The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
The Madras High Court on Tuesday ordered notice to the Tamil Nadu government authorities on a writ petition challenging an order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Southern Bench here, relating to the conversion of the new Secretariat building at the Omandurar Government Estate on Anna Salai here to a …
Sanctioning Authority, SEIAA, Is Headless The Greens in the state are planning to move the National Green Tribunal (NGT) against the environmental clearance given by the State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) to 17 quarries at a time when the chairman’s post was vacant in the authority. The SEIAA is …
The Greens in the state are planning to move the National Green Tribunal (NGT) against the environmental clearance given by the State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) to 17 quarries at a time when the chairman's post was vacant in the authority. The SEIAA is the nodal agency in the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Vanshakti & Anr V/s Mun. Corpn of Greater Mumbai & Ors. dated 12/02/2014 regarding Kanjurmarg dumping site. NGT has directed that reclamation and landfilling shall not be done at the disputed site till the next order. …
A student organisation in the state has urged the government to challenge the National Green Tribunal’s order to ban mining or removal of sand from river beds. On Wednesday, the Khasi Students’ Union – South West Khasi Hills District (KSU–SWKHD) met deputy chief minister, Rowell Lyngdoh in this regard. According …
Mumbai: Action has been recommended against several developers by the state environment appraisal committee (SEAC-2) for undertaking construction without prior environment clearance (EC). Ravi Budhiraja, chairperson of SEAC-2, which scrutinizes construction proposals for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, said there were nearly100 cases over the last year. Along with various developers, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mahendra Pandey Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 05/02/2014. The NGT order states that the "Ministry of Environment and Forests / State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority shall not grant any final Environmental Clearance for project located at the …
Ministry of Environment and Forests guidelines stipulate that mining in quarries with lease area of 5-25 hectares should be done only manually. Sand mining from rivers in the State could be curtailed in the wake of recent guidelines issued by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests stipulating that mining …
BHOPAL: The central zone bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday, served notices on Central and state government agencies following a petition filed by a Bhopal-based activist, alleging pollution in the Mandideep Industrial Area (MIA). The petitioner Subhash C Pandey also said the industrial area is flouting environmental norms, …
Illegal mining is continuing along the borders of Punjab in Una district. In many areas, hills are being destroyed and rivulets getting choked due to illegal mining. A survey by The Tribune in areas along the border revealed that about 100 heavy-duty tippers cross into Punjab from Himachal every day. …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Arvind V. Aswal Ors.Vs M/s Arihant Realtors Ors. dated 13/01/2014 regarding construction of the Residential cum Commercial Project, under the Slum Rehabilitation Authority’s Development Scheme, Maharashtra. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/judgment/77_2013(Ap)(WZ)_13Jan2014_final_order.pdf
Supreme Court has asked the environment ministry to set up national environment regulator with office in every state to “appraise and monitor” the process for granting green clearances and how the regulations are complied with. Read text of this order dated 6 Jan 2014. RELATED CONTENT In-court: Supreme Court judgement …
New Delhi: Heeding to states’ plea for simplification of green clearance process, the Union environment and forests ministry has come out with detailed guidelines giving more powers to states by exempting certain category of industries, constructions and mining of minor minerals — including river sand mining projects in medium size …
Heeding to states' plea for simplification of green clearance process, the Union environment and forests ministry has come out with detailed guidelines giving more powers to states by exempting certain category of industries, constructions and mining of minor minerals — including river sand mining projects in medium size lease area …
Consequent to the order of the Supreme Court and the National Green Tribunal banning sand mining from river beds, the Office of The Deputy Commissioner, East Khasi Hills District, and the Basin Development Unit of the District under the Mission Green of the Integrated Basin Development and Livelihood Promotion Programme …
Tecom, the promoters of SmartCity project, will submit the environmental clearance application for the complete project to state level environment impact assessment authority by month-end. This will ensure that they receive environmental clearance by the time they ready the detailed master plan for the project in March. The application is …
All major real estate projects in the city and rest of the state have remained stalled since April because the state mechanism to clear them has been lying dormant for over six months. Both the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) and the State-level Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC), which clear …
After a brief lull, quarrying of river sand commenced in five places on Monday, taking the total number of re-opened sand quarries to 12. On Wednesday last, seven quarries resumed operations. Of the 12 functioning quarries, five are on the Coleroon river (two each in Thanjavur and Nagapattinam districts and …
5 firms likely to ask for rethink on application to open new quarries As many as five firms may ask for reconsideration of their application for opening new granite quarries in Western Ghats, invoking an order of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest. The applications of firms for opening …
Green tribunal says MoEFs can consider either of the reports The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday said that it was no longer mandatory for the Environment Ministry to refer to Gadgil panel’s report while deciding applications for clearance for projects in permissible areas of the Western Ghats. A bench …
