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 …
LAHORE: The Technical Experts Committee, a body of the Environment Department of Punjab, has objected to figures and design of the Rs165 billion Orange Line Metro Project and directed the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) to fix the issues in the environmental impact assessment (EIA) report. A public hearing on the …
Chief minister Harish Rawat on Wednesday agreed to compensate 334 people as the state would acquire their land, spread over 2,100 square km, for the setting up of the 300 MW Lakhwar multipurpose project and the 120 MW Byasi hydropower project by the Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam (UJVNL) on the …
In an innovative move to overcome the resistance of locals for land acquisition and harness the state's solar energy potential to the optimum, Maharashtra's new renewable energy policy has paved the way for installation of solar panels on irrigation canals. The move will also reduce evaporation of water from the …
Hyderabad: The United Nations has decided to address the concerns of unsustainable exploitation and consumption of natural resources through this year’s theme of ‘Seven billion dreams. One planet. Consume with care’, for World Environment Day on June 5. However, sustainable consumption of natural resources does not seem to be in …
Urban Development Minister Sudhir Sharma today stated that land would not be acquired without the consent of farmers for the expansion of the Kangra airport. He said the airport was being expanded towards the Shapur side. The minister said: “For the expansion, 175 acres is required. About 90 per cent …
Adding “net” to a goal of “zero emissions” may prove to be a trap that delays real climate action, and which could drive devastating land grabs and hunger through the large-scale use of land, biofuels and biomass to absorb rising carbon dioxide emissions. Instead of requiring real emissions cuts, “net” …
In rural areas, farmers to get four times the price of their land to be acquired. The Maharashtra government has gone ahead with its move of pushing for land acquisition by offering the maximum compensation allowed, four times the price of land, for rural areas. The revenue department has issued …
COIMBATORE: Residents of GKV Nagar and nearby areas, which have been identified for land acquisition for expansion of the Coimbatore International Airport, approached the district collector on Wednesday requesting that their houses be exempted from acquisition. These residents had refused to allow the District revenue Officer (Land Acquisition) to evaluate …
A large police force today evicted farmers living on a piece of land acquired by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) for setting up of their power project at Gorakhpur. The authorities razed their houses, destroyed their crops, carted away their belongings as well as cattle. Led by …
An Ordinance to provide for prohibition of activity of land grabbing in the state of Odisha and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Making land grabbing a "cognizable" offence, the state government has promulgated The Odisha Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Ordinance, 2015 with provision of imprisonment for one to seven …
Policy Announced Over A Year Ago; Will Help DDA Get Land For Housing Taking the city a step closer to another housing boom, the Union urban development ministry notified operational guidelines for implementing the land pooling policy on Tuesday.The policy itself was notified one-and-a-half years ago and its implementation will …
The death of a farmer in Bita, who was among the protesters demanding better compensation for the land acquired by the State government, triggered a protest by angry villagers who blocked road traffic on Friday and demanded that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar come to the spot. It was the fourth …
The Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday told the Hyderabad High Court that it will not issue any statutory notification for acquiring lands for the Capital Region immediately. The statement was made by the State’s Additional Advocate General Dammalapati Srinivas before Justice M.S. Ramachandra Rao in the vacation court. The judge …
Stating that the Central government ignored the massive opposition from all quarters to the Land Acquisition Bill, a signature campaign to register the opposition from the public began here on Wednesday. Led by Community Party of India (Marxist) district secretary P. Thangavelu, All India Kissan Sabha district secretary P. Thangavelu …
The May 12 Government Resolution offering at least 25 per cent more compensation to land owners than what was envisaged in the central land acquisition Act of 2013 will help speed up at least 1,000 pending cases of land acquisition in Pune, say district officials. Most of these cases involve …
Bathinda, May 20: With the disbursement of Rs 186 crore for land acquisition for the National Highway-15 in the district, the work on the four-laning project is set to start soon. Land at seven villages has been acquired in the district for the project. Out of Rs 186 crore disbursed …
Four children have died and many more could starve to death as the hundreds of people who were forcefully evicted from Rwamutonga village, Hoima district continue to wait for court to decide their fate. According to the area Local Council Chairperson, Onzima Aloysius, four children have died of malaria in …
The fate of South Korean major Posco Steel’s $12-billion project in Odisha hangs in balance with the central government’s new rules under which the company needs to acquire iron ore only through bidding and the state government looking at providing it iron ore linkage from Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC), which …
Union Minister for Water Resources Uma Bharati on Monday assured that the Centre would do everything for completion of the Polavaram project on time after Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu met her and took up the issue of increasing the funding for the project. Speaking to reporters at Delhi after …
