Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Arun Tiwari Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 06/05/2024. In the application, the allegation is of illegal mining of soil upto 10-15 mtrs. depth from the farmer’s land by M/s Gowar Construction Limited, the project proponent in collusion with the …
Visakhapatnam: Even as the state government has planned to develop an integrated sports complex by taking over lands from Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP), several trade unions associated with the steel plant have expressed their opposition to the move. According to the trade unions, 250 acres, which has been sought by …
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) on Thursday attacked NDA ally Ajsu-P over the latter's comment on JMM president Shibu Soren and his son Hemant. JMM general secretary Supriyo Bhattacharya and central spokesperson Vinod Pandey accused Ajsu-P of doing politics of self-interest in the light of the ongoing statewide protests against ordinance …
Human activities have taken a heavy toll on our environment. But there may be some hope, researchers say. Although human pressures continue to expand across our planet, their overall rate of increase is slower than the rates of population and economic growth, a new study published in Nature Communications has …
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand Forest Development Corporation (UFDC) has been made the nodal agency to conduct beach camping activity in the state. For this, an area of 18.367 hectare of reserve forest land from Rishikesh to Kaudiyala has been transferred to UFDC to conduct beach camping on 20 beaches. The ministry of …
Seven years after the Centre’s approval, the forest lands in Himachal Pradesh can now be used for developmental works like building schools or community centre on fulfilling certain conditions. “Under Forest Rights Act 2006 section 3(2), Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India, has agreed that for 13 developmental acts …
MUMBAI: Monsoon has weakened in the North-Eastern and North-Central India due to large-scale conversion of forest land to crop land, according to a study by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. The study undertaken by the IIT's Interdisciplinary Programme in Climate Studies warned that the condition would become "more …
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court on Wednesday issued a notice to the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and other concerned authorities in response to a petition filed by farmers from Gandhinagar district against the road-widening project. Farmers from Valad village and nearby villages have filed the petition. They have …
Kampala — As the debate on the proposed government amendments to the Land Act rages on, the Uganda National Roads Authority has also proposed new amendments to the Land Acquisition Act, 1965 as a measure to expedite infrastructure projects in the country and check the skyrocketing compensation costs. The Lands …
Around 5,000 farmers took part in a rally at Karjat to protest against the laying of a gas pipeline on their farm lands by a private company. Members of NCP, Congress, Shiv Sena and PWP also participated in the rally. The protesters rallied from the police ground to the Karjat …
Yaeda Ampa — While farmers across the country have used swathes of land for growing crops over many years, most do not have any documented evidence to prove that it is theirs Katrina Hhaynihhi and her husband Simon could not be more proud of the piece of paper held tightly …
RESIDENTS of the Okapya village in Oshikuku in the Omusati region have said the mining activity that started in 1995 is damaging the environment and they want the Uukwambi Traditional Authority to intervene. One of the villagers, Coetzee Nambinga said apart from destroying the environment, the sand miners were also …
More than a quarter of India's land is turning to desert and the rate of degradation of agricultural areas is increasing, according to new analysis of satellite images. A report from the Indian Space Research Organization says land degradation -- broadly defined as loss of productivity -- is estimated at …
Private investment in work to restore the Great Barrier Reef is likely dry up if the Queensland government fails to pass tighter land-clearing laws, warns Australia’s biggest environmental philanthropist. David Thomas, who has donated $30m and bequeathed another $30m to environmental causes in Australia, told Guardian Australia that state and …
More than a quarter of India's land is turning to desert and the rate of degradation of agricultural areas is increasing, according to new analysis of satellite images. A report from the Indian Space Research Organization says land degradation - broadly defined as loss of productivity - is estimated at …
They came without warning, forcing people from their homes with no time to collect their possessions. A deaf old man was attacked when he didn’t hear the orders to leave. Then the houses were burned to the ground. More than 200 families, all from the indigenous Ogiek minority, were evicted …
PANAJI: Minister for power Milind Naik told Goa Legislative Assembly on Thursday that Goa has limitations in developing solar energy. Goa does not have large tracks of flat land that is needed for developing solar power. "The problem is the availability of land," said power minister while replying to a …
In West Aceh, a school has had to close, with two students hospitalized with breathing problems. One hundred and fifty military and police officers are trying to put the fires in West Aceh. The fires are a result of slash-and-burn land clearing by oil palm planters, officials say. Since August …
Around 40.92 lakh people have been affected so far in the devastating floods this year in the State with 41, 426.48 hectares of agricultural land being exposed to immense loss. This was informed by Minister of State for Revenue and Disaster Management Pallab Lochan Das in the Legislative Assembly on …
In accordance with the earlier decision of the Supreme Court of India, the Tehri dam displaced families rehabilitated in Pashulok and Pathari areas will be granted land ownership rights. Chairing a meet with departmental officials on Monday, the State Tourism Minister Dinesh Dhanai directed revenue department officials to hold a …
Hundreds of thousands of hectares of land have been cleared in Queensland, a new study has found, after a surge led by cattle graziers under relaxed laws that the state government is seeking to overturn. A state science department study on land cover released on Sunday found 296,000 hectares of …
