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 …
Coimbatore: District Collector P. Umanath along with National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) officials held a public hearing at Sulur on Wednesday to elicit public opinion on the widening of the National Highway Number 47 from Chengapalli to Walayar. The Collector addressed the …
Scientists, agriculture experts and consumer groups welcome Union minister of environment Jairam Ramesh's decision to hold public meetings from January to look into the safety features of the controversial Bt brinjal which is the first genetically modified food crop to have been cleared for commercial release. Dr Pushpa Bhargava, India's …
The Odisha State Human Rights Commission (OSHRC) has sought a report from the Dhenkanal Collector regarding pollution by Divyajyoti Chemicals Private Limited at Kanakhai village in Bhuban block of Dhenkanal district, engaged in manufacturing of chromic acid (sodium dichromate). It is worth noting that Ramachandra Sahu of the village committee …
Subhash Chandra N S, Bangalore, Dec 13, DHNS: Hurdles in setting up the Yermarus Thermal Power Station (YTPS) at Yermarus village near Raichur have been cleared with the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) giving its nod for the project. The MoEF clearance for 1,600 MW YTRS project has …
Accepts panel report that self-certification is not enough and expansion impacts need scrutiny. An amendment proposed in the Environment Impact Assessment rules and opposed staunchly by green groups will now be carried out only in a very diluted form, taking care of the concerns expressed by environmentalists. The committee appointed …
Vadodara: Social activists involved with Narmada Bachao Aandolan (NBA) will make their report on the plight of Narmada oustees public within a month. Activists, including Medha Patkar, who are fighting for the cause of Narmada project-affected people (PAP), conducted their first public hearing on Friday at Parveta village near Naswadi. …
JAIPUR: Farmers, peasants, labourers and civil society representatives from 12 rain-fed States attending a regional public hearing on climate change here on Wednesday called for taking long-term
Azing Pertin The natural resources of Arunachal Pradesh are the only significant possessions to depend upon considering the resources on which the State could rely upon. No doubt, the potential of the river valleys, flora and fauna of the State are unrivalled in the entire country, but when it boils …
BHUBANESWAR: If there are those who think climate change will affect people who live only along the coast, they are mistaken. Tribal communities, who have been least-contributors to carbon emission, have suffered a lot during past one decade. At a public hearing which was mainly thought up to hear voices …
P.V. Srividya KAARAPIDAGAI: A public hearing on the proposed Thirukuvalai Thermal Power Station was abruptly called off amid public opposition on Friday. The project envisages the setting up of a 1820 MW coal-based thermal power plant and a 150 MW thermal power station by the Tridem Group at Kaarapidagai and …
- Squat protest by 200 at pollution board public hearing Over 200 villagers voiced their opposition to an integrated steel plant at a public hearing organised by the state pollution control board at a village in adjoining Seraikela-Kharsawan district today, in yet another indication of local residents
Mumbai: Homeless people, ragpickers, slum dwellers and people displaced in the city will testify the impact of climate change on their lives and livelihood at a public hearing tomorrow marking United Nations Day. The hearing is a part of the run-up to the UN's Copenhagen Meet on Climate Change and …
A public hearing was conducted under the president ship of shri Niranjan Baruah, Additional Dy. Commissioner, Tinsukia on 14.10.2009 at 10.40 am at Lekhapani Forest Inspection Bunglow on Lekhapani Open Cast Project of Coal India Limited,, Margherita. This public hearing was organised by Assam Pollution Control Board before obtaining approval …
SHILLONG, Oct 13: Public debate on the vexed proposed uranium mining in Meghalaya has taken a new dimension after a legislator of the Meghalaya United Alliance (MUA) aired his comment on the possible role of the United States of America (USA) in instigating the anti-uranium mining lobby in the State. …
Arindam Sinha Jamshedpur: At a public hearing to assess the environmental impact of Tata Steel's 5.5 million tonne per annum (mtpa) integrated greenfield steel plant in the Lohsinghgunda block of Chhattisgarh's Bastar region on Monday, residents of the 10 villages where the project is to come up conveyed their
JAIPUR: A public hearing on climate change and food security in the drought-prone regions in the country, being organised here on November 4, will throw light on the adverse impact of environmental degradation on the livelihood of rural people and the steady decline in the area under indigenous cultivation. About …
At the outset the District Environmental Engineer, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, Cuddalore welcomed the District Collector, officials from M/s.Tannex Power Generation Limited and the general public of the villages. Further District Collector briefed about the project and asked the project proponent to explain about the proposed project in detail. …
The forest department has assured to compensate farmers likely to be affected by the declaration of Bondla as a critical wildlife habitat. This was disclosed at a public hearing, organized by the forest department and attended by about 100 residents from Paikul and Kankeri villages in Guleli panchayat. Chaired by …
