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 environment impact assessment committee on Thursday met a delegation of people from Halkarni in the Chandgad taluka to listen to their grievances against a chemical plant coming up at the village. The panel was appointed by the state government to look into the objections raised by the villagers. State …
Terms environment ministry’s memorandum unconstitutional. Madhav Gadgil, chairman of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP), has said that his report is far from “dead” and the unrest in the State is an aftermath of the “sabotage of democracy” caused by the denial of role to the local population, especially …
Madhav Gadgil, chairman of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP), has said that his report is far from “dead” and the unrest in the State is an aftermath of the “sabotage of democracy” caused by the denial of role to the local population, especially the grama sabhas, in decision-making. …
Pune: The notification issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) last month declaring about 60,000 sq km area of the Western Ghats as an eco-sensitive area (ESA) has been further amended to allow townships and area development projects of up to 50 hectare in the demarcated zone. The …
Thiruvananthapuram : Amdist the violent protests in hilly regions of Kerala over implementing certain recommendations of the Kasthurirangan report on Western Ghats, Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jayanthi Natarajan said the final notification on the report would be issued only after hearing the states and stakeholders. Natarajan told reporters …
PUNE: The state is in the process of declaring areas around national parks and wildlife sanctuaries as eco-sensitive zones. Of the 49 national parks and sanctuaries across the state, proposals for declaring eco-sensitive zones around 35 of them have already been sent to the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF). …
KOLHAPUR: Of the 60,000 square km area of the Western Ghats that the Union environment ministry notified as ecologically sensitive on Wednesday, 17,000 sq km fall in Maharashtra covering 2,133 villages across 12 districts. Raigad and Pune have the highest number of villages that will get the fragile zone tag, …
The environment ministry has issued directions to six state governments prohibiting development activities, including mining and quarrying, in the 60,000 sq km ecologically sensitive area of Western Ghats. The ministry's direction came weeks after it gave approval to a controversial report on Western Ghats prepared by the K Kasturirangan-led panel …
Expert panel convenes meet to formulate State’s response to Kasturirangan report Legislators representing constituencies falling within the Western Ghats region in Kerala have reiterated their demand to exempt populated zones from the Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESAs) demarcated by the Kasturirangan committee on conservation of the Western Ghats. MLAs from Idukki, …
Mumbai: The National Green Tribunal has directed the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to take into consideration recommendations of the Madhav Gadgil committee and those mentioned in the Kasturirangan panel report while granting a clearance in the ecologically sensitive zones (ESZ) of the Western Ghats. Senior counsel Raj Panjwani …
Green tribunal says MoEFs can consider either of the reports The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday said that it was no longer mandatory for the Environment Ministry to refer to Gadgil panel’s report while deciding applications for clearance for projects in permissible areas of the Western Ghats. A bench …
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF)informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it has accepted the high level working group report (HLWG) recommendations of the Kasturirangan panel 'in principle' under certain conditions. NGT had directed the ministry to make its stand clear in connection with an application filed by …
The National Green Tribunal Tuesday said that it is no longer mandatory for the environment ministry to refer to Gadgil panel's report while deciding applications for clearance for projects in permissible areas of the western ghats. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar clarified that with the Ministry …
KSSP Team Starts Inspection Of Vembanad Lake Kochi:The people’s commission on Vembanad ecosystem (PCVE), set up by the Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad (KSSP) to study the nature and extent of encroachments and violations on wetlands, met in Kochi and inspected waterfront areas. The commission headed by Prabhat Patnaik, economist and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Goa Foundation & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 12/11/2013 regarding status of Dr. Gadgil and Dr. Kasturirangan Reports. RELATED CONTENT News: Curb on mining in Western Ghats. News: Kerala to form new panel to study Kasturirangan report …
The Nilgiri Documentation Centre (NDC), an Ooty-based NGO involved in ecology and environmental issues, has demanded that the entire Nilgiris district be declared an ecologically sensitive area (ESA) as defined in the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) report prepared by Madhav Gadgil. Human activity, especially construction, will be strictly …
Solar and wind power projects too harm the environment. We must generate renewable energy in a responsible way. Solar and wind energy are considered environment-friendly, with zero carbon emissions. These sources of energy are going to be the main elements of India’s proposed march towards a low-carbon-economy. But doubts have …
The report of the Western Ghats ecology expert panel (WGEEP) is not against development but it supports sustainable development with protection of ecosystem and nature, said Madhav Gadgil in Kochi on Tuesday. Delivering the keynote address at a function organised by Indian association of lawyers, WGEEP chairman Gadgil said that …
Panel favours drawing water from Linganamakki for parched districts Hydel power generation at the Linganamakki dam may take a beating, if the government goes ahead with the plan to draw water from the Sharavati river to meet Bangalore’s needs. Water is proposed to be drawn from a distance of 386 …
