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 …
The Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur is one of the eight regional institutes under the Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education. The institute has not only steadily advanced in terms of infrastructure but also specialized itself as a major nucleus for research on forestry and ecology related problems of …
The Chhattisgarh forest department has issued orders to shoot a wild elephant responsible for the death of eight villagers in Jashpur district over a span of three months. Jashpur divisional forest officer O P Yadav told TOI,
There is no standing national database on panchayat finances in India, which limits any meaningful analysis of the revenue effort of panchayats. Based on a field survey in the four states of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Orissa, this paper studies the own revenue effort of rural local bodies within …
The State government's plan to put up a thermal power plant in Chhattisgarh led to heated debate in the Legislative Assembly on Monday. The Opposition did not raise objection over the proposal but for making statements in the media when the session was on. Raising a point of order, Leader …
Government to set up 2,000 MW power plant in Chhattisgarh -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Power deficit in State estimated at 11 per cent Work on ongoing projects to be expedited BANGALORE: The Government has set a target to generate 5,000 MW of additional power in five years, Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa has said. …
We were standing in Sarova village, not far from Raipur, the capital of mineral-rich Chhattisgarh. All around us we could see some black stuff scattered on the ground. The villagers told us that the sponge iron factory owner was giving this away as a 'gift' and would even transport it …
The primary objective of an REIA study includes determination of the present environmental scenario, study of the specific activity related to the project and evaluation of probable environmental impact due to these specific activities, thus leading to the recommendations of necessary environmental control measures for a sustainable environment. It contains …
NEW DELHI: The Centre and the Chhattisgarh government should hold the security forces and state-backed vigilantes responsible for having attacked, displaced and killed people in armed operations against Maoist rebels since mid-2005, Human Rights Watch has said. In a report released on Tuesday, it called for an end to all …
RW Urges Govt To End Support To Vigilantes A day before the Centre takes stock of the situation in four major Naxal-affected states, international human rights organization Human Rights Watch on Tuesday questioned the role of security forces and Salwa Judum (anti-Naxalite citizens' movement) for their "involvement in numerous violent …
A report released by an international human rights organisation has held the Maoists as well as the security forces responsible for widespread human rights violations in Chhattisgarh, which, it says, is virtually under siege due to the clashes. "Neither the government nor the Naxalites leave any room for civilian neutrality. …
Alleging widespread human rights violations by the security forces as well as state-backed Salwa Judum movement in Chhattisgarh, a leading international human rights organisation has urged the Centre and state government to end its support to Salwa Judum. "The Central and Chhattisgarh governments should take all necessary measures to end …
Election authorities in Chhattisgarh are carrying out a detailed survey of the tribal population taking shelter in Salwa Judum relief camps in Naxalite-infested Dantewada and Bijapur districts of Bastar region in the state. "We have asked the district collectors of Dantewada and Bijapur to carry out a detailed survey and …
for the first time in Chhattisgarh people have recalled chairpersons of three nagar panchayats for creating obstacles in developmental work and corruption. The State Election Commission declared the previous elections of the chairpersons null and void after people voted for their removal on June 15. The councillors of Gundardehi Panchayat …
The traditional forest dweller has had very few entitlements down centuries. Guardian of the forest, he has been regarded as encroacher by the State. All that is changing now as the Forest Rights Act of 2006 is being implemented across the country since January this year. Down To Earth tracks …
LONG before the fuel price increase was announced on June 4, its political dimensions had come up time and again in discussions among partners of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the Centre. The debate was on even during the run-up to the Assembly elections in Karnataka, which were …
Co Ties Up Fuel Linkages, Plans JV With Kolkata Co For Project EMCO, the Rs 994-crore power company, plans to build a 600 megawatt coal-fired power plant in Chattisgarh, the second such project from the Mumbai-based company, as surging demand for electricity attracts large global funds and foreign power majors …
Bhata land is an important lateritic and well known category of wastelands, which covers extensive area in Chhattisgarh. Sporadic patches of plantations have been raised in this land on experimental basis, for selecting suitable species for taking up large-scale plantations. Present study was carried out in 20-years old plantations at …
Many evidences have been gathered to depict that climate change is taking place. A changing climate has strong implications for biodiversity changes and impact on the phenology and distribution of species alongwith community composition and ecosystem dynamics. These parameters may be used to find out indicator species to detect the …
