A Bill that seeks to amend the existing law governing exploration and production of oil and gas as well as delink petroleum operations from mining operations was passed by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday (March 12, 2025). The Oilfields (Regulation and Development) Amendment Bill, 2024, is aimed at boosting investment …
COIMBATORE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his NDA government at the centre should reject the recommendations of the Kasturirangan committee on Western Ghats and implement those that were earlier tabled by the Gadgil committee, said renowned ecologist Madhav Gadgil, who chaired the Gadgil committee, while addressing a gathering at an …
Priol MLA and cooperation minister Pandurang 'Deepak' Dhavalikar has suggested that a three-metric-tonne waste treatment plant at Kundaim industrial estate be installed for the benefit of three villages. Dhavalikar was responding to a special gramsabha of Tivrem-Orgao on the issue of garbage disposal at Marcela on Sunday. Dhavalikar noted that …
Hundreds of tribals along with green activists from different parts of the country gathered at Reckong Peo town of Kinnaur district on Thursday to discuss the destruction caused by hydro power projects in the state. While the government is going ahead with allocation of projects in the tribal areas, residents …
The government resolution notifying the scheme was issued on May 20. Village panchayats with a track record of managing forests will be given a larger role on World Environment Day on Thursday (June 5). At least 50 panchayats (village local bodies) will be bestowed more powers under the ‘Gram Van’ …
India’s Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is the largest public-works based employment programme in the world. Unanimously enacted by the Indian parliament in 2005, implementation began in February 2006. With an annual budget of six billion US dollars, it now supports some fifty million rural people – …
On paper, much done to restore traditional tribal rights but govt prerogative & industry interests are a formidable barrier Since March, denying tribals their legal rights over forests invites imprisonment for up to five years under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The Manmohan Singh …
CORTALIM: Seeking a holistic approach to the garbage menace plaguing their villages, the Cortalim-Quelossim Panchayat organised a special gram sabha to discuss ways and means to rid the villages of garbage. Sarpanch Illario Figueiredo who chaired the meeting informed the villagers that at a meeting with the Chief Secretary of …
Members of the Saligao gram sabha on Sunday expressed apprehensions over the proposed garbage treatment plant on the hill, the widening of the road and the proposed roundabout at Aula and the proliferation of gaddas in the village fields. But the village panchayat body did not seem to have much …
The World Bank, which funds the Kerala State Transport Project (KSTP), has made some suggestions to improve public communication and user engagement during phase-II of the project including development of mobile apps to get real time feedback from road users, project-specific websites, use of local FM radio to disseminate information …
l Call for special gram sabha on June 1 OLD GOA: Stating that they will oppose tooth and nail any moves to declare the land for Bainguinim waste plant as an industrial zone, the villagers of Old Goa have resolved to up the ante against the project in the coming …
Company's fresh application for environmental clearance with regard to the expansion project at Lanjigarh is in process Vedanta Resources has put on hold a five-fold expansion plan of its Lanjigarh refinery in Odisha even as it is mulling sourcing bauxite from other sources away from Niyamgiri Hills to feed existing …
All the 12 gram sabhas held in July-August last year had unanimously expressed opposition to the mining operation in the hills Billionaire NRI Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Resources has made it clear that it will not look at mining bauxite from the Niyamgiri hills to feed its Rs 5,000 crore Lanjigarh …
Mumbai: Environmental NGO Awaaz Foundation has pointed out several problems in a draft notification on the Western Ghats issued by the ministry of environment & forests (MoEF) earlier this year. The NGO, which had earlier petitioned the HC to declare the Sawantwadi-Dodamarg elephant corridor in Maharashtra an ecologically sensitive region, …
New Delhi : The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday sought replies from Mahan Coal limited, a subsidiary of Essar Power and Hindalco, on a plea saying that a recent order approving diversion of 967 hectares of forest land in Madhya Pradesh is in violation of forest and environment laws. …
TABO (LAHAUL-SPITI): "At last they entered a world - a valley of leagues where the high hills were fashioned of the mere rubble and refuse from off the knees of the mountains... Surely the Gods live here. Beaten down by the silence and the appalling sweep of dispersal of the …
Essar group has lodged a complaint with a trial court in Singrauli seeking action against international environment watchdog Greenpeace India for allegedly instigating villagers in and around Mahan coal block area. The group also sought security for its power plant. Greenpeace rubbished Essar's allegations saying it is yet another attempt …
In January of this year an application was filed in the Supreme Court in an ongoing case (Wildlife First and Ors. vs. Union of India and Ors.) that seeks to have the Forest Rights Act declared unconstitutional. In their most recent application, the petitioners - Praveen Bhargav of Wildlife First, …
A crucial gram sabha is being organised by the local tribal population to decide the fate of the Mahan forests in Madhya Pradesh. This gram sabha will be along the lines of the gram sabhas held in the Niyamgiri hills, which had said no to bauxite mining. These ancients forests …
Govt Fails To Come Out With New Policy Despite SC Guidelines Gandhinagar: Despite Supreme Court’s order to clear encroachments and restrict sale of pastoral (gauchar) land, Gujarat still has more than 12,000 cases related to illegal possession of pastoral lands. The apex court, had in January 2011, stated that “pastoral …
Kavuthi-Vediyappan Hills Protection Federation has decided to launch a signature campaign against proposed iron ore mining project in these twin hills located near here. A resolution has been passed to this effect at a consultative meeting of member organizations of the federation held here on Monday. It has been decided …
