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 …
Experts Say Kasturirangan Report Does Not Ban Construction, Cultivation, Tourism And Infrastructure Development In Villages In ESA Viju B Chief minister Oommen Chandy may have succumbed to political pressure from UDF allies, quarry owners and church authorities, who want a drastic reduction in the number of villages categorized as Ecological …
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said that the State government is confident of solving the concerns of the people of the State about the K. Kasturirangan committee report by convincing the Centre about the need for changing some of its “adverse” recommendations. Inaugurating a seminar to evaluate the report, organised …
In blatant violation of forest and wildlife laws, stone quarrying within 1.5km from its boundary poses serious threat to Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, 180km from here in Yavatmal district. The quarries fall in the eco-sensitive zone of the sanctuary. According to Tipeshwar range forest officer (RFO) U D Chavhan, four stones …
Kerala Cabinet on Wednesday cancelled the permission granted to MSPL Limited for mining of iron ore from Chakkittapara in Kozhikode district. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told the media after the Cabinet meeting that the Industries Department had put up a note to the Cabinet to cancel the permission granted by …
5 firms likely to ask for rethink on application to open new quarries As many as five firms may ask for reconsideration of their application for opening new granite quarries in Western Ghats, invoking an order of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest. The applications of firms for opening …
The State government will file its views to a notification of the Ministry of Environment and Forests that proposes to declare 37 per cent of the Western Ghats as Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESA). The notification seeks to ban mining, quarrying, thermal power plants and red-category industries in these zones after …
Report has permitted uncontrolled quarrying in most parts of ghats The Kasturirangan report has thrown open the ecologically sensitive areas of Western Ghats to mindless exploitation which would seriously hazard ecology, according to its critics. According to member of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) V.S. Vijayan: the report …
The environment ministry has issued directions to six state governments prohibiting development activities, including mining and quarrying, in the 60,000 sq km ecologically sensitive area of Western Ghats. The ministry's direction came weeks after it gave approval to a controversial report on Western Ghats prepared by the K Kasturirangan-led panel …
Haryana government has told the National Green Tribunal that 539 violations have been recorded in the Aravali region falling within the state. These violations include cutting of trees, construction of concrete roads, tube wells, installation of submersible pumps and construction of swimming pools. Another major violation is construction and other …
Expert panel convenes meet to formulate State’s response to Kasturirangan report Legislators representing constituencies falling within the Western Ghats region in Kerala have reiterated their demand to exempt populated zones from the Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESAs) demarcated by the Kasturirangan committee on conservation of the Western Ghats. MLAs from Idukki, …
Mumbai: The National Green Tribunal has directed the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to take into consideration recommendations of the Madhav Gadgil committee and those mentioned in the Kasturirangan panel report while granting a clearance in the ecologically sensitive zones (ESZ) of the Western Ghats. Senior counsel Raj Panjwani …
Green tribunal says MoEFs can consider either of the reports The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday said that it was no longer mandatory for the Environment Ministry to refer to Gadgil panel’s report while deciding applications for clearance for projects in permissible areas of the Western Ghats. A bench …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Goa Foundation & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 12/11/2013 regarding status of Dr. Gadgil and Dr. Kasturirangan Reports. RELATED CONTENT News: Curb on mining in Western Ghats. News: Kerala to form new panel to study Kasturirangan report …
The Central government in its notification on eco-sensitive zones, also known as buffer zones, around wildlife sanctuaries has asked the state government to prepare zonal master plans in consultation with the local people in two years time. These master plans for buffer zones should be integrated into the Regional Plan …
Draft Notification declaring the area around Thol Wildlife Sanctuary, Gujarat as Eco-Sensitive Zone. The following draft of the notification, which the Central Government proposes to issue in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (I), read with clause (v) and clause (xiv) of sub-section (2) of section 3 of the …
