Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
New Delhi: Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) asked the Delhi government on Thursday how it plans to utilise over Rs 100 crore collected as environment compensation charge since November 2015. "The money collected through ECC should be utilised for improving public transport and the toll points for effective collection," said …
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said conservation of tigers was important but could not be at the cost of movement of human beings from one place to another and general economic development of the country. The court was critical of NGOs which rush to challenge development projects, in …
Residents of Chadiyara village have lodged a complaint against the illegal cutting of a hill. Two houses were damaged following a landslide on Tuesday. The hill had caved in due to illegal extraction of earth. In their complaint to the National Green Tribunal, the villagers alleged that the contractor had …
The green watchdog on Wednesday severely criticised Delhi government for not acting “seriously” to improve deteriorating air quality in the city and directed it to convene an urgent meeting on the issue. A bench headed by the National Green Tribunal chairperson, Justice Swatanter Kumar, directed environment and forest department secretary, …
The green watchdog on Wednesday severely criticised Delhi government for not acting “seriously” to improve deteriorating air quality in the city and directed it to convene an urgent meeting on the issue. A bench headed by the National Green Tribunal chairperson, Justice Swatanter Kumar, directed environment and forest department secretary, …
Farmers affected by the four laning of the Nagchala to Manali stretch (National Highway-21) have decided to intensify their agitation against inadequate compensation and lack of transparency in the land acquisition process. Four-lane Sangharsh Samiti president Brig Khushal Thakur (retd) said they held a meeting at Bhuntar yesterday and decided …
As many as 60 hectares, on which there are 600 shops, on either side of the Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur road are set to be acquired as a part of the four-laning project of national highway-70 soon. The total stretch of the road is 58 km — starting from Rama Mandi in Jalandhar …
The Madras High Court Bench here on Wednesday directed the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to plant about 20,000 saplings along the four-lane highways in the southern districts within two days and file a compliance report by Friday evening. A Division Bench of Justices R. Sudhakar and V.M. Velumani …
NAGPUR: Even though the entire 37-km forest stretch along NH7 between Mansar and Khawasa has been cleared of trees for four-laning, a Mumbai-based environment protection NGO has filed a fresh petition before the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Delhi, challenging the permission granted to National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) under …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday issued notices to the Centre and the Delhi government on a petition citing non-compliance of its earlier order for removal of concrete from around trees and freeing them of nails, advertisements and cables. The tribunal also issued notices to the forest department of …
Objections to tree felling was hindering road-widening work It has been decided to retain the 490-odd trees that are present along the central median of the Kazhakuttam-Mukkola stretch of the NH-66 bypass. As per official statistics, there are 4,725 trees on the 26.7-km stretch. A joint inspection held on Sunday …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik & Others Vs. Union of India & Others dated 07/10/2015 regarding air pollution in Delhi. NGT in its order directs heavy vehicles entering Delhi to pay environmental compensation in terms of Sections-15 & 17 read with Section-14 of …
670 km stretch of East-West Corridor The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) seems to be out of step with present-day concerns over climate change and its impact. Only this can explain NHAI's hemming and hawing over re-plantation of more than 1.36 lakh trees it got chopped down in the …
NHAI has awarded 2,340 km of highway projects so far in 2015-16, up from 1,100 km during the corresponding period a year ago Land acquisition for roads on fast track; 49% projected The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is planning to acquire 10,000 hectares (ha) in 2015-16, up from …
AURANGABAD: In an age where experts are stressing on the need of increasing the green cover, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has axed over 12,000 trees to widen the Aurangabad-Solapur national highway. Another whopping 13,000 trees are awaiting a similar fate. The NHAI has taken up the project …
The National Green Tribunal today directed the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the Haryana government to inform it as to how many goods transport vehicles travel to Delhi via Panipat. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar asked NHAI and Haryana to furnish the data by …
The NGT had last week issued showcause to Forest Department and NHAI as to why it should not initiate contempt proceedings for continuing to fell trees despite its order. The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court has disapproved of wildlife activists opposing the National Highway (NH) widening project. During the …
Stung by the contempt proceedings admitted by principal bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) at Delhi, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday issued final permission to NHAI to divert 49.246 hectares forest land for NH-7 widening between Mansar and Khawasa. The state government issued final permission under Section 2 of the …
The green panel had directed Delhi Police to hold meeting with senior officers from Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan to create alternative routes for heavy polluting vehicles. The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday rapped Delhi Police for not providing complete details on the alternate routes for commercial vehicles passing through …
Nagpur: Even as the principal bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) at New Delhi on Monday initiated contempt proceedings against the forest department and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), tree felling continued on NH-7 for the four-laning project on Tuesday. A spot visit found that trees were being felled …
