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 …
Years after the forestland issue cropped up in Mulund, residents of the area continue to struggle, while politicians continue to take advantage of it. Rakesh Shetty, national youth wing president, Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), has decided to go on a fast unto death in Nagpurfrom Wednesday, demanding justice …
At least 2300 sq km of Assam’s forest land in areas bordering the neighbouring States is under encroachment. Some forest areas along the borders with the adjoining States of Nagaland, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur have been encroached upon by people from other States, admitted Minister of State for …
Visakhapatnam:Encroachments in the guise of Forest Rights Act, cultivation and smuggling is shrinking forests. As much as 36.44 sq km of forest area has vanished in the state due to cultivation and illegal felling of trees within a span of one year. Andhra Pradesh forest department has completed collecting data …
Legislators cutting across party lines today expressed concern over the growing man-animal conflict, especially involving elephants, and urged the Government to evolve a holistic mechanism to resolve the issue, The legislators were unanimous that growing deforestation and encroachment on forests were compelling the wildlife to come out and invade human …
Gauhati High Court today asked the Kamrup (metro) district administration, GMC and the GMDA to submit action-taken reports for solving the city’s hills encroachment problem by April 1 next year. A division bench of Chief Justice A.K. Goel and Justice N. Kotiswar Singh issued the directions during hearing of a …
Gauhati High Court (GHC) Chief Justice AK Goel and Justice NK Singh has asked the Kamrup (metro) Deputy Commissioner, Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) to submit a report within three months on the steps that would be taken by their respective …
NEW DELHI, Dec 2: India’s forests are not only facing threat from mining, they are also being ravaged due to illegal human encroachment. According to a new Government document, nearly 1.25 million hectares of ecologically fragile areas have been illegally occupied by humans. Andhra Pradesh, Assam and Chhattisgarh are the …
The demand of forest produce for this huge population on the limited natural resources eg. the land and forests, makes it almost impossible to met from the notified forest area which is only 13.32% only. To cope up with the situation, efforts have been taken by the Forest Department to …
The Jammu and Kashmir Forest Department has again accused state minister Taj Mohiuddin of encroaching upon its land in Shopian district. This followed the Omar Abdullah government protesting against a Legislative Council committee probing the matter, finally forcing its dissolution. In an official communique dated November 9, the Principal Chief …
The rapid urbanisation of Guwahati and the consequent boom in population and construction activities since the last couple of decades has pushed the city's fragile eco-system comprising its forested hills to the brink. Guwahati has 18 hills right within its municipal area. Apart from adding to the natural beauty of …
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has instructed the Royal Forest Department (RFD) to suspend prosecutions against alleged forest encroachers pending a re-examination of evidence. The aim is to ensure fairness, RFD director-general Boonchob Sutthamanuswong said yesterday. The department has stepped up action against forest encroachers this year, focusing on resort operators …
Despite SC ban, 123 saw mills operating within prohibited area *Funds meant for forest protection used to purchase ACs JAMMU: In what could be termed as insensitivity towards the green gold wealth, only one per cent of forest land has been demarcated in Jammu district by the Forest Department thereby …
The Karnataka Government has decided to order closure of all private commercial resorts located in the vicinity of wildlife sanctuaries in the state to curb harmful effects on forests and wildlife. It was also decided to shut all the forest department’s guest houses located inside forests in the state, the …
PANJIM: Director of Mines and Geology Prasanna Acharya said on Wednesday that all 42 mining leases, which were issued show cause notices for illegal condonation of delay last month, have filed their replies and a decision with regard to the status of the condonations would be taken by end of …
Kerala-based IPS officer’s wife accused of encroaching and illegally felling trees in Kodagu The Forest department has requested the Advocate General to file a memo before the High Court to refer the case of encroachment of 151.03 acres of land at Kopatti village in the Patti Ghat reserve forest in …
Growing public outcry over illegalities in leases cited in Commission report The Goa government on Monday suspended the operation of all existing mining leases with effect from Tuesday. This has been done to scrutinise clearances obtained by the leaseholders and not to allow continuation of operations without verification of requisite …
SRINAGAR: A meeting of Departmental Related Standing Committee -I of Legislative Council on Forest Department, was held under the chairmanship of Ravinder Kumar Sharma here today Members, Ch. Nizam-u-Din Khatana, Syed Mohammad Rafiq Shah, Bashir Ahmad Magray and Dharambir Singh Oberoi were present in the meeting. Commissioner Secretary Forest, Ejaz …
It may lead to illegal grabbing of government land: communiqué Governor H.R. Bhardwaj has returned the Karnataka Land Revenue (Amendment) Bill 2012 to the State government on the grounds that the “policy of regularisation of encroachment of government land directly encouraged illegal occupation of government land.” According to a communiqué …
For over two decades, the State Forest Department is mulling over the creation of a wildlife sanctuary in Kodaikanal hills. Yet, the task has not been accomplished. The 14th Legislative Assembly’s Petitions Committee says in a report: “The committee asks the forest department to take steps to carve out a …
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has ordered a probe into alleged involvement of politicians in widespread bushfires in peat swamp forests in Nakhon Si Thammarat and other provinces. The fresh investigation follows a report that the fires, which have destroyed more than 15,000 rai of forests in five districts of three …
