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 Punjab and Haryana High Court today made it clear that the Tata Camelot Housing Project coming up in Punjab’s Kansal village could proceed further only after grant of clearances, sanctions, permissions and fulfillment of other pre-conditions. The Bench made it clear that the project promoters and other respondents would …
The manufacturing unit of the State-run National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) now faces a serious threat of being closed down on account of the company's inability to manage massive amounts of fly ash. In a letter addressed to B.L. Bagra, NALCO's chairman-cum-MD, the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) said it …
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) is set to give teeth to the Environment Protection Act by increasing penalties against those breaking environmental laws. Sounding a despairing note, environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan told this reporter, “The present `1 lakh penalty for environmental violations is ridiculous. The penalty should be …
Magsaysay award-winner ‘Waterman’ Rajendra Singh, who stepped down from National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) along with two others protesting government’s “negligence” of the river, on Sunday criticised the Prime Minister for “not understanding his responsibility” towards the river as head of the body. Singh, addressing a press conference, said …
BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has slapped Rs 13.77 crore penalty on Hindalco for unauthorised sale and inept handling of anode butts which are generated as waste from the company’s Hirakud plant. Invoking the ‘Polluter Pays’ principle, the Board penalised the Aditya Birla Group-owned company for violation …
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) is burning the midnight oil for speedy implementation of the river regulation zone (RRZ). Environment minister Jayanti Natarajan admitted that the rules of the RRZ are in the process of being framed. She expects that once this notification is passed, a major hurdle …
Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), the apex authority for approval of large-scale field trials and commercialisation of GM crops, has decided to hold “dialogue” with state governments to iron out irritants being faced in the grant of no objection certificates (NOC) for GM crops’ trials. The development comes after the …
The Kerala government has rejected the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) proposals and urged the Union government to “do away with the Western Ghats Ecology Authority (WGEA).” The State has requested the Union government not to “burden it with another regulatory authority, seriously diminishing the scanty land area of …
Guwahati, Feb. 16: The National Green Tribunal has directed the state government not to grant permission to any new stone-crushing unit and other industrial units within the no-development zone of Kaziranga National Park. The bench of the National Green Tribunal comprising chairman Justice A.S. Naidu and expert member G.K. Pandey …
While the Union Government gets ready to prepare and implement the national River Regulation Zone (RRZ) notification to prevent encroachments along the rivers and floodplains, it should issue an ordinance under the Environment Protection Act (EPA), 1986, making any such act illegal and punishable, the Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan, a non-government …
The High Court of Karnataka on Monday ordered status quo on the hydel power project of Maruthi Power Gen (India) Private Limited at Kagneri and Kenchankumari reserve forests of Sakaleshpur range in Hassan district. The order came after a spot inspection revealed that the company had completed only 20 per …
The total capacity of the Hongadahalla and Yadakumari projects will then be 48 MW The expert team from the Ministry of Environment and Forests, in its report, has said that the two mini-hydel projects being implemented in Sakleshpur taluk should be treated as one project with a total capacity of …
Company violating guidelines, says MoEF panel The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) Committee, which visited the mini-hydel power project sites in the Western Ghats following an order of the High Court of Karnataka, has found glaring violation of the Wildlife Act by privately owned Maruthi Power (Gen) India Private …
Pune Lavasa Corporation has said it will be filing a writ petition in the Bombay High Court to set aside the orders of the Pune court. The Chief Judicial Magistrate N T Ghadge had ordered Lavasa Corporation and 15 others including promoters and directors to appear in the Pune court …
Seeks talks after court battle lost Crying “discrimination”, the Anil Agarwal-promoted Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL) wants to initiate a fresh dialogue with the environment ministry to arrive at a solution enabling the expansion of its aluminum refinery in Orissa.Vedanta has claimed the ministry discriminated against it by not clearing its …
Forest dept fears the Western Ghats Ecology Authority infringes on its powers The recommendation of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) for setting up the Western Ghats Ecology Authority (WGEA) has not gone down well with the State Forest department. It has written to the government opposing the recommendation, …
The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has directed the Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) to stop dumping of unsegregated waste at Assagao Plateau and to initiate various measures to tackle garbage in Mapusa town within a month. The GSPCB has threatened to initiate stringent legal action under the Environment (Protection) …
The Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel has proposed a three-layer system — comprising the (WGEA) Western Ghats Ecology Authority (as the apex body), the State authorities and the district ecology committees — to address the environmental challenges of the Western Ghats. The Madhav Gadgil-led expert panel has proposed that the …
The Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) has designated the entire hill range as an Ecologically Sensitive Area. The panel, in its report, has classified the 142 taluks in the Western Ghats boundary into Ecologically Sensitive Zones (ESZ) 1, 2 and 3. It recommended that “no new dams based on …
Shillong: The Supreme Court has admitted a writ petition filed by the Jaintia Youth Federation (JYF) against the eight cement plants operating in Jaintia Hills district for violating the forest laws and the Meghalaya Transfer of Land Regulation Act of 1971 along with the Meghalaya Transfer of Land Rules of …
