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 …
PANAJI: The ministry of environment, forest and climate change, on Thursday, issued an order, reconstituting a 13-member Goa coastal zone management authority (GCZMA), whose term ended in July 2016. The delay in reconstitution of the GCZMA has affected the finalization of the beach shack policy, and consequently, the erection of …
Adani Petronet has received green clearance for the third phase expansion of its Dahej port in Bharuch district of Gujarat that will entail an investment of about ₹ 464.32 crore. Adani Petronet (Dahej) Port Pvt (APPPL), a joint venture of Adani Enterprise and Petronet LNG, has developed the Dahej port …
Mumbai: If the Union environment ministry permits, the Arabian Sea at Mazgaon on the city's eastern waterfront could be redefined as 'creek', a move that will benefit builders whose plots are currently locked because of Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms. The Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) last month wrote …
Share Sand extraction in rivers within the coastal regulatory zone (CRZ) in the district finally resumed on Saturday amidst claims and counter claims about compliance to environment clearance norms. Though the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and the State-level Environment Impact Assessment Authority-Karnataka (SLEIA), had clearly indicated that …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Anil Hoble Vs Kashinath Jairam Shetye & Others dated 07/10/2016 regarding degradation of environment on account of unauthorized construction on plot of land falling within CRZ (III), Panjim, Goa.
In Paris, big companies saw the climate agreement gives them enormous opportunity to create new green jobs in renewable energy, climate-smart agriculture, smart transport using less fuel In Mumbai to participate in a historic beach clean-up, UNEP chief Erik Solheim says he reposes ‘immense faith’ in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s …
Cairn India will be taking up exploratory and appraisal drilling of ten wells in Palar block at the coast in Nellore district Andhra Pradesh with an investment outlay of USD 150 million. An Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change examined and gave its …
Karwar: Officials might be boasting about containing illegal sand mining in Uttara Kannada, but the practice continues in the district. A case in point is Taggupalya, Honnavar district, where sand extractors are illegally building jetties in Sharavati river by dumping red soil. CRZ officials are not ready to take any …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Dr. Premchand Vs Pattanakkad Grama Panchayat (Alapuzha District, Kerala) dated 20/09/2016 regarding construction in violation of the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification, 2011 as well as the provisions of Kerala Panchayat Building Rules, 2011. National Green Tribunal …
Following the postponement of the hearing of the stay order on sand mining activities in the district at National Green Tribunal (NGT) Chennai to October1, the affected people have decided to stage a massive protest rally on September 22. Kattada Samagrigala Sagata Lorry Malakara Sangha’s District General Secretary M G …
KENDRAPADA: Green activists have urged the government to conduct a strict environment impact assessment (EIA) for the 451km Gopalpur-Digha coastal highway under the Centre's Bharatmala Pariyojana before implementing the project. "Since the highway almost entirely falls in Odisha and the state's coastline is dotted with many ecosystems like the mangrove …
Construction workers to protest on September 26 The stay on sand extraction, ordered by the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone), Chennai, in the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) areas of Udupi district will continue till October 1. Ranjan Shetty, advocate for the applicants, Udaya Suvarna and others from Baikady and Kukkude …
The people affected following a stay order on sand mining activities in the district have condemned the lackadaisical approach of the district administration in representing the stance at National Green Tribunal (NGT), Chennai, and have decided to stage a protest rally. Raising the issue at a meeting held to discuss …
Explaining about the role of the NGT, Justice Jawad said, “It works for keeping a check on pollution. We comply with precautionary principles rather than Polluter Pays Principles." Justice Jawad Rahim, judicial member, National Green Tribunal (Western Zone), said that activities against the environment have to be nipped in the …
Titled 'Environmental Risk Vigilance', the initiative is envisaged to take stock of activities in connection with various aspects of environment including air, water, land, soil, minerals, wetlands and mangroves. Looting of natural resources and indulging in environment degrading activities like clearing of mangroves or unpermitted filling of wetlands, for pecuniary …
The opposition to the proposed Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Monument project has now reached the National Green Tribunal (NGT), which issued notices to the Maharashtra government and others on Wednesday, telling the representatives to be present for the next hearing along with their replies. Akhil Maharashtra Machimar Kriti Samiti president Damodar …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Wilfred J. & Others Vs Ministry of Environment and Forests & Others dated 02/09/2016 regarding environmental and CRZ clearance for development of Vizhinjam International Deepwater Multipurpose Seaport, at Vizhinjam in Thiruvananthapuram District of State of Kerala. National Green Tribunal gives …
Files petition before NGT for stop-work on ports under Sagarmala In a first of sorts, New Delhi Television (NDTV) has filed a petition before the National Green Tribunal (NGT), asking for the Indian coastline to be protected. In its petition before the tribunal, the company that runs one of India’s …
The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal has ordered notice to TANGEDCO and the Tamil Nadu government on a petition opposing the environment approval granted to the 1,600-MW Uppur Thermal Power Project. According to the counsel for the appellants, the NGT order follows an appeal from the villagers objecting …
Harbour project has got environmental and Coastal Regulation Zone clearance on January 3, 2014 The National Green Tribunal reserved its judgement on Monday on pleas seeking withdrawal of environment clearance granted to the Vizhinjam International Seaport, being developed by Adani Group in Thiruvananthapuram. The issue was being heard by a …
