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 …
Additional chief secretary (forests and environment) P K Mohanty has held the state coastal zone management authority (KCZMA) responsible for giving CRZ clearance to the DLF riverside project at Chilavannoor in Kochi. Chief secretary E K Bharat Bhushan had, in his probe report, questioned Mohanty's decisions in the matter. In …
The Environment and Forests Ministry is examining the iron ore mining in Goa, pursuant to the Supreme Court's April 21 judgment, in consultation with the Ministry of Mines and the Goa government, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Environment and Forest Minister Prakash Javadekar was responding to Asaduddin Owaisi …
Modification to the 2011 Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification to allow reclamation for the Coastal Road Project and waiver of the joint venture that requires the state to have a 51 per cent stake in slum rehabilitation projects in CRZ-II areas were some of the major CRZ concessions state officials …
There are 234 constructions in the district violating the norms of the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Act, Minister M K Muneer told the Assembly on Monday. There are a total of 8,751 constructions in the state violating the norms. Action has been taken against the officials who gave sanction for …
Builder Gains As State Dubs Mahim A Bay A developer of a prime Prabhadevi plot is the first major beneficiary of the state coastal authority's intriguing redefinition of the Mahim shore as a bay. The reclassification has virtually pulled builder Hubtown's 5.3-acre land out of the highly-restrictive coastal regulation zone …
No CRZ Clearance, Chief Secretary’s Report Terms Construction Illegal The government has appointed a threemember expert committee to study the technical aspects raised in a report submitted by chief secretary E K Bharatbhushan on the DLF riverside housing project at Chilavanoor, Kochi. The eight-page report, placed in the assembly on …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chief Secretary E K Bharat Bhushan has submitted his report to the government pointing out large-scale violations by the builders, in the DLF project at Chilavannoor in Kochi. The report will be tabled in the Assembly on Wednesday, said Environment and Forest Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan. The Chief Secretary in …
MARGAO: Officials of the Goa State Bio-diversity Board and other agencies conducted an inspection of the controversial housing project at Cavelossim on Tuesday. The inspection was carried out upon a complaint lodged by the Cavelossim Villagers Forum, alleging rampant irregularities in the housing project. Besides the Bio-diversity Board, the inspection …
KCZMA handed over details of over 10,000 ‘land modifications’ to local bodies in February. Weakening the Supreme Court’s drive against encroachments and Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) violations along the banks of the Vembanad, the local bodies of Kochi, Kottayam and Alappuzha are sitting on a project for pinning down violators. …
The controversy over the environment clearance for the apartment project of the DLF Group at Chilavannoor is likely to be discussed at the next meeting of the Kerala Coastal Zone Management Authority (KCZMA). The project was given green signal by the KCZMA even when it had appointed a subcommittee to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Octavia Albuquerque & Ors. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 18/06/2014 regarding construction work being carried out in Coastal Regulation Zone area, Mangalore.
NAVI MUMBAI: After the raid by the Navi Mumbai police last week on illegal sand mining, in which five barges were seized and 18 persons arrested, environmentalists have noticed heightened sand mining and dredging operations in neighbouring areas of the city. "While we appreciate the quick response shown by the …
OLD GOA: A resident of St Estevam has accused various officials of failing to enforce CRZ rules in connection with illegal sand mining along the banks of the Mandovi River. In a complaint to Old Goa Police, J Bismark Dias complained that in 2011, officers holding position in government had …
After granting green clearance to a major naval infrastructure project at Karwar along the western coast, the environment ministry has now given its go-ahead to install a radar station at Narcondam in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The project was pending for long despite repeated requests from the defence establishment which …
As many as 130 buildings, spread over land worth hundreds of crores in the satellite city of Navi Mumbai, were built without Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) clearances, much like the controversial Adarsh tower in Mumbai. The violations were acknowledged by the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) in response to an …
Similarly, none of the waste generated from Thane, Kalyan-Dombivli and Ulhasnagar civic bodies is treated. Two thirds of the municipal solid waste generated in the state is disposed in an unscientific manner, found a report on the status of municipal solid waste management in Maharashtra. The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board …
PANAJI: A judicial magistrate first class (JMFC) court at Panaji directed the Old Goa police to conduct an inquiry and also register an FIR on the basis of a complaint seeking action against illegal sand mining within the coastal regulation zone (CRZ) in River Mandovi. Activist Kashinath Shetye had filed …
The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) for projects related to Infrastructure Development and Coastal Regulation Zone has stalled Kolkata Port Trust's efforts to obtain an environment clearance for the proposed port facility at Shalukkhali (better known as Haldia Dock - II) as the documents provided aren't up to date. The decision …
Clearance Awaited From Centre For Pipeline To Be Laid By GAIL In Rs 7.6k Cr Project There is good news for Bengal on the eve of World Environment Day . The state's need for green fuel is likely to be met in the next couple of years, with environmental clearance …
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has made it clear that delay in green clearances will not be tolerated. While environmentalists agree that the system of green clearances needs to be changed, the solution, they say, is not just to speed up clearances but to also change the system. The Centre for …
