Counter affidavit on behalf of Chief Municipal Engineer, Patna Nagar Nigam in the matter of Saurav Narayan Vs Bihar Pollution Control Board & Others dated May 20, 2025. The report said that the corporation has been diligently performing its statutory duties within the limitations of the available resources and infrastructure. …
By M N Patil, Belgaum, Mar 14, DHNS: Due to heavy plying of lorries carrying ore the National Highway 4A, a connecting road between North Karnataka and Goa, has been completely destroyed. The stretch of the highway especially between Tinai Ghat and Anamod Ghat region has been thoroughly damaged. Eventhough, …
Santanu Sanyal The iron ore transportation issue in Orissa has taken a new turn with the district administration prohibiting the road movement of the ore along National Highway 215 that connects the iron ore-rich Keonjhar district with Paradip port and the rest of the country. The order issued by the …
The High Court has directed the State government to issue transit pass for transportation of minerals to Kumaraswamy Mineral Exports Private Limited. The company has a 20-year lease on 82.55 hectares of land in Yeshwantnagar in Sandur taluk for mining. In 2009, the Forest Department alleged that the company had …
The Parents Teachers Association members of Shrimati Tarabai Dalvi High School, Bhamai-Pale, on Monday blocked the road protesting over rising dust pollution and alleged failure on the part of authorities to control truck transportation in the area. The road blockade agitation angered the truck owners, which ended in verbal clashes …
The hearing on the transportation of ore through Bicholim city was postponed till March 11, after the residents opposed the suggestions of the legal consultant representing the truck owners. The hearing on the transportation of iron ore through Bicholim city was scheduled at the Deputy Collector
Hundreds of people blocked the Bicholim Bridge on Thursday while protesting against mining traffic across the bridge. Incidentally, they also assaulted a truck driver and damaged his vehicle when he was trying to cross over the bridge. The traffic was also paralysed along the route for over four hours. Led …
Bicholim MLA Rajesh Patnekar on Monday stated that they would block the entire traffic on the Bicholim Bridge on Thursday from 8.30 am in protest against the mining trucks plying through the city. It may be recalled that since the last four years, there has been constant agitations in the …
Chennai: The long standing image of a truck as a dull and drab looking motorised contraption is all set for an overhaul. It's not just the exteriors, but manufacturers are now wooing truck drivers with comforts which are very close to a modern-day car passengers. Instead of the wooden bench …
The Bicholim Nagarik Kruti Samiti (BNKS) led by Bicholim MLA Rajesh Patnekar on Thursday submitted a memorandum to the deputy collector and Bicholim mamlatdar with a demand to stop mining transportation through Bicholim city.
Bicholim MLA Rajesh Patnekar and people from Bicholim on Tuesday vowed to indefinitely stop mining trucks plying through the city. It may be recalled that Patnekar and councillors of Bicholim Municipal Council (BMC) at a press conference earlier had convened a meeting of all the people, who are against mining …
Taking serious note of the mining transportation through Bicholim city, Bicholim MLA Rajesh Patnekar and Bicholim Municipal Council (BMC) Chairman Satish Gaonkar have urged the people from Bicholim to support them in their agitation. Addressing a press conference in the city, Bicholim MLA Patnekar said since the last three-four years, …
Residents of Quepem on Monday confronted the Quepem Assistant Director of Transport over the issue of transportation of overloaded mining trucks via Quepem town. The residents are irked with rampant transportation of overloaded mining trucks via Quepem town and that too by the side of the office of assistant Director …
The mining industry has forgotten cultural memory and its lessons about working in consonance with nature, says HARTMAN DE SOUZA In the thickly forested hills between the villages of Maina and Kawrem, south-east of Quepem town, a poignant story, once fortunate enough to have had a happy ending, is now …
Whether forest department officials and others concerned were winking at the trucks transporting ore in the past in Bellary district? The answer appears to be yes, if the Forest Development Tax collection in the last fortnight in the district is any indication. In an attempt to bring Bellary Reddy brothers …
A concerned citizen of Quepem has filed a complaint before Quepem Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), requesting to ban mining transportation plying over Quepem Bridge. In his complaint, Adv Fredrick Pereira of Quepem has stated that Quepem Bridge, which was constructed about 50 years ago, has become weak and cracks have developed …
Tension gripped Quepem town on Tuesday morning, as agitated residents blocked several mining trucks plying via Quepem town. According to reports, the residents were irked by a series of accidents that took place in Quepem Bazaar since Friday. Besides, the residents were also agitated with the mining trucks over reckless …
