The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
This has exposed the false claims raised by the ruling party supporting the mining. It is the responsibility of the district administration and the local body concerned to take action against the illegal mining, it said in an RTI reply. Kollam: The State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) has confirmed …
BENGALURU: The government’s decision to forge ahead with the elevated corridor project has moved experts, environmentalists and citizens to argue against an undertaking that they believe will exacerbate and not solve the city’s most pressing problems. “Going by experience with such experiments in the rest of the world, this will …
MYSURU: Officials of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) have spent the better part of two years running from pillar to post to get clearance for construction of municipal solid waste processing units at Kesare and Rayanakere. Now, after a long wait, the civic agency has finally managed to get clearance …
Quoting the figures of Commissioner of Geology & Mining, the CAG states that the number of cases of illegal mining detected in Gujarat has increased every year, from 3,760 in 2011-12 to 7,622 in 2015-16. Pointing to the rise in the number of illegal mining cases in the state, the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s South City Projects (Kolkata) Ltd. Vs. Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change regarding environmental clearance for building projects, Kolkata, 16/03/2018. NGT disposes of the Applications with the direction to MOEF & CC / SEIAA (whichever is the Competent …
The Karnataka state-level environment impact assessment (EIA) authority has not approved the steel flyover project, undertaken by the BDA, said minister of state (independent charge) for environment and climate change Anil Madhav Dave on Tuesday. Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar raised the issue during the winter session in Parliament. He …
A total of 139 sand mines were awaiting environment clearance from State-level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) and District-level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) as on September 30, 2016 in Chhattisgarh. The maximum number of sand mines awaiting environment clearance during the aforesaid period were in Bilaspur district at 15 …
SEIAA frowns on long wait for appraisal The State-level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) has taken strong exception to the delay in the appraisal of priority projects for grant of Environmental Clearance, leading to a spat with the State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC). The last meeting of the authority came …
Jaipur: In absence of environmental clearances (EC) for 25,000 mines operating in Rajasthan, the sector is facing a bleak future. With no respite from the courts, it is unlikely that government would be able to grant EC to all of them even in next one decade. The process of applying …
KOLLAM: Greens are crying foul over a recent circular issued by the Department of Environment and Climate Change, making Environmental Clearance Certificate (ECC) from the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) mandatory for mining or extraction of ordinary sand in the state. According to them, the circular is mute over …
District Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority constituted to grant EC for mining of minor minerals PANJIM: The District Collector is now the statutory authority to grant prior environmental clearance (EC) to undertake sand mining or mining of any minor minerals in the State. The powers to grant ECs for such …
The National Green Tribunal has sought response from the Centre, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh governments on a plea seeking prohibition of sand mining on Yamuna's riverbed in both the states. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notices to Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Uttar Pradesh …
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 …
Centre proposes creation of district-level regulatory agencies The State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), the regulatory body that grants Environmental Clearance (EC) for projects in Kerala, has expressed strong reservations about the move by the Union government to delegate the regulatory powers for mining of minor minerals to district-level authorities. …
Solid waste management has become a burning issue in Jalandhar. As the existing dump is full to the brim and the proposed waste management plant is facing opposition from the locals, waste is being burnt openly at the roadsides. The mass movement initiated by nine villages against the setting up …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zonal Bench, Chennai) in the matter of K. Savad Vs Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change & Others dated 31/08/2015 regarding construction activities in Kodancheri and Nellipoyil Villages among others in Kozhikode District, Kerala which are within the purview of Ecologically Fragile …
The National Green Tribunal today quashed two office memoranda of the Environment Ministry dealing with the issue of clearances for major and minor projects, saying they suffered from infirmity of "lack of inherent jurisdiction and authority." The tribunal held as "ultra vires" the December 12, 2012 and June 27, 2013 …
