Land Encroachments

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding the deplorable condition of a water tank, Golconda Fort, Hyderabad, Telangana, 05/06/2025

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 …

Rural roads better than urban in Srinivaspur taluk

Considered as the ''mango bowl'' of Karnataka, Srinivaspur is also known for its wide and straight roads. But, due to lack of maintenance by authorities and mindless Encroachment by public, the roads are narrowed down, giving a tough time for motorists and pedestrian alike. Roads in rural areas are in …

Mithi panel has gone haywire: devp body

mumbai the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) told the court on Thursday that the expert committee appointed to suggest ways to make Mithi river encroachment-free, has gone

Encroachers to make way for zoo in Bhagwanpur

KOLKATA, 15 June: The chief minister has proposed fresh negotiations to persuade the encraochers at Bhagawanpur mouza in South 24-Parganas to settle for a lesser amount of rehabilitation cost and make way for the new zoo. The district magistrate of South 24-Parganas had earlier proposed that the families should be …

Encroachment shrinks storage capacity of Chennai water bodies

C Shivakumar | ENS Chennai, May 30 Some of them don't even exist, putting the groundwater table under strain THE capacity of water bodies in and around the city has shrunk by at least 20 per cent, and some of them don't even exist, putting the groundwater table under severe …

Conserve water bodies, CM exhorts people

TTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan has said that public conscience should wake up against encroachment and destruction of water bodies. Achuthanandan was speaking after inaugurating the partial commissioning of the Japan International Cooperation Agencyassisted drinking water supply project for Thiruvananthapuram costing around Rs 407.2 crore, here on Tuesday. Apart …

Slumdog sleuths unearth scam

The residents of Golibar slum colony near Mumbai airport have sniffed a scam in the state housing agency’s rehabilitation plan for them. They found the land where they are being resettled is encroached land belonging to the Air Force. About 550 families have already been shifted there in six housing …

Reddy brothers to seek Govt help to reclaim our land'

The owners of Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC), the Reddy brothers, have now accused some of the mining companies of encroaching on their land, while claiming that the Supreme Court ruling vindicates their stand that they have not carried out any illegal mining. The OMC promoter and a Minister in the …

Linking water to environmental care

Vinod Thomas/Ronald S. Parker The Secret Lake,once a main drinking water source for the Golconda Fort in Hyderabad, is shrinking due to encroachers dumping debris onto the lake bed. Photo: Mohammed YousufThe Secret Lake,once a main drinking water source for the Golconda Fort in Hyderabad, is shrinking due to encroachers …

Mohali DC: Free canals, seasonal rivulets from encroachments

Puts official machinery on flood protection duty Mohali Deputy Commissioner Prabhjot Singh Mand on Tuesday issued directions to free all canals and seasonal rivulets passing through this district from encroachments and other obstructions, if any, in the flow of water on their beds. Chairing a joint meeting of the district …

Walkthrough survey to be conducted for all-weather raods

Bhopal: A Walkthrough Survey will be conducted for connecting all the villages with all-weather roads by the year 2013 under Mukhya Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana. Giving this information, Minister of Panchayats & Rural Development and Social Justice Gopal Bhargava said that orders to this effect have been given to all …

Encroachment of lake is main problem here

Rashmi Menon The narrow road leading to Dodda Bommasandra (ward no 10) resembles an entrance to a small town on the City

Land survey in 5 districts

The State Government has taken up survey of land with modern equipment in Bellary, Mysore, Hubli, Dharwad and Shimoga districts on a pilot basis. The survey would rectify the anomalies in land records. Revenue minister Karunakara Reddy, at a press conference in Bangalore on Thursday, said the survey would be …

Gajera trust fined Rs 47 cr for encroaching on adivasi land

Himanshu Bhatt | TNN Surat: Gajera family is in trouble again. After one of its family member was caught in land grabbing incident, their charitable trust now has been fined of Rs 47 crore for encroaching upon adivasi land at Kholvad in Kamrej taluka of Surat by the district collectorate. …

MLA farms 800 acres meant for Narmada-hit

DEEPAL TRIVEDI GANDHINAGAR JD(U) Gujarat unit chief and MLA from Jhagadia (south Gujarat) Chhotu Vasava has been charged with encroaching on 800 acres of land in Bharuch district given to people affected by the Narmada project, government officials have confirmed. The Bharuch district authorities, in a report to the state …

About 4,85,674 hectares of forest land under encroachment

Assam has topped the list of States in terms of encroachment in forest land, with about 4,85,674 hectares of area being occupied, the Government told the Lok Sabha today, reports PTI. Replying to a query, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said that Andhra Pradesh is in the second place with 2,68,853 …

Highway litterbugs under fire

Jamshedpur: The Jamshedpur highway division of the state road construction department has decided to crack down on litterbugs and encroachers along National Highway 33. A public notice issued today accused several hotels and industrial units of violating hygiene rules and encroaching upon the highway. Besides private agencies, the Mango Notified …

Munnar will do well with a master plan

Roy Mathew The Kerala government seems to be keen on granting fresh title deeds in and around Munnar though it is yet to implement the recommendations of its own committees against encroachments in the hill town. Issue of title deeds without proper planning is likely to create more problems in …

Munnar: Tata wins Round 1 in legal war

Tata Tea on Friday won the first round of its legal war against Kerala

Munnar issue: State treading cautiously

B Sreejan THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The order issued by Revenue Principal Secretary Nivedita P Haran states that followup actions on the issue will be taken based on the land board award of 1974. ``I was informed by the Revenue Department that the Idukki District Collector has been authorised to initiate legal action …

Kerala to crack whip on Munnar encroachers

After A week-long deliberations at political and governmental levels, the CPM-led Cabinet on Tuesday decided to take action against illegal encroachments at Munnar hill station. Unlike the earlier and unaccomplished one-man Munnar mission of Chief Minister Minister V S Achuthanandan, this time the eviction drive would be supervised by a …

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