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 …
New Delhi : Given the widening coal demand-supply mismatch, officials of the coal ministry have requested the new minister Piyush Goyal to pitch for the opening up commercial coal mining to the private sector. The ministry officials in a presentation for the minister, which would also be put before PM, …
Representatives of some villages that have constituted their biodiversity management committees (BMC) shared their plans for conservation and enrichment of environment during the International Biodiversity Day celebrations organized by the Maharashtra State Biodiversity Board (MSBB) in a star hotel in the city. There are 591 BMCs in Maharashtra. These villages …
Forest working plans are considered the Bible for ensuring sustainable and scientific management of forests. Yet, at least 18 of the 51 forest divisions in the state are without such plans after the period of last plan expired on April 1, 2014. A working plan is a document prepared for …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Vijay Govindrao Vaidya Vs Union of India & Ors dated 12/03/2014 regarding pollution caused by Coal Depot at Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Tribunal in the order has directed " the Regional Officer of MPCB to give further …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Vijay Govindrao Vaidya Vs Union of India & Ors dated 25/02/2014 regarding a coal depot in Chandrapur District, Maharashtra leading to air pollution. The NGT order also noted that Maharashtra Pollution Control Board has not furnished …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vinesh Madanyya Kalwal Vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors dated 21/01/2014. NGT also directed the MPCB to submit a report on the air pollution levels in Chandrapur and Ghuguus areas and also the air pollution caused due to various major …
A study by the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) has found air quality ‘very unhealthy’ in parts of Mumbai Metropolitan Region, Raigad and Chandrapur districts. The study analysed ambient air quality data from 2008 to 2011 to reach at its conclusion. The study found that the ambient air quality …
Poaching was the cause of most deaths, says National Tiger Conservation Authority The country lost 63 of its wild tigers in 2013. The first tiger death of the year was reported from the South Brahmapuri forest range of Chandrapur district, Maharashtra, on January 6, 2013 caused by suspected poaching. The …
Even though we may celebrate increased number of tigers in the country, there is disturbing news on conservation front. A report released by National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, says that tiger occupancy area in the country shrunk by 12,000 sq km, or more than …
Pune: The western bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered that notices be issued to the collectors of 12 districts to seek their response to a petition that alleges that they have failed to provide clean drinking water to the people. The bench of Justice V R Kingaonkar …
Taking cognisance of potable water contamination in 12 districts of Maharashtra, National Green Tribunal led by Justice V R Kingaonkar and Justice Dr Ajay Desphande issued notices to 12 collectors, secretary of health ministry and Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) asking them to submit a time-bound action plan to address …
A study of various pollutions in the district and factors that attribute to air pollution has been taken up by a panel of scientists from NEERI and IIT Mumbai, to work out a sustainable solution to the issue. Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) would prepare an action plan based on …
Destruction of its habitat and poaching are the key problems Once widely spotted across 11 States, the Great Indian Bustard is currently listed under the category of Critically Endangered birds, in the 2013 ‘Threatened Bird’ list by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). There are less than 250 …
In a big boost to the forest department's efforts to strengthen protection mechanism, Mumbai-based Wildlife Conservation Trust (WCT) has announced a series of measures to save tigers in buffer and corridor areas in Maharashtra. It includes radio-collaring of tigers and leopards involved in conflict with humans. Till now, the wildlife …
Chandrapur Municipal Corporation (CMC) has banned the sale and use of plaster of Paris (PoP) idols during upcoming Ganesh festival. The civic body has cited the judgment of Aurangabad bench of Bombay High Court on the ban of making PoP idols and use of chemical colours on idols, to announce …
At a time when tigers are crying for inviolate spaces - and forestry concepts are changing in the advent of climate change and carbon credits- demand for 63,000 hectare (630 sq km) reserve forest area by the Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra (FDCM), a wholly state government owned company engaged …
At least 20 persons have lost their lives while more than 5,000 have to be evacuated from low-lying areas of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra following heavy rain. According to the disaster management cell, 5,204 persons have been evacuated with more than 2,000 shifted to relief camps set up in government …
Cotton, soya bean have been severely damaged to heavy rains. Floods due to heavy rainfall in Vidarbha have severely damaged cash crops, including cotton, oranges and soya beans. The Maharashtra government has set up a three-member committee to look into the damages caused to these crops and also to farm …
To know about density, abundance and demographic ratio of tigers, the wildlife wing of the forest department for the first time will implement a research project titled 'Long-term monitoring of tigers, co-predators and prey species in Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) and adjoining landscapes'. On June 25, the state government gave …
