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 …
With apprehensions over the Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats conservation turning into a hot political issue ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in Kerala, Congress-led UDF Government will be taking a strong stand against implementation of the report in its present form at the meeting of states concerned in Delhi …
Union Minister for Environment and Forests M Veerappa Moily said on Wednesday that the Centre had dropped the Madhav Gadgil Report on protection of the Western Ghats and other forest areas. The government would instead consider the recommendations made in the Kasturirangan report. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of …
The Pashchimaghatta Janasamrakashana Samithi, Kozhikode, as part of its campaign against the implementation of the V.S. Gadgil and the K. Kasturirangan reports on Western Ghats protection, is on an indefinite hunger strike at the Kozhikode Collectorate from Wednesday. Unscientific The samithi alleged that the reports were unscientific, unrealistic, and anti-people, …
SUB-REGIONAL AGENDA, UP GOVT MOVE BLOW TO ENVIRONMENT The NCR Planning Board will meet on March 6 to discuss, among other things, an approval of Haryana's crucial sub-regional plan. The Centre's haste to get the plan, on which the fate of mega-realty plans hinge, cleared is evident in the fact …
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi government to send its proposal for an eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) around the Okhla bird sanctuary within 15 days to the ministry of environment and forests. The ministry will then consult the Delhi and UP governments and will give its decision to the …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has stayed the further cutting of trees and called for a halt on illegal mining on a 32-acre plot of land in the eco-sensitive Western Ghats that was stripped of over 7,000 trees for a toll booth. TOI had reported about deforestation of this zone …
The Aravalli Hills extending across Haryana is all set to be “privatised”. The Revised Regional Plan 2021 will allow tourism activity to take place in the world’s oldest mountain range. With the word “forest” being replaced by “green cover”, leading developers in Haryana will be able to bypass the Forest …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Amit Kumar V/s Union of India & Ors. dated 25/02/2014 regarding fixing the limits of Eco-Sensitive Area in respect of Okhla Bird Sanctuary. The NGT order notes that Uttar Pradesh Government has sent its proposal recommending …
Kamal Nath Okays Revised Regional Plan New Delhi: Days before the Lok Sabha poll dates are to be announced, the government is likely to notify the revised regional plan for NCR (2021) which allows tourism activities in ecologically sensitive zones and permits constructions in these areas beyond the current 0.5% …
Human activities including mining, quarrying or setting up new 'major' hydro-electric projects will not be allowed around areas up to 200 meters from the Khangchendzonga National Park and four wildlife sanctuaries in Sikkim from April. Union environment ministry has notified these areas as 'eco-sensitive zone' in order to create some …
The state government on Wednesday submitted a detailed 20-page final report on the state's response on Kasturirangan review committee report to the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF). "We have made it clear in the report that regions that have human inhabitation, farm lands, plantations, hospital and dairy farms should …
Netrani island in Uttara Kannada district. Green activists and conservationists are up in arms over Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s announcement in the Budget for 2014-15 that the State government would organise a Netrani Beach Festival to promote tourism on the ecologically sensitive island in Uttara Kannada district. Uttara Kannada District In-charge …
The 33-member state wildlife board, headed by chief minister Prithviraj Chavan, will meet in Mumbai on Thursday to clear a hosts of irrigation, mining and road widening projects under eco-sensitive zones (ESZs) and buffer zones of various wildlife sanctuaries and national parks. Interestingly, the first meeting of the reconstituted board …
Sanctioning Authority, SEIAA, Is Headless The Greens in the state are planning to move the National Green Tribunal (NGT) against the environmental clearance given by the State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) to 17 quarries at a time when the chairman’s post was vacant in the authority. The SEIAA is …
The Greens in the state are planning to move the National Green Tribunal (NGT) against the environmental clearance given by the State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) to 17 quarries at a time when the chairman's post was vacant in the authority. The SEIAA is the nodal agency in the …
The Union environment ministry has informed the National Green Tribunal that a final decision on implementation of Kasturirangan Panel report on the Western Ghats would be taken in a month and clarified that the order issued by Jayanthi Natarajan on 13 Nov 2013 for ban on new projects in the …
The November 13 order, passed by Jayanthi Natarajan when she was Environment Minister, imposed a ban on clearances for new mining and other polluting industries. The Environment Ministry informed the National Green Tribunal on Thursday that a final decision on the implementation of the Kasturirangan Committee report on the Western …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has approved the proposal of the UT Administration to create an eco-sensitive zone around the Bird Sanctuary in Sector 21. The sanctuary, also known as Parrot Park, is spread over an area of 1.8 hectares in the heart of a bustling residential area …
Toughening its stand against the Union and State governments over the Gadgil and Kasturirangan panel reports on Western Ghats, the Paschima Ghatta Jana Samrakshana Samithi has urged the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to issue the final notification in favour of the people living in the high range regions, …
Statement of the Minister of Environment and Forests in response to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2850 for 10 February 2014, asked by Shri Anto Antony on whether the Government has issued any directives on Western Ghats to various State Governments based on the report of High Working Group chaired …
