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 …
Coal India Ltd (CIL) on Tuesday rolled back the hike in coal prices it effected from January 1 in the face of stiff opposition from user firms, including power, steel and cement, to its new pricing formula. CIL Chairman N C Jha said the company will delink the rates from …
Cement plants in Jaintia Hills SHILLONG: Amidst growing demands for closure of all cement companies operating in forest areas of Jaintia Hills, the State government has said that three companies have set up plants in the district without forest clearance. Informing this, a senior Forest department official told The Shillong …
SHILLONG: The RTI findings on the cement plants in Jaintia Hills has exposed the connivance of the various Government departments including the Jaintia Hills Autonomous District Council (JHADC) and the traditional bodies which allowed the cements plants to carry out mining inside the forest areas in gross violation of the …
SHILLONG: The Jaintia People Welfare Organization (JPWO), which has been opposing setting up of cement plants in Jaintia Hills district, conducted a survey of the limestone quarries, which the Cement Manufacturing Company Ltd. (CMCL) has taken on lease and also the area where the company had set up its plant. …
SHILLONG: The Meghalaya Right to Information Movement (MRTIM) would be holding a public hearing on the RTI findings relating to the activities of the cement plants based in Jaintia Hills district at Don Bosco Youth Centre on Thursday at 11 am. The public hearing comes at the time when the …
SHILLONG: While admitting that the issue of alleged encroachment of the cement plants in Jaintia Hills into the forest areas is a serious matter, Forest and Environment Minister Prestone Tynsong said that the Government would not hesitate to take action against the cement plants if it is established that they …
Shillong, Jan. 6: The Opposition NCP today demanded the immediate closure of the cement plants operating in forest areas in Meghalaya’s Jaintia Hills district. Apart from the closure, it also demanded from the state government to ask the companies to go for “compensatory afforestation” and to take necessary punitive action …
SHILLONG: The Leader of Opposition in Meghalaya Legislative Assembly demanded the State Government to close all the cement plants operating illegally in Jaintia Hills district, which have violated the Forest Conservation Act, 1980. Speaking to reporters in Shillong on Friday, Conrad Sangma said, “The high level committee of the government …
Three leading cement companies — Gujarat Ambuja, ACC and Jaypee company — owning mega cement manufacturing plants in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday slashed their prices by half. With this, a 50 kg bag of cement will now cost Rs 25 in the state. The decision, which will come into effect …
Shillong, Jan. 4: The high-level committee, constituted to study the operation of cement plants in Meghalaya’s Jaintia Hills district, has established that the plants are located in “thick” forest areas. In a report presented to the state, the committee observed that there was ample evidence to indicate that the areas …
Solan: With environmental pollution becoming a cause of concern for villagers residing on the periphery of polluting units, the pollution control board has adopted a tough posture to keep pollution levels under check. A committee constituted by the state high court is already inquiring into the unscientific disposal of muck …
Lucky Cement qualified for the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) under the Kyoto Protocol of United Nations and earned precious carbon credits. CDM allows emission-reduction projects in developing countries to earn Certified Emission Reduction (CER) credits. These CERs or carbon credits can be traded and used by developing nations to finance …
The Jammu and Kashmir State Pollution Control Board has directed for the closure of two cement factories in Khrew, Pulwama. The on-the-spot orders were passed by the State Pollution Control Board Regional Director, Kashmir, Ali Mohammad Dar, during an inspection when the units were found without adequate pollution control devices, …
New Delhi: As many as 345 industries continue to violate pollution norms in various parts of the country despite strict pollution norms and closure of polluting industries in the past. Of the 2,600 highly polluting industries across 17 sectors like fertilisers, thermal power, sugar, petrochemicals, cement and integrated iron and …
Following the model of Kanyakumari district, the Corporation has finally decided to impose ban on the production, sale and use of non-recyclable non-degradable plastic products within its jurisdiction. “The ban will come to effect within next two months,” Mayor Vijila Sathyananth announced in the council meeting held here on Wednesday. …
Shillong: The Supreme Court has admitted a writ petition filed by the Jaintia Youth Federation (JYF) against the eight cement plants operating in Jaintia Hills district for violating the forest laws and the Meghalaya Transfer of Land Regulation Act of 1971 along with the Meghalaya Transfer of Land Rules of …
It is scheduled for December 29; firm completes Environmental Impact Assessment study With the private firm entrusted with the task to manage solid waste in the town and suburban areas of Puducherry completing the Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment (REIA) study for establishing a waste processing plant and landfill at Kurumbapet, …
JOWAI: Its seems that the Jaintia hills Autonomous District Council still confused over transfer of land to cement companies operation in Jaintia hills particularly under Narpuh Elaka within Khliehriat Sub-Division. During the question hour on the second day of the JHADC winter session, an Independent MDC, Moonlight Pariat of Jowai …
The HP High Court has stayed the process of acquisition of 1,305 bighas by the state government for the Ambuja Cement Factory for mining purposes in six villages of Solan district. The interim order was passed by a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice Rajiv Sharma on …
New Delhi Let companies engaged in coal mining for captive use earmark an amount equal to a fraction of the royalty they pay the states for the benefit of affected communities in the mining areas, instead of 26% of post-tax profits as suggested earlier, the coal ministry has said. It …
