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 …
During the season of water regattas a river here has almost dried up. The water level in the Varattar which links the Pampa and the Manimalayar has been going down for the past 25 years. Even during the monsoon there is no water flow in the 9.5-kilometre-long river. The sand …
Former Collector entrusted with the task Acquiring land for the Kochi metro-rail project is all set to get an impetus, with former District Collector A. P. M. Mohammed Hanish being appointed as the Special Officer for land acquisition. He will continue to be the MD of Roads and Bridges Development …
The Velachery Lake is in for a major facelift. Preliminary work began recently on removing the thick layers of water hyacinth that cover the eastern part of the lake. Soon, a proposal to build a walkers’ path around the lake’s perimeter could take off. This is part of the larger …
The Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board (TNSCB) would be undertaking a survey of the slums in Vellore Corporation with a view to replacing them with pucca individual houses or apartments under the Rajiv Awas Yojana, a housing scheme to be funded jointly by the Central and State governments, according to …
The National Committee for Protection of Natural Resources (NCPNR) founder-president S R Hiremath, on Thursday urged the State government to immediately implement the Supreme Court direction on transfer of village community land. On February 1, 2011, the Supreme Court had declared transfer of village community land for private and commercial …
The Karnataka government is looking to mobilise close to Rs 10,000 crore from the iron ore mining sector which will be transferred to a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to undertake social infrastructure development works in the three mining districts where large scale environment degradation has taken place due to iron …
Chandigarh: Around 55 lakh cubic feet of silt, that has been removed from Sukhna Lake, is lying by the lake itself. Shortage of construction material that has stalled several projects has also ensured that the silt is yet to be utilised. The silt can only be used by the government …
LAKHIMPUR, June 19 – Assam will not ‘tolerate’ any encroachment on its land by neighbouring states and has directed the concerned district authorities to evict all encroachments, State Border Minister Siddeque Ahmed today said, reports PTI. “The government has decided to set up nine border outposts in Lakhimpur district along …
JAMMU: Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation Raman Bhalla today laid foundation stone of Rs. 3.98 crore Water Supply Scheme at Chatta taken up under National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP). On its commissioning, the 83864 gallon per hour discharge capacity deep drill tube well project would meet the drinking …
KOLKATA, 12 JUNE: The Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) is planning to auction around 100 acres of its land in and around Kolkata and is awaiting a nod from the Centre. All this to raise funds to meet future liabilities towards payment of pension to the employees, the KoPT management said. …
Kerala Cabinet on Monday decided to set up an expert committee to suggest alternatives to recommendations of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel. The committee will have representatives of the Water Resources, Power, Forests, Fisheries and Environment departments and institutions studying subjects such as environment and biodiversity. Announcing the decision …
The Wayanad Prakruthi Samrakshana Samiti, an environmental organisation, has urged the government to expedite steps to provide land to the landless tribal people in the wake of the ongoing land agitation by various tribal organisations in the district by encroaching upon forest land. Speaking to media persons here, organisation president …
Uriamghat, June 6: Oil & Natural Gas Commission Ltd (ONGC) setting up shop along the inter-state border with Nagaland in both Jorhat and Golaghat districts has given Assam the muscle to protect its land in the disputed areas, which are constantly under threat of encroachment from across the border. Upper …
Pazhayar, the lifeline of Kanyakumari district, has lost its pristine glory owing to renovation work not having been carried out in the river for the past several years. The river is polluted and encroached, and the check-dams along with sluices are damaged in many parts owing to negligence by the …
JAIPUR: Giving its final verdict in the Ramgarh dam case, the Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday ordered that encroachments from water bodies across the state be removed and the illegal land allotments made close to them since 1955 be cancelled. The state government has been told to plan for a …
In this final verdict on Ramgarh dam case, the Rajasthan High Court has ordered the state government to remove all encroachments from water bodies across the state and also cancel the illegal land allotments made close to them since 1955. Read text of the final vedict on Ramgarh dam case …
The state seems to be stealthily moving to gift away government land in the upmarket Banjara Hills to private parties. The Hyderabad district revenue administration and a private individual, Ghousia Begum, have been fighting over five acres of land near Kalinga Bhavan in Banjara Hills for several years now. On …
Rampant dumping of scrap into the Mithi at Kurla has undone all the effort to de-silt the river. The residents of Kapadia Nagar, Kurla (West), complained that the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has started the work a bit too late to finish before monsoon. Besides, the work will …
The cabinet yesterday approved a draft bill that aims to stop misuse of surface, ground and river water and preserve and manage water resources in an integrated manner. Redirecting and intercepting the normal flow of rivers and blocking any river branches are illegal under the proposed law. It says the …
Environmentalists yesterday demanded formulation and implementation of a specific land use policy and more budgetary allocation for environment conservation to tackle the effects of pollution. “A land use policy is required in every upazila and this could be initiated from an area, like Savar,” said former Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (Bapa) …
