Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
CRIP work, including development of bus bays, is likely to be delayed The felling of avenue trees near RR Lamp, Vellayambalam, and near treasury buildings at Statue to ensure free flow of traffic, visibility of traffic signals, and construction of bus bays on corridors developed under the City Road Improvement …
After a long hiatus, the state government has given its nod to another cluster redevelopment project - that of the century-old Botawala chawl in Masgaon. The redevelopment of the chawl is only the fifth such project to be sanctioned in three years since the rules for cluster scheme came in …
After a little over two months of lull following the Allahabad High Court’s verdict in the Noida and Greater Noida land acquisition case, farmers’ groups are set to join the existing case before the Supreme Court. Yesterday, the apex court issued notices to the state government and the Greater Noida …
Maharashtra Cabinet changes norms to make present occupiers of slums eligible for rehabilitation. Ahead of the crucial elections to the Greater Mumbai Municipal Corporation next month, the Maharashtra government on Monday took a crucial decision with regard to the eligibility of the occupiers of slums for rehabilitation with cut off …
MUMBAI: The environment status report published by the BMC in September this year lays the blame of greater pollution levels on construction in the city. The report reiterates what has been observed for the past couple of years. A report concluded by the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute last year …
Even as the row over huge donations made by Indiabulls to a foundation headed by controversial public works minister Chhagan Bhujbal is yet to die down, the issue of IT parks constructed by the construction major in Mahim and Lower Parel rocked parliament on Tuesday. Minister of state for environment …
After a series of reports by TOI on the need to protect the ecofragile Mangar area and adjoining forests in the Aravalis in Faridabad, the district administration has sent a detailed report to the state headquarters seeking the conservation of these areas. Deputy commissioner Rakesh Gupta told TOI that the …
Concered by the implications of the frenzied construction along the Senapati Bapat Marg in Lower Parel, the state environment committee has decided to reject environmental clearance (EC) to major construction projects there by the Indiabulls group until the group curtails the size of the projects. The State Level Expert Appraisal …
The State government, which has already borrowed about $650 million from external sources to upgrade some of the major roads and State highways, recently made additional borrowings of $15 million to implement road works of 3,411 km in the State. The roads, the upgrading of which was taken up under …
NONGPOH: The ongoing construction of the four lane Jorabat-Umiam road in Ri-Bhoi district undertaken by the Ramky Infrastructure Pvt Ltd is posing a serious threat to the local residents of 20 Mile. The company is dumping waste soil in public areas as a result of which a small drain has …
Maharashtra Pollution Control Board had filed criminal complaint In a move that will initiate the prosecution of Lavasa Corporation, a Pune court on Thursday ordered issue of process against nine directors and six officials of the Corporation. All the 15 persons, including chief promoter Ajit Gulabchand, have been asked to …
Mumbai Chief ministers of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Kerala agreed on Monday there could be a case for allowing state governments more leeway in giving environmental approvals, with Madhya Pradesh’s Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Kerala’s Oommen Chandy pointing out that delays in clearances were stalling economic growth in their states. …
After a year-long legal battle, the environment ministry on Wednesday granted a conditional clearance to the first phase of the multi-crore Lavasa Hill City project in Maharashtra. The clearance comes as a reprieve to Ajit Gulabchand’s ambitious hill city project, making losses to the tune of Rs 2 crore a …
Denying any illegality, the Goa Revenue Department on Wednesday filed an affidavit in the Bombay High Court at Goa in response to a petition filed in September by a citizen challenging the State government's de-notification of a piece of land that was acquired to create a parking lot at Dabolim …
JAIPUR: To quicken the pace of the already delayed Durgapura elevated road project, the Jaipur Development Authority has decided to provide assistance to the companies assigned as they are facing financial debt resulting in slow pace of work. Neeraj Cement Structural Ltd and ARSS Infrastructure Project Ltd have taken up …
Subject to a list of conditions that activists say are not strong enough After put on hold for a year, Lavasa's controversial township project on the hills near Pune has been given the green signal subject to a list of conditions that activists say are not strong enough. Ironically, it …
New Delhi Almost a year after it slapped stop-work orders on Hindustan Construction Company's (HCC) flagship hill city project at Lavasa near Pune, the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) on Wednesday cleared the project subject to the company meeting 47 conditions. Construction on the first phase of 2,000 hectares …
Anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare has criticised Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan for making a pro-Lavasa statement. He said the government should instead conduct a serious enquiry and take strict action against the Lavasa Corporation for violating environmental laws. In a letter to Mr. Chavan, Mr. Hazare and social activist Medha …
NEW DELHI: The Environment and Forests Ministry may stop halting industrial and government projects for minor lapses of conditions stipulated under the Environment (Protection) Act to escape the blame of slowing down the economic progress. For instance big dumps built up around the mining areas, pollution of nearby rivers and …
Shillong-Nongstoin-Tura road should pass through Sohiong, says PWD Minister SHILLONG: The State Government which already has its hands full with the controversy over construction of the four-lane road in Ri-Bhoi district is now embroiled in another dispute with PWD Minister HDR Lyngdoh demanding a change in the alignment of the …
