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 …
CHENNAI: The city is waking up to the threat faced by the Muttukadu estuary due to unbridled urbanisation that has resulted in high-rises and industries on its banks. Experts and environment activists are alleging that these new structures are putting the ground water table at coastal Chennai to grave risk. …
High-Security Areas Like Navy Nagar Also Not Spared Almost every night, there is a mysterious fire in the mangroves in the Oshiwara-Loka belt. And there is handwala belt. And there is also the daily problem of debris dumping on them. Spread over 4 km, a vast section of mangroves in …
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat high court on Monday asked the forest department not to allow the removal of sand dunes from the seashore in southern Kutch after a PIL alleged that the Adani Port and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) had flattened the area near a small hamlet, Tunda Vandh. On July 24, …
The city’s development authority’s plans of roping in corporates to beautify the Mithi river promenade inside the plush Bandra-Kurla complex are losing steam, as coastal regulation zone (CRZ) norms are likely to prove as a roadblock to the ambitious designs of the private company it had picked. After inviting expressions …
KOLKATA: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday came down hard on the Odisha government for failing to take necessary action against constructions that violate Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) norms. On May 13 this year, NGT, while hearing an application by environment activist Subhas Datta had directed the Odisha government …
KOCHI: The disagreement between the Congress and the Opposition LDF members over taking action against the Coastal Regulation Zone (CZR) norms violators in the Chilavanoor area, including the controversial DLF builders, led to a stormy session in the council meeting of the Kochi Corporation on Wednesday. The Opposition councillors belonging …
Revenue officials asked to measure land in possession of the builder The three-member committee of the Kerala Coastal Zone Management Authority (KCZMA) inquiring into the alleged Coastal Regulation Zone violation by DLF builders will submit its report on Tuesday. The committee members, A. Ramachandran, Kamalakshan Kokkal and K. Padmakumar, inspected …
An expert committee set up to ascertain whether the wetlands at Kopri in Thane have been reclaimed for an upcoming Special Economic Zone (SEZ) were denied entry to the area on three occasions. The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), which is part of the committee, said the members were prevented …
The Vizhinjam port authorities are exploring legal options in the wake of the national green tribunal (NGT) order to review the legality of the coastal regulation zone notification, 2011 that exempted coastal areas of “outstanding natural beauty“ from the CRZ norms. The order came on a petition filed by two …
Spelling trouble for the Rs. 5,000 crore Vizhinjam International Seaport project in Kerala, the Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal on Thursday decided to review the constitutionality of a 2011 Coastal Regulation Zone notification which exempted coastal areas of “outstanding natural beauty” like Vizhinjam-Kovalam sector from protection. The five-member …
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) seems to have washed its hands of taking action against alleged mangrove destruction by Esselworld at Gorai by informing the Bombay High Court (HC) on Monday that the Board did not have the requisite expertise regarding mangroves. This, despite filing an FIR against Essel …
KOCHI: A 19-storeyed apartment complex, constructed in Kundannoor, violating coastal regulation zone (CRZ) norms; a four-storeyed building in Aluva without toilets, parking area or rainwater harvesting facility; and a 10-storeyed complex built just four meters away from the waterfront in Tripunithura. These are some of the realty projects found flouting …
Former Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s elevation as the Prime Minister has come as a boon for his home State as after an important permission to put sluice gates on Narmada Dam in June, the Modi Government gave clearances to two more projects — the cold storage for perishable goods …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on Wednesday granted environment and Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) clearance for the 8,481 hectares of Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Kutch district to the Gautam Adani promoted Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) while directing it to restore the creeks in Mundra …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Wilfred J. & Others Vs MoEF & Others regarding Vizhinjam Port Project and it affecting the environment and ecology of that area as well as impacting the livelihood of the fisher folks of that area.
PANAJI: The National green tribunal (NGT), New Delhi, has set aside an order issued by Goa coastal zone management authority (GCZMA) to Marbela beach resort, Morjim, to demolish a few illegal structures within Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) in its premises at Morjim. Taking cognizance of the allegation of breach of …
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) said it has received environment and other nods for its 8,481 hectares special economic zone, a move that will pave way for setting up facilities like desalination and effluent treatment plants besides boosting exports. "APSEZ, part of the Adani Group ... has received …
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has slammed the Kochi Corporation for alleged issue of permits to 19 buildings, including high-rise ones, along the Chilavanoor backwaters in violation of coastal regulation zone (CRZ) norms. This was among the several observations in the CAG report tabled on Thursday that among other …
NAVI MUMBAI: The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) committee, formed to review issues related to CRZ 2011 notification, is yet to give its nod to the City and Industrial Corporation Limited (Cidco) to clear mangroves in six holding ponds at Dronagiri. The six-member committee, which visited the state on …
PIL alleges flaunting of green norms, Gujarat HC issues notice to APSEZ, others Adani Group's maiden venture into ship recycling business seems to have got into legal trouble as a public interest litigation (PIL) in Gujarat High Court has alleged that its group company had violated environmental norms and presented …
