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 …
This draft Bill seeks to balance the need for facilitating land acquisition for various public purposes including infrastructure development, industrialisation and urbanisation, while at the same time meaningfully addressing the concerns of farmers and those whose livelihoods are dependent on the land being acquired.The issue of who acquires land is …
Cuttack: The Odisha High Court on Wednesday reserved its judgement over passing any interim order on the ongoing exercise of land acquisition, forest clearance and forestland diversion for Posco after Advocate General (AG) Ashok Mohanty concluded his arguments in the court. Opposing the PILs, which were seeking an interim order …
Cost of development: Many suffer from serious health hazards centre of controversy: The area where uranium mining was conducted at Gogi in Shahpur village of Yadgir district. It's now the turn of residents in Gogi village of Yadgir district to spend sleepless nights over an upcoming project. Unlike villagers in …
A special report by Down to Earth on the 252-MW dam proposed by Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam on the river Pindar in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district that would reduce the river’s 22-km stretch to a mere trickle and threaten the life & ways of 20,000 inhabitants of the district. Dam proposed …
The people of Chepdu village in Pindar valley treasure the fair held every June in memory of an army man from the region who was posthumously awarded the Ashok Chakra. This year, however, his widow Bimla Joshi has cancelled it. She cannot accept Rs 3 lakh that the Satluj Jal …
A loss for environment is a gain for rural development. That's how an environmental activist responded on hearing news of shifting of Mr Jairam Ramesh from the Ministry of Environment to the Ministry of Rural Development. Hated by corporates and liked by quite a few environmental activists, Mr Jairam Ramesh's …
Villagers fear adverse effect on agriculture operations VIRUDHUNAGAR: Collector M. Balaji has instructed the officials of Madras Cements Limited (MCL) to take up various confidence building measures to clear environmental concerns of the people of eight panchayats in and around R.R. Nagar where the factory has proposed to install a …
The much-awaited public hearing for seeking suggestions and objections for the Peddar Road flyover project is finally slated to be held on July 28. This will be the second time that the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) will be holding the public hearing for the project that has been …
RIGHT to property is a Constitutional right. The Supreme Court said this on April 18 dismissing acquisition of land by the Uttar Pradesh government near Greater Noida. The judgement has stirred a long-standing debate over property—whether the State has the supreme rights or the individual owner. The judgement was in …
Cuttack: The Odisha High Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing on a PIL seeking stay on the ongoing land acquisition for the Posco project near Paradip till June three and asked the petitioners to file a fresh affidavit. The court, which was scheduled to hear the case filed by some …
The public hearing for the expansion of Bhatin mines of Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) was held on May 26, 2011. The public hearing was a clear violation the EIA notification and did not allow stakeholders to participate in the process.
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) has claimed that the proposed 165-km pipeline for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from Uran, near Mumbai, to Shikrapur via Chakan in Pune district will not pose any safety hazard for villages along its route. This was revealed to DNA by the senior regional manager HPCL, …
You are talking about the Prime Minister. But what about extra-constitutional authorities like Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi? Does your legislation have provisions to deal with corruption by such people?
Lamenting the lack of public debate in India, the former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, A.P. Shah, said during the public hearing on the safety, viability and cost efficiency of nuclear energy here on Saturday that the Jaitapur nuclear power project would be a catastrophe if all the safety …
Exactly one year after the much controversial public hearing, which was held for the proposed Jaitapur nuclear power plant, the anti-project activists on Monday announced the first ever
400,000 MAY BE DISPLACED The environmental impact assessment (EIA) of the project says 276 villages will be affected; an estimated 177,275 people live in these villages. The Polavaram Project Environmental Impact Appraisal Report of 1985 expected 150,697 people to be displaced in 226 villages. But the population of these villages …
THERVOY Kandigai village, 50 km northwest of Chennai in Thiruvallur district, is planning another protest against the Tamil Nadu government’s plan to set up an industrial estate on its 405 hectares (ha) of common forestland. People were encouraged by the recent Supreme Court ruling declaring the transfer of common land …
