Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of News item titled: 5 Jharkhand forest officers attacked by Stone mafia, appearing in The Times of India dated 24.03.2025. The application was taken up on the basis of a news item published in the Times of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Kalyan Bansingh & Ors. Vs. HIL Ltd. & Ors. dated 05/01/2016 regarding compensation for the loss sustained by the Applicants on account of asbestos mining carried out by the Respondent No. 1 i.e. HIL Ltd. besides seeking restitution/closure of abandoned …
BOKARO: The environment control department at Bokaro Steel is converting factory effluents to eco-friendly bricks that have also made a niche in the local market. The department has used slag and solid waste produced in the steel factory to make steel flyash bricks, which have a better durability than the …
The coal mining proposals belonged to south eastern coalfields, Madhya Pradesh, eastern coalfields in Godda district, Jharkhand and to central coalfields in Bokaro. An expert panel of the environment ministry has stalled forest clearances for three coal mining proposals, all belonging to Coal India subsidiaries, as two of them are …
India’s nuclear establishment has denied reports by a US-based media organisation, including one critical of the country’s nuclear safety record, terming them "deliberate distortion of facts” and “curiously timed” just when New Delhi was pushing fast forward on the road to nuclear energy. The articles, by well-known author Adrian Levy, …
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India in this report highlighted gross irregularities in implementation of the midday meal (MDM) scheme. The states were fudging numbers to claim more funds for procuring foodgrains revealed the report presented in Parliament on Dec 18, 2015 . Despite the existence of the …
JHARKHAND -- Mild tremors of 4.2 magnitude were felt in parts of Bihar and Jharkhand on Tuesday morning. People reported feeling mild tremors in Gaya and Jamui of Bihar and Deoghar and Dhanbad of Jharkhand. No loss of life or damage to property has been reported yet. "I was reading …
Besides, the Centre will also take up the block-wise status and overall preparedness for mineral auction with the state governments Centre, states to discuss green nod to mines on Tuesday The Centre has directed the states to furnish details of mine leases that are stuck because of environment or forest …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Om Dutt Singh & Anr. Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. dated 14/12/2015 regarding Kanhar Irrigation Project in District Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, State of Uttar Pradesh stated before the Tribunal that there are …
RANCHI: Hundreds of tribals protested against the Master Plan 2037 near Raj Bhavan on Thursday. The protestors claimed that there is no mention of tribal rights and livelihood security in the plan. The master plan, which was recently approved by the cabinet, mentions the plan and procedure for expansion of …
- Stone's throw from Tatanagar, clueless about waste disposal Khasmahal, 2km away from Tatanagar and 5km from Jamshedpur city limits, technically falls under a panchayat that votes in rural polls this Saturday, but has been paying a heavy price for not being under a notified area committee or municipality. With …
Ferrying of coal and garbage in uncovered vehicles through well-populated localities is one of the main reasons behind the high pollution levels of Dhanbad with the respective stakeholders, BCCL and Dhanbad Municipal Corporation (DMC), turning a blind eye to possible health hazards. In blatant violation of environment rules, an average …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Incidents of illegal sand mining, 07/12/2015. Sand is a minor mineral. State Governments regulate grant of mining leases and other concessions in respect of all minor minerals including Sand.The enforcement of sand mining leases, controlling and abating illegal sand mining is largely vested with …
Despite heightened vigil and tighter norms, cases of illegal mining in Jharkhand have seen an upward trend. As per the latest report submitted by the State Government with Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM), the illegal act has gone up from 663 in 2012-13 to 1,162 two years later. The information …
Government of Jharkhand is determined to promote the projects related to ICT & IT based communication system. In order to strengthen this core Information and Communication infrastructure, the State intends to further facilitate effective transformation of the socio-economic scenario through accelerated equitable and inclusive economic growth by encouraging provision of …
Jharkhand Renewable Energy Development Agency (JREDA) will be distributing LED solar lamps among students of class X of all government schools, students of the 203 Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya and students studying in SC/ST hostels under the welfare department. An official of JREDA informed that the name of agency which …
Ranchi: Come March 2016 and the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims), Ranchi will become the first state-run hospital to operate on green energy. The state-run-medical college hospital, which also happens to be the Jharkhand's largest tertiary healthcare institution, will switch to solar energy to manage its wards, emergency and …
Ranchi: Taking time off from his routine responsibilities, Jharkhand Food Minister Saryu Roy has been working to save water bodies from pollution, which he claims is "main reason for diseases" in the mineral-rich state. "When I embarked on the Clean Water Sources Campaign ten years ago, some people used to …
An arm of State-owned Coal India Ltd (CIL) claims that the organisation’s afforestation efforts have more than made up for the deforestation caused by its mining activities. For the sceptical, a recent satellite survey by the Hyderabad-based National Remote Sensing Centre, an arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation, offers …
Order of the High Court of Jharkhand in the matter of Court on is own motion Versus The State of Jharkhand & others dated 04/11/2015 regarding protection of water bodies of Jharkhand especially during the Deepawali festival between Kali Puja to Chhath Puja falling from 10th November, 2015 to 18th …
The tribunal said time has come for it to issue appropriate directions in connection with cleaning of the river In a clear disapproval of the pace at which the clean Ganga project is being executed, the National Green Tribunal today wondered why any deficiency should be there when Prime Minister …
