Reply affidavit on behalf of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Gavhan Koliwada Matsyavyavsayik Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit Vs City & Industrial Development Corporation & Others dated 28/01/2025. City & Industrial Development Corporation submitted a proposal for CRZ clearance for the construction of coastal road from …
It was only in the early 1970s that the Chipko Movement laid out before the country the need for an environmental agenda and emphasised the significance that the environment held for the poor people of India. It made Indians realise that deforestation was taking place at a rapid pace and …
In 1985, both Kalahandi in Orissa and Jhabua in Madhya Pradesh came into the limelight. This followed reports of children being sold in Kalahandi and food riots in Jhabua.Both these problems were related to the ecology. More than a decade later, Jhabua's ecology has regenerated through a government-sponsored but people-managed …
In 1978-79 , a third of the households were purchasing firewood logs. But in 1992-93, just about one-sixth were doing so. These are the findings of a nationwide survey, conducted by the New Delhi-based National Council of Applied Economic Researh. Undoubtedly, the survey has raised innumerable questions about the long …
The good news: India's forest coverhas more or less remained unchanged from the period 1991-93 to 1993-95. From 63.96 million hectares(mha), it is only marginally gone down to 63.34 mha,claims the ministry of environment and forest's (MEF) sixth State of Forest reports . But doubts persists as to how useful …
Environmental health, that is, health problems that result from changes in the environment, are nobody's business today. The ministry of health says that this is the business of the ministry of environment and forests. The latter is quick to pass the buck back to the former. But in the unending …
Every single chapter of the Fifth Citizens' Report that deals with the urban sector paints a distressing picture. The chapter on "Atmosphere' shows that it is not just metros like Delhi which are reeling under severe air pollution but also towns like Rajkot in Gujarat and Gajroula and Dehra Dun …
Dams have seen the strongest environmental protests in India. But these protests have failed to stop dams where rehabilitation has been the key issue. This shows that the government still believes that someone has to pay the price of development. And electoral democracy does not always favour the displaced. A …
In an environment marked by mass poverty, it is not easy to adopt high-cost technological options that have often been the hallmark of the Western effort to deal with environmental problems. But answers can and will be found. And they will lie, most of all, in: - Good democracy: debate …
What's the difference between the Ganga today and the Ganga 13 years ago. Nothing, except that Rs 462.02 crore from government coffers has been emptied into the river. Or rather the pockets of those entrusted with the task to clean up its dirty waters. The Ganga Action Plan, launched with …
The Centre for Science and Environment conducted a detailed study of a Himalayan village, called Syuta, though this is not its real name, in Chamoli district of Uttar Pradesh. The villagers spend 366,156 human hours on work every year. The data collected from this village confirms the reality that a …
India has witnessed strong anti-dam protests. The chorus of protests have grown: Development at what cost? But the government's response has been mixed. It has itself scrapped numerous dam proposals, and several more after public protests, but mostly where ecological impacts are high. Some of the dam projects which were …
With environmental problems growing by leaps and bounds and environmental governance institutions failing to meet the challenge, India's judiciary has begun to assert itself. The Supreme Court has triggered a wave of environmental consciousness in the country with its landmark judgements. Ordinary citizens now have the right to utilise the …
What does India's environmental future look like at the end of the century? The Citizens' Fifth Report on the State of India's Environment just released by the Centre for Science and Environment is a document on the current state of the environment but it also provides a peep into the …
"India has rich democratic and entrepreneurial traditions and has, in the face of emerging rural crisis, thrown up numerous outstanding examples of communities struggling to improve their environment, some of which have shown through the dint of their hard work and persistence that dealing with
At a recent session of the Provincial People's Congress at Guangdong province, China, a group of representatives submitted a bill proposing a ban on eating wild animals. Meat of wild animals is a traditional cuisine in China. Guangdong province has a reputation as a gourmet heaven for those who have …
The Bokaro Steel Plant (BSP), a subsidiary of the Steel Authority of India (SAIL), claims to have overpowered the threat of pollution.But patients keep flocking to the Bokaro General Hospital with rare illnesses. Most of the affected workers do not know what diseases they are suffering from, be it skin …
THE Worldwatch Institute of Washington, DC,has come out with some findings on the spread of exotic species from one place to another. Calling it "bioinvasion", the institute says this spread threatens biological diversity and has the potential for global disaster. The environmental watchdog group says that the increasingly global economy …
THE Japanese government is planning a new large-scale dam on Japan's third- largest river, the Yoshino. A grassroots citizens' group, the Yoshino River Symposium of Tokushima City, has appealed for one million letters to be sent to the ministry of construction, asking it to halt its plans to build the …
The Responsible Ecological Social Tour (REST) programme, which was launched a year ago, is coming under heavy criticism from environmentalists. The programme was launched in a cluster of villages near the Pra Chang mountain in northern Thailand's Phayao province for the purpose of ecotourism. Officials at non-government organisations running the …
HAPHAZARD quarrying and mining on the bed of the Beas river and its tributaries is threatening the ecology of the Kullu valley. The river has been changing its course since 1995, causing damage to life and property. The public works department has made the river bed barren as big stones …
