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 …
MUMBAI: A day after a Supreme Court order stating that it will not interfere with the judgments passed by the Bombay High Court regarding encroachments in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), forest authorities are drawing up plans to remove encroachments from within the 104-sq km park. The HC had …
MUMBAI: In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Thursday said it will not interfere with the judgments passed by the Bombay high court on the removal of illegal encroachments in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park. The apex court did not grant any stay on the demolitions but allowed the …
New Delhi: Many of the 629 waterbodies encroached upon, some concretised, says Chief Secretary Mehta The Delhi Government wishes to revive 629 waterbodies in the city before the Commonwealth Games. But on Monday, the government said to replenish the waterbodies may not be possible due to
TAMBARAM: A number of lakes, tanks and ponds in the southern suburbs of Chennai continue to receive huge quantity of untreated sewage and effluents, turning them into reservoirs of filth. A prayer in a public interest litigation filed in the Supreme Court relating to removal of encroachments, based on which …
Noida eyes the Yamuna floodplain About 1,000 migrants lost their livelihood when their huts and crops on the Yamuna floodplain near the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border were razed in December. The Uttar Pradesh Irrigation Department carried out the operation on a 25-hectare (ha) patch of the floodplain at Nayabaans village in …
The only water palace in Eastern India may crumble any day, as the lake on which it stands is slowly shrinking-------- The only water palace in Eastern India may crumble any day, as the lake on which it stands is slowly shrinking As the winter chill eases out, Sadhan Das …
Jabalpur: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued notices to the state government and Chhatarpur Collector for not removing illegal encroachment near Chandra Sagar lake and illegal allotment of 'pattas' near pond area of Chhatarpur. Hearing a petition by Chhatarpur's Bhaigatal village-based Ram Singh Yadav and two others, a division …
NEW DELHI: Having recommended that constructions encroaching on the Aravali range in Faridabad be demolished, the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) appointed by the Supreme Court has turned its gaze upon Gurgaon. Committee sources told TOI that approximately 2,000 farmhouses in Gurgaon are under the scanner. The final report will be …
Most of the rural population in Nepal is engaged in subsistence farming. There is a high rate of migration of poor landless people from the mountains to the plains and the rural to the urban in search of better land for farming and better job for livelihood. This has resulted …
All the reserved forests of Golaghat district are encroached by the encroachers. In Nambor reserve forest, once famous mithuns have now become rare species. The forest areas had been divided into four sectors for smooth administration by the Assam Government. The sectors are: A, B, C and D. The Diphu …
This year during monsoon, all the North Indian states, except Himachal Pradesh, have already received above-normal rainfall, and the monsoon is still continuing. Due to this heavy downpour, a large area (including urban and agricultural) of Punjab has been flooded. It is a well-known fact that floods are created only …
The widely accepted view that emphasises the negative impact of the decline in common property resources on the village poor generally presumes that village common lands would have been used by all villagers inclusive of the poor without serious differences in the right to access them. Mainly based on historical …
Hyderabad, Sept. 19: The government has decided to punish those who built illegal constructions upstream of Osamansagar and Himayatsagar. It is contemplating issuing an ordinance specifying penal action for the purpose. This was decided at a high-level meeting of the chief secretary and officials concerned with the implementation of government …
Smriti Kak Ramachandran Proposes green belt along banks of river; separate channels to receive filthy water NEW DELHI: Taking a serious view of the Yamuna
Due to a lax rescue effort by the authorities, land grabbers are filling up the Rupnagar main canal at Pallabi by constructing road and tin-shed houses across the canal. This unauthorised grabbing of the canal has worried locals as they fear the area would be waterlogged permanently if the canal …
DH News Service, Bangalore: The State Government is contemplating setting up a special task force to clear encroachment of lake beds in and around Bangalore city, Minor Irrigation Minister Govind Karjol said on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters, Karjol said the encroached land is estimated to be worth nearly Rs 50,000 …
DH News Service, Bellary: A complaint has been lodged against Obalapuram Mining Company, belonging to Tourism and Infrastructure Development Minister G Janardhan Reddy, alleging encroachment of mining areas belonging to others, assaulting, and issuing threats to life. T Ganesh of TNR Mines has alleged that the personnel of Obalapuram Company …
Hyderabad, July 9: Over 80,000 acres of Wakf properties, including land, are under encroachment at various places in Andhra Pradesh. Ironically, even the State government has allegedly encroached some of them and is fighting cases claiming ownership along with several other private individuals in the Andhra Pradesh High Court. K. …
