Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Rajendra Tiwari Vs Union of India & Others dated 25/03/2025. The matter related to the illegal operation of Hotel Indana Palace at the distance of 95 meters from the boundary of Nahargarh Wildlife Sanctuary and commercial …
the margao Municipal Council (MMC) is embarking on yet another attempt to collect garbage from the city hotels directly. The council tried a similar exercise five years ago but nothing much came out of it. While the state urban development ministry intends to start the project from April 1, 2002, …
In an unusual incident, a hotel manager in Puri, Orissa, was sentenced to five years of simple imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5,000 by a Bhubaneswar environment court. The court said that the hotel and its manager were guilty of not complying with norms set under the Water (prevention …
The Bombay High Court's Panaji bench has stayed the construction of a Rs 25-crore five-star hotel project on the Nagorcem-Palolem beach in south Goa. It is one of the many hotels in Goa that has been taken to the court for environmental violations. Prominent hotelier Lalit Suri's Diksha Holdings was …
THE INDIAN hotel industry churns out a composite mixture of paper, plastics, textiles, metal, glass and leftover food every day. Astonishingly, huge amounts of paper wastage is from sources such as newspapers, bills, computer paper, and toilet and wrapping paper, There are over 500 hotels in Delhi alone ,and they …
the Union government has asked the Karnataka state government to take over within 45 days a forest area leased to a subsidiary of the Taj Group of Hotels to build a three-star resort. The 6,356 sq m-area falls within the core zone of the Nagarhole National Park in district Kogadu. …
About 150 families in village Velaghat in district Sindhudurg, Maharashtra, have been issued eviction notices to vacate their homes for a five-star hotel to be constructed by the Taj Group. Close to the virgin beaches of Velaghat is the lush green Aravali valley and the Yeshwantgarh fort. The adjoining land …
The Taj group of hotels has been under fire for the past year due to its decision to construct a three-star hotel resort at Murkal, in the heart of the Nagarhole national park near Mysore in Karnataka. The conflict between the local adivasis and the hotel chain came to a …
A RECENT move by the Maurya Sheraton, a five-star hotel in New Delhi (the only hotel in the Asia-Pacific region to be awarded the prestigious diploma of excellence at the 1993 Pollution Solutions Environmental Awards), to further boost its 'green image' al but blew up on its face. The hotel …
It could be the death knell for 20 hotels and a shrimp processing unit in Orissa if they do not take immediate mea- sures to stop polluting the sea by the end of this year.The Orissa Pollution Control Board decided to close down the hotels following a Supreme Court order. …
A CONSORTIUM of organisations and individuals is opposing the construction of a hotel in the catchment area of the Kandalama reservoir in Sri Lanka. The consortium is worried the drawing of groundwater for the hotel's needs will affect the tank's water-level.
UNRELENTING pressure from environmentalists in Udaipur finally seems to have forced the Rajasthan government's environment department to take action to stop the pollution of the city's lakes. After years of protests, in August, the state environment department sent off notices to 10 hotels located around the Pichhola, Fateh Sagar and …
THE ORISSA government's ambitious plan to develop a beach resort complex over more than 900 ha between Puri and Konark has raised a storm of controversy in the state. While environmental activists allege that the project will cause irreversible damage to the ecologically fragile coastal stretch, officials of the state …
HISTORIANS, archaeologists and art-lovers all over the country are eagerly awaiting the day when the Archaeological Survey Of India (ASI) and the Orissa state works department take up renovation of the inside of the Sun Temple at Konark. It will be a historic moment as the renovation will mean reopening …
ALTHOUGH every city has its pockets of affluence, there is no guarantee that all its residents can get a square meal a day. On the other hand, there is wanton waste of food -- mainly by hotels, restaurants and flight caterers. In the US, a study estimates 137 million tonnes …
ENVIRONMENTALISTS and civil rights lawyers strongly oppose the Sri iLankan government's move to shift jurisdiction of all cases involving projects approved by, the Board of Investments (BOI) from district courts to the court of appeal in Colombo. This means that a person may no longer petition a district court for …
A COMMITTEE that has been reviewing regulations governing coastal tourism recommends that decision-making in these matters should be left to the states concerned because they "are aware of the local constraints and the extent of demand for beach tourism" and it was upto state officials to determine how best to …
