Counter affidavit on behalf of Chief Municipal Engineer, Patna Nagar Nigam in the matter of Saurav Narayan Vs Bihar Pollution Control Board & Others dated May 20, 2025. The report said that the corporation has been diligently performing its statutory duties within the limitations of the available resources and infrastructure. …
MANGALURU: Environmentalists in Dakshina Kannada have urged the Union ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) to cancel the environment clearance given for Yettinahole project that is being implemented through Karnataka Neeravari Nigam Limited. Members of Sahyadri Samrakshana Sanchaya sent a memorandum to Union minister for environment and forest Prakash Javadekar …
'After states submit proposals, a decision will be taken' Union Minister of State for Environment and Forest Prakash Javadekar assured that a decision on implementation of Kasturirangan report recommendations would be taken by year-end. Speaking to reporters here on Thursday, the Union minister said, “Barring Kerala, six other States are …
PALAKKAD: Union Minister for Environment and Forests Prakash Javadekar said that the government would frame laws in support of parading elephants during temple festival if such a move is necessary to preserve the centuries-old customs and practises. He was speaking at a meeting organised by the BJP district unit at …
Focus on number of predators and prey base, besides health of forest vegetation. The biannual monitoring exercise to ascertain the headcount of predators, the prey base and the quality of the habitat began on Wednesday at Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, one of four reserves in Tamil Nadu. The last census pegged …
Keri: Construction of Virdi dam in the biodiversity hotspot of the Sahyadris without any environment impact assessment (EIA) of the potential damage, raises a gamut of issues of state patronage to insensitive development and a need to look at natural resources as national assets. The Maharashtra government project largely envisages …
The Central and state governments are dragging their feet on the implementation of the Kasturirangan report. We have not inherited this earth from our forefathers, but borrowed it from our children. —Moses Henry Cass (environment minister of Australia in the 1970s) Development versus environment is one of the great debates …
Proposals to be forwarded to state govt by May 15: Collector. As many as 337 villages across nine talukas of the Pune district have issued their ‘no-objection’ certificate, paving the way for them to be covered under the proposed eco-sensitive zones. At a meeting convened by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis …
The environment ministry has asked stakeholder states to submit their final responses to the K Kasturirangan committee report on the Western Ghats by June 15, telling them that no more extensions will be allowed. The Prakash Javadekar-led ministry intends to start deciding on cases after this deadline. Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, …
PANAJI: In a relief to over 40 villages of Goa, the state government-appointed committee has said only 50 villages fall under eco-sensitive areas (ESA) of the Western Ghats and not 99 as stated by Dr K Kasturirangan Committee. The state government panel's report comes after Dr Kasturirangan Committee, constituted by …
‘Recommendations need to be modified for it to be accepted’ The State government has formally told the Centre that the key recommendations of the Kasturirangan committee report on conservation of Western Ghats need to be modified to be accepted by the State. In a letter written on April 24 to …
The state government is likely to discuss the matter at the Cabinet meeting on April 17 The Karnataka government has sought extension of time by 15 days to give its comments on the K Kasturirangan report on conservation of Western Ghats to the Centre. Forest and Environment Minister B Ramanath …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of D.V. Girish Kalleshwara Estate Kaimara P.O.,Chikmagalur Karnataka Vs. The Secretary to Government (Environment and Ecology) Department of Forest Environment and Ecology dated 09/04/2015 regarding encroachment and illegal constructions being made in Bababudangiri and Mullayanagiri hill areas in …
Contrary to Forest Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan’s claim, the state government has no clarity over which areas of the 123 Western Ghats villages are ecologically sensitive, widespread discrepencies in the areas identified by various committees as forests to be demarcated as ecologically sensitive areas (ESAs) suggest. As per the March 10, …
Scientists call for curbs on quarrying in biodiversity pockets A team of scientists from four research institutions in Kerala have reported the discovery of a rare species of plant from the Palakkad gap region of the Western Ghats, highlighting the floral diversity in the region and triggering the demand for …
The Indian based Neutrino Observatory (INO) project director Naba K Mondal says the Geological Survey of India (GSI) has identified Pottipuram, Theni district as the place for the project only after detailed assessment of geology and seismicity of the area. He dismissed the MDMK leader Vaiko’s claim that the project …
New findings published in the journal ZooKeys look at the recent discovery of a little jumping spider that belongs to the family Salticidae and the genus Stenaelurillus. Discovered in the "Western Ghats" of southern India, the spider Stenaelurillus albus, along with other similar species, has a mating plug or copulatory …
Pune-born ecologist Dr Madhav Gadgil will receive the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement along with noted American marine ecologist Jane Lubchenco from Oregon State University on April 23. The $200,000 cash prize will be awarded for leadership in the development of conservation and sustainability policies in the country as well …
Navi Mumbai: An environmentalist, Sumaira Abdulali of Awaaz Foundation, has written a letter to the state government slamming the condition of the Western Ghats. In the letter to the chief minister's office and the chief secretary, she states that Parsik Hill, which is part of the Sahayadri hills, is being …
Mild tremors in and around the Western Ghats is due to the unscientific schemes being implemented by the government in the name of development, fear people of the region. In the backdrop of this, residents are gearing up to oppose all the projects being taken up in the Western Ghats. …
In "Tunnel Vision blocks neutrino lab progress" (Feb 23), T Jayaraman, a physicist by training and professor at the school of habitat studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, said opposition to the proposed Indian Neutrino Observatory (INO) in Theni has no scientific basis. He denied that the project that will …
