Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Containers from sunken ship likely to drift towards Alappuzha, Kollam Coasts in 48 hours: INCOIS" appearing in The Hindu dated 25.05.2025 dated 27/05/2025. The original application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled …
PANJIM: At a time when the Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) is questioning the State Government and mine owners on the discrepancies in the information provided and the rampant illegalities in the mining sector respectively, the Manohar Parrikar regime on Thursday notified the Justice RM Khandeparkar Committee to probe …
Miners also asked to explain why contiguous leases have bot been combined though Rule 38 of Mineral Concession rules 1960 The Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) investigating into alleged illegal mining activities has asked mining companies operating in Goa to explain violations of rules, even as miners brace themselves …
Hopes for restart of Goa's iron ore mines in any near future receded on Wednesday, with the Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) indicating after a hearing of over three hours here that it won't recommend lifting of the ban slapped by the court on October 5. Former environment and …
The Supreme Court on Monday gave the go-ahead for felling of 4,313 trees on the 76-km Taj Trapezium Zone stretch in Uttar Pradesh for the Dedicated Freight Corridor project by the railways, funded by the World Bank. A bench of Justices D.K. Jain and Madan B. Lokur allowed the plea …
PANJIM: The Supreme Court (SC) appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) has castigated Goa government for providing inadequate and incomplete information over conditions of mines and mining illegalities in Goa for last five years ~ 2006-2011 and has directed it to furnish complete information immediately. The CEC, in a fresh letter …
PANJIM: Following Goa government decision on 1 km buffer zone for wildlife sanctuaries and national park in Goa, based on CEC report on buffer zones to the Supreme Court, the government has wound-up the committees constituted to identify the eco-sensitive zone for the State. Government through a notification has de-notified …
The environment ministry has opposed the recommendations of the Centrally Empowered Committee (CEC) of the Supreme Court and the amicus curiae's suggestions that the ring of limited-industrialization zone around the 600 plus national parks and sanctuaries be diminished. The ministry has said that the suggestions to reduce and pre-fix the …
PANJIM: The Supreme Court’s (SC) Central Empowered Committee (CEC), which was unable to submit its report within the stipulated period to the apex court, has sought additional information from State government over iron ore production, export and sale within the country, for last five years from 2006-2011. The three members …
Pegs the negative impact due to halt in the mining activity on GDP to the tune of Rs 4,000 crore Goa's economic growth will be impacted by halt in the mining activity, although the state has seen 3% growth in revenue collection, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has said. He pegged …
During the first half of FY13, it produced 3.1 mt, a drop of 46.5 per cent compared to the 5.8 mt in the corresponding period last year Sesa Goa, a Vedanta group company, is unlikely to achieve its iron ore production target of 15 million tonnes for 2012-13, owing to …
Unlikely to be able to achieve its iron ore production target of 15 mn metric tonne for FY13 Sesa Goa, a Vedanta Group firm, is unlikely to achieve its iron ore production target of 15 million metric tonne for FY13 owing to the mining ban in Goa and the expiry …
Iron ore mining operations have been restarted in Karnataka's Bellary and Chitradurga districts, a year after these were suspended, following a Supreme Court directive. After securing all statutory approvals, two Category A mines have resumed mining, offering hope of regular iron ore supply to the ore-starved steel industry. According to …
There was no order on Friday of the three-judge environment Bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Aftab Alam on the cessation of all iron ore mining activities in Goa it ordered on October 5. The Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC), which was asked to submit its preliminary …
The Supreme Court today said it was worried about the “underlying dynamics”, with steel manufacturers pitching for resumption of mining operations in Karnataka instead of lease holders of iron ore mines. A special Forest Bench, headed by Justice Aftab Alam, said despite the lease holders of iron ore mines having …
PANJIM: Mine owners in the State have told the Supreme Court appointed Centrally Empowered Committee (CEC) that they can be punished if they are guilty but if they are not, they should be allowed to restart legal mines as early as possible. Various stakeholders including owners of trucks, barges, machinery …
PANJIM: The last day of the Supreme Court’s Central Empowered Committee’s stay in Goa witnessed a steady stream of visitors ranging from officials of mining companies, state government and those affected by incessant mining as well as activists to balance the otherwise skewed equation of people securing an audience with …
Some village sarpanchs of Goa today appealed to the Supreme Court to allow resumption of mining activities in the State, saying there has been serious impact on their livelihood due to the recent mining ban. Stating that over 5 lakh people are dependent on mining activities in Goa, the representation …
SANGUEM/PONDA: Continuing with its two-day visit to mining sites in the State, the Supreme Court’s three-member Central Empowered Committee (CEC) on Tuesday visited several mines in Dharbandora and Sanguem talukas of South Goa. In the morning, the three-member CEC comprising P V Jaikrishnan, Mahendra Vyas and Siddharth Chowdhary, visited the …
PANJIM: The Supreme Court appointed Centrally Empowered Committee (CEC) during its meeting with Chief Secretary B Vijayan on Monday sought to know the action taken by the state government to check illegal mining activities, prevailing in the State over last five years from 2006 to 2011. Even though the Principal …
PANJIM: Goa government is scheduled to file an affidavit before the Supreme Court wherein it will stress the early resumption of mining in the state. Chief Secretary B Vijayan told Herald that government, being one of the respondents, would be filing an affidavit before the Court during its next hearing …
