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 …
Did all the human rights groups and journalists who investigated the Salwa Judum-Naxalite conflict raging in Chhattisgarh for over two years get it wrong? The state-backed anti-Naxalite tribal militia isn't responsible for the forcible displacement of thousands of people in Dantewada district. It hasn't looted and pillaged villages, burnt homes …
This rapid EIA and EMP has been prepared for 2x150 mw thermal power plant to be set up at village Dongamahua, tehsil Garghoda, district Raigarh of Chhattisgarh by Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. This report addresses the environmental aspects of construction and operation of the proposed 2 X 150 mw …
the police in Keshkal, in Chattisgarh's Bastar district, has opened a can of worms after releasing 19 surrendered naxalites, on January 11, after declaring that no cases are registered against them. Earlier, on January 3 in Raipur, 79 alleged naxalites surrendered in the presence of chief minister Raman Singh. The …
the Chhattisgarh government's plan to develop Naya Raipur as the new capital has generated a lot of controversy. A five-year old ban by the government on the sale and purchase of land in 27 villages in and around the chosen area has the farmers protesting the fiat. At least six …
The Biomass base power plant of RREL is located near village Darramuda and Garh umaria , at Raigarh district in the Chhattisgarh state. The 14 MW Biomass based captive power plant is operational since Feb 2007 and 1 lakh tonnes capacity steel plant base on induction furnace is under implementation, …
A tripartite agreement has been signed between ST-CLI, Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board (CSEB) and energy department of the Chhattisgarh government for setting up of a 50 MW thermal power station at Korba. The power plant will come up with an estimated project cost of Rs 220 crore.
The present report forms a part of the All India Tiger Monitoring exercise undertaken on the direction of the Ministry of Environment and Forests by the Wildlife Institute of India in association with National Tiger Conservation Authority, and the State Forest Departments. As a part of this process, preliminary findings …
A trip to Bailadila wasn't on my agenda when I arrived at Chhattisgarh. But a meeting with Pratap Agrawal, a feisty Jagdalpur lawyer who keeps the state government on its toes with his various petitions, convinced me otherwise. "You must see the Shankhini and Dankini, they are the worst polluted …
chhattisgarh became the first state to actively initiate action against biosafety violations in trials of genetically modified Bt rice in India. Besides ordering an enquiry into the matter, the agriculture minister took matters into his hands. Media reports in November showed seed company Mahyco (Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company) was conducting …
DR. RAMAN Singh became the second Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in the State on December 8, 2003. An Ayurvedic doctor by profession, he entered politics in 1976. While Chhattisgarh was still a part of Madhya Pradesh, he was Member of the …
The skewed pattern of rainfall experienced across the country during this year's monsoon appears to be an anomaly. UNPREDICTABLITY of the monsoon, unusual spatial and temporal distribution of rainfall over the four-month period, shifting rainfall patterns, sustained low rainfall activity, drought-like conditions in some areas and excessive rainfall in others, …
Militia minors The state of terror Errabore relief camp, Dantewada, September 2, 2006: Ramesh carries a .303 rifle. He’s not sure of his age. “Maybe 16,” he says doubtfully, and adds that he hasn’t really shot anyone yet. The teenager has had only a week’s combat training at the police …
Dhurli village, Dantewada district, August 30, 11.30 am: Armed police in riot gear stand in clusters around the walled compound where people of this quiet, picturesque village are to gather for a gram sabha hearing. They are to decide today whether they want Essar Steel to set up a 3.2 …
Tata Steel has taken every care to ensure that the villagers were fully informed of all plans and practices followed by us in the rehabilitation and resettlement of displaced people, for those in the proposed site as well as in other sites. We are not in position to comment on …
The Union ministry for non-conventional energy sources (MNES) has received investment proposals worth crores of rupees from private entrepreneurs, in India and abroad, to manufacture devices and systems for harnessing non-conventional energy resources under the proposed special economic zones (sez) policy. "The ministry will soon finalise the locations for setting …
the Salwa Judum movement, an armed counter-Naxalite campaign in Chhattisgarh comprising of local tribal and non-tribal people backed by the state, is precipitating a deeper crisis in the state instead of solving the problems posed by extreme Left insurgency. Involving civilians directly in the fight against armed insurgents (mostly local …
American power major aes Corporation's proposed us $1.2 billion power plant in Chhattisgarh has run into rough weather after the Orissa government refused to give it a no-objection certificate. Under Foreign Investment Promotion Board (fipb) rules, foreign companies that have made investments in one Indian state require a no-objection certificate …
