Judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of In Re: Zudpi Jungle Lands. A batch of applications involved a peculiar issue concerning the situation prevailing in the six districts of eastern Vidarbha region namely Nagpur, Wardha, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli. The issue pertains to the status of the …
The Nilayimala forest land in Kerala issue has been settled without bloodshed. The Adivasis led by Aruvikkal Krishnan, chariman of the Adivasi Vimochan of the Adivasi Vimochana Munnani (AVM) today vacated the Nilayimala putting an end to their residents, which lasted 11 days.
India Tribal Convention, which began on Monday in Ranchi, Bihar, has alleged that nearly one crore tribals would be removed from their dwellings by a directive of Union Environment Ministry to remove illegal occupants from forest areas. "The Union Environment Ministry directive to every States and Union Territory to evict …
The groundwater level in several parts of the Capital declined by 4.5 metres during 2001-02 and the situation was compounded by a further decline of up to three metres due to scanty monsoon rains this year, Parliament was told on Monday. While the state government is primarily responsible for undertaking …
The Maharashtra government's efforts to clean up the city are laudable. But it seems a difficult task ahead to make the dream come true. Just as the answer to an over polluted city like Mumbai, Maharashtra has finally given the permission to Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd (M&M;) for running its …
Dr Vandana Shiva, the founder of Navdanya, has been given the Giuseppe Mazzotti award for her book Tomorrow's Biodiversity. She was presented the award in Venice, Italy, on November 16. The book has been published in Italy by Edizioni Amblente as Campl di Battaglia. The motivation for the award is …
Ballarpur Industries Ltd. (Bilt), the Lalit Mohan Thapar flagship and the country's largest paper producer, is planning to acquire plantations of at least 10,000 hectares in either Malaysia, Indonesia or Myanmar to source pulp for its paper manufacturing operations in India.
Representatives of the Adarsha Auto Union and Taxi Drivers' Association in Bangalore have alleged that the Transport Department and the transport commissioner, who launched a virtual war against pollution by autos and called for cleanliness, have yielded to pressure from LPG kit fitter tank manufacturers. Autorickshaws are being forced to …
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has served a show-cause notice to S.B. Advertising , asking why its license should not be cancelled as the firm had hacked over 750 trees dotting the Mankhjurd-Vashi highway. The trees were allegedly axed last week to make the hoardings more visible.
The Madhya Pradesh state government would provide financial assistance to the non-government organisations (NGOs) for afforestation programme. A one day training programme organised at Satpura Bhavan to provide information about the scheme. A total of 32 MGOs of the state participated in the training.
Supreme Court has given orders for laying electricity lines in Rajaji national park. From Tehri to Meerut, for the lines to be laid only 14,739 trees would be cut and for proper security measures will be taken for protecting wildlife.
Tree lovers and environmentalists have expressed outrage at the hacking of 750-odd trees near the Octroi post on the Mankhurd-Vashi highway, (Mumbai) ostensibly to improve visibility of nearby hoardings. They have demanded that the hoarding company being punished and its licence cancelled.
Contrary to the government's liability to protect the environment by protecting the forest land. Jammu Municipality has encroached a piece of land near Deer Park Manda, wherein the Municipality is operating its machinery for the construction of tiles and drainage channels. On one side of the encroachment has caused loss …
In a major development that could bring some relief to the beleaguered authorities following the forest encroachment by trials in Chathirur, Kerala, the Adivasi Vimochana Munnani (AVM) leaders today agreed to vacate the 126-acre forest land.
Over 750 trees near the octroi post on the Vashi-Mankhurd highway were hacked night, according to an FIR filed with the Trombay police by the Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra and Bharat Petroleum. The trees were cut down ostensibly to increase the visibility of the hoardings at the spot.
Fifty trees were axed yesterday to clear the path for construction of the Lajpat Nagar-Srinivaspuri flyover. With flyovers springing up at every major intersection and more in the pipeline, the cutting of trees is getting as much as a cursory glance.
A conference on how to evict encroachments from forests was organised at Van Vigyan Bhavan in R K Pura. Participants included government officials and representatives from NGOs and donor agencies. Forests and being destroyed and illegally used for construction and cultivation, it was pointed out. The agenda of the conference …
A three-hour interaction among forestry officials institutions and NGOs revealed that the complete mess in records and lack of coordination are responsible for failure to evict encroachers form forest areas.
The Chilka lake has been removed from the Montreaux Record of Ramsar sites. This follows remedial measures by the Chilka Development Authority (CDA) for restoration of the lagoon's ecology.
The Kerala High Court has restrained Vaigai Thread Mills, Koratty, form cutting and removing trees from the 90-acre Government land held by them at Koratty on lease. The lease was only in respect of the land and the trees standing in it, which included valuable teak, rosewood, sandalwood, jack fruit …
I remember how I first learnt about global warming. It was in the late 1980s. My colleague Anil Agarwal and I were searching for policies and practices to regenerate wasted common lands. We quickly learnt to look beyond trees, at ways to deepen democracy, so these commons - in India, …
