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 …
Government agencies yet to take action to protect the 60-acre lake Residents of Keelkattalai are shocked and angry over the dumping of construction rubble into the Keelkattalai lake over the past few days. The lake, one of the few precious water bodies that hasn't, until now, been damaged by encroachment …
The High Court yesterday directed the authorities concerned to stop encroachment on the river Turag at Gabtoli point in the capital, and remove illegal structures from the point within 24 hours. The court also asked the chairman of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) and deputy commissioner of Dhaka to …
Public land grabbing is on the rise. So also the government vigilance often brings the culprits to book. The Directorate of Environment (DoE) on Thursday realized Taka 40 lakh from 'Hallmark Group', an industrial company, for their alleged involvement in land grabbing and illegal earth filing in suburban Savar after …
The Kempambudhi lake is all set to be a centre of tourist attraction after two months, if the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has its way. Desiltation, cleaning of the lake and boating facilities, etc, will provide a new lease of life to the City’s oldest water body. Choked with …
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan High Court on Monday came down heavily on the state government over illegal allotments and encroachments in the catchment area of water bodies in the state, saying the government was encouraging such illegality with active aide of its officials. The harsh criticism came soon after the government …
AS reported in the press, 'non-allocation of funds' and 'legal complexities' have either stalled or slowed down two projects for protecting the Buriganga River from land grabbers or restoring stretches of it through dredging. It took the government seven years to select a contractor for setting up a plant at …
Environmentalists are protesting against what they term a massive land grab by some government politicians in the Buttala forest reserve. They have placed the extent of state land allegedly acquired by politicians at 500 acres. The Environment Conservation Trust (ECT) has written to the Wildlife Conservation Department that a minister …
The Survey of India, compiled in 1975, marked around 1,000 water bodies with unique aquatic flora and fauna in the state capital. In fact, Hyderabad then was called the “City of Lakes”. But that was then. When the HMDA did a count a year ago for the Lake Protection Committee, …
New Delhi: The Delhi high court has cleared the way for the forest department to get possession of key ridge land in Mehrauli area. Justice Sunil Gaur recently dismissed a batch of pleas filed by the encroachers, who claimed they were landless villagers awarded the land in Neb Sarai by …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has prepared draft amendment to make provisions under the Orissa Prevention of Land Encroachment (OPLE) Act, 1972, more stringent. The draft amendment is done on the lines of laws framed by Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh governments and the proposed amendment suggests collection of hefty rent from …
Bhubaneswar: The Opposition on Tuesday came down heavily on the Odisha government for abetting land scams and illegal land transfer and acting as an unscrupulous middleman in acquisition and transfer of land to industrialists at the cost of poor and tribals. However, revenue and disaster management minister Surya Narayan Patro …
Hyderabad The Andhra Pradesh government has given away 88,492 acres land to 1,027 beneficiaries between 2006-11, resulting in a huge multi-crore land scam, a Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) report has said. The scathing report, which has been tabled in the state’s legislative assembly, is the CAG’s first …
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan government, for the first time, is experimenting with scientific ways for maintaining land records in the state. Under the national land records modernization programme, the settlement department has initiated a landmapping project with the use of Electronic Total Station (ETS) technique and is planning to later use …
The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to take immediate steps to stop mining operations by encroachers on government lands. “If the State or the authorities concerned do not take any steps to stop such illegal mining, then the court shall have no option but to presume …
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday appointed Advocate H C Arora as a local commissioner to submit a report relating to the existence and extent of area under Sukhna Choe. The directions were passed by a division bench during the resumed hearing of a public interest litigation (PIL) …
The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) has cleared the proposal for construction of around 15,000 tenements by the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board at Perumbakkam. The clearance follows the TNSCB fulfilling the requirement of constructing an 18-metre-wide road near the multi-storeyed buildings. The move seeks to facilitate the resettlement and …
GUWAHATI: The Brihattar Guwahati Unnayan Samiti Samuhar Aikya Mancha alleged that the provisions of the Guwahati Waterbodies (Preservation and Conservation) Act, 2008 has been flouted by the district administration. The Mancha said that a part of the waterbody at the Bunda village in Beltola Mauja under the Chandrapur Revenue Circle …
The provincial lawmakers on Wednesday passed the Sindh Irrigation (Amendment) Bill, 2011, into law unanimously to amend the "Sind Irrigation Act 1879", with a view to remove encroachments from the natural or artificial depression courses on the government lands. With Deputy Speaker, Sindh Assembly, Shehla Raza in Chair, Sindh Law …
This Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (C&AG;) on Government of Odisha relates to matters arising from Performance Audit of selected programmes and activities and Compliance Audit of Government departments and Autonomous Bodies. The primary purpose of the Report is to bring to the notice of the …
