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 …
JAIPUR: Half-a-dozen top bureaucrats of the state government faced flak from the Rajasthan High Court on Thursday for failing to take effective measures to remove encroachments from the Ramgarh Dam's catchment area. The court granted last chance to the bureaucrats to formulate a policy to protect the state's water bodies …
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court on Thursday issued notices to the state government, Centre and the Adani group owned Mundra Port Special Economic Zone (MPSEZ) and Kutch district collector over two PILs by villagers alleging encroachment on village land. A PIL filed by residents of Bitta and Luni villages in …
On a complaint by former MLA Ramvir Singh Bidhuri and Arun Rai in land scam case Delhi Lokayukta Manmohan Sarin on Wednesday issued notice to Urban Development and Revenue Department of the Delhi Government and the Delhi Development Authority in the land scam involving regularisation of unauthorised colonies. Mr. Sarin …
AHMEDABAD: Contradicting general perception that there is not enough land for accommodating the poor in the AMC city limits, a study by Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (Cept) University points out that the issue is not that of unavailability, but underutilization of land. The study conducted by Cept faculty …
As per the instructions given by the state government, the Kochi Corporation will soon prepare a bylaw for parking in the city. The Town Planning Committee has already started the preliminary works for the preparation of the bylaw. “The state government has approved the Automobile Parking Policy for all the …
Chikmagalur: District in-charge Minister Suresh Kumar has said that Chikmagalur will be included in the II Phase of Kannada Ganga Project. Addressing the reporters after attending the Kannada Rajyotsava programme in Chikmagalur on Tuesday, he said that already 16 towns and cities have been included in the project with the …
Unwilling to let what's remaining of the Yamuna floodplains being taken away for construction, non-government organisation Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan (YJA) has again sought the Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna's intervention to save the riverbanks. The NGO has complained against “wilful encroachment in the river Yamuna bed (Zone O) by the Delhi Metro …
An Act to provide for facilitation of inclusive growth and slum-free cities, to provide assured security of tenure, basic amenities and affordable housing to the slum-dwellers, for this purpose to lay down general principles applicable to slum-free cities in all spheres of government, to define the functions of State and …
AHMEDABAD: How many times have you avoided going to your favourite mall, restaurant, shop or snack parlour to save yourself the trouble of parking? Invariably when you are about to park your car outside the commercial buildings, pesky security guards never fail to point to the 'members-only' boards. However, this …
Residents of most villages whose land was acquired for the Bokaro steel plant have no jobs or means of living. Those who were compensated are demanding more.
While the fish are dying, chances are many migratory water-birds may not make it to the Okhla Bird Sanctuary this year The depleting water levels of the Yamuna, brought about by the twin impact of less water flow into Delhi and a mechanical fault with the Okhla barrage, have had …
JAIPUR: The state government on Wednesday told the high court that as many as 119 mining leases had been granted in the Ramgarh dam catchment area. The government maintained that the leases were granted following the prescribed legal processes. It also informed court about a couple of encroachments that were …
* Stress on speedy conviction of illegal occupants JAMMU: A comprehensive scheme to deal with menace of encroachments on Gram Sabha, Gram Panchayat and Shamlat land and ensuring speedy eviction of the same is in the offing in the State and State Cabinet will have a thorough discussion on the …
Will not just help provide livelihood, but also protect land The Congress-led government in Rajasthan has taken up development of pasture land in tribal-dominated Udaipur region under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) by involving a voluntary organisation in the work. The project has been launched in …
The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) today proposed a unique land policy, which, while securing the land rights of the people living in the hills and wetlands in and around the city, also envisages a participatory approach to conservation of the environment of allotted areas. In the proposed policy, the …
An initiative to save the State's community land Rajasthan has pioneered an initiative to save its community land by preparing a draft policy. The State is the first to bring out a “Common Land Policy” on the lines of the National Policy for Common Property Resource Lands (Common Lands), 2002. …
Jaipur: After taking lead in helping the country draw up the Rigth to Information Act and the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), Rajasthan has become the first state in the country to have drafted a policy underlining the importance and the need to preserve and secure common …
The tribal and some other organizations of Attappady here on Wednesday have rejected Government offer to return 85.21 acres of land encroached by multinational windmill companies and the income from two windmills constructed in it. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy during his briefing after State Cabinet meeting announced in Thiruvananthapuram on …
KALAIGAON, Sept 16 – Large-scale human encroachment on the age-old elephant corridors of Udalguri district is posing a serious threat to the ecology of the district as well as the State. Unabated felling of trees and destruction of the green cover have compelled wild elephants to roam in the nearby …
The residents of Bamni were fed up with the constant feud between two farmers in their village. Their quarrels, which often came to fisticuffs, went on day and night, at home and in the farms, for years. Occasionally their neighbours had to rush them to a doctor after they had …
