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 …
SHILLONG: The Meghalaya Right to Information Movement (MRTIM) would be holding a public hearing on the RTI findings relating to the activities of the cement plants based in Jaintia Hills district at Don Bosco Youth Centre on Thursday at 11 am. The public hearing comes at the time when the …
AGARTALA: With the increasing incidences of man–monkey conflicts over the year in different parts of the state, the Tripura government has mooted the intension to set up a Primate National Park in southern part of the state with an exclusive enclosure for monkeys. According to report, the state forest department …
NAYACHAR, 6 JAN: The state government seems to have earned the confidence of Nayachar residents allowing it to set up a 1,980 MW thermal power plant. The project has been stalled after the Centre delayed the environmental clearance saying it would affect the livelihoods of nearly 5,000 fishermen and their …
The hydel project will cause loss of biodiversity and significant environmental impact The Gundia Hydro Electric Project (GHEP) proposed by the Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL) should not be executed “as the loss of biodiversity and environmental impact would be significant,” says a report by the Western Ghats Ecology Expert …
A public hearing, on Thursday, meant to record the opinions of local residents and NGOs on the disputed garbage dump yard at Kurumampet was disrupted by ruling party MLAs, who demanded that the project be shut down immediately. A crowd of around 500 residents had gathered at the public hearing, …
Companies using biomass to generate power are worried over the rise in closures due to the burgeoning cost of raw materials. They want annual revision of the variable cost component of the power supply rates fixed for them, a mechanism to ‘fix’ the price of biomass and some concessions on …
Bhubaneswar: Close on the heels of the House Committee recommendation, the Odisha government on Monday announced in the State Assembly that the proposed Sindol Hydel Project had been scraped. Making a suo motu statement in the State Assembly, energy minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak said that a House Committee was constituted …
It is scheduled for December 29; firm completes Environmental Impact Assessment study With the private firm entrusted with the task to manage solid waste in the town and suburban areas of Puducherry completing the Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment (REIA) study for establishing a waste processing plant and landfill at Kurumbapet, …
The Centre-appointed Shah Commission, led by former Supreme Court judge Justice M B Shah today said that the mining scam in Orissa could not have happened without the connivance of bureaucrats even as Opposition parties and activists raised the demand for a CBI probe. Ending his four-day tour to the …
A high-level committee of the union environment ministry has sought fresh clarification from SAIL on its proposal for setting up a beneficiation plant at its Rajhara iron ore mines in Chhattisgarh. The state run steel manufacturer has been asked to explain the project, including its implications on the flora and …
Almost every other day in some part of India, a Public Hearing is held for obtaining the views of local people on proposed projects whether it is mining, dams, highways, thermal power plants etc. People generally participate with the genuine hope that their views will be considered by the decision …
Seven years after the 2004 tsunami, with the coastal communities in Tamil Nadu yet to reconcile with its after-effects, another disaster is gradually unfolding. A massive relief and rehabilitation campaign, largely driven by private aid with the state playing a mere regulatory role, has opened up the coast for investment, …
The second meeting of the experts committees formed by the central and the Tamil Nadu governments to allay fears about the Koodamkulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu ended in a stalemate on Friday, said a leader of the anti-project protesters. "Members of the experts panel appointed by the …
The views of people facing displacement following the setting up of the Hinduja thermal power plant at Palavalasa, the compensation to be paid to them and other problems to be addressed will be submitted in a report to the government through the District Collector, Municipal Commissioner B. Ramanjaneyulu has said. …
The public hearing held here to elicit the opinion of tribal people of various villages under Sarugudu panchayat of Nathavaram mandal in Visakhapatnam district, on the proposed laterite mining project, passed off peacefully on Thursday. The police, who were present in large numbers, and the officials were at ease as …
MUMBAI: In a victory for anti-Jaitapur nuclear plant activists who claimed their fundamental rights to speech and movement were being trampled upon, the Bombay high court directed the state government not to restrain them from entering Ratnagiri district. A division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice Roshan Dalvi …
The Supreme Court on Monday will hear a PIL filed by a group of civil society members - including former bureaucrats, scientists and NGOs - seeking its direction for halting construction of all proposed nuclear power plants in the country. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia …
Hundreds of residents' welfare associations in Delhi have filed their objections and suggestions against further increase in power tariff rates with the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Authority under the Multi-Year Tariff Regulation 2012 to 2015. Elaborating on the issue, Rajiv Kakria of Greater Kailash-I RWA said: “Year after year, the DERC …
JAIPUR: After the Jan Lokpal Bill and the Public Grievance Redressal Bill it is the national mining policy that is most discussed. This is true for this state too. At a recent public hearing, a group of like-minded people prepared a charter of demands to be incorporated in the mining …
The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) is not likely to hold any more public hearings on the controversial Pedder Road flyover project, which is awaiting clearance from the central government. MSRDC managing director Bipin Shrimali said they are not in favour of holding any more public hearings as the …
