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. …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of The Goa Foundation & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 2/09/2014 regarding grant of clearance to any new project within the Western Ghats area in respect of areas which have been demarcated as ESZ1 and ESZ2.
As many as 34 panchayats in the Western Ghats region in Kerala are set to become the crucible of an experimental project seeking to minimise the impact of commercial and livelihood activities on fragile ecosystems. Funded by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the India High Range Mountain Landscape Project involves …
Malabar's legendary black pepper is becoming extinct in Wayanad, the very place from where shiploads were once exported across the world and for whose monopoly several European nations sunk fortunes building armadas. A government-sponsored study to find out the cause for near total devastation of the crop in Wayanad has …
May propose exclusion or inclusion of certain areas in ESA through physical verification PANJIM: The Ministry of Environment and Forests has informed the National Green Tribunal, New Delhi, that the State governments of the Western Ghats region may propose exclusion or inclusion of certain areas in Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA) …
Tribunal asked if areas demarcated in Gadgil report should form the basis The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) submitted a confusing affidavit to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday, saying State governments in the Western Ghats region may, after undertaking demarcation of Eco-sensitive Areas (ESA) by physical verification, …
PANJIM: In a new initiative to ease dependence on thermal power in the State, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has extended support to hydro electricity projects in the Western Ghats. “The most important aspect is use of water to create energy. We have Western Ghat where we can have low intensity …
The penguins of Antarctic are not the only victims of climate change. The pipits of Nilgiris in the Western Ghats in India are also suffering the ill effects of global warming and the consequent deleterious effects on climate. Researchers in the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) in Bengaluru have …
The committee may visit Mysore, Kodagu and other places soon The State government has constituted a State level expert committee to identity Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESA) in Western Ghats, as recommended by the High level Working Group of Western Ghats (HLWG). The committee has been asked to submit its report …
The State government has embarked upon the field verification process of the Ecological Sensitive Area (ESA) in the Western Ghats range, as recommended by the Dr K Kasturirangan committee, in the 1,549 villages of the State. Even as the Centre’s deadline to submit the report is close to expiry, by …
‘It seems to have doubts on Gadgil, Kasturirangan reports’ Irked by the ambivalence of the Environment Ministry on Western Ghats conservation, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday ordered the Secretary in the Ministry to file a detailed affidavit within a week on whether States have been asked to conduct …
Tribunal asks environment secretary to submit affidavit clarifying whether states have been asked for suggestions about areas that will be included in eco-sensitive zones The National Green Tribunal has expressed dissatisfaction with the environment ministry’s handling of the preparation of a plan for protecting the ecologically fragile Western Ghats. Taking …
The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday asked the Union government to come clean on whether it intends to conduct a new survey in the Western Ghats to identify the “No Development Zone” in the sensitive area, two weeks after it submitted that it will not implement the recommendations of Madhav …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Goa Foundation & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors dated 09/09/2014 regarding the acceptance or otherwise of the two reports one called Dr. Gadgil Report and other is Dr. Kasturirangan Report. The Counsel appearing for …
The Kerala Sasthra Sahitya Parishad (KSSP) district committee has urged the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to reconsider its decision to scrap the Madhav Gadgil Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) report. Recently, the MoEF informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it had not processed the report …
City-based environmental activists and experts have said that recommendations of the Madhav Gadgil committee on protecting an area of 60,000 sq km in the Western Ghats are more important than the ones made by the K Kasturirangan panel. Both the committees were formed during the tenure of United Progressive Alliance …
Environmental Fraternity Throws Its Weight Behind City-Based Ecologist's Recommendations To Protect ESAs In 12 Dists Social crusader Anna Hazare on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to accept and implement the Western Ghats' Ecological Expert Panel report prepared by the committee headed by noted environmentalist Madhav Gadgil. In his first …
Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar continues to remain evasive on the recommendations of the Madhav Gadgil report on conservation of Western Ghats. On Thursday , the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it will not process the Gadgil report, instead proceed with the …
Environmental experts and the ministry of environment and forests don't see eye-to-eye on the recommendations made by the two panels on the Western Ghats. Most greens have backed the recommendations made by the Madhav Gadgil committee that had farreaching ideas about how the ecologically fragile landscape of the Western Ghats …
Goa Foundation has decided to contest before the NGT a MoEF decision to reject the Madhav Gadgil report (Western ghats ecology expert panel report), on the Western ghats. Claude Alvares told TOI on Thursday that if Goa Foundation does not get a favourable ruling from the NGT, it will move …
PUNE: The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) is processing only the Kasturirangan committee report on the Western Ghats, which effectively means that the earlier report prepared by a panel headed by renowned city-based environmentalist Madhav Gadgil has been rejected, according to the legal counsel for the Goa Foundation that …
