Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
He will also dedicate Sipat power project to the Nation Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would lay the foundation stone for the mega super critical power project of the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) in Lara of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh on Thursday. This would be the first project of country’s …
PANJIM: Goa has finally secured forest clearance (EC) from the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) for coal block allotted to it in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh. Also by October end the State will get power on a trial basis, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Wednesday. Speaking to media …
Order of the Supreme Court of India on the proposed expansion of M/s. Monnet Ispat and Energy Limited's existing plant at Naharpali, Kharsia, Raigarh dated 19/09/2013 in the matter of M/s. Monnet Ispat and Energy Limited Vs Jan Chetna and Others.
State’s share of subsidised foodgrains will increase by 68 per cent; Centre will bear an additional subsidy of Rs.595 crore On June 14, at Manika in Latehar, 180 km from Ranchi, more than 300 men and women stood in the pouring monsoon rain to record their testimonies about the functioning …
All that is required in many a case is final letter from ministry which is not being given, govt sources say. While on the one hand efforts are being made by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram to push investment in the face of an economic crisis, …
The protest of people of 19 villages under Lakhanpur block in Jharsuguda district against proposed 4000-mw super thermal power plant by NTPC and JSW in Chhattisgarh border continued on Monday. At a public meeting near Kanaktura Chowk, former State BJP president Suresh Pujari demanded the Government to stop the project …
Reeling under severe power crises, Tamil Nadu government is mooting a plan to set up a power plant in Chhattisgarh. The proposal was in the preliminary stage as final decision will be taken after consultation with the Chhattisgarh government that would provide other infrastructure required for the project. Tamil Nadu’s …
About 60 coal-based power plants were planned in Chhattisgarh after 2005 as opportunistic business plugged into easy money and bad governance. M Rajshekhar reports that barely 15 plants will come up. And the situation in rest of India is just as bad. From his room in a modest district administration …
New Delhi: While agreeing with the constitution bench that auction was not the only constitutionally permissible mode for distribution, Justice J S Khehar in a separate opinion referred to the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act to say the law allowed for allocation of coal blocks through auction alone. …
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has been accused of allocating over 1.86 lakh hectares of forest land for mining without the consent of gram sabhas as has been made mandatory under the Forest Rights Act. In all, 1,82,389 hectares of forest land was diverted by the environment ministry …
Deal Size 23000cr, Losing Bid Was By PSU Under Mantri Between 2006 and 2010, PSU power giant National Thermal Power Corporation awarded a coal mine contract worth over Rs 23,000 crore to a joint venture company in which 10% shares are held by the family of former coal minister Santosh …
New Delhi: The Chhattisgarh high court has quashed a land acquisition order by the state government for four power projects, including one of SKS Ispat and Power Ltd, the firm under a cloud for its links with Union minister Subodh Kant Sahai. Justice Prashant Mishra held on Tuesday that the …
New Delhi Jindal Power continues to sell electricity from its Tamnar power plant on a merchant basis, ignoring the coal ministry’s recent directive that stipulates that power plants running on captive coal must not quote a higher price for power supply in tariff bidding than those offered by generating stations …
It is the moral duty of industries owners to strictly follow the environmental norms, stated Chief Minister Raman Singh and added that the State Government will take stern action against industries flouting environment norms. With the help of Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board and other Government agencies, the State Government will …
Five labourers died in an accident at an under-construction power plant of Korba West Power Co Limited in Raigrah district of Chhattisgarh Saturday morning. The labourers were on a 170-foot high scaffolding built around a cooling tower of the power plant when the scaffolding came crashing down. The victims were …
The iron and steel sector is non-transparent, non-compliant with weak environmental norms and is getting away with it because of an even weaker regulatory framework When the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) started its Green Rating Project in the mid-1990s, India had just liberalised its economy. There were fears …
Twenty-one iron and steel plants, having capacity of 0.5 million tonnes a year and above, are up for an independent “green” rating. The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a New Delhi-based NGO, has completed a survey of the country's top steel-sector players for the environmental ratings. The results of …
Public hearing conducted by the concerned company prior to applying for environmental clearance is not a mere formality but a substantive requirement of law, held the National Green Tribunal. Setting aside the green clearance accorded to a coal mining project of Jindal Steel and Power in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh, …
India's environmental and tribal activists have scored another victory over companies looking to start mining and related projects in the mineral-rich and densely forested regions of the country. Late Friday, a green tribunal has struck down an environmental clearance granted to Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. to mine coal at …
In a significant decision, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday set aside the Environmental Clearance (EC) granted to the 4 MTPA Coal Mining Project of Jindal Steel and Power Ltd and 4 MTPA Coal Washery at Gare in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh on grounds of faulty public hearing. The …
