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 …
In a classic case of the rule-maker turning rule-breaker, the government, which is supposed to enforce coastal regulation zone (CRZ) norms and ensure that no permanent structures come up within 500 metres of the high tide line, is itself blatantly flouting the rules at Rushikonda Beach! Forget 500 metres, the …
AHMEDABAD: Nearly six years after it was announced, the 6,000 MW nuclear power plant at Mithivirdi, a coastal hamlet some 40 km from Bhavnagar, is close to getting the crucial coastal regulatory zone (CRZ) clearance. The project has been recommended for the clearance by the expert appraisal committee of the …
Within a fortnight of Principal Secretary (Tourism) Ajit Ranjan Bardhan announcing that Rs 185 crore will be invested by both state and private players to boost the tourism potential of Sunderbans, environmentalists have picked up holes in the idea. To stop the degradation of Sunderbans, green crusader Subhas Datta has …
The Southern Bench of National Green Tribunal has directed the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) to consider the plea of Tril Info Park Limited seeking approval for the expansion of the Special Economic Zone in Tambaram. Tril Info Park Ltd’s director, Ramanujam, submitted that the company was established in …
Ahead of launching its ambitious ‘smart cities’ scheme, the Centre on Tuesday pushed for easing the norms for construction in urban areas by substantially reducing the number of approvals and no-objections required for taking up new projects. At a meeting of Ministers and Secretaries of seven Ministries convened by the …
The state government on Tuesday issued a notification announcing revocation of the River Regulation Zone (RRZ) policy without announcing any replacement guidelines to protect water bodies, allege green activists. The decision to scrap the policy was approved 10 days ago by the cabinet. The notification, which came within 100 days …
The city's first mega building project kissing the sea is all set to take off after coastal regulation zone (CRZ) norms restricting construction activity were relaxed near bay areas. Realty firm Hubtown, which recently won a case against the state government in the Supreme Court over its 5.5-acre Hindoostan Mills …
Environmental pollution in Visakhapatnam city is a reality and immediate measures should be taken with an effective action plan for implementation within a specific time frame, felt Ashwani Kumar, chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests. The committee asked the state government to prepare …
For Vizag to emerge as a smart city, it must first fix nagging problems like rampant pollution and coastal regulation zone (CRZ) violations, said Ashwani Kumar, chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests, here on Monday. "The environment challenges in Vizag are several and real and …
For the much-awaited 34-km coastal road linking Cuffe Parade and Marve to become a reality, the Maharashtra government will have to promise the Centre that it would retain its sanctity by not pushing the high tide line further in to bring the proposed road under the state's development plan (DP). …
It may sound strange, but the central government is seriously considering a river regulation zone (RRZ) policy like Maharashtra's to save rivers, while the state government has scrapped the 15-year-old policy for being 'bad in law'. Another reason cited was that the RRZ policy was against the constitution, though the …
Congress party has urged the State Environment and Forest Minister Alina Saldanha to revoke all green clearances granted to the Rs 5 billion golf course and eco-tourism resort of Leading Hotels Ltd at Tiracol village and demanded scrapping of the entire project. In a memorandum submitted to the minister, Goa …
National Green Tribunal (NGT)'s eastern zone bench on Wednesday expressed grave concern over degradation of the Sunderbans and directed the state chief secretary to demolish all unauthorized structures within the world's largest mangrove delta even if they have been constructed by statutory bodies. The NGT took up suo motu proceedings …
The ministry of environment, forests and climate change (MoEF&CC;) has issued a draft notification to amend the coastal regulation zone (CRZ) notification, 2011, allowing for reclamations and alterations to natural features such as rocks/hills in the exceptional cases of development of "memorials and monuments." The draft notification -- currently seeking …
Some others may need legislative amendments to laws The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) ordered 60 amendments to green clearance norms from the Union environment, forests and climate change ministry in September 2014. By the end of January, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar and his team delivered on most of these. Some …
PANJIM: Differing with a recent statement by the pro-tourism lobby within the government, Environment Minister Alina Saldanha, said that the State Cabinet has not taken any decision seeking relaxation for the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) and No Development Zone (NDZ). “We cannot play with nature as the consequences can be …
SECURING environment clearances for several road infrastructure works, mostly short intra-city flyovers and road-improvement projects, is currently a time-consuming task with the proposals having to go to the Union government for a final clearance. However now, getting clearances may get easier . The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has …
Environment activist Subhas Datta has filed a report before the National Green Tribunal (NGT)'s Eastern Zone Bench in which he has revealed how multiple government agencies operating in the Sundarbans are working at cross purposes and doing more harm than good to the world's largest mangrove delta. Datta was appointed …
The likelihood of having a coastal road in Mumbai after the Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar expressed his willingness to positively consider it has cast a cloud of uncertainty on another city project, on which a state corporation has already spent more than Rs 3.5 crore just in planning. Although …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Libertina Fernandes Vs Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority & Others dated 13/01/2015 regarding construction over a sand dune and in violation of of CRZ Notification, 1991 and further in violation of CRZ Notification, 2011.
