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 …
About 50,000 farmers in 10 districts of Maharashtra are expected to benefit from a pilot project which will disseminate weather-related inputs using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to improve land productivity and boost crop output. It is being launched jointly by the National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (Nabard) …
A nine-member working group will examine the ecology expert panel report The Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel report, submitted by ecologist Madhav Gadgil last year, was further delaying the Rs 30,000-crore refinery project of Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) in Maharashtra, a senior official of the state-run oil marketing firm …
MUMBAI: The Bombay HC directed the Centre to specifically spell out what it plans to do about the state government's suggestions on the Gadgil report on the Western Ghats corridor. Justice D D Sinha and Justice V KTahilramani were hearing a PIL for declaring the 22-km stretch of the Sawantwadi-Dodamarg …
The Environment Ministry on Wednesday finally made public the controversial report of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel prepared by ecologist Madhav Gadgil and submitted almost a year ago. The publishing of the report also came with a disclaimer saying that the ministry has not yet accepted the recommendations of …
NEW DELHI: Goa’s Congress MP Shantaram Naik recently expressed concern over the mining activities in Sindhudurg district of the neighbouring Maharashtra polluting rivers in his state, particularly Tiracol and Colvale that originate in Maharashtra. Raising the issue through a special mention in the Rajya Sabha, he wanted the Centre to …
Even as the rest of the state celebrates Maharashtra Day, about 500 kilometres from Mumbai, villagers in Konkan's mining hotbed Sindhudurg district will mark the historic occasion with a day-long collective fast in protest against a controversial Rs1000 crore proposal to mine iron ore from a mountain rich with fresh …
Mumbai: Mired in a controversy over the construction of a Shivaji statue in the Arabian Sea, the state government is taking no chances with its other future projects. The government is gearing up to start the land acquisition within the next six months for a dolphin and water theme park …
Mumbai: An indefinite moratorium on new environmental clearances for mining in the ecologically sensitive zone (ESZ) in Goa and Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts in Maharashtra has been recommended by the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel . It has also recommended a ban on new licences for quarrying and sand mining. …
The Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) has designated the entire hill range as an Ecologically Sensitive Area. The panel, in its report, has classified the 142 taluks in the Western Ghats boundary into Ecologically Sensitive Zones (ESZ) 1, 2 and 3. It recommended that “no new dams based on …
Mumbai: Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has decided to approach the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) for lifting the moratorium imposed on clearances to projects in Sindhudurg in the case of port-related activities. The MoEF imposed the moratorium in August 2010 after locals expressed concern over the rapid degradation …
The Democratic Front government is not happy with the Centre’s decision to extend the moratorium on important projects in coastal Konkan, arguing that it would stall the pace of development in the region. The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has informed the state government about its decision to extend …
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has extended the moratorium imposed on projects in Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts of Maharashtra till December. In a notification issued last week, MoEF advisor Nalini Bhat said the moratorium had been extended because the ministry had received the report of the Western Ghat …
Maharashtra has gone the Goa, Bellary way in illegal mining. And Sindhudurg, probably, tops the chart. The district at the southern-most corner of the state got the eco-tourism district tag way back in 1997. True, it has the largest green cover, but a deeper look brings out grim truths: human …
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 legal battle between miners and environmentalists has begun, with a mining company filing an intervention application against a PIL seeking judicial intervention to protect the eco-fragile Sindhudurg district along the Western Ghats. The intervener, in this case a mining firm, Minerals and Metals, said that after being awarded …
PANJIM: Madhav Gadgil committee appointed to study aspects relating to Western Ghats, in its interim report, slated to be submitted before June 30 will pronounce its verdict on mining in the state
Traffic along Belgaum-Goa road via Sawantwadi blocked BELGAUM: Traffic along the Belgaum-Goa road via Sawantwadi has been blocked due to a major landslide at Amboli Ghat. The landslide in the wee hours of Sunday has blocked about 40 meters of the road and has caused severe hardship to motorists, an …
Villagers in Sawantwadi-Dodemarg, Sindhudurg, are forming community forests to protect the Western Ghats. The 35-km stretch of the ghats in the district houses wildlife sanctuaries and national parks.
One more biodiversity project at Sindhudurg in Malvan, Maharastra RAMANATHAPURAM: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has sanctioned a community-based natural resource management and mangrove conservation project in Godavari estuary, Andhra Pradesh, similar to the Gulf of Mannar Marine Conservation Project in Tamil Nadu. Speaking to The Hindu, Doley Tshering, …
