Order of the Madras High Court regarding water pollution at Amaravati river, Tamil Nadu. The petition filed in public interest suggests that the wanton permission accorded by the Tamil Nadu government to industries near the banks of Amaravati has resulted in industrial effluents being discharged into the flowing water rendering …
The National Green Tribunal has issued notices to the Union of India and other respondents to reply before February 4 on objections raised by former bureaucrat and social activist E.A.S. Sarma on establishment of capital of Andhra Pradesh in the Amaravati area. In response to the petition, the tribunal would …
Social activist and former IAS officer E.A.S. Sarma has filed a petition in the National Green Tribunal seeking a direction cancelling environmental clearance (EC) given by Andhra Pradesh State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority for construction of new capital at Amaravati. The petition has made the Union of India, Capital Region …
National Green Tribunal (NGT) petitioner Pandalaneni Srimannarayana has scored one more victory over Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) when the NGT, on Wednesday, dismissed the argument of the state government that it had obtained all clearances from the Ministry of Environment for construction of green field capital Amaravati on Krishna …
AMRAVATI: Expressing the strong possibility of man-animal conflict if the proposed Smart City is built on the boundary of Pohra-Malkhed Reserve Forest in Benoda-Jewad area of the city, various NGOs working in the field of environment and forest on Monday urged Amravati Municipal Corporation (AMC) to hold an environmental public …
HYDERABAD: Even as the AP government is giving final touches to the master plan of the new capital Amaravati, Congress Rajya Sabha member KVP Ramachandra Rao, citing the recent devastation caused by floods in Chennai, Srinagar and Uttrakhand, raised questions about the TDP government’s decision to construct the capital on …
The upcoming capital city of Amaravati is likely to face a severe shortage of potable water. Though the city will come up on the right bank of the river Krishna, the groundwater in the designated capital area is highly polluted. Indiscriminate use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides in horticultural and …
Hyderabad: The Environmental Clearance (EC) that was recently accorded for Amaravati’s Area Development Plan has more than 90 conditions to be fulfilled as laid down by the State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA). A team of 14 professors with expertise in various fields from different universities of AP came up …
VISAKHAPATNAM: Former Union secretary EAS Sarma dashed a missive to Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi, Ashok Lavasa informing that the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA) has apparently told the NGT that the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) had issued Environment Clearance (EC) for the …
Amaravati, the proposed capital of Andhra Pradesh, will face eight major environmental challenges that may affect the local atmosphere and lead to adverse climatic events in the region, a document prepared by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has identified. According to the document, degradation of vegetation, uncontrolled concretization, lack of …
The seed capital area of Amaravati will have no space for 'red' industries that fall under the highly-polluting category. The master plan for the AP capital city has suggested that the industrial start-up area of the seed capital should have only 'light' and non-polluting industries. The Union ministry of environment …
