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 100-kilometre stretch between Gaumukh and Uttarkashi, which was notified as an eco-sensitive zone in December 2012 raised the ire of the local population due to lack of awareness regarding the notification and the wrong approach to its implementation, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Minister Uma Bharti said …
The State government has embarked upon the field verification process of the Ecological Sensitive Area (ESA) in the Western Ghats range, as recommended by the Dr K Kasturirangan committee, in the 1,549 villages of the State. Even as the Centre’s deadline to submit the report is close to expiry, by …
The environment ministry ignored key recommendations from the Dehradunbased Wildlife Institute of India (WII) as well as its own committee while deciding the Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) around the Okhla Bird Sanctuary. The WII had observed that the ESZ should cover the entire flood plain from Wazirabad barrage to Jaitpur in …
‘It seems to have doubts on Gadgil, Kasturirangan reports’ Irked by the ambivalence of the Environment Ministry on Western Ghats conservation, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday ordered the Secretary in the Ministry to file a detailed affidavit within a week on whether States have been asked to conduct …
Tribunal asks environment secretary to submit affidavit clarifying whether states have been asked for suggestions about areas that will be included in eco-sensitive zones The National Green Tribunal has expressed dissatisfaction with the environment ministry’s handling of the preparation of a plan for protecting the ecologically fragile Western Ghats. Taking …
The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday asked the Union government to come clean on whether it intends to conduct a new survey in the Western Ghats to identify the “No Development Zone” in the sensitive area, two weeks after it submitted that it will not implement the recommendations of Madhav …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Goa Foundation & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors dated 09/09/2014 regarding the acceptance or otherwise of the two reports one called Dr. Gadgil Report and other is Dr. Kasturirangan Report. The Counsel appearing for …
Draft Largely Sticks To UP's 100m Proposal The hundreds of crores that homebuyers have invested in Noida are safe.The Centre's draft of the redrawn eco-sensitive zone around the Okhla bird sanctuary doesn't affect any realty project in the area, a highly placed official in the UP government said on Sunday …
The industrial units located in the eco-sensitive zone of Kaziranga National Park (KNP) have been operating in clear violation of the legal provisions and the government authorities concerned have also failed to take any actions against these units despite there being written complaints, alleged environment and RTI activist Rohit Choudhury. …
The Kerala Sasthra Sahitya Parishad (KSSP) district committee has urged the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to reconsider its decision to scrap the Madhav Gadgil Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) report. Recently, the MoEF informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it had not processed the report …
The National Green Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi, has directed the forest department, State of Uttarakhand, to file its reply to the main application within two weeks with an advanced copy sent to the counsel of the petitioner who may file rejoinder, if any, within one week thereafter. In addition …
City-based environmental activists and experts have said that recommendations of the Madhav Gadgil committee on protecting an area of 60,000 sq km in the Western Ghats are more important than the ones made by the K Kasturirangan panel. Both the committees were formed during the tenure of United Progressive Alliance …
Environmental Fraternity Throws Its Weight Behind City-Based Ecologist's Recommendations To Protect ESAs In 12 Dists Social crusader Anna Hazare on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to accept and implement the Western Ghats' Ecological Expert Panel report prepared by the committee headed by noted environmentalist Madhav Gadgil. In his first …
Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar continues to remain evasive on the recommendations of the Madhav Gadgil report on conservation of Western Ghats. On Thursday , the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it will not process the Gadgil report, instead proceed with the …
Environmental experts and the ministry of environment and forests don't see eye-to-eye on the recommendations made by the two panels on the Western Ghats. Most greens have backed the recommendations made by the Madhav Gadgil committee that had farreaching ideas about how the ecologically fragile landscape of the Western Ghats …
Goa Foundation has decided to contest before the NGT a MoEF decision to reject the Madhav Gadgil report (Western ghats ecology expert panel report), on the Western ghats. Claude Alvares told TOI on Thursday that if Goa Foundation does not get a favourable ruling from the NGT, it will move …
PUNE: The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) is processing only the Kasturirangan committee report on the Western Ghats, which effectively means that the earlier report prepared by a panel headed by renowned city-based environmentalist Madhav Gadgil has been rejected, according to the legal counsel for the Goa Foundation that …
State has conveyed to Centre its stand on HLWG report Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said the Kerala government does not want the report of the K. Kasturirangan-led High-Level Working Group (HLWG) on Western Ghats implemented in it its original form. He was briefing reporters at Ramanilayam here on Wednesday …
After being directed to take a clear stand, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on Wednesday informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it was “not processing” Madhav Gadgil’s Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) report for any further action. In an affidavit filed in response to a petition …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday criticised the union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) for dragging its feet on taking final call on fate of environmentalist Madhav Gadgil's report on Western Ghats. Gadgil in his report had recommended notification of nearly 3/4th of Western Ghats area into ecologically …
