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 …
Patnitop passenger aerial ropeway project JAMMU: In a significant decision, the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has recommended environment clearance for the construction of passenger aerial ropeway project at Patnitop with certain conditions to be strictly complied with by the project proponent. Official …
Several Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) and activists have strongly criticised the Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's recent statement on another power tariff hike in the Capital, terming it totally anti-people. "Just a few days before the earlier power tariff hike, she had similarly hinted and suggested a power tariff hike …
The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (Merc) would conduct a public hearing on mahadiscom’s proposal for power tariff hike in the city on Wednesday. It would be held at Council Hall at 10am. NGO Sajag Nagrik Manch (SNM) had undertaken a campaign to make citizens aware about the proposal and also …
SHILLONG: The proposed limestone mining of Adhunik Cements Ltd (ACL) at Umsoo-Mootang, Thangskai at Jaintia Hills has invited much criticism from the FKJGP Narpuh Circle citing that the proposed project will have an adverse impact on the local ecology and environment. In a release issued here on Monday, the organisation …
PANJIM: After Public Accounts Committee (PAC) fiasco on tabling of report pertaining to illegal mining scam in the state, it’s time for Shah Commission to continue its investigation. A team of Shah Commission comprising member Dr U V Singh will be arriving in Goa next week. Officials said that the …
In the last three decades, 12 lakh ha of forests have been diverted for other purposes, including for regularising encroachments, irrigation, power and mining projects. Most diversion proposals get approved because the forest bureaucracy is complicit in promoting them and uses every underhand means to do so. A system designed …
While there are some positive features in the Land Acquisition Bill – the inclusion of both acquisition and rehabilitation in the same legislation, and provision for the displaced to receive a share of the appreciation in value over time – the regressive features dominate and threaten to make acquisition by …
In what may be termed as retaliation to Chief Secretary WMS Pariat’s comments that the Government would have the final say on whether the four laning would pass through the Umsning bypass or the existing road at Umsning, the Joint Action Committee (JAC), a conglomerate of Ri-Bhoi NGOs has asked …
Residents of Jamsher village in Punjab's Jalandhar district are up in arms against a proposed waste-to-energy plant in their village. At the public hearing on the proposed municipal solid waste management project held on Friday, the residents appeared well-informed and raised pertinent questions. But the district authorities as well as …
The environment is holding up growth and economic development in India. This is the common refrain in circles that matter. So when the Group of Ministers tasked to resolve the issue of coal mining in forests asked for a report on what needs to be done, it was told that …
The officials of the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB), who turned up at a “public hearing” regarding the setting up of a solid waste management plant at Jamsher village on Friday, faced strong opposition from the people of over two dozen villages. The reason: The officials failed to provide satisfactory …
In August, western Odisha was shut down 13 times to protest the state government’s decision to build three barrages on the Mahanadi river. They are meant to dam surplus water downstream of the Hirakud reservoir to generate 320 MW power, and, as recently announced, to irrigate farms. Not a single …
JOWAI: Several traditional institutions under Narpuh Elaka have given green signal to the proposed limestone mining of Ms. Adhunik Cement Limited at Umsoo-Mootang under Thangskai village in Jaintia Hills. The permission for this was given at a public hearing held by Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board (MSPCB) at the premises …
A hearing held by the Indian People's Tribunal (IPT) about the proposed 9,900 MW Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project (JNPP) in Konkan region has noted that the environmental clearance given to the project is based on an inadequate Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) report. The tribunal has recommended that a new, exhaustive …
Bhubaneswar: Justice M B Shah Commission of Inquiry on mining appointed by the Centre has asked the Odisha government to provide information about certain queries on alleged illegal mining in the state by September 30, official sources said here on Wednesday. In a letter to state steel and mines department, …
In a major climb down for the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), the ministry has agreed to discuss the coal projects on a case-by-case basis. The issue came up for discussion at the meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM), headed by the finance minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, which …
The National Green Tribunal in its hearing on the issue of 3 x 660 MW expansion of coal-based thermal power plant at Koradi, Nagpur District, Maharashtra in its final order on Tuesday directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to look into the matter as to long-term impacts caused …
Mining major Vedanta Aluminum Limited's (VAL) plans of expanding its one million tonnes per annum refinery at Lanjigarh in Odisha has hit an environmental road block. An expert committee of the Ministry of Environment and Forest ((MoEF) has asked the company to carry out a fresh environmental impact assessment (EIA) …
The non- governmental organisation ( NGO), Indian Peoples'Tribunal started conducting a public hearing of the grievances of locals against the proposed Jaitapur nuclear power plant. At the hearing, the farmers expressed their strong opposition to the proposed power plant which they said is an outcome of the September 2008 Indo- …
