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 …
GURUGRAM: Nearly an acre of land has been stripped of its green cover while work is on to flatten the plot that falls in the ecologically sensitive Aravalis off the Southern Peripheral Road (SPR), merely 3km from Vatika Chowk. Local residents said they saw a few earthmovers levelling the hills …
With Karnataka rejecting the draft notification, the Centre had asked the state to form a state-level committee to readdress the issue. BENGALURU: With the Karnataka government urging the Centre to constitute another committee on the declaration of Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA) of Western Ghats, the Centre is likely to come …
When it receives petitions about violation of environmental laws such as illegal construction in eco-sensitive area. Hyderabad: The National Green Tribunal is ready to launch a new software that will allow people to file complaints online using their emails, said chairperson tribunal Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said on Saturday. Justice …
Karnataka’s objections to the K. Kasturirangan Committee report on demarcation of ecologically sensitive areas (ESAs) got a major blow after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) recently directed the State, along with five other west coast States, not to clear projects affecting the Western Ghats. The NGT directed the Ministry of …
Bengaluru: The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has rejected the Karnataka government’s proposed run-of-the-river Shivanasamudram hydro-electric power project, citing technicalities on implementation and concerns over it falling under the eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) of Cauvery wildlife sanctuary. First proposed in late 1990s, the project was part of the state’s plans …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 06/09/2018 regarding declaration of Eco Sensitive Zones around the National Parks / Sanctuaries. It has been brought to the Apex Court's notice that one general order …
Noting that the ecology of the Western Ghats was under serious stress, the National Green Tribunal restrained six states falling in the region from giving environmental clearance to activities which may adversely affect the eco-sensitive areas. The green panel allowed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to republish the …
Citing the recent devastating floods in Kerala and the serious stress to the Western Ghats ecology, the National Green Tribunal has restrained six States in the region from giving environmental clearance to activities which may adversely affect the eco-sensitive areas. The six States are Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and …
The Centre is again going to consult six the Western Ghats to form a consensus on the draft notification that has demarcated 56,825 sq.kms as ecologically sensitive area (ESA) across Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, DNA has learnt. This comes in the backdrop of the National Green …
Pune: Ecologist Madhav Gadgil on Wednesday said that citizens and governments should take measures to create new groves in cities and immediate surroundings, besides preserving the ones in forest areas. Speaking at a memorial lecture at the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (BORI), Gadgil quoted verses from the Vedas, Mahabharata, and …
The calamitous floods in the entire state of Kerala have grabbed the nation’s interest like nothing else these past couple of weeks. Not just India, but the world itself seems to have paused to see what on earth was happening in the fabulous tourist destination billed as God’s Own Country. …
The Ecological Festival of Western Ghats will be held from November 30 to December 2 Preparations have begun for the Ecological Festival of Western Ghats, an international conference aimed at the protection of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, to be held from November 30 to December 2. The conference draws …
The notable ecologist correctly ascribed the disaster to governance failures, but his own panel's recommendations may not have been the right solution Last week, a well-recognised doyen of ecological studies, Madhav Gadgil sparked a controversy by saying that the Kerala floods were partly a result of governance failures. He took …
Right in time for World Tiger Day on July 29, chief minister Manohar Parrikar confirmed the presence of India’s national animal in the jungles of the state. Responding to his BJP colleague Rajesh Patnekar in the legislature, the CM wrote: “Recent camera trap survey has confirmed at least five tigers …
The Indian Coast Guard is conducting a bilateral table-top exercise on maritime pollution response with Bangladesh Coast Guard at the regional headquarters (North East) of the ICG here today. ICG (NE) commander Inspector General K S Sheoran said the two-day exercise, that began today, is being conducted in the backdrop …
The advocate who argued the case at National Green Tribunal says the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests is equally to be blamed. HYDERABAD: Telangana State government was squarely blamed when the news of proposed reduction of the eco-sensitive zone around the KBR National Park, from 30 metres to as …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. C. V. Singh Vs Union of India & Others dated 20/07/2018 regarding directions to prevent construction within the 10 Km. radius of Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary. NGT disposes of the Application as already a Notification dated 11.09.2017 under Environment …
The Sakkarakottai bird sanctuary is basically an irrigation tank that is used for storing water for agriculture, recharged by northeast monsoon from October to January. CHENNAI: The Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has considered the proposal of the State forest department and notified two-km area around Sakkarakottai …
PANJIM: Goans against CRZ 2018 (GACRZ), a federation of unions, political parties and activists on Tuesday submitted a memorandum to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) objecting to the draft CRZ Notification 2018. The memorandum was signed by the core …
The following draft of the notification, which the Central Government proposes to issue in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1), read with clause (v) and clause (xiv) of subsection (2) and sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986) is hereby published, …
