Order of the Bombay High Court in the matter of Adani Cementation Limited Vs Union of India & Others dated 05/03/2025. Adani Cementation Limited approached the Bombay High Court seeking issuance of an order directing the respondents/ authorities to permit the petitioner to carry out the work of construction of …
THE proposed Navi Mumbai airport is inching closer to getting clearance with the Maharashtra government signalling that it is ready to make changes to the project plan to address environmental concerns. Changes are needed in plans such as development of hotels and the alignment of the runway. The environment ministry …
Mumbai Clearance for the Navi Mumbai airport proposal, if it arrives, will have to wait a while longer as the expert appraisal committee (EAC) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests will visit the site and then take a final call. The EAC met Wednesday in New Delhi where officials …
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), which has come out with a fresh draft of the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification, 2010, allegedly improving upon the one issued in April, needs to do better. While there is no denying that in certain aspects the new draft notification is …
MUMBAI: For the past one week, acres of mangroves near Bangur Nagar in Goregaon West are being systematically destroyed with apparent impunity. Scores of debris-laden trucks have been rushing in and out of the verdant stretch, much to the chagrin of locals. A posse of men employed by the encroachment …
RAHUL WADKE Locating the airport at Panvel will be ecologically harmful as it would require destroying mangroves and changing the course of two rivers. If you are on National Highway 4B towards Panvel, to your left is a vast expanse of land criss-crossed by rivers and swamps. This land means …
No threat seen to eco environment in Matheran hills or Karnala bird sanctuary. Ashwini Phadnis Rahul Wadke The fragile eco environment in Matheran hills and Karnala bird sanctuary is unlikely to be affected by the proposed Navi Mumbai airport coming up at the Panvel site. Sources indicated that the report …
Special regulations for Goa, Mumbai and Sunderbans region HERALD CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI, SEPT 14 The Environment and Forest Ministry has come out with a fresh draft of the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification, 2010, improving upon the one issued in April, with special regulations for Goa, Mumbai, Kerala and the …
MUMBAI: While Goa has to deal with tar balls that have appeared on its beaches in the past 10 days, similar balls have appeared on the beaches of Kihim, Murud-Janjira, Rewas-Mandwa and Kashid. Some of these beaches, like Kashid, still have pristine white sand and are a favourite hotspot for …
The shift of focus from a shared vision of a planned metropolitan region to development for financial profit underlies the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra
The state government has promised to submit a newly drawn map on Navi Mumbai to the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) which will arrive here on September 22. The panel has been raising a lot of questions on administrative lapses related to the Navi Mumbai airport project.
MUMBAI: The state cabinet on Wednesday approved a Rs 826 crore project for coastal protection and management. The programme is funded by the Asian Development Bank and will be implemented in three phases. The ADB will give Rs 480 crore and the state government will raise Rs 265 crore while …
Priscilla Jebaraj NEW DELHI: Is the Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance SEZ more important to the Maharashtra government than mangrove conservation? Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has suggested that if the State government and the Union Civil Aviation Ministry want Mumbai's second airport to come up at the proposed site in Navi …
The Environment Ministry has assured the Prime Minister it will help find an early resolution to the deadlock over the Navi Mumbai airport project but has also requested the Maharashtra government and the Civil Aviation Ministry to be more flexible. The assurance has come in response to a communication from …
Amitabh Sinha New Delhi: With the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) stepping in again, it is now becoming increasingly clear that the second airport for Mumbai will, in all probability, be built at the proposed location in Navi Mumbai that is facing a host of environmental objections. In its latest intervention …
KOCHI: Yet another eco-tourism initiative is in the offing for Kochi. Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan will inaugurate the Parunthuranchi Manappuram Ecotourism project in Aluva on Monday. The project will be implemented by the District Tourism Promotion Council with financial aid from the Department of Tourism. The construction work is being …
Vinaya Deshpande and Rahi Gaikwad Mumbai: Officials from the Civil Aviation Ministry and the Maharashtra government visited the proposed international airport site at Navi Mumbai on Thursday. The consultants appointed by the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra (CIDCO) and a technical team accompanied the officials.
