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 …
West Bengal( Area 88,752 Sq K.M. Comprising of 19 Districts ) is the only Indian State to have a coastline as well as the Himalayas and is situated between 21º20' and 27º32' N latitude and 85º50' and 89º52' E longitude, bordering Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan. The State supports approximately 7.54% …
Destruction of evergreen forest in Salur and Bilalkoppa villages of Narasimharajapura taluk was as serious as the mining scam of Bellary Founder president of National Committee for Protection of Natural Resources (NCPNR) S R Hiremath has alleged that the evergreen forest in Salur and Bilalkoppa villages of Chikkamagalur district had …
State Forest department had pointed to violations by firm The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has paved the way for Sesa Goa, an arm of the Vedanta Group, to resume mining in 164 hectares (ha) of land in the Nirthady forest of Chitradurga. This, despite the State Forest department …
A knowledge series on 'Leopards in our backyards' is powered by Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SNGP) in Borivili. Many regard leopards in and around SGNP as a safety hazard for humans. A study, therefore, attempts to understand the leopard's biology and the roots of the perceived conflict. Asked if there …
On February 26, 2013, a division bench of the Uttarakhand High Court in Nainital ordered the removal of structures built illegally within 200 metres of the Ganga embankment. Although pertaining only to a small section of the river controlled by the Haridwar Development Authority, Chief Justice Barin Ghosh and Justice …
Stressing upon the need to stop encroachments along the elephant corridor, the High Court, on Thursday, called for steps to stop incidents of elephants entering human habitats and repeated recurrences in the loss of both human and animal lives. Hearing a suo motu public interest litigation on man-elephant conflicts, the …
Encroachment of forest land, deforestation and degradation are affecting the development of forest in the State, said Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) Dipak Sarmah. Despite undertaking plantation on nearly 80,000 hectares every year, there is only a minor increase in the forest cover in Karnataka, “In the last three …
The team checked the records of total mineral raised and also collected the iron ore samples found there to calculate the exact amount of illegal mineral transaction The vigilance wing of the state police, which yesterday initiated inquiry into Rs 1,800 crore Uliburu illegal mining scam, intensified its investigation at …
Most of the hills and forest areas around Guwahati have been deforested, thanks to human greed. This is not just unfortunate but also an invitation to disasters of the kind the country has just witnessed in Uttarakhand. There have been huge encroachments of lands in the forest areas of Jalukbari …
The government on Tuesday said it will not sanction mini-hydel projects, if they are located in forest areas. “I will visit the spots to study,” said forests minister B Ramanath Rai, admitting that such projects will adversely affect the elephant population. The minister was replying to a query on mini-hydel …
Environmentalists on Tuesday slammed Gujarat's attempt to halt the relocation of some of the country's endangered lions, saying it was undermining efforts to boost their dwindling numbers. The country's top court ruled in April that some of the 411 Asiatic Lions found only in the Gir forests of the western …
Unregulated Tourism, Fires, Encroachments Pose Threat It was in July 2012, when the Western Ghats made it to the world heritage list and a cluster of 39 sites here were crowned among the world’s eight “hottest hotspots” of biological diversity. A year on, the prestigious tag seems to have had …
It Has Led To Several Man-Animal Conflicts And Forest Fragmentation Pune: Around 72,463 hectares of forest land in the state has been encroached upon, that has led to several man-animal conflicts over the last few years and also forest fragmentation. Latest data from the forest department reveals that these encroachments …
'Shrinking of agri land will create severe food shortage' The State government is understood to have promised legislators hailing from the Malnad region that it will protect the interests of farmers to whom the Forest department had recently issued notices, regarding encroachment of its lands. At a meeting attended by …
A total of 4400 hectares of forest land in Kerala is still in the hands of encroachers, state chief minister Oommen Chandy told the Assembly today. In a written reply to a question, Chandy said after a joint verification it was found that encroachers in about 4400 hectares of forest …
Around 9,380 hectares of forestland has been encroached upon in Rupandehi district by landless people and freed Kamlaris, according to the District Forest Office (DFO). Encroachment on public land is said to rampant at Butwal Municipality, Rudrapur, Devdaha, Basgadi, Kerawani, Makahar and Parroha. Most of the encroached areas have access …
The move will prevent people from encroaching the forest land One more wildlife sanctuary will dot Karnataka which already has 22 wildlife sanctuaries. The State government has officially declared a part of the Kollegala Range Forest as Male Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary. Off the 1,224 sqkm of the Range forest, 906.18 …
Bangalore: Forest department officials must step out and visit the wooded areas regularly to prevent illegal activities like growing marijuana, Kaushik Mukherjee, additional chief secretary and development commissioner, said on Thursday. Mukherjee revealed that over 6,500 hectares of forest land had been encroached upon. He was delivering the keynote address …
Kerala Cabinet on Wednesday decided to oppose declaration of any populated area on the Western Ghats in the State as ecologically sensitive area. In its response to the report of the High Level Working Group on Western Ghats chaired by K. Kasturirangan, the Cabinet said that Kerala was particular that …
PANJIM: The Justice (retd) R M S Khandeparkar committee has decided to examine those mining illegalities, which were not reportedly scrutinized by the Justice M B Shah Commission, rather than just verifying the irregularities and illegalities enlisted by the Shah Commission in its exhaustive report on illegal mining in Goa. …
