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 amended ecologicallysensitive areas (ESAs) in the state will be mapped using colour codes ranging from dark green to red, each colour representing green zones, water bodies, residential areas, plantations and farm lands. The blue colour will represent water bodies while red will represent built-up areas. Farmlands will be given …
Likely to jump to 1,300 mn litres a day; unchecked growth main trigger Given the pace at which Bangalore is growing, the gap between demand and supply of water may almost double by 2026, leaving a large section of the population waterless, a study by the Confederation of Indian Industries …
Allege move to give away 50,000 ha of forestland to corporates Environmental activists have taken a serious note of the draft notification issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests on the report of the High Level Working Group on Western Ghats chaired by K. Kasturirangan. Any move to weaken …
Biodiversity Board Will Fine-Tune ESAs: CM Chief minister Oommen Chandy said on Tuesday that the state biodiversity board would begin the process of fine-tuning and implementation of ecologically-sensitive areas (ESAs) as per the guidelines issued in the draft notification by the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF). The ministry has, …
The Institution of Engineers (India) has appointed an expert panel headed by M P Sukumaran Nair, former special secretary to the Chief Minister, to deliberate and review the Western Ghats Ecology Experts Panel Report. The terms of reference to the committee comprising of chairmen of the IEI state centres of …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union Of India & Others dated 12/03/2014 regarding the destruction of the tropical rain forest in the Gudalur and Nilgiri areas in violation of the Forest Act, 1927, Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and Tamil Nadu …
Madhav Gadgil and K Kasturirangan are both scientists of great repute. But both are caught up in a controversy on how the Western Ghats - the vast biological treasure trove spread over the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu - should be protected. First the ministry …
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) had recently decided to reduce the area of the ecologically sensitive zone (ESZ) in the Western Ghats. The Ministry issued a draft notification keeping the boundaries of ESZ in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu same as those proposed by the …
They Fall Under Ecological-Sensitive Zone-1 Classified By Gadgil Report Thiruvananthapuram: The state nominated three-member expert committee that reviewed the Kasturirnagan committee report has highlighted the need to protect the ecologically-fragile areas that were overlooked in the Kasturiranagan report. “The Kasturiranagan report had overlooked the grasslands in Vagamon and the rich …
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Tuesday disagreed with the demand made by the Kerala Congress(M) and others for cancellation of the order issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests on November 13 last year for protection of the Western Ghats. Speaking to the media after a special meeting of …
The Kerala State Biodiversity Board will publish the details of plantations and human settlements in the 123 villages, excluded from Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESA) limits. These villages were in ESAs, according to the K Kasturirangan-led high-level working group’s report. Senior state officials said that around 450 square kilometers of plantation …
5 Other States May Ask For Similar Move The Centre’s late night decision on Tuesday to alter the boundary of Kerala’s ecologically sensitive area (ESA) in Western Ghats will see around 3,115 sq km area being taken out from the state’s protected zone. The office memorandum to this effect shows …
Thiruvananthapuram: Accepting Kerala’s demand, the ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) on Tuesday issued an office memorandum on the Kasturirangan-led High Level Working Group (HLWG) report to exempt plantations, agriculture land and human habitations from Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESAs). The OM said boundaries of the ESAs as identified by the …
Thiruvananthapuram: The ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), on Monday submitted the draft notification on Kasturirangan-led High level Working Group committee (HLWG) report to the law department for final ratification of the report. Senior officials said the amended notification will not have any major changes other than include a specific …
Congress-Government Coordination Committee meeting today The Congress-Government Coordination Committee that will meet here on Tuesday is expected to work out a strategy to tackle the possible fallout of the K. Kasturirangan report on the conservation of Western Ghats that has identified 123 villages in the State as ecologically sensitive areas …
State’s demand for changes in Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats With only a few days left for the issuance of a notification for the Lok Sabha elections, all eyes are on the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest for its crucial amendments to some of the recommendations of the K. …
Mumbai Metropolitan Region is planning and building over 12 dams in the ecologically fragile, biodiversity rich Western Ghats region. This is a predominantly tribal belt. By very conservative estimates, these dams will submerge more than 22,000 hectares land, including over 7000 of forests and 750 hectares of Tansa Sanctuary. They …
In a move that could have damaging political fallout for the UDF leadership, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has categorically ruled out redrawing the borders of 123 villages in the state which had been declared ecologically sensitive areas (ESA) in the notification based on the Kasturirangan panel report. …
With apprehensions over the Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats conservation turning into a hot political issue ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in Kerala, Congress-led UDF Government will be taking a strong stand against implementation of the report in its present form at the meeting of states concerned in Delhi …
Union Minister for Environment and Forests M Veerappa Moily said on Wednesday that the Centre had dropped the Madhav Gadgil Report on protection of the Western Ghats and other forest areas. The government would instead consider the recommendations made in the Kasturirangan report. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of …
