This document, titled Closing the Enforcement Gap: Groundtruthing of Environmental Violations in Sarguja, Chhattisgarh,is the second in the series of community led groundtruthing exercises carried out by the Centre for Policy Research (CPR)-Namati Environmental Justice Program in partnership with Janabhivyakti and Hasdeo Arand Bachao Sangharsh Samiti (HABSS). It highlights the …
This document, titled Closing the Enforcement Gap: Groundtruthing of Environmental Violations in Sarguja, Chhattisgarh,is the second in the series of community led groundtruthing exercises carried out by the Centre for Policy Research (CPR)-Namati Environmental Justice Program in partnership with Janabhivyakti and Hasdeo Arand Bachao Sangharsh Samiti (HABSS). It highlights the …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Sudiep Shrivastava Vs Union of India & Others dated 24/03/2014 regarding diversion of 1898.328 hectares of forest land at Parsa East and Kante-Basan captive coal blocks (shortly referred to as PEKB Coal Blocks) situated in Hasdeo-Arand …
Letter to M/s Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corp. Ltd. from Ministry of Environment & Forests regarding environmental clearance of Sondiha OC-cum-UG Coalmine Project (1 MTPA peak in an ML area of 810 ha) of M/s Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corp. Ltd., located in Dist. Sarguja, Chhattisgarh dated 16th September, 2013.
Letter to Ministry of Environment and Forests from M/s Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corp.Ltd regarding environmental clearance for proposed Sondiha OC-cum-UG Coalmine Project (1 MTPA peak in an ML area of 810 ha) of M/s Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corp. Ltd., located in Dist. Sarguja, Chhattisgarh dated 9th July, 2013.
Letter to Ministry of Environment and Forests from M/s Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corp.Ltd regarding eRc’s EAC review meet on 6-7 May 2013, Sondiha Coal Block, Tatapani-Ramkola Coalfield, Surguja, Chhattisgarh dated 14th May 2013.
One hundred and seventy-four children dead in 2010, 133 in 2011, 158 this year. In a region marked by gross poverty and hunger in north Chhattisgarh, those are the figures for just the Surguja district hospital, and for just the six months between April-September. Most of the children died of …
On June 4, 2008, Arvind Jain, chairman of CII Chhattisgarh, wrote a letter to the divisional forest officer, Korba, saying that since coal blocks of a few companies fell in the area of a proposed elephant reserve in the district, “the reserve should be shifted to some other location”. The …
Needs many factors to be sorted out at the same time, from the Naxal threat to poor rail links. This year will possibly see higher coal production in India because it has sorted out a crippling problem — the last two years’ shortage of railway wagons to ferry coal from …
Norms' amendment will fast-track the awarding of new thermal plants Power Ministry may finalise the amended bidding guidelines for new electricity generation projects this week, a move that is expected to fast-track the awarding of new thermal plants. In an inter-ministerial meeting on June 28, the Ministry of Power is …
Raman Singh-led Chhattisgarh Government and the Indian Railways on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop three rail corridors in the coal rich Northern region of the tribal State. The three corridors totaling 452 km will be built at a cost of Rs 4,500 crore. The three corridors would …
Kolkata: Buxa Tiger Reserve, a favourite holiday destination for wildlife lovers where tales abound of phantom tiger sightings, may have finally regained its stripes. A report by the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) has concluded that the North Bengal reserve — which has never had a steady tiger …
The Power Ministry has asked the Ministry of Environment and Forests to fast-track the process for grant of green clearance to coal mines attached to the 4,000-MW Sarguja ultra-mega power project in Chhattisgarh, failing which the invitation of bids may get further delayed. "We have written to the Environment Ministry …
URBAN local bodies in India’s scheduled areas have been functioning illegally for the past 15 years because of Parliament’s oversight. The Constitution mandates a law separate from the Panchayati Raj Act for rural and urban local bodies in scheduled areas—tribal dominated areas specified in the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution. …
Letter to M/s Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corp. Ltd. from Ministry of Environment & Forests regarding Terms of Reference (TOR) for Proposed Sondiha OC-cum-UG Coalmine Project (1 MTPA peak in an ML area of 810 ha) of M/s Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corp. Ltd., located in Dist. Sarguja, Chhattisgarh dated 23rd December, …
Bhubaneswar: Unable to get clearance for allocating coal blocks from the environment ministry, the Power Finance Corporation (PFC) is expected to defer for the third time the bidding process for its 4,000 MW ultra mega power project at Bedabahal in Odisha, by two months. The preliminary bidding process for the …
Chhatarpur, Aug 17: A cheetah will be translocated from Africa to Palpurkuno and Nauradehi sanctuaries in Madhya Pradesh, highly-placed forest department sources said. The last cheetah in the country died in Sarguja district, presently in Chhattisgarh, in 1941. Efforts had been made since then to revive cheetah population in the …
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 …
