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East Kolkata Wetlands
Affidavit by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on the conservation of the water body Agula Bandha, Berhampur, Odisha, 20/05/2025
Affidavit by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Sisir Kumar Panda Vs Union of India & Others dated 20/05/2025. The issue pertained to the removal of illegal construction/obstruction caused by the state authorities as well as the private persons in the ecological sensitive zone …Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding conservation and management of East Kolkata Wetland area, West Bengal, 16/04/2021
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 16/04/2021. The matter related to conservation and management of East Kolkata Wetland area - to stop all prohibitory activities within the East Kolkata Wetland area; to restore all converted land …Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding encroachment of the East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, West Bengal, 05/06/2020
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dhruba Das Gupta & Others Vs Ministry of Environment Forest & Climate Change & Others dated 05/06/2020 regarding encroachment of the East Kolkata Wetlands and operation of illegal industries within the area without the necessary statutory clearances. The case was …Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding dumping municipal waste at Mollar Bheri, Kolkata, West Bengal, 18/12/2019
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 18/12/2019 regarding dumping municipal waste at Mollar Bheri, Kolkata, West Bengal. It was alleged that Bidhan Nagar Municipal Corporation, Nabadiganta Industrial Township Authority (NDITA) and Newton Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) …Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding exploitation of East Kolkata Wetland, West Bengal, 27/05/2019
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 27/05/2019 regarding exploitation of East Kolkata Wetland, to the detriment of the environment and ecology. Subhas Datta had conducted a survey that revealed large number of constructions that have sprung …Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal structure at the East Kolkata wetlands, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, 09/10/2018
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Public (People United for Better Living in Calcutta) Vs. East Kolkata Wetlands Management Authority & Others dated 09/10/2018 regarding illegal structure belonging to the Vaidik Dharma Sansthan Trust, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal. National Green Tribunal directs the East Kolkata …Illegal construction on Wetland
KOLKATA, 7 OCT: Even after the East Kolkata Wetland Management Authority (EKWMA) had served stop work notice to a proposed vocational training centre for an illegal construction (in sns photo) at the protected area in Sonarpur, the latter asked for a no-objection certificate allegedly with political backing. The builder, who …Stress of urban pollution on largest natural wetland ecosystem in East Kolkata-causes, consequences and improvement
The traditional practice of utilizing wastewater into fish pond is a unique example of sustainable socio-economic development pertaining to resource recovery in the Eastern Kolkata wetlands, a Ramsar site in India. This paper revealed the stress of urban pollution and poor land use planning on the world’s largest natural wetland. …Impact of urbanisation on biodiversity: case studies from India
Urbanisation in India is occurring at a rate that is faster compared to many other parts of the developing world. The Planning Commission of the Government of India estimates that about 40 per cent of the country’s population will be residing in urban areas by 2030. However, as conurbations and …Toxicity and profitability of rice cultivation under waste-water irrigation: the case of the East Calcutta wetlands
The paper reports the results of an empirical study on the profitability of rice cultivation in the East Calcutta Wetlands region where untreated sewage water from the city of Calcutta, India, is used for the purpose of irrigation during the winter/summer crop. The results show that plots using wastewater containing …Cases on protection of lakes: East Kolkata wetlands , West Bengal
The wetlands to the east of Kolkata comprises of many water bodies from north and south 24 Parganas. The hydrological setup of these wetlands is completely different from any other wetland in India. There is no catchment for these water bodies and perched aquifer is found to occur below these …Hidco accused of illegally filling 33 water bodies
KOLKATA, 13 MARCH: About 33 water bodies in the Ramsar-protected East Kolkata Wetlands were filled illegally for the construction of the Newtown-Rajarhat Township. A letter (No. Hidco/planning 13/99) dated 19 November, 1999, written by the erstwhile managing director of Hidco, West Bengal, Mr Sanjay Mitra, to the secretary of the …Wetland guidelines
Members of East Calcutta Wetlands Management Authority met chief secretary Ardhendu Sen on Tuesday and submitted guidelines allowing limited construction by the residents of the wetlands. The chief secretary is the chairman of the authority. Around 1.5 lakh people live in the 12,500-hectare East Calcutta Wetlands, where the high court …Off The Beaten Track
Sukantanagar is near one of hundreds of bheris or ponds of the East Kolkata Wetlands where natural biodegradation turns KolkataBhagabanpur eco-park gets only aquatic animals
The state government has altered its original plan and decided to shift only aquatic and water-based animals to the proposed eco-park at Bhagabanpur in South 24-Parganas. Earlier, it was decided that the proposed eco-park at Bhagabanpur which falls under the jurisdiction of East Kolkata Wetlands, would be a satellite unit …Wetland plot to be returned
The high court on Thursday directed four traders, who claimed to have purchased a part of the East Calcutta Wetlands from the Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC), to hand the plots back to the civic body by February 15. Justice P.K. Chattopadhyay passed the order after the Wetland Management Authority claimed …Wetlands and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH): understanding the linkages
The health and livelihoods of people in rural and peri-urban areas in developing countries is often strongly related to ecosystems services and water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). Although provision of both is integral to water management, the linkages between the two are rarely recognised in approaches to ecosystem management …Wetlands: worth and violations
The entrance to Sanjeeva Town off Rajarhat; (above) The Telegraph report highlighting the governmentEndemic marsh Mongoose Herpestes palustris (Carnivora: Herpestidae) of East Kolkata Wetlands, India: a status report
Marsh Mongoose Herpestes palustris is the only extant endemic mammal of the East Kolkata wetlands, which has been declared a RAMSAR site in 2002. Since its first description by the scientists of the Zoological Survey of India, the population of this species has dwindled to an alarming state due to …Court raps state over wetlands
The high court on Friday indicted the state for its failure to implement orders to protect the East Calcutta Wetlands and other water bodies. Alarmed at the rampant landfill along the Bypass, the division bench of Chief Justice S.S. Nijjar and Justice B. Somadder said:Phytoplankton diversity as indicator of water quality for fish cultivation
Waste water fed fisheries are a common feature in different parts of the world. Yet not all work as efficiently as those operating at East Calcutta Wetland for more than 70 years now. The objective of this study is to unravel the reason for the markedly greater efficiency of the …
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