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 …
The forest department, which generally takes care of tree covers and forest land, has quite a different job to do in Manali. Department officials have waged a war against all tourism activities in their areas. Rohtang, Marhi and Solang, popular tourist places of Manali, come under the jurisdiction of the …
Adani has failed in an attempt to make conservationists pay legal costs estimated at more than $1m from a court challenge against its Carmichael coal project. The ruling by Queensland land court president Carmel MacDonald against a costs application by the Indian mining group is likely to stiffen the resolve …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Yuva Shakti Sangthan Vs. MoEF & Ors. dated 22/03/2016 regarding encroachment of Gram Sabha land by BSES at Village Asosla, New Delhi. As per the revenue record Khasra No. 47(32-07) situated in the revenue estate of Village Asola, Gram Sabha …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Hazi Arif & Others Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 17/03/2016 regarding encroachment of green belt area of village Prahladgarhi, Tehsil, District Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. NGT directs the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) to verify with reference to the …
Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today said the government was providing adequate compensation as per the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) norms to farmers whose land was being acquired for the Kiratpur-Manali four laning project. He was replying to the issue of grant of adequate compensation to the farmers raised …
The Opposition in the Jharkhand Assembly on Wednesday demanded setting up of a commission to look into issues pertaining to land acquisition, particularly those protected under the Santhal Parganas Tenancy Act (SPT) and the Chota Nagpur Tenancy Act (CNT). “Let the government announce a commission to resolve all land-related issues,” …
Koraput: To train farmers and office-bearers of pani panchayats about optimum use of water and land resources, the Water and Land Management Institute (WALMI) will open its second campus at Jeypore in Koraput district. At present, the WALMI has only one campus in Cuttack. "Jeypore campus will work as a …
Up to 2.5 billion people depend on indigenous and community lands, which make up over 50 percent of the land on the planet; they legally own just one-fifth. The remaining five billion hectares remain unprotected and vulnerable to land grabs from more powerful entities like governments and corporations. There is …
The Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils has completed the first State of the World's Soil Resources Report. Globally soil erosion was identified as the gravest threat, leading to deteriorating water quality in developed regions and to lowering of crop yields in many developing regions. We need to increase nitrogen and …
Objections, suggestions invited from the public within 30 days The government has notified new draft rules to ensure the right to fair compensation and transparency in land acquisition in the Union Territory. The draft of Puducherry Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Rules, 2015’ …
Clearing hurdles for acquiring irrigated land for industrial purposes, Odisha government has come out with a concept of ‘compensatory irrigation’ asking industries to create irrigation area twice the loss of such land. “It is realised that sometimes it may not be possible for an industry to avoid irrigation command area …
Malaysian farmers of the famously pungent durian fruit are calling for tighter regulations on mining they say is destroying arable land and tainting the water they need to churn out their yellow, spiky-shelled crop. Farmers in major growing state Pahang plan to spend nearly two weeks marching over 250 kilometers …
The court had earlier dismissed the association’s petition challenging Madras High Court order Farmers Sangham has moved the Supreme Court to review the latter’s order in the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) pipeline alignment issue. The Supreme Court had on February 2, 2016 dismissed the association’s petition (and also …
The Australian government said on Monday it plans to start a register of foreign ownership of water rights, redoubling its efforts to appease voters concerned about the amount of farming assets being sold offshore. Nine months after the government said it would force foreign owners of farmland to register, Treasurer …
Mananchira-Vellimadukunnu road-widening project The Mananchira-Vellimadukunnu Road Action Committee has demanded that District Collector N. Prasanth distribute within two weeks the amount of Rs. 35 crore recently sanctioned by the State government to landowners who handed over their property for the road-widening project. Committee president and historian M.G.S. Narayanan and general …
More than 40,000 hectares of koala habitat in Queensland has disappeared since the state’s land-clearing controls were weakened, a conservation group says. WWF Australia has warned the vulnerable species will continue to decline unless the controls are strengthened as soon as possible. The group’s scientist, Dr Martin Taylor, said his …
Hundreds of farmers under the banner of Bhoomi Bachao Sangharsh Samiti staged a dharna at Saidpur village here today to protest against the state government’s decision to give fertile land in 10 villages of the district to Wanda Group, a Chinese company, for the developing a modern industrial park. Raising …
The government has notified new draft rules to ensure the right to fair compensation and transparency in land acquisition in the Union Territory. The draft of Puducherry Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Rules, 2015’ has been published, as required by a section of …
Efforts made by the State Government in order to publish the 1982 land settlement survey have come as fresh air, at least for certain mining companies. The decision which has drawn some objections as well from different quarters is likely to settle land status issues which are said to be …
There's a new wunderkind on the solar block - Telangana. India's newest state added 279.64 MW of solar power capacity in the six and a half months ended mid-January - the highest among Indian states, according to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. Tamil Nadu was a close second …
