Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has called for all efforts to bring lions from Gujarat to Kuno-Palpur sanctuary so that the work to rehabilitate lions in Madhya Pradesh can be started at the earliest. Chouhan was chairing the 11th meeting of the Madhya Pradesh State Wildlife Board here on Tuesday. …
ITANAGAR: Union Minister of State for Environment & Forests (Independent Charge) Prakash Javadekar has assured Arunachal Pradesh to expedite forest clearance for the 3000 MW Dibang Hydropower Project in the State. Javadekar’s assurance came when Chief Minister Nabam Tuki called on him at New Delhi yesterday, a communique from the …
Union Minister of State for Environment & Forests (Independent Charge) Prakash Javadekar has assured the Arunachal Pradesh government that he will expedite forest clearance for the 3000 MW Dibang Hydropower Project in the state. Javadekar's assurance came when Chief Minister Nabam Tuki called on him at New Delhi yesterday, a …
The Chhattisgarh Government will prepare an ambitious Rs 3,200-crore action plan for the next five years for development of forests in Chhattisgarh. Chief Minister Raman Singh has directed officials to prepare a Rs 3,200-crore action plan for the next five years from the funds to be received from Centre's 'Campa …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Forest Department and the Public Works Department (PWD) to file affidavits seeking permission to cut 206 trees to construct a ramp as part of the PWD’s Elevated Corridor project between Vikaspuri and Mukarba Chowk. The tribunal while hearing the matter on Monday …
As part of its efforts to streamline environment issues in a realistic manner to assist development in Naxal-affected areas, the Centre will change some rules in the Forest Rights Act and Forest Conservation Act to step up economic activities in worst affected states including Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Maharashtra and West …
If the ministry of mines is to be believed, Rajasthan has the largest geographical area under mining leases in the country. Little is left to imagination how along with rampant illegal mining, the state's natural resources are being plundered. According to the ministry, in the last financial year, out of …
Pauri district magistrate Chandra Shekhar Bhatt instructed the Superintendent of Police, sub divisional magistrate, Garhwal divisional forest officer, executive officer of the Pauri municipality and the senior mining officer to implement the orders of the National Green Tribunal's principal bench for stopping non forestry works, permanently closing the hot mix …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Vijaypal Baghel Vs. Chairman, NHAI & Ors. dated 21/04/2014 regarding felling of trees by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). The Tribunal has asked the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on the status of the …
The forest land is to be diverted in Angul, Athmallik, Rairakhol and Sambalpur to make way for PGCIL's transmission line Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) has obtained Stage-I forest clearance from the Union ministry of environment & forests (MoEF) for diversion of 379.57 hectares (ha) forest land for …
State govt fails to deposit Rs 1.6 crore with authorities Residents of Khaniara are likely to lose their right on slate mining in Dhauladhar hills. The state government has failed to deposit about Rs 1.6 crore as the net present value (NPV) of 25 hectare forest land that was to …
Greens Seek Compensatory Planting Drive The public works department’s (PWD) plans to cut down trees for widening Main Central Road (MC Road) – connecting Ernakulam and Thiruvananthapuram – have run into trouble as environmentalists have come out against the move demanding implementation of compensatory tree planting programme or announcing a …
Successive state governments in Uttarakhand have pursued economic growth through industrialization without taking into account the fragility of the state’s mountains. A massive rain storm in June 2013 exposed the inherently fragile character of the mountain region. As a battered state began to rehabilitate itself the Supreme Court directed the …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union Of India & Others dated 12/03/2014 regarding the destruction of the tropical rain forest in the Gudalur and Nilgiri areas in violation of the Forest Act, 1927, Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and Tamil Nadu …
NEW DELHI: The government finally on Thursday approved a much awaited 'Green India Mission' proposal of the ministry of environment and forests as a "centrally sponsored scheme" to increase forest cover in the country and sanctioned Rs 13,000 crore for this purpose. The government took this decision in the meeting …
NEW DELHI: The Cabinet may on Thursday clear Rs 13,000 crore for its much awaited 'Green India Mission' which aims to enhance carbon sinks through large scale afforestation across the country. The mission is part of the Centre's plan to fight climate change by increasing the forest cover by 10 …
The six-laning work on the National Highway-1 commenced in 2009 for which lakhs of trees were felled, but the Forest Department failed to ensure compensatory plantation on the stretch extending from Jalandhar to Panipat. This was revealed in a reply to a query filled by RTI activist advocate Rajesh Sharma. …
The United Democratic Party (UDP) on Thursday expressed concern over the proposed acquisition of land by the state government on behalf of the nine cement plants in Jaintia Hills to facilitate the process of compensatory afforestation. According to the UDP acting Secretary Allantry Dkhar, there should be other options than …
Land acquisition modalities on the anvil SHILLONG: The State Government is preparing the modalities for acquisition of land on behalf of the nine cement plants in Jaintia Hills to facilitate the process of compensatory afforestation. “The Meghalaya Transfer of Land (Regulation), 1971 does not allow the cement plants to purchase …
Faced with criticism that it had rushed through green clearances to many projects by ignoring environmental concerns, the government may next week clear Rs 13,000 crore for its much awaited 'Green India Mission' which aims to enhance carbon sinks through large-scale forestry across the country. "Final draft of the Green …
