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 …
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 …
Environmental clearance for the development of hill station township at village Mulshi and Velhe Talukas, district Pune, Maharashtra by M/s. Lavasa Corporation Ltd.
MUMBAI: Social activist Medha Patkar has objected to chief minister Prithviraj Chavan's demand for green nod for the first phase of Lavasa. The chief minister had requested Union environment minister Jayanti Natarajan to grant environmental clearance to the first phase of the hill city project on November 4. Chavan's request …
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) on Friday filed a criminal complaint against the promoters and officials of Lavasa Corporation for violating the Environment Protection Act (EPA), even as the Bombay High Court is hearing the Ajit Gulabchand-promoted project case on whether the central government has jurisdiction over its hill …
Case before Pune court over violation of green rules. Ajit Gulabchand Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) chairman and managing director Ajit Gulabchand found himself in the dock, with the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board on Friday filing criminal proceedings against the promoters, directors and sundry other officials of Lavasa Corporation, a subsidiary …
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) on Friday filed a criminal complaint against nine directors and six other officials of the Lavasa Corporation in a Pune court for violating environmental laws. Filed under Sections 15 and 16 of the Environment Protection Act (EPA), the application has named chief promoter of …
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) would file criminal proceedings against Lavasa Corporation tomorrow in a Pune magistrate's court under Section 15 of the Environment Protection Act, 1986. In line with the recent order of the high court here, a decision in this regard was taken by the state environment …
The Maharashtra government will move the magistrate court at Pune 'in a day or two' against Lavasa, HCC's flagship project, for environmental violation. The government will file a case against Lavasa for violating section 15 of the Environment (Protection) Act," sources in the environment department said. The government has authorised …
With the deadline for the Maharashtra Government to take ‘credible' action against Lavasa Corporation's hill city project drawing to a close tomorrow, indications are that the State Government will initiate proceedings against the developer for violation of the Environment Protection Act 1986. As major promoters of Lavasa Corporation, Hindustan Construction …
State govt to initiate criminal proceedings in Pune court, in line with earlier order; HCC chief says proposed action inexplicable. The Maharashtra government is set to initiate legal proceedings against Lavasa Corporation in line with the earlier high court order, for violating the Environment Protection Act, 1986. The proceedings would …
New Delhi After a short period of lenience in allowing coal mining in “no-go” forest areas, the environment ministry has decided to impose stringent penalties on violators. In a significant move, the ministry has categorised non-compliance with the environment clearance (EC) conditions as ‘serious’ and ‘not-so-serious’ across 27 sectors and …
The Maharashtra government is set to initiate criminal proceedings against top Lavasa Corporation Limited (LCL) bosses including its chairperson Ajit Gulab-chand for alleged environmental violations in the Lavasa township project. Sources said the action against LCL directors could come this week — before the November 16 hearing in the Bombay …
New Delhi: The Bombay high court’s order giving a tight deadline to the Union environment and forests ministry to take a final call on Lavasa by November 10 has put the hill town’s future in jeopardy and ironically, dependent upon Maharashtra government taking strict action against the project proponents. In …
Report of Professor K.T. Ravindran, Chairman - Expert Committee to examine the quantum of penalty and creation of environmental restoration fund for Lavasa city project, Pune district.
Lavasa Corporation will face action from the Maharashtra government for violation of environmental laws within the next two weeks. This was declared by the state government’s counsel in Bombay High Court on Thursday. Union Ministry of Environment and Forests ( MoEF) had denied permission to the first phase of Lavasa …
The Bombay high court on Thursday pulled up the Maharashtra government for its inaction and for not taking a stand in the Lavasa case. The court also expressed displeasure at the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), saying the ministry had earlier been given one last chance to come …
Lavasa Corporation can look forward to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) clearance in three weeks. The Maharashtra Government on Thursday assured the Bombay High Court of initiating ‘credible' action against violation of the developer in two weeks, and the Court pegged the timeframe for MoEF to pass its …
