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 …
Gujarat High Court has ordered re-scheduling of the public hearing of Adani's proposed 3300 MW KPGL thermal power project in Bhadreshwar, Kutch. Here is the draft EIA report of this project opposed by fisherfolk and the salt pan workers. This document contains the draft EIA Report of 5x660MW Super Critical …
Bhubaneswar: Having personally given its viewpoint before a green panel on Thursday, Vedanta Resources will now have to wait till October 30 to know the fate of its aluminium refinery plant in Odisha which is under scanner for alleged violation of environment norms. It was not a public hearing but …
Notwithstanding Opposition from the locals, the Forest department will go ahead with the public hearing at Cotigao for Critical Wildlife Habitat (CWH) scheduled on September 30. The residence of Cotigao and surrounding villagers are likely to strongly object to the declaration of the sanctuary as CWH during the public hearing …
TEMPERS rose as farmers and other affected persons threw chairs at officials during the August 27 public hearing of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)’s 1,300 MW expansion project at Mouda, near Nagpur. Environmental action groups and politicians across party lines joined in to decry the manner in which the public …
Bhubaneswar: With the Odisha government mulling supply of water to Posco's proposed mega steel mill near Paradip from an alternative place, local people and some outfits demanded a fresh public hearing. Faced with stiff opposition from farmers and different political parties, the state government had asked Posco to consider a …
K. Lakshmi Kuthambakkam solid waste management project evokes mixed response A public hearing on Tuesday on the proposed integrated solid waste management project in Kuthambakkam near Poonamallee saw an equal number of participants speaking for and against the facility. Various issues pertaining to the proposed facility were discussed at the …
Srinivas Sirnoorkar, Gulbarga, Sept 14, DH News Service: The public hearing on environmental impact of the proposed 1320-MW coal-based thermal power plant appears to have run into rough weather with the Hyderabad-Karnataka Environment Awareness and Protection Organisation challenging the Centre
The rich green fields of Darramuda village in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh were almost peaceful. A JCB backhoe loader whirred on as it dug in and pulled out lumps of wet brown earth. The crane inched along carving a neat road on the fertile fields. The people of Darramuda, in …
JANJGIR-CHAMPAWhere power kills Located on the banks of the Mahanadi, a predominantely agricultural district, Janjgir-Champa is poised to become a industrial hub as several mega projects are planned there. Four thermal power plants have got clearance and 13 are under process. Two biomass-based thermal power plants are also planned. The …
This document contains the letter to the Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Gandhinagar on cancellation of Public hearing for Kutch Power Generation Limited, Bhadreshwar. The Adani Group promoted company Kutch Power Generation Limited (KPGL) is proposing a 3300 MW coal based power plant in Bhadreshwar village of Mundra Taluk, Kutch district, …
ITANAGAR, Sept 9: The mighty Siang, for good or bad purposes, has always been in the news. A few years ago, the river had wreaked havoc in Pasighat and adjoining areas along its banks. Today it threatens to repeat that. The much-awaited visit of Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister for Forests …
VEDANTA ALUMINA chief operating officer, Dr Mukesh Kumar, on Wednesday met Orissa steel and mines minister, Mr Raghunath Mohanty, and urged him to provide alternative bauxite mines for the company
ITANAGAR, Sept 7: Expectations are running high over the proposed public hearing on hyro power projects in the north east especially amongst anti-dam protagonists like the All Assam Students
Pollution and displacement increasingly threaten the life and livelihood-indeed the very existence - of several rural communities. Panchayati Raj can play a very important role in checking this, but this potential has not been adequately realised yet. A lot of work needs to be done to realise this potential of …
G Babu Jayakumar | ENS Public hearings are meant to elicit people's views on upcoming projects, though authorities are not obliged to act on them.They are meant to be free, frank and transparent. But transparency is something alien to officials in India It all started with a proposed power project …
This expert panel report on Vedanta's bauxite mining project in Orissa submitted to MoEF on August 16, 2010 says that the company must not given permission for this project as it has illegally occupied forest land andwill also threaten survival of local tribes. <br>The proposed mining lease (PML) area, which …
From a CorrespondentROING, Aug 10: In a new development, almost all the villagers affected by the 3000 MW Dibang Project in the Dibang basin have resolved to accept the Relief & Rehabilitation Policy 2007 of the state government. However, they have set a condition that unless and until all the …
