Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Encroachment on Forest Land, 26/07/2016. The State-wise details of forest area encroached as reported by State Governments is given in Annexure-I. Funds are released to State Governments under the schemes namely National Afforestation Programme (NAP) and Green India Mission (GIM) for the purpose of …
Noida: The Noida Authority will impose heavy penalties - to the extent of cancelling the lease deeds of developers who have used space allotted for car parking spacess for other purposes, and have encroached upon public spaces around their offices and other commercial projects for parking. This they did to …
KOLKATA: From now developers undertaking major housing projects in the state need to take clearance from the district administration stating the nature of land and the exact details of the project along with an outlying plan of the nature of construction. A developer will need to submit all these papers …
Following land encroachment and destruction of mangrove vegetation, complaints were filed but no actions were taken by the responsible authorities. Activists complaining against blatant destruction of mangroves and encroachment for almost a year at a site in Dahisar are quite miffed with lackadaisical approach of the authorities. While the officials …
The president of Assam Real Estate and Infrastructure Developers’ Association, PK Sarma, has stressed the need to free the city hills and wetlands from encroachment in order to prevent the recurrence of flash floods. Talking to this correspondent, Sarma, also a co-chairman of the Indian Green Building Council, Guwahati, maintained …
Bhopal: In a city coming to terms with pain and misery in the aftermath of one of the heaviest downpour in its history, there were countless instances wherein Bhopalis, thinking nothing of their sufferings came forward to give a leg up to those stranded in their homes and colonies. Braving …
Noted urban planning experts Vikram Soni and Romi Khosla have asked the Andhra Pradesh government to push the seed capital inland and not build it on the floodplain of Krishna River in accordance with the Master Plan prepared by a Singapore based company. Theoretical Physicist and Delhi Jal Board Advisor …
The Kamrup Metro district administration today directed all the circle officers (COs) to remove encroachments from the water bodies, natural channels and drains in and around Guwahati. The COs have been directed to take help of the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC), Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) and the water resources …
The plea, filed through advocate Siddhartha Singh, sought stringent action against erring officials responsible for causing loss of the green cover and air pollution in Jawahar Bagh, which was rocked by violence on June 2. The National Green Tribunal has sought the Uttar Pradesh government’s response on a plea alleging …
A torrential downpour this afternoon brought back the misery of water-logging and artificial flood to many localities in the city. The shower, which started just after 3 pm and lasted almost an hour, resulted in flooding in Jorabat, Panjabari, Sarumataria, Down Town, RG Barua road, Anil Nagar, Nabin Nagar, VIP …
While the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has embarked upon the ambitious project of beautification of the River Mutha—one of the most polluted rivers— and set a patrolling squad in place to protect the river, the dedicated squad of 17 ex-servicemen is struggling for its own sustenance with no civic department …
Pimpri Chinchwad: Pimpri Chinchwad municipal commissioner Dinesh Waghmare has directed the drainage department to take steps to ensure that untreated sewage is not released in the Pavana river. Executive engineer Sanjay Kulkarni told TOI that Waghmare gave the directive after inspecting the river at several points within the municipal limits. …
No new constructions will be allowed in buffer zones around lakes in Bengaluru urban and rural districts, said Congress MLA K B Koliwad. Koliwad, who heads a Legislative Assembly committee to look into tank encroachments, told reporters in Bengaluru on Wednesday the committee had initiated a survey around lakes in …
High Court today directed the authorities to take action in accordance with law against those who have encroached the Kahcharie land in outskirts of Srinagar city. The court of Justice Sudhakar Ramalingam was hearing a petition in which direction has been sought to the officials of Revenue Department to evict …
Bhopal: A proposed survey of the full tank level (FTL) of the Upper Lake that would also zero in on illegal encroachments with 50 metres of the lake is yet to take off. Five days after district collector Nishant Warwade summoned the Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) over survey of Upper …
Encroaching on Land and Livelihoods examines whether national expropriation laws in 30 countries across Asia and Africa follow the international standards established in Section 16 of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries, and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGTs). Section 16 …
Not In Favour Of Signal-Free Corridors, Unnecessary Flyovers In what could come as a big relief to lakhs of pedestrians in Delhi, who are forced to walk on the main road risking their lives, a central government-appointed panel has recommended making parking and encroachment on foothpaths cognisable offences. Once it …
Senior Minister in the Raghubar Das Cabinet and in-charge of Food and Civil Supplies Department Saryu Roy has come down heavily on Chairman of Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) for turning a blind eye to pollution and encroachment into important rivers of Jharkhand. He is on a tour of …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jalbiradari & Others Vs Ministry of Environment & Forests & Others dated 31/05/2016 regarding grant of CRZ Clearance for construction of retaining wall, service road along with the banks of the river Mithi, Mumbai by M/s Mumbai Metropolitan Region and …
South Africa's parliament on Thursday approved a bill allowing state expropriations of land to redress racial disparities in land ownership, an emotive issue two decades after the end of apartheid. Most of South Africa's land remains in white hands and many commercial and small-scale farmers are currently facing tough times …
