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 …
For independent, transparent appraisal & approval of projects The Supreme Court on Monday directed the government to appoint a Regulator with offices in States under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 for appraising projects, enforcing environmental conditions for approvals and imposing penalties on polluters. A Green Bench of Justices A.K. Patnaik, …
Panel asks RIL to submit additional material to ascertain project’s impact on environment as it fears serious threat to marine life in the vicinity Veerappa Moily may have to deal with a Reliance problem again, this time in the environment ministry. Reliance Industries’ expansion plan for its facilities at the …
The Centre for Science and Environment on Friday said all clearances - environment, forests, wildlife and coastal - should be consolidated to avoid delays in decision-making. Sunita Narain, CSE’s Director-General, said, “We are very worried about the tone and tenor of the debate on green clearances. It is clear that …
Firm Had Replaced The 106-Acre Plot, Valued At 19,300Cr By Knight Frank, With Other Land Parcels To Settle Claims Mumbai:A plot owned by the Sahara Group in the western suburb of Versova and valued by global property consultant Knight Frank at a jaw-dropping Rs 19,300 crore may actually be worth …
A committee under the ministry of environment and forests has given coastal regulation zone (CRZ) clearance to Indian Oil Corporation for setting up a 5-million-tonne LNG terminal at Ennore in Tamil Nadu. The Expert Appraisal Committee, which met last month, said all the issues raised in the public hearing held …
Receives environment, CRZ clearances from MoEF for its Floating Storage, Regassification Unit based LNG import terminal proj near Pipavav Mumbai-based green energy player, Swan Energy Ltd has today announced that the company has received environment clearance for its LNG terminal near Pipavav in Gujarat. In a statement filed with the …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Bharatkumar K. Patel Vs MoEF Ors. regarding proposed 5000 hectare port based multi-product SEZ in Kandla and Tuna area of Gandhidham, Bhuj, Gujrat. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/judgment/552013(App)(WZ)_13Dec2013_final_order.pdf
Mumbai : Despite the mangrove cell’s report on Costal Regulation Zone (CRZ) violations due to dumping of debris within 50 m of mangroves at NL Complex in Dahisar (East), the civic body has not filed any case against the builder yet. The civic body had granted permission for dumping debris …
The ministry of environment and forest (MoEF), Delhi has refused a state government proposal to regularize 500 buildings, already built without the permission of the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai. The proposal, forwarded by the state, had recommended collection of penalties from the developers …
Its earlier order not yet complied with, the Bombay High Court Monday asked the state's urban development department (UDD) to issue a circular within a week to all municipal corporations and zilla parishads instructing them to disallow construction on wetlands. The court had on October 14 this year directed the …
VISL will soon invite requests for qualification for EPC contract, says Minister The Expert Appraisal Committee of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests for projects relating to infrastructure development and Coastal Regulation Zone has recommended the accordance of environmental clearance for the Rs.5,000-crore deepwater container transhipment port proposed to …
Dutch Firm To Assess Impact And Feasibility Mumbai: A governmental body is resuscitating plans needing large-scale reclamation of land from the Arabian Sea—including expansion of the financial centre at Nariman Point—by commissioning studies to assess their environmental and social impact. The Mumbai Transformation Support Unit (MTSU), which was set up …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nicholas H. Almeida Vs M/s Lenzing Modi Fibres India Pvt. ltd. Ors. dated 28/11/2013 regarding environment clearance and consent to establish granted to M/s. Lenzing Modi Fibre India Ltd. who has proposed a project for manufacturing of Viscose Fibers (80,000 …
Thiruvananthapuram: Representatives of Coastal Watch (NGO), Kerala Swathanthra Matsya Thozhilali Federation, Centre For Fisheries Studies (CFS), a society Latin Catholic Archdiocese of Trivandrum, members of South Kerala Hoteliers Forum and Kerala Hotels and Restaurants Association handed submissions to Lalit Kapoor, member secretary of the central expert appraisal committee on CRZ, …
Under scanner of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the Odisha Government has notified an eight-member panel, headed by Chief Secretary JK Mohapatra, which will examine the environmental issues affecting pilgrim town Puri. The panel will shortly visit Puri and suggest strategies that need to be adopted for controlling the alarming …
The road was built without clearance under CRZ norms The State government will tender an apology to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) for constructing a road for the proposed Vizhinjam port without clearance under the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) regulations. Complaints had gone from Vizhinjam from those …
The Rs 24,200-cr coastal project has run into trouble because of differing views on its threat to local ecology The government's attempt at reviving investor interest in its flagship Ultra Mega Power Projects (UMPP) scheme after a four-year lull is headed south - quite literally. One of the two such …
Ministry rejected all objections raised by several organisations, people living in the vicinity of the proposed airport The Ministry of Environment and Forests has cleared the proposed Aranmula international airport in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala. The ministry released the order giving full environmental clearance to the project, rejecting all the …
In an attempt to put an end to rapid human-induced sea erosion that is plaguing a number of areas on the eastern coastline, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) here has directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to convene a meeting of Member Secretaries of the Coastal Zone Management …
Seek withdrawal of IFC funding from the Tata Power's 4,000 Mw power project in Gujarat After Indian NGO, as many as 68 civil society groups from 28 countries have condemned the World Bank Group’s continued support for Tata Power's 4000 Mw ultra mega power plant (UMPP) in Mundra, Kutch, despite …
