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 …
Social activists unite against PLPA amendment A group of social activists has launched a signature campaign against the recent amendment brought by the Haryana Government to reduce the area falling under preserved forest in Faridabad and Gurugram districts. The campaign aims to get signatures of at least one lakh residents …
KOLKATA: The eastern zone bench of National Green Tribunal on Tuesday ordered an injunction on the construction of a helipad at Sagar Island after going through an application by environment activist Subhas Datta, who had alleged that the the ongoing construction work were destroying the mangroves. Datta, who is amicus …
Abhijat was referring to a petition, which alleged that his eco-tourism project Hideaway Hospitality being constructed on a buffer zone identified as "eco-sensitive zone" around Netravali Wildlife Sanctuary, was responsible for "massive deforestation" and "cutting open forested land". Denying all allegations of misusing power, Abhijat Parrikar, son of Goa Chief …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vipas Pandit Vs Union of India & Others dated 06/03/2019 regarding final notification of Eco Sensitive Zone (ESZ). This application has been filed by MoEF & CC for extension of time to finalize the notification in compliance of the order …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Doaba Paryavaran Samiti Vs Union of India & Others dated 06/03/2019 regarding notification for Eco-Sensitive Zone of Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary. NGT gives MoEF a last opportunity to issue final Notification for Eco-Sensitive Zone of Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary, within 30 days.
Changes in the law would prove disastrous for the Aravalis, says Rao Inderjit Singh In an embarrassment to the BJP government in Haryana, Union Minister of State for Planning (Independent Charge) and the party’s Gurugram Lok Sabha MP Rao Inderjit Singh on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court’s order preventing the …
The Haryana state Assembly's assent to the Punjab Land Preservation Act (PLPA) Amendment Bill, 2019, withdrawing protection granted to Aravali hills and forests, goes against past Supreme Court orders and will prove disastrous for Delhi-NCR's environment, senior advocates and environmental activists said. On Wednesday, the PLPA act was amended through …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Indian Council for Enviro-Legal Action Vs Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change & Others dated 27/02/2019 regarding brick kilns operating in Tansa Valley in Thane and Palgarh District of Maharashtra without any Environmental Clearance. Justice Raghuvendra S. Rathore directs …
Panjim: The Department of Town and Country Planning has decided not to consider sensitive areas for change of zone under the amended Section 16B. TCP has issued new set of guidelines for the consideration of applications under Section 16B of Town and Country Planning Act. Accordingly, the applications in respect …
The land use in Aarey Milk Colony was sanctioned last on Friday. Mumbai: In order to introduce slum rehabilitation projects in Aarey Milk Colony, the state government has made new changes in land use at different locations. While the rehabilitation area for slum dwellers from Sanjay Gandhi National Park will …
It will be a platform to engage the Government, political parties and the youth in conservation Preparations are nearing completion for the Ecological Festival of Western Ghats, to be held from February 1 in Coimbatore. The three-day national conference aims at building grass root responses for conservation of the Western …
Perennial streams were found in regions that have greater than 70% of forest cover, showing the link between ecology and hydrology with land use A recent study has found that unplanned developmental activities and haphazard land use are reducing evergreen forest cover and perennial streams in the central region of …
In 2016, when the draft DP was first placed before citizens, Mumbai municipality had categorised a major portion of the same land parcel in Goregaon as an ecologically sensitive belt. A National Law University, offices of various tribunals, including the State Human Rights Commission and the Motor Vehicles Tribunal, as …
Organisers enlighten people on the need for protecting the Ghats A signature campaign organised by the Save Western Ghats Movement, as a prelude to its Ecological Festival of Western Ghats, received good response from the citizens in Coimbatore on Sunday. Around 2,000 people took part in the campaign at Race …
Over 56,000 kilometres of ecologically sensitive areas (ESA) in the Western Ghats could not be earmarked as ‘no-go’ zones due to State governments’ ‘insensitivity’, a parliamentary committee has said. The panel has urged the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to constitute a committee to address the issues and …
The environment ministry in 2018 finalised a nationwide plan to curb air pollution, notified new rules governing India's coastlines and proposed prohibition of use of animals in circuses besides engaging "constructively" in the crucial climate summit at Poland. The environment ministry in 2018 finalised a nationwide plan to curb air …
Kurangani fire, Thoothukudi police firing and Chennai-Salem corridor project expose policy deficit It started out pretty well this year for the environment and the forest sector in Tamil Nadu. But as the months rolled on, the situation turned ghastly very early, and soon it became the hot bed of controversy. …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 11/12/2018 regarding areas around National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries to be declared Eco Sensitive Zones. The Court has been informed that proposals for declaring areas around …
In a big blow to the country's top aluminium rolling private sector firm Hindalco, the Supreme Court on Thursday ordered shutdown two of the company's bauxite ore mining units in Maharashtra as it was operating from an eco-sensitive zone close to a wildlife sanctuary without any wildlife clearance. The glaring …
The ministry prepared its notification after coming under fire from the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for not finalising the ESA in the region. Nearly 57,000 sq km of the Western Ghats should be declared as Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA), the Union environment ministry has said in a new draft notification. …
