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 …
Environmental activist Ramesh Agrawal, who helped villagers stop a massive coal mining project, is among six people around the world to be awarded the prestigious Goldman Environment Prize, the organisation said. The annual prize honours outstanding grassroots environmentalists for their sustained and significant efforts to protect and enhance the natural …
The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday sought status of the sand mining from the river banks on affidavit within four weeks from all state governments, warning that no further time will be granted to report. Listing the next hearing on July 8, the 5-member principal bench headed by Justice Swatanter …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Jayshree Dansena Vs M/s Athena Chhattisgarh Power Private Ltd. dated 30/04/2014 regarding dynamite blasting at project site at Gram Singhitarai, Janjgir-Champa District in Chhattisgarh. The application was moved for the purpose of protecting lives and health …
An Indian who helped villagers fight a large coal mine is among six environmental activists from around the world who have won the Goldman Prize. Ramesh Agrawal organised villagers in the central state of Chhattisgarh and succeeded in shutting down one of the largest planned coal mines in the area. …
Six environmental advocates from India, Peru, Russia and three other nations have won this year's Goldman Prize, which is awarded annually for grass-roots activism. India's Ramesh Agrawal received the prize for helping villagers fight a large coal mine in Chhattisgarh state, the San Francisco-based Goldman Environmental Foundation said Monday. Peru's …
The man walked into Ramesh Agrawal's tiny internet cafe, pulled out a pistol and hissed, "You talk too much.'' Then he fired two bullets into Agrawal's left leg and fled on a motorcycle. The 2012 attack came three months after Agrawal won a court case that blocked a major Indian …
A war of words appears to be brewing between Gujarat billionaire Gautam Adani, who heads the Adani Group, and environmentalists over the business tycoon’s assertion that not a single acre of land had been acquired by his group from any farmer. Environmentalist Rohit Prajapati pointed out that all the land …
New Delhi:Amid concerns of deficient rains this monsoon, a new study has shown that since 1980, all El Nino years have not resulted in a drought, although all droughts have happened in years of El Nino. In the last 34 years, there were six droughts in El Nino years, while …
Six environmental advocates from India, Peru, Russia and three other countries have won this year’s Goldman Prize, which is awarded for grass-roots activism. The Goldman Environmental Foundation said India’s Ramesh Agrawal received the prize for helping villagers fight coal mining in Chhattisgarh. Peru’s Ruth Buendia was recognised for helping to …
An anti-toxic dump campaigner in South Africa has been recognised with a prestigious environmental award. Desmond D'Sa's efforts resulted in the closure of a chemicals dump in a residential area of Durban, winning him a Goldman Environmental Prize. The awards are described as "the Nobel Prize for grassroots environmentalism". Mr …
A high-level panel in the environment ministry has deferred a decision on granting green approval to Monnet Ispat & Energy Ltd's underground coal mining project in Chhattisgarh. "The proponent informed the Committee (Expert Appraisal Committee) that the Inter Ministerial Group (IMG) had recommended that block is liable for deallocation.... In …
In the past 10 months, 81 power projects, worth Rs 3.2 lakh crore, have taken off and seen actual investment on the ground, show data available with the central secretariat’s project monitoring group (PMG). Now, the group is planning to facilitate investments in 212 additional projects, worth Rs 10.57 lakh …
In a rare example in otherwise high-decibel technology-driven campaign, electioneering in tribal-dominated Surguja constituency in Chhattisgarh stood out because of political parties dumping plastic in a concern to environment. Almost all parties in the fray in this scenic constituency unanimously avoided the use of plastic during the campaign and instead …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Rama Shankar Gurudwan Vs NTPC & Ors. dated 23/04/2014 regarding the NOC dated 5th March, 1997 issued by the State Pollution Control Board in favour of the NTPC project Bilaspur District, Chhattisgarh) which according to the …
Another elephant killed in man-animal conflict in mineral-rich Dharamjaigarh A herd of elephants marched into the coal-rich pocket of Dharamjaigarh and walked into an electrocuted trap, killing one in another glaring example of man-elephant conflict. The villagers had fenced the area between Khadgaon and Semipali forests to protect lives and …
The Centre has turned down suggestions for planting chillies and tea crops around railway tracks to curb the mowing down of elephants by trains, saying it would hamper the migration of the animals in search of food, water and breeding. In its affidavit filed before the Supreme Court, the Union …
A special cell created in the Cabinet Secretariat to revive stalled investment projects has paved the way for laying of three critical railway lines in eastern India, more than a decade after the projects were conceived. Once commissioned, the lines will transport more than 200 million tonne of coal from …
Around 12 million tonnes of coal was lost due to the absence of regulatory clearances in 2013-14 The Hindu has learnt. This accounts for nearly 60 per cent of the 19.5 million tonne shortfall reported by Coal India Ltd (CIL) in the just closed financial year. Enquiries revealed that of …
Sikkim was declared the best State, whereas Gujarat slipped from 17th to 24th rank in human development, according to the India Public Policy Report (IPPR) 2014. The report, released on Wednesday by the Oxford University Press, found that health was directly linked to sanitation coverage. “Sikkim, which has 100 per …
The Ministry of Coal, Government of India allotted Parsa Coal Block to the Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board for coal mining vide letter No. 13016/23/2006-CA-I dated 02.08.2006. This cola block is located in Hasdo-Arnad coalfield, Surguja & Surajpur Districts of Chhattisgarh. The Government of Chhattisgarh under the Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board …
