A record 212 people who defend our land and environment were killed last year, reports Global Witness - an international NGO dedicated to preventing extractive industries from infringing on human rights. This is an average of more than four people a week. Shockingly, over half of all reported killings last …
The Cabinet on Wednesday gave its final approval for the policy on land acquisition covering rehabilitation and resettlement of evictees. The policy proposes a resettlement and rehabilitation package which is an improvement upon the existing modes of fast-track acquisition. Minister for Revenue Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan said that the draft policy had …
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has extended the moratorium imposed on projects in Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts of Maharashtra till December. In a notification issued last week, MoEF advisor Nalini Bhat said the moratorium had been extended because the ministry had received the report of the Western Ghat …
With Punjab Assembly polls due next year, environmentalists, civil society leaders and agriculturalist on Saturday asked the people to vote for those politicians only who promise to take care of the state’s “environmental health crisis”. “People in Punjab are facing serious ecological and environmental crisis. Now that elections are coming …
It is not a car factory where you can switch off the systems: NPCIL chairman The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) ran the risk of being seriously damaged with blockades creating a major impediment in ensuring that the plant systems functioned at a minimal level, scientists warned on Friday. “In …
Here is an advantage for Odisha. Now, the State Government can charge a 10-per cent royalty on iron ore basing on the market value of the mineral. Instead of requesting the Centre to raise the rate of royalty, the State Government can now achieve the goal with all respect and …
The Lakshadweep administration on Saturday night started to dump 300 tonnes of damaged rice off Minicoy coast, without clearance from the Environment and Forest Ministry. The rice had been kept at the Co-operative Supply and Marketing Society at Minicoy Island since 2005 after it was found not good for consumption. …
PANJIM: Even as environmentalists in Goa desire that iron ore extraction should be kept to the minimum, Goa government’s mineral policy, which is in the draft stage, is moving in diametrically opposite direction by creating framework for attracting foreign capital investment in exploratory works in the mining sector. The policy …
Imphal: The Loktak hydro-electric power project, commissioned three decades back, has reached electricity to thousands, but robbed thousand others of their livelihood. The Loktak lake, which has to have water to the optimum, often causes flash flood in the agricultural land on its periphery, turning them into swamps unfit for …
The city holds the dubious distinction of being one of the least green metros in the country. With a green cover spread over just 9.5 per cent of its geographic area, Chennai's dream of achieving the goal of 33 per cent urban forest cover by 2012, as envisaged in the …
‘Power plants destroy dense forest cover in mountain range’ Forest minister C P Yogeshwar said huge tracts of dense forest cover had been destroyed due to establishment of hydel power projects in Western Ghats. He termed the destruction as an unpardonable crime. Speaking to mediapersons here, after visiting a hydel …
Alarmed over the threat to the historic Taj Mahal because of the drying of the Yamuna, a group of concerned citizens have asked for a White Paper on the river and its current state. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, they have said that a White Paper on …
Environmentalists on Monday strongly objected to the proposed construction and change in zone of a plot of land on Vetal Tekdi during a hearing in the matter, being conducted by the town planning department. They felt the existing construction on the hill by the Automotive Research Association of India (Arai) …
PANJIM: State Mines and Geology department Tuesday began an inspection of various plots in the state which are being used to dump iron ore. The officials swung into action after it was revealed that only 15 plots are registered with them while several hundred plots are increasingly used to stack …
The proposed mfg policy seeks to create massive areas as national investment manufacturing zones and wants nothing of this inconvenient green stuff Environment is holding up growth and economic development. This is the common refrain in circles that matter. So, when the Group of Ministers tasked to resolve the issue …
There appears to be no end in sight for the pollution problems created by the textile processing and tannery units for the beleaguered farming community in Erode district. The textile and leather processing units, which had avoided the discharge of untreated effluents following strict monitoring from the administration till a …
PANJIM: At long last, the State government has constituted a high level committee to scrutinize suggestions and objections given in response to the Goa Forest Policy, 2011. The Committee which will be headed by Secretary Forest will be notified soon. The committee, which will have ecologists, wildlife enthusiasts and forest …
PANJIM: Aggressive mining, most of which is in violation of environmental norms, has turned almost all water bodies in the mining belt murky, forcing the people to drink non potable water. Environmentalist Ramesh Gawas has prepared a detailed study of these water bodies which will be presented to the Justice …
International airport at Devanahalli triggers real estate boom Unbridled construction activities in the vicinity of the Nandi Hills in the district has endangered the fragile ecosystem of the hill station. The Nandi Hills, a witness to several historic events, is considered one of the prominent hill stations in South India. …
New Delhi: More projects of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation are meeting with resistance from environmentalists. The Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan has lodged a complaint with the lieutenant-governor against two bridges that DMRC has proposed over the Yamuna. It has alleged that though tenders have been invited for the projects, no formal …
Whatever the official justification for yet another increase in petrol price by Rs.3.14 per litre, the end users of the fuel in the Capital are seething with anger and anguish. Before the price hike, petrol was being sold for around Rs.64 per litre in the Capital and when news of …
