Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Conservation Action Trust & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 10/01/2021. The issue raised in the application related to compliance of Environmental Clearance (EC) conditions in running the 4000 MW Mundra Ultra Mega Thermal Power Project at village …
While company claims to have obtained deemed environment clearance under rules of EIA Notification, 2006 While the Adani Group-owned Adani Port and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) claimed that it had obtained deemed environmental clearance as per law, people from Navinal village in Mundra, Kutch where the SEZ is located alleged …
A seven-member committee formed by the Union Ministry of Environment & Forest (MoEF) has submitted a report before the Gujarat High Court (HC) saying corporate giant Adani's subsidiary Adani Kandla Bulk Terminal Private Limited has caused a lot of damage to the local ecology through its work for expansion of …
Ahmedabad: Despite opposition from senior forest officials, the state revenue department has de-reserved a patch of a mangrove forest and is ready to hand over the land to salt makers. The department has ignored the Indian Forest Act and has de-reserved the patch to give the land to two salt …
The Great Indian Bustard, one of the critically endangered flying bird species in the world, will soon be tracked by satellite by the Wildlife Institute of India to understand the movement of this rare bird and its preferred habitat. The move is viewed as a major push towards saving the …
PIL seeks direction from court to restrain APSEZ from diverting, blocking flow of rivers and from constructing on river-beds The Adani group owned Adani Port and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) was served a notice on Wednesday by the Gujarat High Court on a public interest litigation (PIL) alleging destruction, bunding, …
AHMEDABAD: "If the Government of Gujarat keeps allotting land arbitrarily to industries, 62% of the state's land will be acquired by industrial corridors and corporates in just 15 years. Where will you grow crops then? The farmers of Gujarat will have to pay heavily for this," said environmental activist Mahesh …
AHMEDABAD: Experts and conservationists believe that a project on the lines of Project Tiger has to be launched in order to save the Great Indian Bustard (GIB) that is threatened with extinction. Prerna Singh Bindra, member of the National Board for Wildlife, said that Conservation India (CI), a wildlife conservation …
The public hearing for Adani’s ship-breaking facility near Mundra West Port in Gujarat’s Kuchchh district ended without the company being able to give comprehensive answers to the queries raised by the project-affected people. Gautam Adani-led Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (APSEZL) was formerly known as Mundra Port and …
Setting the path for similar relief for other power projects, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), on Monday, ordered a compensatory tariff package for Tata Power-owned 4,000 MW Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project (UMPP) over and above the tariff agreed in the power purchase agreements (PPAs). Releasing its order on …
Saurashtra and Kutch regions parched, people battling odds to get even a pot of drinking water Narendra Modi may be on a campaign selling his model of governance but Gujarat is reeling under severe drought that has left Saurashtra and Kutch regions parched and people battling odds to get even …
GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat government has decided to increase water supply through the Narmada canal-based pipelines, from 80-crorelitres to 120-crorelitres per day, in the wake of water scarcity in Saurashtra and Kutch. This was decided by the state cabinet at its meeting on Wednesday which was chaired by chief minister Narendra Modi. …
Citizens Must Not Lower Guard Yet, Maintain Caution: Experts Ahmedabad: The death toll due to swine flu in the state reached a staggering 180 on Tuesday, with the maximum casualties recorded in Rajkot, Ahmedabad, Kutch, Jamnagar and Bhavnagar. Officials claimed the deaths and number of swineflucaseshave gradually gone down in …
Regulator sets up panel to work out compensatory rates in a month; stocks of all power firms light up In a landmark order, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), the country’s power sector regulator, has allowed a “compensatory tariff” for Adani Power’s imported-coal-based power project in Mundra, Gujarat. The Gautam …
New Delhi: The film grabbed one’s attention. It showed a billboard spouting water out of thin air. It seemed just the answer to the drought in India’s western regions. Though this was a recent advertising gimmick by the University of Engineering and Technology in Lima and Mayo Peru DraftFCB, can …
This Draft Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report is prepared for obtaining the Environmental Clearance (EC) from Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India, New Delhi, for the proposed expansion of existing project by adding 2x830 MW units. The Draft EIA report has been prepared in accordance with the …
Rs 15,000-crore aluminium park stuck as both parties ponder setting up of smelter Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC)’s ambitious Rs 15,000-crore aluminium park in Kutch, Gujarat, is again staring at hurdles. GMDC wants to set up a one-million-tonne alumina refinery and a 50,00,000-tonne aluminium smelter. However, its partner, National Aluminium …
New Delhi: Months after stopping Adani Group from setting up an 1,840-hectare special economic zone (SEZ) in Mundra, the commerce department is set to re-notify the enclave and let the edible oils-to-electricity conglomerate make it contiguous with an existing 6,500 hectare zone. Sources told TOI that the proposal for re-notification …
Rajkot: A number of eligible bachelors in the drought-struck Dedan village near Amreli are ruing their luck. The acute water crisis here has cast a dark cloud over their chances of getting married. Parents of many brides-to-be have broken off their daughters’ engagement with at least four young men in …
The PIL contends that if the road was to be built many date palm trees will have to be chopped off and local farmers would face heavy loss Gujarat high court on Thursday issued notice to the Centre over a public interest litigation (PIL) objecting to laying down of a …
The Union Government has declared 17 districts in Gujarat as drought-affected, Rajya Sabha MP Parimal Nathwani has said. These districts are Vadodara, Bharuch, Anand, Kheda, Ahmedabad, Jamnagar, Amreli, Banashkantha, Bhavnagar, Gandhinagar, Junagadh, Kutchh, Mehsana, Patan, Porbandar, Rajkot and Surendranagar, Nathwani said in a statement issued here quoting Harish Ravat, Union …
