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. …
Any effort to divert the west-flowing Netravathi River to eastern parts of Karnataka will have economical, cultural and ecological impact, according to an expert. Speaking at a seminar on ‘River water diversion’, organised by the Guruvayanakere-based Nagarika Seva Trust, N.A. Madhyastha, an expert on biodiversity and former principal of the …
Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan inaugurated the western zone bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Sunday. Speaking at the event, he said there was a need to strike a balance between environment protection and industrial development. Expecting that the Bench will play a pivotal role in minimising the "conflict" …
An investigation carried out in Idukki by a team led by S. Sreekumar, Associate Professor with the Department of Geology and Environmental Science of Christ College, Irinjalakuda, indicates the possibility of fresh landslides being triggered in areas near where they occurred recently. Dr. Sreekumar had earlier been Principal Investigator in …
Power to be generated from 50 proposed projects, including Gundia Even as the State continues to face frequent power shortage, the government has said that it will create an energy bank of 21,614 MW by the end of the financial year 2021-22. The State government in its annual report for …
Gadgil Report Included District In Highly Sensitive Areas “Idukki is a classic case where conservation of green zones and large perennial tree growth that can stop soil erosion, mitigating the risks of landslides,’’ said Madhav Gagdil, the architect of Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP). The WGEEP report had in …
Sand mining in large parts of Maharashtra continues without mandatory environmental clearance, which is against the Supreme Court’s orders, activist Sumaira Abdulali has alleged. Abdulali, who had filed a PIL in the Bombay high court against illegal sand mining, said the illegal activity continued with support from local politicians. On …
Both state and central governments have placed the Western Ghats Ecology Experts Panel report in a wrong way before the people, the chairman of the Committee Madhav Gadgil said today. Speaking at a People’s Convention to discuss on issues of nature-friendly and people-oriented development of the Western Ghats tract, he …
Experts Find That Much Of It Has Degraded Into Scrubland A study on the status and distribution of forests of a portion of the Western Ghats has revealed that more land is in private hands than the area under protected forests, but large tracts have degraded into scrub and wastelands. …
Mumbai: The number of tigers is increasing in many states, says the latest census. But wildlife experts still see red over conservation efforts, which are hampered by rampant poaching and construction of infrastructure projects in forest areas. While the source population has been better protected in most states since 2006, …
Under the thick canopy of a peepal tree, beside the road that winds to Pallur Ooru in Attapady in the Western Ghats, is a small tribal burial ground. There are no tombstones to mark the graves and on closer look one sees tiny mounds where the mud has been disturbed. …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Thursday said that it has jurisdiction to hear the petition filed by NGOs Goa Foundation and Peaceful Society, on the implementation of the Gadgil panel report on Western Ghats, filed against the Centre, states of Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka and others. “The present application is maintainable …
The Goa government criticised the Centre, the K Kasturirangan Report and the Gadgil Report on Western Ghats for not taking into consideration the ground realities of the State, while reacting to reports that the PMO had written to the State asking it to provide details of distances, coordinates for points …
Destruction of evergreen forest in Salur and Bilalkoppa villages of Narasimharajapura taluk was as serious as the mining scam of Bellary Founder president of National Committee for Protection of Natural Resources (NCPNR) S R Hiremath has alleged that the evergreen forest in Salur and Bilalkoppa villages of Chikkamagalur district had …
As many as 1.5 million freshwater fish of India belonging to 30 threatened species were exported from the country between 2005 and 2012. Of these, three endangered and vulnerable species, two of which are found in the Western Ghats, formed a significant portion of the exports, a recent research by …
Environmental activists and experts have said that “green norms” are needed to regulate the country’s wind energy projects. It should include mandatory environment impact assessment (EIA), they added. The country’s wind power capacity wind power is expected to double in 2017. Many projects have been planned in forest areas and …
Unregulated Tourism, Fires, Encroachments Pose Threat It was in July 2012, when the Western Ghats made it to the world heritage list and a cluster of 39 sites here were crowned among the world’s eight “hottest hotspots” of biological diversity. A year on, the prestigious tag seems to have had …
Despite ban, tourists still use soap, shampoo and plastic covers Despite Collector C.Samayamoorthy’s assurance that Courtallam town panchayat’s ban on using soap, shampoo and shikakai powder at the waterfalls would be strictly enforced, these banned products are being used. Though the water coming from the Western Ghats is known for …
Exchange plan to make forest land easily available for irrigation projects The Water Resources department has hit upon a novel plan to solve the problem of acquiring forest lands for its projects: Grow forest on its land and exchange it for the Forest department’s land required for implementing irrigation projects. …
Every time Sampada Desai, deputy sarpanch of southern Maharashtra's Kalne village in Dodamarg taluka sees the solitary hill in her village, her eyes moisten. The 100-acre hill, less than half-a-kilometre away, has been stripped of its green cover as a steady flow of dumpers carts lucrative iron ore to a …
PUNE: Landslides, severe waterlogging and flash floods are natural disasters but environmentalists are firm that their epic proportions are brought on by human activities. Last week, Vishakha Sachin Wadekar (30) and her daughter Sanskruti (18 months) were washed away in the flow of water gushing down the hills near the …
