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 …
Chandrapur stands second among most polluted places in the country. The health survey carried out way back in 2005-06 over the effect of pollution has revealed that nearly 50% Chandrapurians suffer from one or other kind of respiratory disease. While the hazardous industrial pollution has adversely affected humans, then how …
As many as 99 large and medium scale industries with an investment of Rs 3.07 lakh crore are slated to come up in Chandrapur. These new industries will bring employment opportunities to 24,700 people in near future, claimed guardian minister, Sanjay Deotale in Chandrapur on Wednesday. Addressing the crowd after …
UltraTech Cement company on Friday said that it has temporarily shut down its Awarpur cement plant in Maharashtra, due to workers’ unrest, which has 3.6-million tonne production capacity. ‘‘...the operations at the company’s unit viz Awarpur cement works, Awarpur, Maharashtra, having a capacity of 3.6-mtpa has been temporarily shut down …
Extensive experimental research has been devoted to the study of behaviour related to public goods, common-pool resources and other social dilemmas. In a majority of these studies, it is found that subjects tend to cooperate if they are allowed to communicate and make their own rules of use. In the …
The Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF) deployed at Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) is all set to get more teeth. The forest department has cleared appointment of 33 jawans (forest guards) to make up for the shortfall in STPF's strength. The guards also would get INSAS rifles along with a …
Seven coal blocks that had been allocated to the Maharashtra state government in 2006, together accounting for more than 4,000 million tonnes of coal reserves, remain unoperationalised six years later. While one block was cancelled as it fell within the boundaries of a tiger reserve, the other six – three …
Nagpur: The recommendation by Supreme Court appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) to keep safety zones (eco-sensitive zones) around wildlife sanctuaries and national parks to 2km to 100 metres from the parks boundary has shocked greens as it will virtually lead to a free for all around most important forests of …
Director of AMR under scanner for allegedly twisting allocation facts The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today questioned Arvind Jayaswal in the coal block allocation scam. Jayaswal, director of AMR Iron and Steel Pvt Limited, was questioned for allegedly misrepresentating and concealing the fact that the company had already been …
New Delhi The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the coal scam finally started questioning the accused named in its first information reports (FIRs) on Monday. The CBI, which had booked five private firms for misrepresenting facts to get coal blocks allocated, grilled Arvind Jayaswal, a director of Nagpur-based AMR …
Even as several instances of poaching were reported recently, forest officials on Thursday announced that 65 tigers are inhabiting the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR). The authorities have arrived at the figure after a tiger monitoring exercise was conducted in the reserve between April 1 and May 31, during which the …
Bhubaneshwar So many threats... and so much money to be made – the trade off is tragically tilted against the Indian tigers. Coal mining for electricity generation is the biggest threat to India's tigers, a report by environmental activists Greenpeace warned, demanding a moratorium on clearances for new mines just …
Vinod Khobragade, the village official ( talathi ) of Baranj village in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra who imposed a fine of Rs. 32 crore on the Karnataka Emta Coal Mines Limited (KECML) for alleged illegal mining, was suspended on Monday. He had also accused the top district officials, including the …
A talathi (village official) of a village in Chandrapur district has accused top district administrative officers, including the District Collector, of alleged involvement in an illegal mining scam worth Rs. 587 crore. Vinod Khobragade, the talathi of Baranj village has complained to the State Revenue Minister, accusing the District Collector …
Wildlife activist Bandu Dhotre on Wednesday evening ended his hunger strike that he began on July 2, demanding effective steps for protection of tigers in the Vidarbha region, after the Maharashtra government agreed to accept almost all his demands. “The government has accepted almost all the demands put forward by …
In one of the most virulent attacks in recent times, the Chandipura virus is suspected to have caused 13 child deaths in eastern Vidarbha in the past 25 days, with Bhandara (5), Nagpur (3), Chandrapur (3), Wardha (1) and Gadchiroli (1) being the worst affected districts. Together, they have reported …
June 11: Large parts of the state reeled under prolonged power cuts today after six units of DVC-operated thermal power plants at Bokaro and Chandrapura tripped as a result of technical snags. The disruptions were so severe that power supply to the railways and to coal mines of Bharat Coking …
It is time we called for zero-tolerance, not just on poaching, but also on trade in all tiger parts. Why does it always take a tragedy for the system to get rolling? After the fifth tiger this year was found dead on May 18, hacked to pieces, in the forests …
MUMBAI: For 480-odd farmers of Virur village in Chandrapur district, it was a pleasant surprise and a big relief when Coal India Ltd hiked the compensation for land acquisition from Rs 44,000 to Rs 10 lakh per acre and also offered job to a family member. The company will now …
Alarmed by the rise in poaching incidents, the Maharashtra government has said its forest staff would be empowered to shoot at poachers on sight while the National Tiger Conservation Authority directed all tiger range states to treat every tiger/leopard death as a poaching case unless proven otherwise beyond reasonable doubt. …
In an ambitious plan, the Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited (MahaGenco) is planning to commission 280 MW solar power capacity by July 2013. The MahaGenco already has 5 MW solar power capacity at Chandrapur, while work on a 25 MW project at Sakhri in Dhule district has started. The …
