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 …
Mumbai: The state government will hold a public meeting in Jaitapur (in Ratnagiri district) on May 16 to discuss the environmental repercussions of the controversial nuclear power project proposed for the town. The Union environment ministry will take into account the suggestions and objections raised in the meeting before giving …
MUMBAI: Rampant, illegal sand-dredging, in contravention of rules laid down by the state government in its tender agreement with the dredgers, was witnessed on Tuesday when TOI visited Bankot Creek in Raigad along with environmental activists. Locals, who have been agitating against the dredging and have even filed a PIL …
MUMBAI: The sand-mining mafia, which is gradually choking Bankot Creek in Raigad, attacked a TOI team and environmental activists Sumaira Abdulali and Naseer Jalal that visited the creek on Tuesday afternoon to report on the illegal activities. The Mahad police have registered a case of attempt to murder, criminal intimidation …
Despite a complete ban on sand mining on beaches, illegal mining is continuing at Alibaug, as confirmed by TOI during a visit to the beach on Monday. Only an hour from the Gateway of India, Alibaug is a weekend getaway for many wealthy Mumbaikars who own farms along the Raigad …
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai January 6, 2010, 0:57 IST Mukesh Ambani and Anand Jain promoted Mumbai SEZ Ltd has suspended, for an indifinite period, its land acquisition for the MahaMumbai special economic zone (SEZ) in coastal Raigad. The company may drop the project altogether, as it was not able to …
Mumbai: Kiran TareMukesh Ambani's Reliance has sacked 1,200 of the 1,600 employees from its proposed Special Economic Zones (SEZ) in Raigad district. It, anti-SEZ activists say, signals that Reliance is winding up the project. This is the second major step the company has taken in the past 15 days. Earlier, …
Mumbai: Cyclone Phyan, which passed along the Mumbai and Konkan coasts, claimed four lives on Wednesday and caused massive damage to property in the coastal districts of Ratnagiri, Raigad, Sindhudurg, Thane and Palghar in Maharashtra. The depression in the Arabian Sea gave way to a low pressure zone, causing heavy …
NAVI MUMBAI: Human development at Uran taluka in Raigad district is hurting quite a few of its original inhabitants. While quarrying had already disturbed quite a few species, environmentalists are concerned that landfills are uprooting many others from their home. Villagers near the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) area, Chirner, …
Meena Menon DIV VILLAGE (RAIGAD DISTRICT): Speakers at the first public audit of special economic zones (SEZs) in Maharashtra raised trenchant questions on the constitutional validity of the law permitting these zones, and called for dislodging the government that was promoting such illegalities. Farmers and affected people from eight districts …
This report is in two parts. The first part is the summary report which gives a brief introduction to the SEZs under scrutiny in the Maharashtra People
Mumbai After taking a decision to construct two dams to quench the thirst of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region(MMR), the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is now planning to construct three more dams in Thane and Raigad. According to Metropolitan Commissioner Ratnakar Gaikwad, the infrastructure agency is planning to construct …
With a clear eye on the October 2009 Maharashtra Assembly poll, the Congress-led Democratic Front (DF) Government on Wednesday unveiled an ambitious Rs 5,232 crore development package for the backward Konkan region. The Konkan development package
In the open-air kitchens of the tiny hamlet of Bense at Nagothane, a new gadget is changing the way women cook. Cooking with it is far easier on the eyes because it involves the smoke-free solar cooker. To prepare a standard meal, rice, vegetables and dal are placed in a …
Sukanya Shetty Uran, April 23 ADDING a new dimension to the anti-special economic zone (SEZ) campaign, a Raigad activist group has leaped into Lok Sabha elections for the first time and is contesting from one of the 25 seats in Maharashtra that will go to polls in the second phase …
Navi Mumbai: Excavation underway near the 500-year-old Janjira Fort and the historic Nawab Tomb is worrying locals who fear that these heritage structures may be in danger. The area is being excavated for soil that is required for the ongoing Dighi-Port project on the other side of the creek in …
MUMBAI: In the backdrop of power shortage in the state, there is good news for the people of Maharashtra and Reliance Power as well. An appeal filed against the environmental and CRZ clearances given to the power company for its proposed 4,000 MW power project in Konkan has been dismissed …
