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 …
Kolkata: Senior foresters from Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha and Chhattisgarh, in a joint meeting held almost after a decade on Wednesday, pledged to work together to allow free passage to the elephants that usually venture out of Jharkhand's Dalma sanctuary every year and move towards Chhattisgarh, Bengal and Odisha using their …
A third of the poorest urban population had exclusive supply of drinking water in 2012 against 28.5% in 2008-09 Accessibility to potable water improved for the poor in the country between 2009 and 2012, particularly in rural areas, said a National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) report. Around 27 per cent …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Ramesh Agrawal Vs Union of India & Others dated 22/08/2014 regarding environmental clearance granted to National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd. under the Environment Impact Assessment Notification, 2006 by Ministry of Environment & Forests vide order No. …
Government said on Wednesday that 276 villages in Andhra Pradesh, four villages in Chhattisagarh and eight villages in Odisha are likely to be submerged due to Polavaram Dam project. "276 villages in Andhra Pradesh, four villages in Chhattisgarh and eight villages in Odisha are likely to be submerged.” "An area …
The annual trade of small forest produce in Chhattisgarh has now reached an estimated of Rs850 crore, thanks to sufficient quantity of about 160 varieties of small forest produce available in State’s forests. The State Government has now also handed over the responsibility of procurement and trade of forest produce …
Replying to a question in Lok Sabha, environment minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday said that 276 villages in Andhra Pradesh, four in Chhattisagarh and eight in Odisha are likely to be submerged due to Polavaram project. “An area of 3427.52 hectares of forest land in Andhra Pradesh is estimated to …
The administration has set up 73 relief camps where affected people has been given shelter following flooding of their houses and villages Heavy rains that lashed Chhattisgarh last week had flooded 73 villages across the state pushing the government machineries to take up relief work on a war-foot in the …
Persistent decline in the malnutrition rate among children along with socio-economic empowerment of women are now a clear indication of Chhattisgarh heading towards a brighter future. According to the available figures of ‘Weighing Festival’ held this year, now malnutrition in Chhattisgarh is only 33 per cent, whereas, as per the …
A total of 26 district-level Government laboratories have been established in Chhattisgarh for testing the purity of drinking water.During the last three years, 56,388 samples of ground water sources have been examined in these laboratories, officials said. In the areas, where iron-ore, fluoride or impurities were found in the samples, …
Bihar Has Dubious Distinction, Maximum Percentage Of Underweight Kids: ICDS About 2.3 crore children in India, up to 6 years of age, are suffering from malnourishment and are under-weight, according to a status report on the anganwadi (day care center) programme, officially known as ICDS. This staggering number amounts to …
The monsoon was 90.3% of normal in July, according to nationwide figures released by the Met department on Thursday. The month started on a sluggish note before a revival in rains around July 10, which also coincided with the fading away of the El Nino threat. The actual countrywide average …
The government's recent report announcing an increase in forest cover looks more like a case of the state agency playing the slippery slope of statistics. Wednesday's landslide in Maharashtra's Ambegaon and last year's flash floods and landslides in Uttarakhand may in reality indicate a trend likely to recur across the …
This CII-PwC report discusses options for the Indian electricity sector to establish clean, reliable and affordable modes of electricity sourcing and supply for stakeholders of the Indian power sector. Power is among the key infrastructure that contributes towards the development of any nation. Policymakers in India have been trying to …
A high level committee has recommended green clearance for Fatehpur East Coal Pvt Ltd's mining project in Chhattisgarh but with certain riders. The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) "after detailed deliberations recommended the proposal for granting environment clearance subject to...Specific conditions," according to an official document. The panel is looking into …
Like hundreds of other villages across Chhattisgarh, the residents of Bhansi village of the district in Bastar division have also been relieved from the persistent drinking water supply problem through the State Government’s popular ‘Solar Nal-Jal Scheme.’ Earlier, the women folk of the village had to depend upon the hand …
Driven to desperation, a crowd of over 300 agitated local tribals protested and pelted stones at forest officer's residence when elephants destroyed houses of more than three families at Dharamjaigarh block in Raigarh district late on Saturday. About six people were arrested after the protest. Tribals have been bearing the …
RAIPUR: The Comptroller of Auditor General (CAG) has pulled up the Chhattisgarh Tourism Board (CTB) for "inadequate planning" in construction of motels in the state and has said that the delays had caused an avoidable expenditure of over Rs 12 crores. In fact the CAG has reported that the project …
New Delhi : At a time when country is facing severe coal shortages at its power plants and efforts are on to improve the availability of fuel, India's largest coal producer Coal India (CIL) has suffered a production loss of 50 million tonne (mt) of coal due to delays in …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Vinod Kumar Pandey & Ors. Vs. Union of India & Ors.dated 22/07/2014 regarding environmental clearance granted to M/s Dheeru Powergen Pvt. Ltd. by the MoEF to establish 3 x 350 MW coal based Thermal Power Plant …
Residents of Kareli, Kamta, Navagaon, Khanduva and Musuvadeeh villages in Simga Janpad Panchayat are under the grip of diarrhoea for the last two days. A youth of Kareli village died of diarrhoea, whereas, dozens are suffering from the disease in the nearby villages also. On seeing symptoms of the disease …
