Report of the Joint Committee in compliance with the National Green Tribunal order of September 5, 2022 in the matter of Original Application No 41/2022 (WZ), Abhay Pandurang Desai Vs State of Maharashtra & Others. The matter related to a breach of mine wall on the southern side of iron …
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has lifted the moratorium on mining and other projects in villages in Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts that are not a part of the ecologically sensitive areas (ESA) of the Western Ghats as described by the high-level working group headed by K Kasturirangan. In …
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 …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Ajay Shivajirao Bhonsale Vs MoEF & Ors dated 26/03/2014 regarding Environment Clearance for the project Tiroda iron Ore Mine at village TIroda, in Sawantwadi Taluka, in SIndhudurg District in Maharashtra. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/judgment/36_2013(MApp)(WZ)_26Mar2014_final_order.pdf
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of The Gram Panchayat Tiroda & Others Vs The MoEF Ors. dated 25/11/2013 regarding environmental clearance for mining given to Tiroda Iron Ore Mine at village Tiroda, in Sawantwadi Taluka, in Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/judgment/2_2013(Ap)(WZ)_25Nov2013_final_order.pdf
Pune: The notification issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) last month declaring about 60,000 sq km area of the Western Ghats as an eco-sensitive area (ESA) has been further amended to allow townships and area development projects of up to 50 hectare in the demarcated zone. The …
KOLHAPUR: Of the 60,000 square km area of the Western Ghats that the Union environment ministry notified as ecologically sensitive on Wednesday, 17,000 sq km fall in Maharashtra covering 2,133 villages across 12 districts. Raigad and Pune have the highest number of villages that will get the fragile zone tag, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Goa Foundation & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 12/11/2013 regarding status of Dr. Gadgil and Dr. Kasturirangan Reports. RELATED CONTENT News: Curb on mining in Western Ghats. News: Kerala to form new panel to study Kasturirangan report …
The state government has set up a four-member committee to get views and comments of stakeholders on declaring the Sawantwadi-Dodamarg wildlife corridor as an ecologically sensitive zone. The committee comprises the chief conservator of forests (Kolhapur), collector (Sindhudurg), chief agricultural officer (Sindhudurg) and deputy forest officer (Sawantwadi). The committee must …
The Environment Ministry has decided to turn approximately 60,000 square kilometres of the Western Ghats across six States into an Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA), banning mining, quarrying, thermal power plants and polluting industries over the entire range. All other projects would be allowed only with the prior consent of gram …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Gram Panchayat Tiroda & Others Vs the MoEF dated 19/09/2013 regarding Environmental Clearance granted by the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India in favour of M/s Gogte Minerals for conducting mining operations, at Tiroda Iron Ore Mine (Mining …
Sand mining in large parts of Maharashtra continues without mandatory environmental clearance, which is against the Supreme Court’s orders, activist Sumaira Abdulali has alleged. Abdulali, who had filed a PIL in the Bombay high court against illegal sand mining, said the illegal activity continued with support from local politicians. On …
Every time Sampada Desai, deputy sarpanch of southern Maharashtra's Kalne village in Dodamarg taluka sees the solitary hill in her village, her eyes moisten. The 100-acre hill, less than half-a-kilometre away, has been stripped of its green cover as a steady flow of dumpers carts lucrative iron ore to a …
A lengthy meeting between Union Minister of Environment and Forests Jayanti Natarajan and Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan in Mumbai on Thursday resulted in the state government getting only one “inprinciple clearance” to build Chhatrapati Shivaji statue in the Arabian sea near Mumbai. Decisions on most of the other proposals …
MUMBAI: Activists have denounced the Kasturirangan high level working group for the exclusion of Dodamarg from ecologically sensitive areas (ESA) in its recommendations to the Union ministry of environment and forests. The group was set up to review the report submitted by the Madhav Gadgil led Western Ghats ecology expert …
Mumbai: The Bombay high court has held as “fraudulent” an alleged deal signed by Thane corporator Ravindra Phatak, as “director” of an iron ore mining company in Sindhudurg, to hand over all of its mining rights to a contractor from Sawantwadi. In a judgment passed on Wednesday by Justice R …
50% DROP IN OLIVE RIDLEY NESTS ALONG KONKAN COASTLINE Pune: Industrial activity around coastal areas has cast its shadow on the nesting season of the endangered Olive Ridley turtle this year. There has been a disturbing 50 % drop in the total number of nests along the coastline in Raigad, …
Coastline Is Most Prone To Pollution In 1st Week Of Jan An India-UN survey has revealed that solid waste disposed off on the beaches of Sindhudurg is voluminous enough to pose a serious threat to the district’s rich marine biodiversity. What is true there is true in the rest of …
Mumbai: As many as 50 major infrastructure projects across the state have taken a hit after a directive of the union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to subject every mining work, irrespective of the size of the lease, to green clearances. Most of these are irrigation dam, road and …
Maharashtra industries minister Narayan Rane said last night, that the state government would ask the prime minister to disband the Western Ghats Ecology Experts' Panel which monitors the environment along the Konkan coast, headed by National Advisory Council (NAC) member Madhav Gadgil. Reiterating his opposition to a Western Ghats Ecology …
