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. …
Chief minister Manohar Parrikar has written to union minister of environment and forests Veerapa Moily, strongly objecting to MOEF's draft notification on the Western Ghats in Goa. In a recent letter, Parrikar has demanded the immediate withdrawal of the draft notification dated March 10, 2014, which has called for objections …
PANAJI: Chief minister Manohar Parrikar has written to union minister of environment and forests Veerapa Moily, strongly objecting to MOEF's draft notification on the Western Ghats in Goa. In a recent letter, Parrikar has demanded the immediate withdrawal of the draft notification dated March 10, 2014, which has called for …
The State government has constituted a four-member committee for the final scrutiny of the amended ESA (Ecologically Sensitive Area) maps of the 123 villages demarcated by the High Level Working Group (HLWG) led by K.Kasturirangan for the conservation of the Western Ghats. The State-level committee comprises the Chairman, Kerala State …
The mining activities in the seven panchayats of Kasargod district is causing widespread damage to the ecology of the hilly region here, which is part of the Western Ghats. Owing to the indiscreet mining, these areas are fast losing their green cover. Koliyar Hill and Panayar Hill here were once …
Environmentalists are irked with the delay in constitution of a biodiversity management board by the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC). The city's green brigade has demanded immediate formation of the board, which aims to map the city's biodiversity. As per the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, local bodies have to constitute a …
While popular opinion states that Western Ghats are a source of capturing rainfall and water resources, a series of studies conducted by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has shown that rainfall in some parts of the Ghat regions has reduced, adverse affecting sources of water supply water to cities." …
PANJIM: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday stated that the judiciary (Supreme Court) cannot take a permanent decision on the iron ore cap for mining in Goa, since this can only be done through necessary amendments to the Mineral Act or Environment Act. Ahead of the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, …
You have been into journalism for over a decade now. What made you to take a plunge into electoral politics under the Goa Su-Raj party banner? I started my career in journalism in Indian Express and later moved forward with Goa Chronicle, which has been instrumental in exposing corruption of …
Perhaps more significant than what the Church initially threatened to do is the studied silence of the Muslim segment Barely a month ago, the Congress in Kerala was looking at the April 10 election with trepidation. The uproar over the Kasturirangan Committee recommendations on the protection of the Western Ghats …
The unprecedented water crisis last summer posed a serious threat to the animals in the reserve forests in the district. In order to avoid such a crisis this year, the Forest Department would soon commence works to create artificial water holes inside reserve forests, said District Forest Officer A.S. Marimuthu. …
Drastic Reduction Seen In Areas Marked Eco-Sensitive By Kasturi Panel The Kerala state diversity board has sent the areas-specific details of amended maps of villages classified as Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESAs) as per the Kasturirnagan committee report to respective panchayats for suggestion and comments. The maps have been simultaneously uploaded …
The MoEF was asked to submit final view on matter The National Green Tribunal (NGT) will take a look at the Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats on Monday even as electioneering has picked up momentum on the green issue in many key constituencies of the State. During its last sitting …
Manifesto Calls For New Expert Committee Thiruvananthapuram: In a bid to reap maximum benefit from the Gadgil-Kasturirangan confusion in Kerala, the CPM has promised to stop the implementation of both reports and set up a broadbased expert committee to study the issue of conserving Western Ghats. The suggestion is part …
Pune: As many as 337 villages in Pune district have been included in the eco-sensitive area (ESA) of the Western Ghats, as per the draft notification the ministry of environment and forests issued on Tuesday. However, experts pointed out that the authorities will have to take several measures, particularly involving …
State severely threatened by climate change, says State Action Plan on Climate Change Alappuzha, Palakkad, Wayanad and Idukki districts are climate change hotspots in Kerala, with a high degree of vulnerability to natural hazards like flood and drought and impact on biodiversity and human life. The State Action Plan on …
Stakeholders Can Make Comments And Suggestions With the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) releasing the draft notification regarding the Kasturirangan report on its website on Tuesday, the state government plans to follow suit by publishing area-specific details of the 123 villages marked as Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESAs) by …
The Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) Tuesday issued a draft notification earmarking 56,825 sq km of the Western Ghats as Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA), keeping it out of bounds for mining, quarrying and major construction and thermal projects. Giving in to demands from Kerala it, however, left out over …
High-level working group appointed by ministry had identified 13,108 sq km as ESA, which included 123 villages of Kerala The Ministry of Environment and Forests has notified that the Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA) in Kerala is spread over an area of 9,993.7 sq km only. This includes 9,107 sq km …
Days after getting the Election Commission’s nod, the Centre on Tuesday brought out the draft notification on the Western Ghats, reducing the originally earmarked Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA) by 3,115 sq km. The reduction — from the existing 59,940 sq km to 56,825 sq km — is mainly due to …
The Kerala State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC), to be taken up for implementation by the government this financial year, has recommended strict enforcement of the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification 2011 and drastic steps to conserve the wetland habitat in the State, even as Chief Minister Oommen Chandy …
