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 …
AHMEDABAD: A huge racket of selling protected forest land in and around Gir to hoteliers, industrialists and politicians, was unearthed when someone who was obstructed from constructing on such land moved the Gujarat High Court. Justice MR Shah on Tuesday called for records of all 588 such land deals, by …
Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment Mian Altaf Ahmad today said that the government will do everything possible to prevent forest fires in future and safeguard the forest wealth as the survival of mankind hinges on its protection. He asked the enforcement agencies to keep strict vigil over forests and …
The Assam Government has almost resigned to the fate that waterlogging in Guwahati city cannot be totally prevented and now the focus is on ensuring quick discharge of water to reduce the miseries of the citizens. Large-scale encroachment on the hills in and around the city and resultant silting of …
With an aim to check encroachment of forest land and human movement in core forest zone, the state government approved creation of buffer zone in Dudhwa National Park that would, in turn, give an impetus to the Project Tiger. The buffer zone would comprise nearly 150 km long stretch of …
Demanding white paper on the land encroachments at Jammu at the behest of politicians, Ashok Khajuria, BJP President, BJP warned of public agitation, if the government land including that of Karnaila Chak encroached by the mafia is not evacuated and punishment given to the guilty. He alleged that instead of …
Mumbai A year after six forest department officials were allegedly assaulted by trustees of a temple housed in the Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, forest officials are still waiting for a verdict from the Supreme Court. Last week, three members of a SC-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC)
Unabated encroachment in vast tracts of reserve forests (RFs) has posed a danger to long-term conservation prospects in the State. Official figures alone put the encroached area at approximately 3,396 sq km. Another 159.69 km of forests under protected areas (wildlife sanctuaries and national parks) continue to be under encroachment. …
May 1: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Friday permitted the state government to issue title deeds (pattas) for four lakh acres of forest land to eligible forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers under the Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act …
R Haldorai Green activists have opposed political support for encroachers as they have reduced green cover in the Nilgiris CANDIDATES from all political parties have promised to resolve the section 17 (janmam) forest lands problem and issue pattas to convince the electorate of Gudalur and Pandulur taluks of the Nilgiris …
Ministry of Environment has sent a summary to the Federal Cabinet to retrieve the forest land being used for other purposes like developing housing colonies on a large scale, as deforestation is increasing at alarming speed because of urbanisation. This was stated by Hameed Ullah Jan Afridi while talking to …
Dalhousie: Notwithstanding the fact that the Municipal Council of Dalhousie is yet to collect more than Rs 50 lakh as taxes, including water and sanitation tax, from local residents, a
The Indus Development Organisation has given an offer to the Sindh government and forest department that if Khebrani and Rais Mureed forests are declared lease-free forests, the organisation will undertake to rehabilitate them for the benefit of livestock owners whose livelihood depends on the forests. Speaking at a news conference, …
Tanushree Roy Chowdhury Posted: Mar 24, 2009 at 0218 hrs IST Gurgaon: Though the next hearing on the issue of mining in Aravallis is scheduled in the Supreme Court for today, the Forest department has not yet filed a reply to the three pending interlocutory applications (IA). The applications, filed …
Gurgaon: The Department of Environment and Forest, Haryana, has issued a letter to the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF) to take serious note of all non-forest and illegal mining activities taking place in the Aravallis. In the letter, the Environment and Forest Minister Kiran Chaudhary has directed S K …
Village commons might suffer if forest rights act is not implemented well in Himachal Pradesh The Himachal Pradesh government has asked forest dwellers in the state to put forward their claims to forest rights. But it is being cautious in implementing the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition …
Belgaum, DHNS: The Legislative Assembly, on Thursday, became a forum for both ruling and opposition parties to settle their personal scores. Both parties indulged in mud-slinging without discussing the Lokayukta report on illegal mining and encroachment of forest areas. Chief Minister Yeddyurappa said he would go to the people's court …
Jasrota Wildlife Sanctuary, with an area of 10.04 km2, is situated on the right bank of the Ujh river in district Kathua, J&K; State. The mammals of Jasrota Wildlife Sanctuary represent 4.3% of the total mammals (372 species) recorded by Hossetti (2002) from India. The observed mammalian diversity in the …
GUWAHATI, Dec 5: Like many of its other negative achievements, Asom has topped in encroachment of forest lands in the country. The State Government has, however, put the blame on the Recognition of Tribal and other Traditional Dwellers Act, 2005 for its failure to free 3.5 lakh hectares of forest …
