Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
PUNE: Maharashtra Real Estate Appellate Tribunal’s first ever ruling came as a relief to home buyers who have purchased apartments or bungalows in the Lavasa township. The tribunal on Thursday set aside its earlier order passed in January and directed that the case be taken up for hearing again. The …
Some of the most fragile districts in ecologically sensitive areas (ESA) of Western Ghats have been heavily cut to size, according to a detailed dna analysis of state government reports on physical demarcation of the region. The demarcation has largely been found in Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka, which are looking …
Land will be returned to 13 tribal families which had secured it four decades ago under an Act to curb holdings In a setback to the controversial Lavasa Housing Project, the Maharashtra government has ordered Lavasa Corporation to return 60 acres to indigenous tribal families. Source said Subhash Borkar, a …
Environment ministry clears 229 projects in a month, up from 217 in a quarter. Wary of the perception that his ministry is clearing too many projects too fast, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has asked ministry officials to replace the word ‘diversion’ of forest land with ‘reforestation’ in all communications. An …
The ministry is still in the process of discussion with other ministries on this matter The Environment Ministry is mulling stringent penalties including financial and criminal action for violators by bringing amendments to the Environment Protection Act and creating a "reign of enforcement". Rating itself six on a scale of …
Revealing that a total of about 5,000 projects were pending for environment clearances, Union minister of state for environment and forests and climate change Prakash Javadekar on Sunday said that 200 defence-related projects would be cleared on a priority basis. He was speaking to media persons in a meeting organised …
The Bombay high court on Wednesday said it would hear all the Lavasa matters and see the facts of the case before deciding on transferring them to the National Green Tribunal. An HC bench of Justices V M Kanade and S C Gupte posted a group of six matters — …
The company has acquired about 52 acre of land in Bhiwadi where 4,000 units will be developed in phases Realty firm Ashiana Housing today said it will invest about Rs 800 crore over the next seven years to develop a housing project at Bhiwadi in Rajasthan. The company said it …
This report compiles some case studies of developmental projects in India that have been affected by environmental and social impacts arising out of the project activities.The acts and regulations governing the environmental and social aspects of project finance deals in India are elaborate and clear. However, based on the case …
Mumbai: The state government might retain the special planning authority (SPA) status granted to Lavasa with some riders. Last year, a report from the state urban development (UD) department had recommended revocation of thespecial status. An alternate option of retaining the status while appointing a government-nominated official as its chief …
THE National Green Tribunal will begin the final hearing of Lavasa Corporation Limited’s appeal challenging the conditions imposed by the Ministry of Environment and Forests from December 4 on a day-to-day basis. The NGT will also begin hearing the final arguments in an appeal filed by farmer Dnyaneshwar Shedge challenging …
Attacks Y.P. Singh for making accusations based on “half-baked information” Slamming former IPS officer and lawyer Yogesh Pratap Singh for levelling “baseless accusations” at him, Maharashtra Industries Minister and senior Congress leader Narayan Rane on Friday said that all the clearances in the Lavasa Hill city project were given as …
Jayanthi Natarajan's tough stand ensures recognition abroad, but red-tapism & bureaucracy continue to delay approvals in India Reticence can be a double-edged sword. For Jayanthi Natarajan, minister for environment and forests, her reserve has attracted much criticism from domestic detractors. Yet, on the high table of international climate diplomacy, it …
Environment minister caught between India Inc pushing for green nods and environmentalists accusing her of not doing enough to save India’s forests It probably wasn’t only in jest that a few months ago Jayanthi Natarajan likened herself to a mridangam, a percussion instrument that can be played from both sides. …
MUMBAI, 15 JUNE: Bombay High Court today told the Maharashtra government to file a reply to a petition by two tribal brothers who say their lands were usurped for the construction of Lavasa township (see file photo) near Pune. A Division Bench headed by Justice D D Sinha directed the …
The National Green Tribunal has agreed to hear a plea challenging the November 9, 2012 environment clearance (EC) granted to Lavasa Corporation Ltd for its $ 31 billion hillside township project in Pune district of Maharashtra. The Tribunal directed Lavasa, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and Maharashtra Pollution …
Observing that the project nods were given without environmental and cabinet approvals, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), on Tuesday, slammed the state government for “total lack of transparency” in the selection of the Lavasa hill station project in Pune district. Claiming that the Lavasa project was driven by private …
Coming down hard on the state government on the Lavasa hill town project, the CAG report has said the government bent rules and made amendments to existing laws only to allow the controversial township to be built at the cost of public interest. The report was tabled in the Assembly …
The controversial Lavasa Hill City project in Pune district has attracted the Comptroller and Auditor General of India's attention. Lavasa is being developed by the HCC Group. The CAG, in its latest report, said: “The project was driven by private interest rather than public interest. The State Government gave environmental …
The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), yet to be tabled in the state legislature, has mentioned the undue favouritism given to Lavasa that led to a revenue loss of Rs13 crore. The project was given the concessions in stamp duty (Rs4.31 crore), registration (Rs5.30 crore) and nazarana …
