Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
Farmers accuse power company of registering bogus speakers, question timing of public hearing with sowing season. The fresh public hearing for Lanco Infratech Limited’s 1,320 MW coal-fired power plant in Mandwa village of Maharashtra’s Wardha district was marked by utter chaos.The hearing, held under heavy police bandobast, started with drama. …
Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) today released funds for distribution of award money among farmers for the land acquired for a nuclear power plant at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad. Deputy Commissioner ML Kaushik said NPCIL had released the Rs 460-crore compensation. Kaushik said the money would be disbursed among …
The public hearing for environment clearance for the proposed 1,320 MW power plant of Sahara India Power Corporation Ltd, was conducted successfully by the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) near Titlagarh in Bolangir district recently. Over 300 locals from nearby villages attended the public hearing. The additional district magistrate, government …
Says it is well protected from tsunami or other natural disasters The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project is well protected from tsunami or other natural disasters, the Centre submitted before the Madras High Court on Tuesday. It made the submission while the First Bench of Chief Justice M.Y. Eqbal and Justice …
A Group of Ministers (GoM) has pitched for relaxing the Forest Rights Act (FRA) norms for expeditious setting up of power transmission lines, a move to spare project developers from seeking mandatory concurrence from gram sabhas. It has asked the environment ministry to revise the FRA norms in consultation with …
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has to strengthen the public hearing process and make it “meaningful” in the grant of environmental clearances for projects, according to the National Green Tribunal. The Tribunal, constituted under the National Green Tribunal Act 2010, for handling environmental cases, was critical of the …
Shifting the debate over the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant from the nuclear risk perception to the “Emergency-like” suppression of democracy and civil liberties of the local population of Idinthakarai, a panel of civil society activists on Monday urged the governments at the Centre and State to give up their confrontationist …
Ministry told to commission study of all proposed thermal power plants along coast Suspending the environmental clearance (EC) given to the Chettinadu Power Corporation's 1200-MW power project in Tharangambadi taluk of Nagapattinam district, the National Green Tribunal has directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to commission a Cumulative …
Read this report of the jury on public hearing on Koodankulum nuclear power project and state suppression of democratic rights, chaired by Justice A P Shah. It is based on the testimonies of persons who participated in the public hearing held in Chennai. This report is based on the testimonies …
The Kudgi power plant, the foundation stone for which is set to be laid on Saturday, has kicked up a controversy with environmentalists opposing the project on the grounds that it would adversely affect health of the people in the region, besides harming the ecology. M P Patil, a retired …
BHUBANESWAR: Rampant illegal mining by several companies is continuing despite the State Government’s claim to have brought it down. The powers that be in the Steel and Mines Department are extending tacit support to the companies involved in the multi-crore mining scam. One of these companies is Arjun Ladha which …
Itanagar: Several organizations from Siang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh have asked Chief Minister Nabam Tuki to scrap the 2700 MW Lower Siang hydro-electric project proposal putting a moratorium and review of all the Hydro-electric projects in Siang basin. The organizations including Adi Students’ Union (AdiSU), Siang Peoples Forum (SPF), Forum …
The energy industry and Stephen Harper’s government try to ensure tar-sands oil gets to market. At first glance, the public hearing of Canada’s National Energy Board that began on May 23rd involves only a minor matter. Enbridge, an energy distributor, wants permission to reverse the flow of Line 9, a …
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) suspended clearance to a 3,600 MW project of IL&FS; Tamil Nadu Power Company Ltd in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, ordering a cumulative impact assessment before the clearance is reactivated even though the laws do not require such a study. In another decision that will …
A.P. Shah surprised that State Human Rights Commission has not intervened A jury that presided over a public hearing on the alleged State suppression of democratic rights on the Kudankulam issue here on Monday will petition the National Human Rights Commission against the foisting of “omnibus FIRs” accusing thousands of …
Shimla: The political storm raised by the high court verdict quashing the environmental clearance to the 25 MW thermal plant of Jaypee Associates Limited (JAL) is set to intensify further with Chief Minister PK Dhumal blaming the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) for allowing a truncated project. Adding …
Taking a tough stand on environmental issues, the Gujarat High Court has directed steelmaker Electrotherm (India) Ltd to close down its manufacturing plant in Kutch district and quashed the environmental clearance granted to it by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest without holding a public hearing as per rules. …
Newly-appointed Himachal Pradesh Chief Secretary Sudripta Roy on Thursday confirmed that all Jaiprakash Associate Limited projects and properties will now come under the scanner after large-scale irregularities by the company were pointed out by the High Court. The Himachal Pradesh High Court recently imposed a fine of Rs.100 crore on …
PANJIM: The Manohar Parrikar-led government’s decision to hike power tariff has not gone well with the industries in the state. The apex trade body, Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has claimed that the hike will affect as many as 140 industries, mostly from steel and pharma sector, largely …
Chhattisgarh: The Centre approves the diversion of forest land for the Tatas' proposed steel plant in Bastar. India's hinterland, densely forested and mineral-rich but inhabited by extremely poor and vulnerable tribal people, is witnessing a saga of broken promises, dislocation, deprivation and disempowerment in the name of development. Whether it …
