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 ecologically fragile tribal areas of Kinnaur are facing disaster with hydropower projects coming up in the area, posing a threat to the environment, rivers, security and ethnic identity and culture of tribals. Fear and anxiety is writ large on the faces of Kinnauris who rue that the issue has …
But not on quarrying and sand mining In its response to the Kasturirangan committee report on the Western Ghats, Karnataka has agreed to a “complete ban” on mining but not to a ban on quarrying and sand mining within the Eco-Sensitive Area (ESA). “Quarrying and sand mining may be regulated …
Says Status Quo Directive Doesn’t Mean Not Clearing Trees From Drain In Western Ghats Mumbai: The Pune bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), which had called for a stay on the cutting of trees in the eco-sensitive Western Ghats following a TOI report, has slammed government officials for using …
PANJIM: BJP MLA from the mining belt Ganesh Gaonkar has written to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests calling upon it to accept the recommendations of the State government in totality, subject to the final order of the Supreme Court in the writ petition. The State had recommended that …
The National Green Tribunal's central zone bench in Bhopal has banned mining activities in 84 stone and marble quarries located inside and within 1 km radius of the Sariska tiger reserve and adjoining Jamuaramgarh sanctuary. While criticizing the Rajasthan government for unabated illegal mining in the Aravalli hills, including Sariska, …
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has raised objections on eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) proposal of Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary submitted by Punjab Government and has asked the State Government to re-consider its ESZ proposal. A senior official of the UT Administration said that in a joint meeting of Punjab …
The National Green Tribunal’s Central Zone bench at Bhopal on Tuesday slapped a complete ban on the mining activities in 84 mines located within one km radius of the Sariska Tiger Reserve and Jamua Ramgarh Sanctuary. Taking note of the assistant conservator of forests, Tehla, about 61 such mines around …
Congress on Tuesday slammed Narendra Modi for allegedly giving away ecologically sensitive land to a detergent company in Gujarat, accusing BJP's prime ministerial candidate for promoting crony capitalism by subverting constitutional authority. Party spokesman Abhishek Singhvi claimed that Modi allocated 8,500 acres of land to detergent company Nirma in 2007 …
Land belonging to Container Corporation of India in Okhla and one next to Delhi Police Training Complex in Sonia Vihar are among the seven possible areas to develop landfill sites in the capital. The sites have been identified by a Delhi high courtappointed panel for disposal of waste but they …
Karnataka on Sunday said it has accepted the Kasturirangan committee report on the Western Ghats to stop mining but said it would not stop quarrying and sand mining in the ecologically sensitive area. "We have accepted the recommendation to stop mining in Western Ghats but disagreed to stop quarrying and …
Kedarnath was the worst hit in Uttarakhand in June 2013 tragedy.Dams and tunnels will wreck Uttarakhand, green activists have said all along. It's official now. Blaming hydropower projects for aggravating the impact of the Uttarakhand catastrophe of June 2013 and for environmental degradation of the state, an expert committee of …
Karnataka will ask the Centre to exempt 730 villages from the purview of the Kasturirangan report, which has recommended restrictions on 1,580 villages considering their ecological sensitivity. The state cabinet, which met on Monday, also decided to seek relaxation of sand and soil extraction restrictions, keeping in mind the livelihood …
Bangalore: The Karnataka government objected to the recommendations of the Dr K Kasturirangan committee to ban quarrying and sand mining in the ecologically sensitive Western Ghats. The high-level working group (HLWG) on the Western Ghats, headed by Planning Commission member K Kasturirangan, submitted its report in October 2013. It called …
Environment activists could breathe a bit easy as the revised plan for National Capital Region and sub-regional plan of Haryana will be reworked to ensure no tourism activities and only limited construction in natural conservation zones (NCZs). These sensitive zones include Aravalis, riverbeds and major water bodies. Sources told TOI …
Environmentalists Laud Move; Residents At Asola-Bhatti Plan To Move Court New Delhi: It’s quite a sight inside Asola Bhatti Sanctuary as earthmovers are demolishing boundary walls of some palatial farmhouses. The forest department is clearing its own mess now in the sanctuary. Action was taken only after the ministry of …
In a significant development on role of hydropower projects in Uttarakhand flood disaster of June 2013, the Expert Body (EB) headed by Dr Ravi Chopra has recommended that at least 23 hydropower projects should be dropped, that hydropower projects played significant role in the Uttarakhand disaster and that there is …
Chief minister Manohar Parrikar has written to union minister of environment and forests Veerapa Moily, strongly objecting to MOEF's draft notification on the Western Ghats in Goa. In a recent letter, Parrikar has demanded the immediate withdrawal of the draft notification dated March 10, 2014, which has called for objections …
The Supreme Court's order fixing a one km buffer zone for mining has in effect put a permanent closure to 32 mining leases in Goa coming under the eco-sensitive zone in the wildlife sanctuaries of Mhadei, Molem, Bondla and Netravali. In its iterim order, the SC has stated that there …
The Congress in Goa welcomed the Supreme Court's interim order to restart mining in the state. Goa Pradesh Congress committee president John Fernandes said that Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar wrongly stopped all mining in Goa on September 10, 2012. With the Supreme Court order, mining should resume immediately though …
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday lifted the ban on Goa mining and allowed an annual cap of 20 million tonnes of iron ore excavation, down from earlier 40 MT. However, the apex court said there will be no grant of lease for mining around one km of national …
