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 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Bhavesh Arun Karekar & Others Vs MoEF&CC & Others dated 15/04/2024. The matter related to non-compliance of the terms and conditions of Consent to Operate and Environmental Clearance (EC) granted to M/s. Ashapur Meinchem Ltd., village …
The project includes a refinery and a petrochemical complex BPCL expects to get green nod for Rs 2-lakh-cr mega refinery in Konkan belt Bharat Petroleum Corporation chairman D Rajkumar on Monday exuded confidence that the proposed Rs 2 lakh crore mega refinery in the ecologically sensitive Konkan belt will get …
IOC to own 50% stake, HPCL and BPCL to hold the rest State-owned oil firms IOC, BPCL and HPCL on Wednesday signed an agreement to jointly set up the world’s largest refinery and petrochemical complex in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra at a cost of $40 billion. Indian Oil Corp. (IOC) …
MUMBAI: Around 31,000 trees will have be chopped in a stretch of 91km, which is part of the 366km stretch of the NH66 Mumbai-Goa highway, which is to be widened into four lanes. A sum of Rs 6.6 crore will have to be spent on removing trees, which are obstacles …
Kolhapur: The forest department has finalised 11,252 sites and prepared pits for sapling plantation in the district. This is a part of the state wide mission of planting two crore saplings on July 1. The mission is to increase the green cover of the state from 18% to 33%. The …
Kolhapur: As many as 32 wild animals were hunted in the forest areas falling under the Kolhapur division's jurisdiction since 2013. According to the data furnished by the forest department, the number of animals falling prey to hunters increased from six in 2013 to 16 in 2015. In 2013, six …
The order was passed by the western zone bench of Justice UD Salvi and expert member Ajay Deshpande based on an application by NGO Vanashakti. The National Green Tribunal has stated that no construction activity and regularising would be permitted in coastal districts of the state till the Maharashtra Coastal …
Festering question marks over the EPR’s robustness and added worries of cost-related viability of new projects based on this technology are areas of concern The decks may have been cleared for what would be the world’s largest nuclear power generating station by net electrical power rating, with an early-2017 target …
The proposed 9900 MW Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project (JNPP) has run into fresh trouble with the partial and conditional five-year environmental clearance granted to it on November 26, 2010 lapsing last week. Anti-nuclear plant activists have written to Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar with a request to issue stop work …
Govt Nod Not Must For Land Use Conversion As part of its Make in Maharashtra push for business, the state government has further eased the rules for industrial expansion on agricultural land. In addition to hiking building rights on farm land, the government has also dropped the requirement to convert …
Project involving around 500 structures would require budget of Rs 100 crore. Nearly 500 traditional structures to aid water conservation that were built during the 1972 drought are being revived as part of a better water management strategy by the state government. The estimated budget for the project is not …
New India-France Agreement To Conform To `Make In India' Campaign After Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent visit to France, the controversial and trouble-ridden Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district moved a step forward.The Nuclear Power Corporation and a French firm, Areva, signed what is known as a pre-engineering …
The Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL) has decided to install a solar plant at Ratnagiri as part of its recently-formulated 'energy policy'. The policy resolved to employ solar and wind aero-generators wherever possible. The proposed 350 KW-capacity solar photo voltaic plant, which will be connected to the state grid, shall …
India and the US achieving a breakthrough in operationalisation of the stalled nuclear deal, it is believed, will remove impediments for several nuclear projects that are stalled in the country. However, in spite of the deal, the 9,900 mega watt Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project still faces a significant hurdle in …
Notwithstanding the opposition of its junior partner Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has said the 9,900-Mw nuclear power project at Jaitapur in the coastal Ratnagiri district will go ahead as planned. It said the project will be developed by the Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC) and that …
The state wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi revert the decision of environmental clearance to the Jaitapur nuclear power project in Maharashtra on the same grounds that he reverted the environmental impact assessment (EIA) report for the Mithivirdi nuclear power project …
Almost nine years after the Bombay high court ordered notification of mangroves on government land in the state for better protection, mangroves in Thane, Raigad, Sindhudurg and Ratnagiri districts are yet to be notified as “reserved forest”. Moreover, groundtruthing in Sindhudurg and Ratnagiri districts have reduced the proposed mangrove area …
This has reference to the Ministry's Office Memorandum dated 17th October 2013, wherein, the moratorium was lifted on consideration of projects from the non-Western Ghats Talukas of Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg Districts, Maharashtra except for Dodamarg Taluka, under the EIA Notification, 2006.
For the first time this season, the total rainfall received in Mumbai has exceeded the required figures. Rainfall at Colaba and Santa Cruz stood at 178.5mm and 75.6mm above normal respectively. Weather officials say this means the monsoon in the city is now on track. In the 24-hour spell of …
Allaying France’s apprehension stemming out of the Shiv Sena’s opposition to the nuclear power plant at Jaitapur, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has conveyed to the French government that there is “no rethink” on the proposed nuclear power project, top sources told The Indian Express. Sources said this was conveyed at …
