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 …
As per the data, the notified forest areas have illegal farmhouses, unauthorised colonies, JJ clusters and roads encroaching into the forestland. In a bid to set up an “online monitoring system” for the “protection and management” of forests, the Delhi government’s forest department has begun using GPS-enabled camera phones and …
NEW DELHI: The city recorded the seventh-highest number of environment-related crimes in the country in 2014. Although it had only 41 cases, as against the wo-rst performers Rajasthan (2,666) and Uttar Pradesh (1,442), none of the other Union Territories-including the densely forested and eco-sensitive islands of Andaman and Nicobar, and …
The city government was asked by the Delhi high court on Wednesday to give details of the actual forest area in the capital, observing that the extent of green cover as shown on paper is “not the true picture.” The court also asked the Delhi government about what it was …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Jaipal Singh Vs. Lt. Governor, Delhi & Ors. dated 13/08/2015 regarding encroachment of Delhi Ridge. Counsel appearing on behalf of the State of Delhi and Forest Department as well as the Counsel appearing on behalf of …
The forest cover of 12 states and Union Territories has declined by over 1200 sq kms due to a variety of reasons including encroachment and mining, Lok Sabha was informed today. Replying to a question, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said as per India State of Forest Report 2013, the total …
National Green Tribunal (NGT) chairperson Justice Swatantra Kumar came down heavily on the Uttar Pradesh government for several mismanagements in the Taj Mahal's eco-sensitive zone and Yamuna floodplain zone on Monday. The NGT bench, taking cognizance of a TOI report about an ex-DFO who allegedly ordered felling of 4,000 trees …
Additional secretary S Raju, in a report submitted to the Uttarakhand forest secretary, has held former principal chief conservator of forests (PCCF) of the state SS Sharma guilty of suppressing action against poachers and harassing his subordinate, additional PCCF SK Dutt. A copy of the report is with TOI. Raju …
In what is a piece of good news for those concerned about the welfare of wildlife in Delhi's Asola Bhatti Sanctuary and the adjoining Aravalis, the Haryana government has finally decided to declare an eco-sensitive zone around its border — particularly that with Delhi's forests. An ESZ is a buffer …
The Himachal Niti Abhiyan, an NGO, has appealed to the state government to implement the Forest Rights Act, 2006. Guman Singh, state convener of the NGO, in a statement here today underlined the need for implementing the Act on priority to protect rights of villagers and farmers in the state. …
Hyderabad: Forest fires recorded in Telangana in 2014 were the third highest in the past 10 years. According to the State of Forest Report-2014 released by the Telangana forest department recently, 873 forest fires were recorded in Telangana in 2014 after 1,015 in 2012 and 1,066 in 2009. The maximum …
Commenting on the government’s decision to give subdivision survey numbers to forest land encroachments, poet B Sugathakumari said that no Ministry’s decision, including that of Oommen Chandy’s, is above law. She was inaugurating a seminar on TSR Subramanian Committee report at the State Central Library Hall. She said that the …
In a partial relief to the state, the HP High Court today permitted the Chief Secretary and the Principal Secretary (Forests) to sell crops on the encroached forest land. The money earned from its sale should be used for plantation of trees and its preservation. It further directed them to …
A parliamentary panel has recommended introduction of environment as a compulsory subject in schools in Jammu to create awareness among students. The department related parliamentary standing committee on science and technology and environment and forests also said that effective steps should be taken for disposal of waste during Mata Vaishno …
A parliamentary panel has flagged a number of environment-related issues which, it found, have been causing damage to Mumbai and Visakhapatnam and asked the Union environment ministry and respective state governments to take up urgent steps for improving infrastructure and strengthening pollution mitigation measures in these two coastal cities. The …
The field-level verification to demarcate Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESA) identified by the Kasturirangan committee for conservation of the Western Ghats is set to begin on Thursday, amid fears that the government decision to earmark only protected forests as ESA would impact the move to recover forestland from encroachers. The panchayat-level …
With public pressure mounting against felling of fruit-bearing trees, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Monday directed the concerned officers to immediately file a review petition in the High Court against its earlier order to remove encroachment from forest land. “The government is fully apprised of the situation and a review …
Encroachment from the Meghalaya side on the pristine Garbhanga Reserved Forest, upstream of the Basistha river, with the tacit support of the local administration of the neighbouring State, has been posing a serious threat to the existence of not only this Reserved Forest (RF), but also this capital city of …
PDP-BJP dispensation set to modify existing forest policy The recent announcement by Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed that the PDP-BJP coalition government would frame a new forest policy in Jammu and Kashmir has again brought to focus how laws for protecting green gold in the state were modified on political …
The State Cabinet on Saturday decided to work out a package to rehabilitate those who have encroached upon less than three acres of forest land. Briefing reporters after the Cabinet meeting, Law Minister T B Jayachandra said the Revenue department had been entrusted with the task of working out the …
Union Environment and Forest Minister Prakash Javadekar today said that the Centre would shortly seek a report from the Assam government on reports of large-scale encroachment on areas around the Kaziranga National Park. He was addressing a press conference here to mark the completion of a year in office. When …
