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 …
Letter to the Principal Secretary (Forests) from Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change regarding guidelines for diversion of forest land for non-forest purpose under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, 15/01/2015 - Simplified procedure for grant of permission for felling of trees standing on forest land to be diverted for …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Goa Foundation & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 13/01/2015 regarding eco-sensitive areas of Western Ghats particularly in relation to 400 KV D/C Transmission Line project from Kozhikode (in Kerela) to Mysore (in Karnataka).
Top environment experts have questioned the recommendations of the government-appointed committee to suggest changes to six existing environment and forest laws. In a deposition yesterday before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Environment and Forests, Science and Technology, which Congress leader Ashwani Kumar heads, eight civil society groups trashed majority recommendations …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rohit Choudhury Vs Union of India & Ors. dated 09/01/2015. This is a Miscellaneous Application praying for an order granting stay on all activities of the project “Training of river Beki on L/B and activation of river Manas and Hakua …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has accorded the much-awaited forest clearance to the four-laning of National Highway-22 from Parwanoo to Solan, paving the way for initiating the project. The clearance for the remaining stretch of the national highway -- lying in Shimla district and extending till Shogi -- …
The state government has approved construction of a road connecting Isapur in Kolhapur district and Chaukul in Sindhudurg district with diversion and deforestation of reserved forest spread over 4.32 hectares in the ecologically-sensitive areas. Officials said that the road will cut at least 40 kms of the distance between the …
All green (environment friendly) buildings - identified on the basis of use of water\energy conservation methods, recycled materials, solar power, natural lighting and energy self-sufficiency - across the country will get special logo in the New Year. The environment ministry is working on a methodology by factoring in the existing …
The National Green Tribunal has sought a detailed reply by February 24, next year, from the Rajasthan government on the total deposit in the state's Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) and spending from this fund so far, right from the constitution of the body. In its order …
GUWAHATI, Dec 23 – RTI-cum-environmental activist, Rohit Choudhury has filed a plea before the Kolkata-based Eastern Zone Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), to pass orders directing the State’s Water Resources Department (WRD) to stop all activities for streamlining the course of the Beki river on its left bank …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matte of Deohoiso Kri Vs. State of Arunachal Pradesh & Ors. dated 03/12/2014 regarding illegal and unauthorised activities like mining of minor minerals and stone crushing in Reserve Forest Area in violation of Air Act 1981 and Forest …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Anurag Modi Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 27/11/2014 regarding violation in the grant of mining leases and the running of stone crushers, Sehore, Madhya Pradesh.
The Supreme Court rulings which were considered sacrosanct, have failed to make any impact on the mining in the Aravallis. Despite several orders of the SC and the National Green Tribunal (NGT), banning mining in the Aravallis, it continues unabated, levelling the range and clearing the forests in Tijara. Now, …
A high level committee headed by former cabinet secretary T S R Subramanian, set up to review the country's green laws and the procedures followed by the ministry of environment, forests and climate change, has suggested appropriate amendments to align them with the government's economic development agenda. In its report …
The All-Himachal Contractor Welfare Association has urged the state government to take the land devoid of forest cover out of the purview of the Forest Conservation Act. Association president Dinesh Kumar Sharma today said: “To provide land for development works and mining activities, it is important to take out the …
Taking strong exception to the absence of Haryana government officials, the National Green Tribunal has summoned the state's Revenue Secretary in a case pertaining to change of land use in Faridabad district which could allegedly lead to fragmentation of the Aravallis. "We find the absence and non-compliance of the order …
Mid-course, the mandate of the committee was expanded to additionally review the Colonial-era legislation, the Indian Forest Act, 1927 The high-level committee reviewing all green laws has, on request, been given a month-long extension by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests. The committee, headed by former cabinet secretary T …
The decision will now lie with the district-level forest administrator, the divisional forest officer (DFO), to give away forest land to miners in such cases The lower-level forest bureaucracy in the states will now have unbridled power to give away forest land to miners if they believe the project is …
60% of the coal blocks had secured environment clearance and a similar number had also received their forest clearances The government has decided to transfer all existing environmental clearances of cancelled coal blocks to the new owners once the auction is completed. This will help the government avoid starting the …
Panaji: The National green tribunal (NGT) has issued notices to the Goa state infrastructure development corporation (GSIDC), Goa coastal zone management authority (GCZMA) and the Union ministry of environment and forests on the construction of the Keri-Tiracol bridge regarding the coastal regulation zone (CRZ) clearance to the construction. Goa Foundation, …
