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 Kerala Government has submitted to the Centre its revised recommendations on demarcation of 'ecologically sensitive areas' (ESAs) in the Western Ghats in the state, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told the state assembly today. A new report with the suggestions had been prepared based on the survey and studies conducted …
Coming as a boost to conservation efforts, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change is planning to notify 500 metres around Udhayamarthandapuram Bird Sanctuary. CHENNAI: Coming as a boost to conservation efforts, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change is planning to notify 500 metres around …
Details of trees to be cut and whether it involves endangered species has to be included in report. CHENNAI: Even as protests have erupted against the 277-km Chennai-Salem Greenfield Express Highway project, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has issued Terms of Reference (ToR) for a detailed …
Urban migration among the youth and erosion of ties to nature have led to a decline in awareness about preserving the sacred groves Since times immemorial, ‘Devrais’ or ‘sacred groves’ in Maharashtra’s Western Ghats have been nurtured by local communities residing there, who draw upon traditional knowledge to conserve these …
NEW DELHI: One of the main barriers against dust incursion from Rajasthan and surrounding areas into the capital are the Aravalis in Haryana bordering Delhi, but a number of policies are diluting its conservation and, thus, exposing parts of it to urbanisation. The latest is Faridabad Development Plan 2031, which …
The CRZ Notification, 2011, stipulates that all proposals have to be evaluated against the approved Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP). CHENNAI: The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has recommended granting of Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) and environment clearance for the phase-3 …
Proposal will create ‘shock absorber’ around sanctuaries; impose curbs In a bid to conserve wildlife habitats in the State, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has proposed to declare areas around the Chitrangudi Bird Sanctuary in Ramanathapuram district and Karaivetti Bird Sanctuary in Ariyalur district as Eco-Sensitive …
Mumbai: Environmentalists in the city have called for urgent measures to stop the overall destruction of the environment by stopping the landfill for Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) SEZ, quarrying of Parsik Hills, destruction of trees on Aarey forest and pollution of rivers in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region area. In …
Nagpur: The Channaka-Korta barrage, an inter-state irrigation project between Telangana and Maharashtra being constructed on Painganga River, is a classic case of how environment rules are tossed to the wind. With 50% work on the project completed, shockingly, no environment impact assessment (EIA) has been done by the Telangana irrigation …
The Union government has received no proposal for environmental clearance for the Chardham Yatra Project and so the question of an environment impact assessment (EIA) study of such a project does not arise, government informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) recently. The environment ministry was responding to a petition in …
The BMC has said that it doesn’t need to submit its proposal for the Goregaon-Mulund Link Road (GMLR) to the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF). The proposed 13.7km connector, 4.7km of which will be through the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), promises to cut down peak-hour travel time …
Sitting in the backyard of his little homestay property, Veerabhadra, a farmer turned hospitality entrepreneur, tries to look beyond his field glittering with fireflies. SAKALESHPUR: Sitting in the backyard of his little homestay property, Veerabhadra, a farmer turned hospitality entrepreneur, tries to look beyond his field glittering with fireflies. The …
CHENNAI: The contentious India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) case will come up for admission before the Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in Delhi on Friday. Acting chairman Justice Jawad Rahim, judicial member Justice S P Wangdi and expert member Nagin Nanda will decide whether to admit the petition …
BHUBANESWAR: Even as elephants continue to be mowed down by trains in the State, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI)'s expansion plan for NH-55 has come as a further and bigger threat for the jumbos in major wildlife corridors of the State.The NHAI is upgrading its Angul-Sambalpur section, measuring …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of M/S Dinkar Bricks & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 26/04/2018 regarding brick kilns operating within the buffer zone of the eco sensitive zone of Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. Also whether the brick …
Calls for penal action against members of appraisal committee Poovulagin Nanbargal, an environmental group, has moved the National Green Tribunal’s principal bench in New Delhi, challenging the environmental clearance granted to the neutrino observatory project in Theni district. The appeal also sought direct penal action against members of the Expert …
The draft mentions that construction of sewage treatment plants in CRZ-I area shall be taken only by the municipal authorities. Mumbai: Environmentalists fear the new CRZ (coastal regulation zone) notification 2018 the draft of which is available now will expose the eco-sensitive areas of Greater Mumbai area to further damage. …
Bauxite mining in Eco Sensitive Zone at Orsapath under Mahuadand police station in Latehar district has alarmed the tiger reserve authorities whose deputy director, South Division, Mahalinga, wrote a letter to Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board on Wednesday. He wrote letter to cancel the CTO ( consent to operate) bauxite …
Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has notified the draft Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) 2018 guidelines for comments of the public and stakeholders in the next 60 day. This draft notification has major recommendation which would boost tourism development in coastal areas of the country which remains untapped …
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday quashed the order of National Green Tribunal (NGT) declaring Amarnath cave shrine a silence zone and prohibiting religious offerings beyond the entry point. In a bid to preserve the ecosensitive Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, the NGT took suo motu cognisance …
