Order of the Bombay High Court in the matter of Adani Cementation Limited Vs Union of India & Others dated 05/03/2025. Adani Cementation Limited approached the Bombay High Court seeking issuance of an order directing the respondents/ authorities to permit the petitioner to carry out the work of construction of …
The annual meeting of NGOs, under the banner of Konkan Vinashkari Prakalp Virodhi Samiti (KVPVS) in Ratnagiri, was allegedly disrupted on Sunday by Congress goons. The Samiti, which is vehemently opposing the proposed Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project (JNPP), has claimed that the goons are close associates of industries minister Narayan …
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Monday ordered the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) and the collector of Raigad to conduct an inquiry on the pollution problem near the new state-of-the-art jail in Taloja. Hearing a petition filed by Malegaon blast accused, former army officer Major Ramesh Upadhyay (59), about …
MUMBAI: Environmentalists have urged union minister for environment Jairam Ramesh to ban sand mining across Maharashtra as a first to stop illegal sand mining and save the state's creeks and coastline. This plea was made after Ramesh on Sunday said that his ministry would impose a blanket ban on sand …
MUMBAI: Mumbai's ignominious reputation as the state's malaria capital got cemented further as new figures revealed that the city registered nearly 55% of Maharashtra's 1.38 lakh positive cases in 2010-11, pushing it into the league of the country's worst affected states. Nearly 80,000 cases in Greater Mumbai tested positive for …
Builders Association of India (BAI) has welcomed the decision of ministry of environment and forests to lift the ban on sand mining in Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg in Maharashtra. "The announcement made by Jairam Ramesh, Union minister for environment and forest, gives the construction industry a significant relief, which is bound …
BEATING DRUMS and fireworks underline the jubilation in 45 villages of Raigad district in Maharashtra. The occasion: the denotification of the Maha Mumbai special economic zone (SEZ). Over 10,000 hectares allotted for the SEZ are to be restored to farmers from whom it was taken away. Since 2006, when the …
Hailing the Maharashtra government decision to do away with the Maha Mumbai Special Economic Zone in Raigad and allowing farmers to utilise their land the way they wished, Janata Dal (United) president Sharad Yadav said here on Sunday that it was high time other SEZs floated in fertile areas were …
MUMBAI: Taking the green crusade ahead, the Bombay high court has directed the Maharashtra government not to award any contract for sand mining or allow further excavation until and unless the agency concerned obtains an environmental clearance. In a landmark order to check environmental damage caused by sand mining, the …
MUMBAI: For the last eight years, conservationists from across the state have been visiting coastal belts to protect turtle nesting sites and release hatchlings into the sea. Now, their fight to save the endangered reptile has got a shot in the arm with the state government deciding to join the …
Following the assessment report submitted by the expert panels, Maharashtra fisheries department has decided to claim the compensation of Rs8 crore towards the loss suffered by the fishermen due to the oil spill in the Arabian sea in the first week of August. The compensation will be sought from the …
District-wise breakdown of the major projects Thane Ancillary development of Navi Mumbai airport, green areas released for housing and commercial exploitation Raigad Navi Mumbai airport MahaMumbai SEZ. Area: Thrice that of Mumbai Five thermal power plants 10 km from one another Chemical industries hub Ratnagiri Madban: Location of the Jaitapur …
Sand dredgers will soon be back in business along the Bankot creek bordering coastal Raigad and Ratnagiri districts in Maharashtra. They had been silent for over a month after the Bombay High Court banned sand mining in the state on September 24, after people who mine sand manually filed a …
While declining to vacate its stay on sand mining, the Bombay high court on Thursday observed that only stringent legal provisions will deter illegal sand extraction in the state. A division bench of justices BH Marlapalle and UD Salvi were hearing a clutch of petitions in favour of and opposing …
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Government on Wednesday approved a new sand mining policy, which makes it compulsory for contractors to obtain permission from the Gramsabha, (the elected body of villagers) for sand mining and extraction. The policy says the Revenue Department should give sand mining licences only through a bidding process. …
NEW DELHI: Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) is understood to have finalised plans to set up a 9-million tonnes refinery in Maharashtra with an investment of around Rs.15,000 crore. Official sources said the Maharasthra Government had offered land places and the company was in the process of giving a final shape …
Rahi Gaikwad Tests on water samples showed presence of mild pesticide content Deck being subjected to thorough check before considering further operations Mumbai: Amid assurances that all the hazardous cargo on MSC Chitra was
Vijay Singh | TNNNavi Mumbai: As more containers from the MSC Chitra washed ashore, the officials of Uran taluka geared up to begin a clean-up drive on Friday. The process of clearing the plastic waste and other rotting food items will be undertaken by the Coast Guard, along with the …
Sadanand Tandel’s house is the dream of every tourist. A terrific sea view, waving coconut fronds and in a few dozen steps one can walk into the sea waves. Through Tandel’s eyes, however, the view is somber. Till 1991, 30 of his coconut trees stood where the sea is now. …
