Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Hemant Kumar & Others Vs State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 13/05/2025. An application was received by the NGT filed by Hemant Kumar on behalf of all the villagers of Gram Panchayat Salani Katola, tehsil Nahan, district Sirmaur, Himachal …
MUMBAI: The Supreme Court has lifted a stay on felling of trees at various places along the 33.5km Colaba-Bandra-Seepz Metro III corridor. The Bombay high court had on May 5 vacated its order, which restrained Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) Ltd from cutting trees for the project. But it had …
The west coast boat services would allow passengers to get their four-wheelers on to special decks on boats from the jetties at Borivali to Nariman Point and is aimed at de-congesting road and rail traffic. The much-awaited water transport project along Mumbai’s west coast has hit an environmental hurdle. The …
Environmentalist in letter to MoEF says project will affect corals, fish breeding grounds The proposal to built a ₹3,600 crore Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Memorial in the Arabian Sea is mired in controversy. After a public interest litigation was filed at the Bombay High Court urging the project to be scrapped, …
Kolkata: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday directed the state pollution control board to carry out surprise checks on cruise vessels operating in the Sunderbans to find out whether they discharge waste in the ecologically fragile zone. The NGT had taken up the issue of environmental degradation in the …
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis tweeted that the coastal road had received the final environment clearance from the Centre. Mumbai finally came closer to its dream of a coastal road skirting the Arabian Sea from South Mumbai to the western suburbs, with the union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) clearing …
Panaji: The site allegedly being reclaimed in khazan land in coastal regulations zone (CRZ) I zone on Zuari river bank for the mini-India project at Quelossim was inspected by Goa coastal zone management authority (GCZMA) officials and others on Wednesday. The project has been issued approval in-principle by investment promotion …
Citizens have questioned the rationale behind the Karnataka Urban Development and Coastal Environmental Management Project (Kudcemp) in the city as preparations are under way to launch the second phase of works under the Asian Development Bank-funded scheme. Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel had earlier alleged that works under the …
The Digha administration has decided to plant a large number of casuarina trees along the coastline where such forests have depleted because of subsequent cyclones and felling of trees. The lush forests of casuarina or jhow trees had attracted the Bengal government's attention in the late 1950s, when it decided …
Bombay High Court: while the Metro has to come up, they are equally concerned about the environmental aspects of the project Pointing to the importance of the upcoming Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRCL)’s Metro Line III project in easing commuter woes in Mumbai, the Bombay High Court Wednesday said that …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s. Mehdad & Anr. Vs. Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change & Others dated 03/05/2017 regarding Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) for different states of India. NGT directs the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to file an …
As part of its plans to ease coastal rules in the country, the Ministry of Environment has proposed to lift restrictions on real estate development that will ease FSI regulations, relax the extent of no-development zones and also permit the construction of public amenities, ministry documents revealed. The documents were …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Kashinath Jairam Shetye & Others Vs Jaiprakash A. Shirsaikar & Others dated 02/05/2017 regarding illegal structures in property bearing Survey Nos. 213/23-A of village Anjuna Bardez, Goa. GCZMA had directed Eliano Pereira to demolish illegal cottages/structures …
Govt yet to receive order; Petition contends festival being held in CRZ-II in violation of 2011 notification; Notices to GCZMA, GTDC returnable on May 12 PANJIM: Hours before the four-day annual wine and lifestyle festival – Grape Escapade – could commence, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) stayed the event following …
Environmental activists and fisherfolk organisations fear that the already skewed compromise between urban planning and coastal protection would be distorted even further if the recent proposed Marine Coastal Regulation Zone (MCRZ) notification were allowed to sail through. The National Coastal Protection Campaign (NCPC), an umbrella network of NGOs, fish-worker organisations …
A part of Azad Maidan is being used for Metro construction Metro rail body says all permissions have been obtained from authorities concerned before construction on the project can actually begin Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) on Wednesday filed an affidavit in the Bombay High Court stating that the …
The issues of attack on the deputy commissioner and sand mafia rocked the floor of the zilla panchayat general body meeting and resulted in the exchange of heated arguments between both Congress and BJP members. Raising the issue, BJP member Suresh Batwade said the incident has created an alarming situation, …
Marine experts and faculty of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to grant environmental clearance to the proposed port at Tadadi in the Aghanshini estuary of Uttara Kannada district. In a letter to the prime minister in March, Prof T V Ramachandra, Co-ordinator, …
Charge of violating Coastal Regulation Zone provisions is incorrect, asserts CPT Chief Engineer The Cochin Port Trust (CPT) has come under fire for its alleged flagrant reclamation of Vembanad backwaters and violation of the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification. A committee constituted by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of S Prabakaran, Nadu Theru, Sothikuppam, Cuddalore VS Ministry of Environment & Forests dated 24/03/2017 regarding the laying of pipeline by Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) Technology or any other means in the CRZ area of Uppanar River for …
Massive construction works are going on along the Vizag-Bheemili Beach Road in violation of the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms and ironically, it is the government bodies who are permiting such constructions and putting up boards regarding the details of the upcoming project. Though the CRZ norms state that no …
