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 …
Even though we may celebrate increased number of tigers in the country, there is disturbing news on conservation front. A report released by National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, says that tiger occupancy area in the country shrunk by 12,000 sq km, or more than …
The dist accounts for 23 pc of total encroachments in State A whopping 35,946 acres of forest land in Chikmagalur district, especially in the Sringeri range forest, has been encroached upon, according to documents submitted by the Samaj Parivarthan Samudaya (SPS) to the High Court, along with an affidavit. The …
Argues panel has submitted six reports with suggestions on curbing illegal mining The mines ministry has opposed a public interest litigation that sought the Supreme Court’s assent to extension of the term of MB Shah Commission set up to probe illegal mining. The ministry on Monday argued that the commission …
While resolving to hold sensitisation camps in 400 panchayats of the state for the effective implementation of the Forest Rights Act (FRA), the Himalaya Niti Abhiyan (HNA) has demanded the constitution of a state-level committee headed by Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh to ensure the political will required for the expeditious …
The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 had been enacted by the Government of India on October 25, 1980 through an Act of Parliament. Since then, a lot of development has taken place by way of framing of Forest Conservation Rules and issue of Guidelines from time to time. The GOI has …
In blatant violation of forest and wildlife laws, stone quarrying within 1.5km from its boundary poses serious threat to Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, 180km from here in Yavatmal district. The quarries fall in the eco-sensitive zone of the sanctuary. According to Tipeshwar range forest officer (RFO) U D Chavhan, four stones …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT), in its interim order, has asked the state government to hold a meeting with the Union ministry of environment and forests and the Union petroleum ministry immediately to suggest measures for protecting environment and wildlife on the stretch of NH-37 that passes along the southern …
Thiruvananthapuram : Amdist the violent protests in hilly regions of Kerala over implementing certain recommendations of the Kasthurirangan report on Western Ghats, Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jayanthi Natarajan said the final notification on the report would be issued only after hearing the states and stakeholders. Natarajan told reporters …
Another deadline is set to expire with the forest department failing to outline Delhi's Ridge area yet again. The forest department and the revenue department have a deadline of November 15 fixed by National Green Tribunal for calculating and specifying the exact forest area so that encroachments can be controlled …
Forest department to involve tribal people living in reserve forest area At last count, Erode district had a forest cover of 2,27,678 hectares — 1,45,531 in Sathyamangalam division and 82,147 in Erode division — accounting for 27.7 per cent of the district’s geographical area of 5,722 square kilometres. The area …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sanjay Kumar Vs. Union of India & Others dated 23/10/2013 on the issue of unauthorized construction raised on the Central Ridge as well as non-Forest activity going on by raising permanent structures and semi-permanent structures in a notified Forest area. …
Infrastructure projects running in the state are eating up the forest cover of the ecologically fragile Jammu and Kashmir, this has been revealed in the official statistics of the Department of Forests, Environment and Ecology. As per the figures, 875.6647 hectares of forest land has been used for construction of …
Nahan, September 18: Chief Minster Virbhadra Singh today directed officials to inquire into allegations of encroachments on forest land by Asaram Bapu’s trust in Kunja Madralia village in Paonta Sahib sub-division where an ashram had been constructed. The issue was brought to his notice by media persons here today during …
Taking a serious note on the issue of non-forest activity or construction in forest areas, particularly McLeodganj and Rivalsar (Mandi), the National Green Tribunal (NGT) restrained any person from carrying any non-forest activity or construction in the forest areas of the two towns. While holding a circuit court sitting at …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Pawan Kumar Vs State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 16/09/2013 regarding various encroachments in the forest area particularly that of Mcleodganj and Rivalsar of Himachal Pradesh.
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Court on its own Motion Vs State of HP & Others dated 16/09/2013 regarding unauthorized encroachments and non-forest activities in the forest area and lake and catchment area of Kulu, Himachal Pradesh.
While there has been an increase of about seven per cent in the forest cover in Punjab, a number of irregularities in the utilisation of funds and land management have come to the fore. The total forest cover in Punjab is 1,76,400 hectare, amounting to 3.5 per cent of its …
The rupee has crashed, growth is down and there is panic that the India story may be over or, at least, seriously dented. For most commentators, the underlying reason for the decline is green regulations. They think environmentalists are squarely to blame. This argument is only partially true. It misunderstands …
A total of 119 hectares of forestland belonging to the Krishnasar Conservation Area (KCA) in Bardiya district has been encroached upon in the name of landless people. Temporary huts and houses have been built on the encroached land, a grazing area for black bucks. KCA conservation officer Manoj Shah said …
Massive encroachment of forest land in Assam has set the alarm bells ringing in New Delhi. A latest ground report compiled by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests revealed that 3, 30,400.00 hectares of forest land has been encroached upon by illegal settlers as on last year. “The government …
