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. …
The State government is racing against time to file its response to the Centre on the implications of the K Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats, if implemented. So far, only Shivamogga district, among the 11 districts nestled in the Western Ghats in the State, has completed its field-level verification survey …
A resolution towards the rejection of Kasturirangan report was accepted at a public grievance readdressal meeting here on Thursday. The meeting was convened at Zilla Panchayat Hall to accept the grievances of people on Kasturirangan report on the ecologically sensitive areas (ESAs) of Western Ghats. The people of 142 villages, …
After the controversy-hit Lavasa and Aamby Valley, construction of Maharashtra’s next new lakeside hill township could begin soon in Pune’s Mulshi taluka, with the state environment authority granting environmental clearances. The State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) recently gave clearance for land and infrastructure development for the new hill station, …
The high court's land mark order on Monday , which affirmed the con stitutional validity of the Kerala Forest (Vesting and Management of Ecologically Fragile Lands) Act, 2003 has in many ways put an end to the recent debates of private ownership rights of land bordering forests versus larger ecological …
Interactions between humans and larger carnivorous mammals have a long history in Asia and Africa. Some adaptable carnivores with wide ranges occur in landscapes with humans and their increasing interface with people sometimes resulting in conflicts. The Valparain plateau inthe Anamalai Hills of the Western Ghats, India has experienced human-leopard …
HLWG has identified 46 villages in Dakshina Kannada district The state-level expert committee to identity Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESA) in Western Ghats has directed the district-level committee chaired by Deputy Commissioner to submit a report within one month. A meeting held on Thursday chaired by Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim …
246 SPECIES, INCLUDING RARE BABY FIRE RING, SPOTTED The recent butterfly survey carried out by volunteers in Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR) in Kerala has thrown up several surprises. Of 32 species endemic only to Western Ghats, 95% were recorded, including Baby Five Ring, a rare species. Baby Five Ring has …
Keri: Environment activists assembled in a resort at Chorla Ghat on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss the present status of the Western Ghats and urgent measures to be taken for their protection and conservation. The environmental activists from Goa, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu discussed measures to protect the …
Research shows that frogs in the region are increasingly under threat due to habitat destruction A team of researchers from India and Sri Lanka has discovered seven new species of Golden-backed frogs in the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka global biodiversity hot spot, throwing new light on the highly-distinct and diverse fauna …
Despite Afforestation Activities, Recurrent Forest Fires Destroyed 18,170 Hectares Of Forest Land Over The Past Five Years The latest data compiled by the state forest department which gives a comprehensive picture of Kerala's biodiversity has thrown up both good and bad news. Kerala`s virgin green zones, its flora …
Barbastelle Commonly Seen In Temperate Forests Of Europe And North America Barbastelle is a tiny, insect-eating bat with distinctive silky black fur and large ears. There’s global concern over the conservation of this endangered species, commonly found in temperate forests of Europe and North America. But there’s some good news …
Ravindranath Shanbhag, president of Human Rights Foundation, said on Monday that the State government had taken up the Yettinahole project, which aimed at providing water from the Nethravati to the parched districts of south Karnataka, without studying its environmental impact. He was delivering a lecture on ‘Yettinahole Project – its …
Jana Sanghrama Parishat State Vice President Prof Yatiraj has said that Kasturirangan report diluted the recommendations of Madhav Gadgil report on Western Ghats. Delivering a talk at the workshop organised by Udupi district Bharathiya Kisan Sangh here on Monday, the expert noted that the two reports had different versions and …
A new species of leaping frog has been discovered in the northern part of the Western Ghats region near Amboli. Christened the `Amboli Leaping Frog' or the Indirana Chiravasi, the new species inhabits laterite plateaus. A team of three scientists from city-based Indian Institute of Science and Research (IISER) Pune …
PANJIM: The National Green Tribunal has asked the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest to “expeditiously” declare ecologically sensitive areas in six states, including Goa, and directed that no fresh Environmental Clearance or permissions be issued by the MoEF till it issues the final notification in terms of section-3 of …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The principal bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT), New Delhi, in an order on Thursday finally decided in favour of the Kasturirangan Committee report on environmental protection of the Western Ghats as opposed to the far more rigorous Madhav Gadgil report. The NGT passed the order in the wake …
The Thamarassery-diocese led Western Ghats People Protection Council has asked the central government to issue a final notification regarding ecologically sensitive areas exclusively for the state. Reacting to the National Green Tribunal's order after an emergency meeting of the council, held at the Bishop House at Thamarassery on Thursday, Fr …
The National Green Tribunal on Thursday ordered that the existing ecologically-sensitive area (ESA) of the Western Ghats should remain out of bounds for fresh industrial or development projects till a final decision on the demarcation of the zone is taken by the government. Disposing a plea filed by two NGOs, …
The National Green Tribunal today reserved its order on the plea of two NGOs against grant of clearance to any new project in ecologically sensitive Western Ghats. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar accepted the affidavit filed by Secretary of Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF)on September …
