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 …
The industries spreading pollution and those encroaching on government land will be sternly dealt with and none will be spared in Mohali district. Punjab Minister for Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs, Information and Technology Adesh Pratap Singh Kairon said here on Monday. Chairing the second meeting of Mohali District …
In the face of the threat posed by encroachment in Orang National Park by illegal Bangladeshi migrants, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ramen Deka has urged the Centre to prevail on Assam Government to increase the manpower for patrolling and security. Tabling a notice under Rule 377 in the Lok …
The problem of lake encroachment is not restricted to Bangalore alone, but also extends to the neighbouring Chikkaballapur district, Minor Irrigation Minister Govind Karjol said here on Monday. In reply to a query raised by JD(S) legislator K P Bache Gowda at the Assembly, Karjol said of the 35 lakes …
Supreme Court has asked the states to evict illegal occupants of village commons. This a report by Down to Earth on the apex court judgement which said that transfer of village community land for private & commercial use is illegal and asked all state governments to prepare schemes for eviction …
JAGPAL SINGH and Dev Singh of Jagir Rohar village in Patiala have little idea that their enmity has resulted in a landmark judgement by the Supreme Court that would bear implications for the rural population of the country. In its January 28 decision in the case concerning encroachment of common …
The High Court yesterday directed the authorities to prepare a list of polluters and encroachers of river Mayur in Khulna, and to place it to this court within four months. Deputy commissioner of Khulna and director of department of environment of the district have to submit the list of polluters …
The Karnataka High Court on Friday directed the six-member committee headed by Justice N K Patil, the Chairman of High Court Legal Service Authority, to submit its report by February 28, 2011. The Authority had been earlier told to chalk out a plan for preservation of lakes in the City. …
Allotment of gram sabha land to private persons illegal Ponds, tanks which served communities for years encroached upon Taking a serious view of illegal and unauthorised encroachments on government poromboke land, the Supreme Court has directed all the State governments to prepare schemes for eviction of such occupants of gram …
Karantaka HC has accepted this report on preservation of lakes in Bangalore prepared by the committee headed by Justice N K Patil. It provides an overview of status of the existing lakes & indicates the extent to which they have been encroached and polluted. In a landmark ruling today, the …
Expressing grave concern over the malaise of land grabbing even reaching remote villages of the country, the Supreme Court in an unprecedented order has sought detailed report form chief secretaries of the states and Union Territories about vanishing of vast chunk of
As per this order by the Supreme Court, the transfer of village community land for private and commercial use is illegal and all state governments have been asked to prepare schemes for eviction of illegal occupants of village community land and restore them back for the purpose it was originally …
The 12 million tonne per annum project, proposed in Orissa and billed as the largest FDI in India, does not encroach forest land and should be given go ahead at the earliest." Kim Jong-Hoon South Korean trade minister South Korea on Thursday urged India not to "disregard" the importance of …
This new forest policy for Jammu & Kashmir describes various strategies for sustainable management of forest resources. It also emphasises on enhancement of forest carbon stocks and provides for 100 percent incentives flow to the local community. Jammu and Kashmir Government launched this new forest policy aimed at conserving biodiversity, …
THE Mizoram and Tripura administrations have served notices to families occupying land along the India-Bangladesh border. The land has to be vacated for fencing the border. Nearly 3,900 families along nine border sub-divisions in Tripura have been left homeless as state government failed to rehabilitate and compensate them. The remaining …
Sharadha Narayanan | ENS Only seven of the total 13,702 tanks fenced; 4,695 yet to cross survery stage; 1,978 tenements on water bodies in Chennai alone FIVE years after the Madras High Court ordered that all encroachments to water bodies in the State be cleared, the Public Works Department (PWD) …
PAMPORE, Nov 30: Minister for PHE, Irrigation & Flood Control, Taj Mohi-ud-Din has impressed upon the engineers to invoke the provisions of recently enacted Water Resources Act to clear encroachments along Jhelum and secure the water resources in the State. Chairing a high level meeting of engineers of the districts …
Sewage flowing into the water body should also be stopped, demand residents High expectations among people on 64-acre facility Desilting will facilitate boating in the lake TIRUNELVELI: While welcoming the Corporation's plan to establish an ecological park at Ilanthaikulam in Palayamkottai with a range of fun rides, the public here …
