Affidavit filed by Chhattisgarh East West Railway Limited in the matter of Sudiep Shrivastava Vs Union of India & Others dated 15/04/2025. The appeal was disposed of by the NGT, April 29, 2019. However, the order was challenged before the Supreme Court (SC). The SC, November 26, 2024 disposed of …
Raipur: Fondly called as 'cutest falcon' among the birdwatchers, Amur Falcon a small raptor that breeds in south-eastern Siberia and Northern China was spotted for the first time in Central India with photographic authentication, at Bastar region by a birder cum Head of Department, Zoology of Government PG College, Jagdalpur. …
Coal is an important part of India’s economic growth story. However coal mining in India also has a different cost, borne by the communities affected by these mines, who are rarely meaningfully informed or consulted when their land is acquired, their forests decimated, and their livelihoods jeopardised. This report examines …
Raipur: Ministry of mines is organizing a two-day national conclave on mines and minerals jointly with Chhattisgarh government in state capital from Monday. This event, the first of its kind in country, will continue as an annual event. Union finance minister Arun Jaitley has been invited for the inaugural session. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Co. Ltd. Vs. CG Environment Conservation Board & Others dated 04/07/2016. These Applications primarily pertain to the compliance been made in terms of the notification issued by the MoEF, Government of India …
This document, titled Closing the Enforcement Gap: Groundtruthing of Environmental Violations in Sarguja, Chhattisgarh,is the second in the series of community led groundtruthing exercises carried out by the Centre for Policy Research (CPR)-Namati Environmental Justice Program in partnership with Janabhivyakti and Hasdeo Arand Bachao Sangharsh Samiti (HABSS). It highlights the …
India's forest cover increased to 24 per cent of its geographical area in 2013, from 23.4 per cent in 2005.India's forest cover increased to 24 per cent of its geographical area in 2013, from 23.4 per cent in 2005. Bilaspur: Water bodies will be developed every 10 sq km in …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sudiep Shrivastava Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 26/07/2016 regarding diversion of 76.099 ha of forest land for construction of east rail corridor in favour of Chhattisgarh East Railway Limited, Chhattisgarh in Raigarh District.
An environment ministry panel has accorded clearance to a captive iron ore mine project of state-run NMDC in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh. The iron ore mine (Deposit 4) would cater to the requirement of NMDC's upcoming integrated steel plant in Chhattisgarh. According to the minutes of the Expert Appraisal Committee …
Raipur: In a crucial step towards environment conservation, Chhattisgarh will impose a ban on buses that are more than 12-year-old, trucks and auto-rickshaws older than 10 years including, those coming from other states. In a high-level meeting on Wednesday chaired by chief minister Raman Singh, citing five major sources of …
Bilaspur: Chhattisgarh high court has asked the state government to present a plan in three weeks with regard to releasing of wild tusker kept in captivity at Achanakmar Tiger Reserve (ATR). The said plan has to be prepared based on the report of the animal welfare board and its advisory. …
Stuck over south India for almost a week, the monsoon is set to stir again on the back of a fresh surge. Over the next four-five days, the rain-bearing wind system is expected to cover entire peninsular India and major parts of east India, and enter central India, the Met …
Bilaspur: Union tribal ministry has sought clarification from state government over cancellation of community forest rights of a village in Surguja north Chhattisgarh. The district collector, DFO and district tribal department had cancelled the community forest rights of the village in January this year. In a letter written to village …
An Adani Group company has won the project to set up a 100 MW solar power unit in Chhattisgarh, in an auction where none of the bidders quoted below the reserve price. Parampujya Solar Energy, an arm of Adani Green Energy, sought the lowest viability gap funding (VGF) of Rs …
On the occasion of World Environment Day today, over 1,000 residents of Hasdeo-Arand region, a rich coal reserve area, wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to restrict coal mining in the eco-sensitive forests. The residents of around 35-40 villages of the region held a conference at Madanpur village …
The Chhattisgarh Government has targeted to install solar power plants with a total generation capacity of 1,700 MW during the coming months, Additional Chief Secretary, Energy Department, N Baijendra Kumar said on Tuesday. Chairing a review meeting at the headquarters of Chhattisgarh Renewable Energy Development Agency (CREDA) here, Kumar said …
The South Eastern Coalfields Ltd (SECL) will be putting up safety messages on 'Retro Reflective Sign Boards' at different locations of its Gevra mining project in Korba district of Chhattisgarh, officials informed. Notably, SECL crossed 100 million tonnes of coal production as on January 12, 2016. To enhance and maintain …
Naya Raipur Chhattisgarh’s fast emerging high–tech capital city is expected to receive a major funding push from the Central Government if it makes it in the next round of competition for inclusion in the ambitious ‘Smart City’ project. Notably, a total of seven capital cities in the country left out …
A software will be prepared for monitoring of key activities Union ministry of mines and the mineral rich states, in a bid to further promote ease of doing business, have arrived at a consensus for grant of various clearances and land acquisition process in a time bound manner. They also …
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has pointed out that the desired green belt area was not developed by industrial units in Chhattisgarh. The CAG in its report for the year ending March 31, 2015 observed: “As per rule 4.1 of the National Forest Policy, 1983, which was …
With Raipur being listed as the seventh most polluted city in the world in a World Health Organisation report, the Chhattisgarh government has drafted an action plan to arrest rising pollution in the city over the next two years. "Government has chalked out a strong action plan which will help …
