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 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tiger Protection Group Vs Union of India & Others dated 02/09/2013 regarding protection of National Chambal Sanctuary.
West Bengal( Area 88,752 Sq K.M. Comprising of 19 Districts ) is the only Indian State to have a coastline as well as the Himalayas and is situated between 21º20' and 27º32' N latitude and 85º50' and 89º52' E longitude, bordering Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan. The State supports approximately 7.54% …
The PIL on massive irrigation scam of Rs72,000 crore in Vidarbha took an interesting turn when Maharashtra Forest Department admitted that as many as 76 out of 90 irrigation projects of the region were stuck with them for formalities. It, however, blamed Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation (VIDC) for pendency of …
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests on Monday informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Southern Bench that no stone quarry lease was granted in Reserve Forest areas of Erode and Coimbatore districts, barring one in Coimbatore. Based on the news report published in The Hindu on August 7 on illegal stone …
Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan has approved the inviolate forest area report to restrict mining. Coal mining proposals will be cleared by the ministry against the demarcation of forestlands done on the basis of the report. The move comes after the Minister opposed Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar’s suggestion that the inviolate …
Diversion of 1825.983 ha (1835.983 ha proposed originally) of forest land for Parwan Major Irrigation Project in favour of Water Resource Department, Rajasthan, in Baran and Jhalawar Forest Divisions of Baran and Jhalawar Districts of Rajasthan.
Wildlife Society of Odisha (WSO) has urged the ministry of environment and forest (MOEF) to initiate action against the state-owned Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) for violating the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980. OMC is yet to obtain clearance for diversion of 249.96 hectares or 625 acres of forest land for mining …
Wildlife Society of Odisha (WSO) has urged the ministry of environment and forest (MOEF) to initiate action against the state-owned Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) for violating the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980. OMC is yet to obtain clearance for diversion of 249.96 hectares or 625 acres of forest land for mining …
Now, 35 more Maoist-affected districts will be able to divert forest land for creation of critical public utility infrastructure like schools, hospitals, police stations and rural roads sans being tripped by the mandatory forest clearance hurdle. The ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) has recently extended the relaxed norms to …
Experts Find That Much Of It Has Degraded Into Scrubland A study on the status and distribution of forests of a portion of the Western Ghats has revealed that more land is in private hands than the area under protected forests, but large tracts have degraded into scrub and wastelands. …
In a bid to speed up development in naxal-affected areas, the environment ministry has decided to exempt public infrastructure projects from seeking forest clearance in 35 additional districts. In May 2011 the ministry said public infrastructure projects like schools, health centres, roads, bridges would not require clearance under the Forest …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Thursday said that it has jurisdiction to hear the petition filed by NGOs Goa Foundation and Peaceful Society, on the implementation of the Gadgil panel report on Western Ghats, filed against the Centre, states of Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka and others. “The present application is maintainable …
Destruction of evergreen forest in Salur and Bilalkoppa villages of Narasimharajapura taluk was as serious as the mining scam of Bellary Founder president of National Committee for Protection of Natural Resources (NCPNR) S R Hiremath has alleged that the evergreen forest in Salur and Bilalkoppa villages of Chikkamagalur district had …
The environment ministry will consider clearing a 300 sq km of forests for projects in the next meeting of its forest advisory committee (FAC), the statutory body which appraises projects that require forest land. The proposals before the FAC include the controversial Tipaimukh hydroelectric dam which alone will require submergence …
In FY13, the Daitari mines had recorded production of 703,440 tonnes of ore With the forest department taking a grim view on Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) carrying out mining activities without forest clearance, the state-controlled miner's Daitari iron ore mines might soon close down. In a recent letter to Odisha …
New Delhi: The environment ministry has proposed to partially outsource monitoring of clearances — given for millions of hectares of forests for industrial and other development activities — to private entities. It has also pushed for self-reporting by the industries of their compliance, or lack of it, with the norms …
The Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in their Judgment dated 6th July 2011 in the Interlocutory Application No. 1868 of 2007 in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 202 of 1995 in the matter of T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad versus Union of India and others (hereinafter referred to as 'Lafarge Judgement') inter-alia directed …
It is estimated that the city has lost one-third of its green cover owing to encroachments, road widening and diverting forest lands for commercial purposes. But the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has no accurate data on the current state of the city’s green cover or the rate at which it …
Forest certification has emerged as a marketing tool for linking the good forest management practices with the environmentally conscious consumers. Its genesis can be attributed to the society’s concern for the social and environmental significance of forests. Forest management certification when coupled with the chain-of-custody certification; then, the supply chain …
A month after Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav himself wrote a letter requesting speedy approval for Mulayam's dream project of setting up a Lion Safari in Fisher Forest at Etawah, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has given permission to start construction for the project. On July 1 last …
