Judgment of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Protection of Environment and Public Service Committee Vs Union of India & Others dated 14/11/2022. The matter related to illegal and unauthorized mining of limestone on large scale in districts Gir Somnath and Junagadh in Gujarat …
FARMERS of 15 coastal villages in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar district have intensified their stir against Nirma company’s cement plant proposed on a waterbody. Activists are mobilizing people against the plant by screening films showing the impact the project will have on farmers of Mahuva tehsil. The latest round of protests were …
Jaipur: A three-member committee under panchayati raj minister Bharat Singh has been constituted to ensure the smooth transfer of five subjects (departments) to the panchayats on October 2. The decision was taken at the state ministerial meeting held under CM Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday. The committee, which includes water resources …
EW DELHI: A Rs. 900-crore cement project in Himachal Pradesh promoted by French giant Lafarge has lost its environmental clearance after the National Environment Appellate Authority ruled that the project threatened the agriculture-based economy and the nearby Majathal Wildlife sanctuary. The clearance was originally granted by the Union Ministry for …
NEW DELHI: A Rs. 900-crore cement project in Himachal Pradesh promoted by French giant Lafarge has lost its environmental clearance after the National Environment Appellate Authority ruled that the project threatened the agriculture-based economy and the nearby Majathal Wildlife sanctuary. The clearance was originally granted by the Union Ministry for …
Baldev S Chauhan / Shimla September 14, 2010, 1:07 IST Lafarge India has suffered a setback, with the National Environmental Appellate Authority (NEAA) rejecting the clearance to a Rs 900-crore cement plant it was proposing at Ghanger in Himachal Pradesh
LUMPL mining project Shillong: The Lafarge Umiam Private Limited (LUMPL) seems to have garnered certain amount of support among the local populace with the Nongtrai Village Dorbar coming out in open support of the company and its mining operations. In a statement issued here on Thursday, Pynshai Rapmai, secretary of …
From CK Nayak NEW DELHI: In a major setback to the environment groups, the Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a PIL field by the Meghalaya Adventurers
The Meghalaya Mineral Policy has been drafted with an aim to facilitate systematic, scientific and planned utilization of mineral resources and to streamline mineral based development of the State, keeping in view, protection of environment, health and safety of the people in and around the mining areas.
Following an inspection of the site and discussions with various stakeholders, including local people, State government and pollution control officials, the NEAA quashed the clearance of the integrated cement plant and captive limestone mine promoted by M/s. Lafarge India Pvt. Ltd., at Village Alsindi, Tehsil Karsog, District Mandi, HP.
SHILLONG: The much-delayed draft of the State Mining Policy will be ready by next month, Deputy Chief Minister Bindo M Lanong in-charge Mining and Geology Department said on Friday. The Mining Policy is expected to regulate mining activities, especially coal and limestone mining, and also conserve the fast-depleting forest cover …
On July 21, barely a fortnight after he filed a PIL in the Gujarat High Court seeking an end to illegal limestone mining along the Gir wildlife sanctuary, 36-year-old activist Amit Jethava was killed. He was shot from point blank range on a busy highway in Ahmedabad, minutes after he …
Indu Bhan New Delhi: Lafarge moved nearer to operating its mining lease for limestone from the Meghalaya hills after the Centre on Monday informed the Supreme Court the company has deposited Rs 75.06 crore in a corpus to finance compensatory afforestation. The corpus is under a Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management …
BHUBANESWAR: Senior Congress leader Umesh Swain today alleged that the State Government had given a benefit of Rs 25,000 crore to the mine owners of State by not pursuing the case relating to Orissa Rural Infrastructure and Socio-Economic Development (ORISED) Act, 2004 in the Supreme Court. Swain said at a …
SHILLONG: The KHADC received a lump sum amount of Rs 1.59 crore in the last financial year from the State Government as royalty on limestone extracted from Nongtrai-Shella areas by the French company Lafarge to feed its cement plant in Bangladesh. Replying during the question hour on the fourth day …
The absence of any systematic study by Indian or foreign scientists has left sufficient room for wide and wild speculation on the probable causes of high incidence of cancer in parts of Punjab The scourge of Malwa It is well known in Punjab that the Malwa region shows a very …
