Affidavit filed by Chhattisgarh East West Railway Limited in the matter of Sudiep Shrivastava Vs Union of India & Others dated 15/04/2025. The appeal was disposed of by the NGT, April 29, 2019. However, the order was challenged before the Supreme Court (SC). The SC, November 26, 2024 disposed of …
Expressing concern over changes reported in rainfall patterns in recent years, the farmers' wing of CPI(M) today demanded Centre to embrace environment protection measures so that peasants across the country do not suffer due to erratic climatic conditions. All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) demanded that the BJP-led NDA Government use …
MARGAO: At a public meeting held at the Colva panchayat, the Colva sarpanch Snowkon Gonsavles said the garbage issue can be thoroughly solved only when the pancahyat manages to get suitable land in the village for the same. Given that the waste management issue was the predominant topic raised by …
That’s the target for the next 5 years, but given the constraints the State-run miner operates under, is this achievable? Or even necessary? A billion tonnes in the next five years is the target that Coal India Ltd (CIL) is working towards. Is the target ambitious? What are the obstacles …
These rules may be called the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Compensation, Rehabilitation and Resettlement, Development Plan) Rules, 2015. They shall be applicable in cases where the Central Government is the appropriate government as per the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in …
NOIDA: In a statement that will surely raise a few eyebrows, Noida Authority chairman and CEO Rama Raman on Sunday said, with over 50% green cover, Noida has become India's greenest city. He added that meticulous planning has converted 10,000 out of Noida's total 20,000 hectare area green. Despite massive …
Tamil Nadu’s ambitious plan to tap solar energy to narrow the power deficit in will get a boost with the government set to finalise deals assuring 1,000 MW solar energy by the end of this month. Addressing an international conference and Exposition on Renewable Energy 2015, organised by the Confederation …
CITU office-bearers say they will back farmers Ending the month-long signature campaign, the district unit of the Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam on Tuesday presented the signatures obtained from farmers in the district, protesting against the Centre’s Land Acquisition Bill to the Collector to be forwarded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. …
In a major and justified blow to Leading Hotels that is developing a golf course and resort in Tiracol village 49 tenants of the land have issued notice through their lawyer revoking the all important Power of Attorney they granted to the company to take decisions on their land. It …
The High Court on Monday allowed the government to go ahead with its process of paying compensation to farmers displaced by the right bank canal of the Polavaram project in West Godavari and Krishna districts. A division bench, comprising Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice A Shankar Narayana, heard a …
Plea against Reliance in SEZ land deal: Stating our confidence has ‘shaken’, HC bench recuses. “We can’t take up the case... whatever has happened in the last two-three days has shaken our confidence,” said Justice V M Sahai, acting Chief Justice. The division bench headed by Acting Chief Justice (ACJ) …
The Maharashtra government has amended land laws to unlock agricultural land for "integrated wayside amenities" including motels, restaurants, malls, ATMs and public toilets along state and national highways. The notification comes shortly after the state government hiked building rights on agricultural land for industry as well as public medical and …
To be notified after coming monsoon session of state legislative assembly beginning PANJIM: Following Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar announcement in the budget to hike the compensation to farmers, who lost their land due to proposed greenfield international airport at Mopa, the Directorate of Civil Aviation has drafted a detailed proposal …
Hyderabad: The farmers whose lands are likely to be acquired for the Polavaram project have approached the Hyderabad High Court challenging the AP government notification issued under Section 11 (1) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. The AP government issued …
Say private individuals cannot be allowed to push their 'agenda' before the parliamentary panel. Members from Opposition parties on Tuesday expressed reservations over the representative of a private firm being allowed to make a submission before the Joint Committee of Parliament that is going into the contentious land acquisition Bill. …
The government was on Monday under attack from non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and farmer organisations over the contentious land acquisition Bill, with activist Medha Patkar leading the protest against changes brought in the 2013 land law of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA). Several organisations, including National Alliance for Farmers Movement (NAFM), …
The displaced villagers at Kute on Sunday demanded Rs 2 crore per acre in compensation for the land acquired by the state government for the new assembly building. This comes two days before chief minister Raghubar Das's scheduled meeting with the land losers. More than 15 families, who have been …
Minna — Members of the over 90 communities affected by ongoing work on the Zungeru hydroelectric dam in Niger State have threatened to shut down the site until they are fully compensated for the land that was taken over for the project. Speaking to Daily Trust, representative of the affected …
Farmer groups want ‘right to appeal’ against acquired land. Several farmers’ organisations have petitioned the government to incorporate in the land bill the provisions of Land Acquisition Act of 1894, which enable a landowner to appeal against a proposal to acquire his land. Section 4 of the 1894 Act allowed …
MAPUSA: Braving the rain and gusty wind, hundreds of people associated with several NGOs from across the state poured into the tiny village of Tiracol on Sunday to voice their protests against the golf course project. This is the first time that an agitation against the golf course was supported …
Mansa, June 5: Hundreds of farmers under the banner of Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta-Ugraha) protested outside the Sub-divisional Magistrate’s (SDM) office in Budhlada. They demanded that the state government fulfilled the promises it made during the acquisition of land in Gobindpura for the construction of a thermal plant. Joginder Dyalpura, …
