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 …
Madhya Pradesh government's proposed Majhgaon medium irrigation project, which will submerge 78.6 hectare of Panna Tiger Reserve's (PTR) buffer area and require 426.7 hectare of forestland, has been cleared by the environment ministry's Forest Advisory Committee (FAC). While granting in-principle approval for use of forestland from protected forest area, the …
DEHRADUN: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday banned further felling of trees in the Rs 12,000 crore all-weather Char Dham road project, a pet initiative of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The felling of trees has been banned till the next hearing of the matter on April 4 although the …
NEW DELHI: A new study on more than 2000 compensatory afforestation plantations across the country found that in 70% of the projects plantations have been taken up on notified forest land but termed as "degraded" in official records. Case studies documented by authors of the study reveal in many cases …
The Union Environment Ministry in a notification has clarified that melting of coal tar does not cause pollution of either air or water. The Impact Assessment (IA) division of the ministry said this while referring to a "number of requests" seeking clarification over the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification 2006 …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 19/02/2018 regarding misuse of forest rest houses which are being used for tourism and other purposes. This is contrary to Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980. Supreme Court …
CHENNAI: Nearly one-third of the area in the country with sandalwood distribution is in Tamil Nadu with the state covering an area of 3,040sqkm spread across several districts. India has a total area of 9,000sqkm of sandalwood distribution spread across eight states with Karnataka having the maximum area of 5,245sqkm. …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Ecological Imbalance, 22/12/2017 . The details of the forest land diverted for non forestry purposes in the country during the last three years, State/UT wise including Jharkhand is annexed at Annexure ‘A’.
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Themrei Tuithung & Others Vs Union of India dated 06/12/2017 for review of judgement passed by NGT in 26/02/2016 which had cleared the forest clearance granted to the Thoubal Multipurpose Project proposed at the trijunction of …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Non Violence Again Vs Vedanta Limited & Others dated 13/11/2017 regarding illegal and unauthorized use of forest land in Jharsuguda by Vedanta Limited. The Applicant states that Vedanta Ltd. formerly known as Vedanta Alumina Ltd. used …
Judgement of the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the State of Telangana and the State of Andhra Pradesh dated 08/11/2017 in the matter of State of Telangana Vs Md. Hayath Uddin & Others regarding Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme. The case was filed by the State of Telangana questioning …
The Lohit valley where the Demwe project will come up Guwahati: The National Green Tribunal has suspended the forest clearance of the 1,750MW Demwe hydel project in Arunachal Pradesh. Two environmental activists from Assam, Bimal Gogoi and Rohit Choudhury, had challenged the forest clearance saying it was granted on wrong …
In 2012, then Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan overruled the views of the expert members of the NBWL standing committee and granted it wildlife clearance. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ruled that the Environment Ministry cannot reject the majority view of the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) without any proper …
24,000 fully grown trees were uprooted to widen Bist-Doab stretch The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has summoned the records on the controversial felling of 24,000 fully grown eucalyptus, ‘sheesham’ and ‘keekar’ trees under a project to widen the 800-km-long Bist-Doab canal during the SAD-BJP rule. Taking up the petition filed …
The State Government is in the process of finalising demand notices to be served on 34 mining lease holders for recovery of full cost of the minerals illegally mined in violation of Forest Conservation Act, 1980.The 34 lessees are out of 51 cases identified by the Justice MB Shah Commission …
Odisha government today said its expects about Rs 20,000 crore penalty collection from mines owners who indulged in illegal mining and violated several laws including environmental clearance, forest clearance, mining rules and consent to operate norms. "We are expecting penalty collection of about Rs 17,575 crore towards violation of environment …
Mining companies in Odisha that were operating without environmental clearances were ordered to pay 100 per cent penalty on the price of illegally extracted iron and manganese ores with effect from 2000-01 by the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The bench comprising Justices Madan Lokur and Deepak Gupta directed the Centre …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Indigenous Perspetives Vs State of Manipur & Others dated 18/07/2017 regarding running of a children's club in a reserve Langol Reserve Forest area without any clearance under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980. NGT notes that it …
However, the bench refrained from passing a status quo order and asked the Haryana government, Bharti Land Ltd, the developer, and Ajay Enterprises, the realtor, to file their replies in the case by Tuesday. A 52-acre plot of land in the Aravalli area of Faridabad is devoid of wood vegetation, …
GURUGRAM: The Haryana government's attempt at diluting the natural conservation zone (NCZ) in the Aravalis, to free around 11,500 hectares of land currently that may or may not be eventually classified as NCZ, has met with an NGT speed-breaker. The tribunal on Monday issued notices to the state government and …
A former army man has moved the National Green Tribunal against the Haryana government's sanction to chop trees in the eco-sensitive Aravalli Hills prompting the green panel to seek a response from the Centre. A vacation bench headed by Justice U D Salvi issued notices to the Environment Ministry, the …
