forests, environment and ecology, said on Tuesday that the Cabinet sub-committee had reduced the expanse of eco-sensitive area in the Western Ghats of the State from 19,000 sq km to 13,000 sq km. Gopal said that the Kasturirangan panel had …
The Goans For Dabolim Only (GFDO) on Tuesday sought postponement of the public hearing on the proposed Mopa international airport scheduled for February 1, questioning the environmental impact assessment (EIA) report prepared by the Engineers India Ltd (EIL) and supported by the state government. Addressing mediapersons, GFDO convener Fr Eremito …
India’s tiger count has gone up by more than 30 per cent in the past four years, according to a latest study on tiger population which was released on Tuesday. The study put the number at 2,226, up from 1,706 in 2010 when the last such tiger-counting exercise was undertaken. …
The BJP on Tuesday accused the State government of being lackadaisical in dealing with the Kasturirangan report on the Western Ghats. Addressing a press conference here, party MP and former minister Shobha Karandlaje said the government’s lack of enthusiasm could threaten hundreds of villages and the livelihood of the villagers …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Court own its Motion Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. dated 21/01/2015 regarding the feasibility of a rope way at Vashishtha to Rohtang Pass. The case relates to the ecology and environmental maintenance of this eco-sensitive area. Previous Order
It is a battle of survival that the Uttarakhand government is now fighting by vehemently opposing the Dec 2012 eco sensitive zone (ESZ) notification, declaring 4,179.59 sq km covering 100-km stretch of the Bhagirathi from Gaumukh to Uttarkashi as eco sensitive zone under the Environment Protection Act 1986, as the …
Members of the Sanyukt Sangarsh Samiti are divided over the decision taken by some of their leaders to suspend the protest against the eco-sensitive zone clause until March 31 on a verbal assurance by Chief Minister Harish Rawat that the clause will not be implemented in Uttarkashi. Some leaders of …
The state's forest department has blamed the revenue department for failing to put an end to illegal mining in the highly eco-sensitive Aravali hills in Haryana. Haryana's chief principal conservator of forests, C R Jotliwal, said during a visit to Gurgaon on Thursday illegal mining does not take place in …
More than 30,000 apartment buyers in Noida could finally get possession of their homes, with the ministry of environment and forests set to consider all comments on its draft notification on the ecosensitive zone around the Okhla Bird Sanctuary at a meeting it is planning on January 30. The ministry, …
The Centre has agreed to reconsider the December 18, 2012 eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) notification according to which a 100-km stretch of the Bhagirathi from Gaumukh to Uttarkashi— covering an area of 4,179.59 sq km— was to be declared as eco-sensitive. A team headed by Uttarakhand Chief Secretary N. Ravi Shanker …
NTPC Limited's proposed 4000 MW project at Pudimadaka near Visakhapatnam faces environment approval hurdle. The State had identified the site and allotted land for the project. Now with the project faced with environmental hurdle and objection, it is to be seen how the Government and NTPC would go about addressing …
Environment activist Subhas Datta has filed a report before the National Green Tribunal (NGT)'s Eastern Zone Bench in which he has revealed how multiple government agencies operating in the Sundarbans are working at cross purposes and doing more harm than good to the world's largest mangrove delta. Datta was appointed …
The Bhagirathi eco-sensitive zone notification has not been successfully implemented in the Uttarkashi due to the failure of the State Government to involve residents of the area and provide them correct information about the implications of the notification. Environmental activists in the region believe that proper implementation of the ESZ …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Goa Foundation & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 13/01/2015 regarding eco-sensitive areas of Western Ghats particularly in relation to 400 KV D/C Transmission Line project from Kozhikode (in Kerela) to Mysore (in Karnataka).
