Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sonya Ghosh Vs. Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors. dated 07/01/2016 regarding construction activities in the Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary in Delhi's southern Ridge. The Court has been informed that the process of demarcation of the boundary wall of …
The concerned authority has remained mute though locals have been openly encroaching land of the community forest in Khalanga, Jajarkot, of late. Locals have cleared the forest and constructed shanties near the district headquarters. Though hundreds of shanties have been built on forest land, the District Administration, Forest Office and …
The 15-member committee is headed by chief secretary The State government has reconstituted the special team set up to restore the forest lands, including at Jakkur Allalasandra reserve forest, in the City. The special team, was initially constituted on October 1, 2015, under the chairmanship of senior IFS officer and …
KOCHI: A recent government order to grant title deeds to settlers on 1,250 acres of forest land in the Kanjirappally taluk in Kottayam has come under sharp criticism from environmentalists who alleged that the order was ‘criminal’ violation of the Forest Conservation Act. “The State Government has no right to …
Jammu and Kashmir government has retrieved 2,625 acres of forestland from illegal possession in Jammu and Kashmir this year. "During the past 9 months, over 21000 Kanals (2,625 acres) of forestland has been retrieved from illegal possession of people in different parts of the State",Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment, …
The National Green Tribunal has admitted an application against illegal constructions and encroachment in the Haridwar forest division neighbouring the Rajaji tiger reserve. The State has been given two weeks to respond. The applicant, People For Animals, Uttarakhand member secretary Gauri Maulekhi told The Pioneer that on February 3, 2015, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Gauri Mulekhi Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 04/12/2015 regarding illegal construction in a reserved forest, Uttarakhand.
As green belts continue to face the threat from rampant encroachment and increasing commercial activity, the National Green Tribunal has prohibited tree felling in the stretch located along Mehrauli-Badarpur Highway in south Delhi's Saket area. "There shall be no tree cutting on the stretch of green belt indicated in the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sonya Ghosh Vs. Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors. dated 03/12/2015 regarding encroachment of ridge area situated within the limits of National Capital Region Territory.
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Tribunal at its own motion vs. Ministry of Environment and Ors. dated 19/11/2015 regarding unsystematic growth coupled with human intervention into the habitat and areas of movement of the tigers and particularly the corridors leading to …
With large-scale hotels in and around the world heritage site of Kaziranga National Park (KNP) posing a threat to wildlife, especially the one-horned rhinoceros, the National Green Tribunal has sought to know how such activities came to be permitted by the State government. The Tribunal has summoned the Secretary, Department …
TO reduce threats to wildlife, ecological and natural disasters, Ondo State Government has doubled up its efforts through the Ministry of Natural Resources to combat the persistent encroachment on the 16 forest reserves bordered by Ogun, Osun and Edo States. In the recent past, over 200, 000 people have been …
The Delhi high court has asked the Centre, the city administration as well as municipal authorities and the DDA to ensure that the forests in Mehrauli Archaeological Park were protected from encroachment by building a boundary wall at its western and southern sides. Referring to a map placed before it …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jaipal Singh Vs. Lt. Governor, Delhi & Ors. dated 29/10/2015 regarding invasion of South Ridge Forest/Rangpuri Ridge Area caused by unauthorized construction. Joint Inspection Report dated 4th June, 2015 reveals that 1,365 bigha and 05 biswa of village Rangpuri was …
The Delhi high court on Tuesday directed Delhi government and its agencies to ensure there is no further encroachment in forests in the capital after it was told that the green cover is shrinking due to rampant construction. A bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva relied on …
Imagine a forest of the size of Bengaluru city being wiped out. That's what has happened in Karnataka over the years. At least 81,776 hectares of forest land in the state is under encroachment — Bengaluru't total land area is 74,100 ha — according to the union ministry of environment, …
AHMEDABAD: After the Gujarat high court ordered the closure of illegal resorts and hotels around Gir sanctuary, the state tourism department had legalized them under its home stay policy. But the department has now said that such permission to illegal resorts is 'not within the ambit of its home stay …
As much as 50 per cent of the notified forest area in Delhi has been encroached upon, even as the Capital is gradually losing its green cover in the absence of an action plan to preserve forests, falling in the protected category, in a time-bound manner. When the Delhi High …
South Delhi residents today moved the National Green Tribunal against the increasing commercial activities and encroachment in the "green belt" located along the Mehrauli Badarpur Highway in Saket. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notice to the Delhi government and South Delhi Municipal Corporation while seeking …
KOLKATA: To track the movement of tigers and encroachers in protected forest areas, a drone would soon be flying in the Sundarban delta. "Sitting at one point we would be able to scan a forest area of 15-20 sq km. It will be a force multiplier for us as we …
