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: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday said that Union Minister for Environment and Forest Prakash Javadekar has assured that he would revisit Dr Kasturirangan committee report on Western Ghats. The report has identified nearly 4,156 villages as eco-sensitive zones, including 99 villages in Goa. The Minister has also assured …
In October 2013, NGT had directed the Noida Authority to stop construction activity within 10 km of the wildlife sanctuary The Supreme Court has rejected a real estate firm Jaypee Infratech’s plea that the Noida Authority be directed to grant completion certificates to its projects near the Okhla bird sanctuary …
Decision on the report would be taken after consulting BJP MPs of the area Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has promised the Karnataka unit of the BJP that the Centre would not take any hasty decision on the controversial Kasturirangan report. Just a day before Javadekar was scheduled to meet …
Amid reports that the Centre may review its decision on Western Ghats, Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy on Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought his intervention in solving issues concerning implementation of green reports to protect the ecologically sensitive ghats. Chandy, who met the PM at his office, …
In a last-ditch attempt to ensure that Kerala’s concerns on the implementation of Western Ghats repots are effectively addressed, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will likely raise the issue surrounding the Gadgil, Kasturirangan reports with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday. With Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar making it clear that the …
Project to affect Goa; Legal Dept okays draft petition MAYEM: The Goa government is expected to file an application before the Mhadei Water Dispute Tribunal on Monday opposing Maharashtra’s dam at Virdi, government sources said today. The draft petition was cleared by the legal department. Environmentalist Rajendra Kerkar said: “The …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s Jaypee Infratech Ltd. Vs Union of India & Others dated 30/05/2014 regarding illegal and unauthorized construction works undertaken within a radius of 10 kms. from the boundary of the Okhla Bird Sanctuary.
Letter reaches Additional Chief Secretary The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has written to the State government seeking a verification of the cadastral-level mapping carried out by government agencies to ascertain the extent of Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESAs) in the State. A letter from the MoEF regional office …
Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala has said the government will oppose any move by the National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre to implement the recommendations of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) report. He was speaking to reporters at Payyannur on Tuesday on the sidelines of the valedictory function …
New Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti is known for her tirade against hydro power projects in eco-sensitive regions Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to create a special ministry to clean Ganga under Uma Bharti has brought to the fore the issue of dead rivers as well as hydel projects. Bharti …
After educational institutions and resorts, it is the turn of firecracker manufacturers to set up units in the foothills of forests, posing a threat to locals and wildlife. The establishment of firecracker manufacturing units closer to the Grizzled Giant Squirrel Sanctuary, Srivilliputhur, has shocked naturalists and environmentalists. Members of the …
A controversial road project has not only rung alarm bells for urial population in Chumbi-Surla Wildlife Sanctuary, the sole protected area in the Salt Range, but also brought different departments to lock horns with each other. The approval of a new 11.83km long road, from Khokar Zer village in Chakwal …
With BJP coming to power in New Delhi, environmentalists across the country are hoping that the party will implement the Madhav Gadgil-led Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel report (WGEEP). The Congress government had rejected WGEEP report and asked K Kasturirangan, who had headed the Isro, to review the Gadgil report. …
The forest department has recommended that Tosamaidan firing range which has sofar reportedly claimed over 75 people besides damaging thousands of green trees be handed over to Pehjan wild life department as an Eco-Sensitive Zone. According to an official letter bearing number 1254/SKNG dated March 3, 2014, the divisional forest …
The Mangar Bani grove in Haryana will be out of bounds for tourism activities and the entire forest earmarked as “no-construction zone” by the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB). The move comes following strong protests from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest , the Delhi Government and environmentalists. …
NOIDA: In an attempt to block the UP government's proposal of reducing the eco-sensitive zone around the Okhla bird sanctuary to just 100 metres, city-based environmentalists and lawyers met in Noida on Tuesday. The proposal which is currently with the Centre, pending for approval, was made to suit developers rather …
Board Wants Sacred Grove Mangar Bani Earmarked As No-Construction Area New Delhi: Tourism activities won’t be allowed in the Natural Conservation Zones (NCZs) in NCR, according to the minutes of recent NCR Planning Board (NCRPB) meeting. The minutes revealed that the ministry of environment and forest had specifically wanted deletion …
"Ma Ganga aur Benares se mera rishta purana hai," BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi said, pledging his intent to restore the Ganga to its original glory while campaigning in Varanasi. Plans to clean up the 2,500 km holy river too date back to older times -the first Ganga Action …
Mumbai: Environmental NGO Awaaz Foundation has pointed out several problems in a draft notification on the Western Ghats issued by the ministry of environment & forests (MoEF) earlier this year. The NGO, which had earlier petitioned the HC to declare the Sawantwadi-Dodamarg elephant corridor in Maharashtra an ecologically sensitive region, …
Safeguarding a place coming under an ecological sensitive area in Kanyakumari district, the Madras high court Madurai bench has passed orders setting aside the licence granted for stone quarrying in favour of Masons Property Development Pvt Limited. The district collector of Kanyakumari had on September 21, 2011 granted licence to …
