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 …
MUMBAI: A public interest litigation (PIL) seeking judicial intervention to protect the eco-fragile Sawantwadi-Dodamarg region from rampant mining and haphazard development has been filed in the Bombay high court. The 35-kilometre stretch in Sindhudurg district is an integral wildlife corridor for sanctuaries and national parks in the state, Goa and …
New Delhi The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) on Monday revoked the moratorium on sand mining in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts for two years following the state government's plea that the ban is affecting infrastructure projects.
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 …
MUMBAI: The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has lifted the ban on sand mining in the ecologically fragile Sindhudurg and Ratnagiri districts along the Konkan coast, for two years. But while making this announcement, environment minister Jairam Ramesh clarified that mining activities will be restricted to those areas …
In what could bring some relief to the developer community as well as infrastructure agencies of the city, Union minister for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh announced that the ban on sand mining in non-CRZ areas of Sindhudurg and Ratnagiri districts has been temporarily lifted.
The controversial April 15: The controversial Jaitapur nuclear power project will be implemented despite all the hurdles, said Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday and even suggested that an independent security system should be in place for all the six power plants in Jaitapur.
The mangrove species Heritiera littoralis Dryand, from which the name Sundarbans has been derived, has for the first time been found in Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts by botanists. A research paper about the findings of two botanists
The Mahul-Sewri mudflats are one of the 160 wetlands in the country which qualify for the Ramsar Criteria, according to the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), which released the list on the eve of World Wetlands Day. The Mahul-Sewri mudflats have been the homes for thousands of migratory birds, mostly …
Only the combined study of all the proposed power projects on the Konkan coastal belt, will give the real picture of the possible impact on the environmental of these plants, says the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS). The 200-km-long Konkan coastline is expected to have around 15 thermal power plants, …
MUMBAI: The Union ministry and environment and forests (MoEF) has put on hold all new mining projects in the eco-sensitive Sindhudurg and Ratnagiri districts till June 30. The MoEF extended its moratorium from December 30, all projects that will be considered for environmental impact assessment (EIA) have now been put …
New Delhi: The Union environment and forests ministry on Monday extended the moratorium on environmental clearances to new projects in the coastal Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts of Maharashtra up to June 2011. In mid-August, the ministry had imposed a four-month moratorium on entertaining any new project for mandatory environmental clearance …
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government reviewed the status of operational and proposed mining leases in the eco-sensitive Sindhudurg belt and adjoining areas on Wednesday. Jairam Ramesh, Union minister of environment and forests, had ordered a review after a series of TOI reports highlighted an impending environmental disaster due to rampant mining. …
Endangered Landscape 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 …
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 …
PANJIM: Those who love to have fish on a daily basis may have to do without it on October 29, 2010. Reason: The country will be witness to an all-India strike in the entire coastal belt on the day to demand for brining changes to the draft CRZ notification 2010 …
MUMBAI: The state government has been careless in its duty to protect the flora and fauna of the state - as is evident from its move to promote mining tourism in Sindhudurg - but the Bombay high court has not forgotten its green responsibility. In a bid to stop the …
Mumbai: Unmindful of the ecological havoc being wreaked across the state, Maharashtra government has put its greenery-wrecking toxic mines on the tourist map. The Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) has selected a bauxite mine in Amboli, along with a waterfall and the coastline, as a tourist hotspot and is promoting …
Heavy downpour in western parts of the state have left farmers a worried lot. While rains are playing havoc with kharif crops such as soyabean in Northern Maharashtra, damage to rabi crops such as paddy over a vast stretch
Mumbai: Union minister of environment and forests Jairam Ramesh has asked Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan to review the 49 mining leases given for excavation of iron ore and bauxite in Sindhudurg region. The move follows a TOI expose on the state government
