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. …
PANAJI: Chief minister Manohar Parrikar said that he will request the ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) to conduct a scientific study before the K Kasturirangan report is impl mented. Goa government had expressed its strong reservation against the K Kasturirangan panel, stating that the report was not authentic and …
Letter reaches Additional Chief Secretary The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has written to the State government seeking a verification of the cadastral-level mapping carried out by government agencies to ascertain the extent of Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESAs) in the State. A letter from the MoEF regional office …
Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala has said the government will oppose any move by the National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre to implement the recommendations of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) report. He was speaking to reporters at Payyannur on Tuesday on the sidelines of the valedictory function …
In a move that could have far reaching implications for eco-conservation, the state government has revised a rule that came into effect 36 years ago in the wake of the historic Silent Valley agitation and was crucial in formulating the Environment Protection Act later. Under the new Government Order (GO), …
With BJP coming to power in New Delhi, environmentalists across the country are hoping that the party will implement the Madhav Gadgil-led Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel report (WGEEP). The Congress government had rejected WGEEP report and asked K Kasturirangan, who had headed the Isro, to review the Gadgil report. …
BANGALORE: Male parenting may be recent in humankind. But male members taking care of their brood is not new to the animal kingdom. The members of a newly discovered frog species plaster the eggs with swamp mud to ensure they don't dry out. This after the females lays the eggs …
Members of Paschima Ghatta Samrakshana Horata Vedike (Western Ghats Protection Forum) will hold talks with people residing in the vicinity of the Ghats to raise their voice against the government’s decision to dilute the Kasturirangan report for implementation. The Vedike wants the government to implement the Madhav Gadgil report. Speaking …
Scientists have discovered 14 new species of "dancing frogs" in the jungle mountains of southern India — just in time, they fear, to watch them fade away. Indian biologists say they found the tiny acrobatic amphibians, which earned their name with the unusual kicks they use to attract mates, declining …
Researchers studying bat species in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra have found that the populations of most species have declined significantly over a decade. "There has been a massive decline in the numbers of most of the species that we studied. Some of the areas where we had recorded the …
Scientists have discovered 14 new species of so-called dancing frogs in the Western Ghats, just in time, they fear, to watch them fade away. Indian biologists say they found the tiny acrobatic amphibians, which earned their name with the unusual kicks they use to attract mates, declining dramatically in number …
Mumbai: Environmental NGO Awaaz Foundation has pointed out several problems in a draft notification on the Western Ghats issued by the ministry of environment & forests (MoEF) earlier this year. The NGO, which had earlier petitioned the HC to declare the Sawantwadi-Dodamarg elephant corridor in Maharashtra an ecologically sensitive region, …
Safeguarding a place coming under an ecological sensitive area in Kanyakumari district, the Madras high court Madurai bench has passed orders setting aside the licence granted for stone quarrying in favour of Masons Property Development Pvt Limited. The district collector of Kanyakumari had on September 21, 2011 granted licence to …
But not on quarrying and sand mining In its response to the Kasturirangan committee report on the Western Ghats, Karnataka has agreed to a “complete ban” on mining but not to a ban on quarrying and sand mining within the Eco-Sensitive Area (ESA). “Quarrying and sand mining may be regulated …
Says Status Quo Directive Doesn’t Mean Not Clearing Trees From Drain In Western Ghats Mumbai: The Pune bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), which had called for a stay on the cutting of trees in the eco-sensitive Western Ghats following a TOI report, has slammed government officials for using …
A photo exhibition on the Nilgiris, now under way in the Horticulture Complex here as part of the 2014 Annual Summer Festival, focuses on the flora and fauna of the hilly district. Organised by the Forest Department in association with the Department of Tourism and the District Administration, the exhibition …
Karnataka on Sunday said it has accepted the Kasturirangan committee report on the Western Ghats to stop mining but said it would not stop quarrying and sand mining in the ecologically sensitive area. "We have accepted the recommendation to stop mining in Western Ghats but disagreed to stop quarrying and …
Karnataka will ask the Centre to exempt 730 villages from the purview of the Kasturirangan report, which has recommended restrictions on 1,580 villages considering their ecological sensitivity. The state cabinet, which met on Monday, also decided to seek relaxation of sand and soil extraction restrictions, keeping in mind the livelihood …
Bangalore: The Karnataka government objected to the recommendations of the Dr K Kasturirangan committee to ban quarrying and sand mining in the ecologically sensitive Western Ghats. The high-level working group (HLWG) on the Western Ghats, headed by Planning Commission member K Kasturirangan, submitted its report in October 2013. It called …
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The panel, in its previous meetings, had decided to review the state-owned polluting industries set up in the ecologically sensitive zone. The Cabinet sub-committee for studying the controversial Kasturirangan report on the Western Ghats has decided to recommend the Cabinet not to accept the report in toto. Sources in the …
