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 …
The Environment Ministry will meet the Chief Ministers and State Environment Ministers on April 6-7 for final consultations on the proposed changes in the existing green laws to help link them with country’s development and economic growth agenda. The two-day meeting will be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. According …
The Centre today said that at least 3172.15 sq km of forest areas is under encroachment in Assam. Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar, in reply to a Rajya Sabha question by Bhubaneswar Kalita, said that protection and management of forests is primarily the responsibility …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M/s. Muneer Enterprises Vs M/s Ramgad Minerals and Mining Ltd. & Ors dated 12/03/2015 regarding grant of licence to operate 819.20 acres of the forest mining area in Jaisinghpur village, Bellary District, Karnataka.
In spite of rapid urbanisation, the government today said that Delhi has the largest forest cover out of three metropolitan cities while the country’s green cover is over 23 per cent. As per the masterplan of the city provided by Urban Development Ministry, Delhi has 180 sq kms of green …
The order by principal bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) at Delhi to stay felling of trees for linear projects in the country even if they were granted Stage I clearance has forced the state government to put minutes of Pune meeting approving NH7 road widening on hold. City-based wildlife …
Judgement of the Delhi High Court in the matter of Jayaswal Neco Industries Ltd Vs Sarda Energy And Minerals Ltd & Ors dated 24/02/2015 regarding grant of Prospecting Licence under the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 for the purpose of exploring Iron Ore deposits in Boria Tibbu …
The Narendra Modi government’s plan to accelerate infrastructure construction in forest areas has hit a roadblock as the National Green Tribunal (NGT) rejected the Environment Ministry’s clearances to the states for cutting the trees on the basis of “in-principle” approval. In two letters to the states, the ministry had permitted …
Projects to improve the city's infrastructure and transport facilities are being cleared at a breakneck speed, but the improvement will come at a cost of nearly 5,000 trees and 18,000 plants, which will have to be felled to make way for better roads, power plants and water pipelines. While these …
Agra: More trouble is in store for the Sharda Group of Institutions. After its Anand Engineering College, another institute of the group, Hindustan Institute of Technology and Management (HITM), is now under scanner of the National Green Tribunal for allegedly violating environment and wildlife norms. Admitting a petition of DK …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has admitted a petition against widespread deforestation in the Aravali region of Gurgaon and issued a notice to the district forest department, seeking its reply by February 12. The petition was filed last month by the Haryali Welfare Society, a city-based NGO, raising concerns over …
After the startling revelation about a Haldwani reserve forest area being used as a dumping ground came to the fore, the forest department and the Haldwani-Kathgodam Municipal Corporation have collaborated to deal with the problem. While the municipal corporation has started clearing garbage from the area, the forest department is …
The Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) has recommended grant of approval to the Karnataka government’s proposed scheme of e-auction and re-allotment of 51 cancelled mines in ‘Category C’ in three districts — Bellary, Chitradurga and Tumkur — of the state. In its report, the panel has also recommended to …
BHUBANESHWAR: Tata Steel believes the raw material issues, which forced the hundred-year-old steelmaker to import iron ore for the first time in its history last year, may finally be behind it. "All our mines are operational, including our Sukinda chrome mine. These are mines we have been mining for 80-90 …
Over 50 public utility projects including power, irrigation, Railways and roads were today cleared by a high-powered Environment Ministry committee. Power projects in Tamil Nadu and Telangana were among the 53 public utility projects cleared by Standing Committee of National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) chaired by Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar. …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Sandeep Azrenkar & The Goa Foundation V/s. The State of Goa & Ors. dated 22/01/2015 regarding development of Mapusa town in the area which the Applicant claim is forest in nature.
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Amarjit Singh Nalwa & Ors. Vs. The State of NCT of Delhi & Ors. dated 20/01/2015 regarding illegal activities of felling and cutting of trees, construction of residential accommodation, laying of concrete RCC roads through forest, disposal of municipal …
The government has refuted environmentalists’ allegations that key green laws in the country would be “diluted”. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar says his aim is to improve and smoothen environmental clearance processes by bringing in them “clarity and openness” without compromising on green issues. Javadekar, who has indicated his keenness to …
