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 …
Upbeat over the outcome of the public hearing on July 19, the state government is looking forward to getting coastal regulatory zone (CRZ) clearance for its ambitious Bhadbhut barrage project soon. It expects to begin construction by the end of the year. The CRZ clearance is to be given by …
NPP at Mithivirdi will be set up 40 km from Bhavnagar and is located on sea coast on west side The Gujarat Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCRZMA) has given nod for Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited's (NPCIL) proposed 6,000 Mw nuclear power plant in Mithivirdi, Bhavnagar. It has recommended …
Adani Group's proposed new ship recycling facility within the Adani Port and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) in Kutch has faced opposition from villagers during an environment public hearing held on July 30 in Tunda village of Mundra taluka. Villagers from Navinal village have submitted their opposition during the public hearing …
The Government of India has identified Cheyyur in Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu, as one of several sites for a 4000 MW ultra mega power plant (UMPP) using imported coal and super-critical technology. Super-critical technology claims to attain far higher thermal-electrical conversion efficiencies than sub-critical plants, thereby maximising the conversion of …
The public hearing for Adani’s ship-breaking facility near Mundra West Port in Gujarat’s Kuchchh district ended without the company being able to give comprehensive answers to the queries raised by the project-affected people. Gautam Adani-led Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (APSEZL) was formerly known as Mundra Port and …
The Goa construction industry can breathe a sigh of relief, as legal sand extraction is likely to start by the end of the monsoon after a prolonged drought of two years. The government has now decided to accept applications for issuing licenses for sand extraction ~the lifeblood of the construction …
Expert Appraisal Committee defers EC, CRZ clearance till final decision by MoEF on allegations While the Gujarat government seems optimistic on commencing operation of LNG terminal at Mundra by 2016, GSPC LNG Ltd, a joint venture between state-owned Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) Ltd and Adani Group, for setting of …
Green bench orders arrest of Principal Secy mines The principal bench of the National Green Tribunal has ordered the arrest of state’s Principal Secretary, Environment and Forest, R K Verma for his failure to comply with its directions in a case pertaining to illegal mining and dumps. The bench had …
The Bombay high court on Thursday directed the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) to determine within a month whether a proposed hoarding site in an area of mangroves on the Mahim Causeway falls within the Coastal Regulatory Zone-I. The court has also said until the MCZMA’s report comes in, …
The Bombay high court has directed the ministry of environment and forests to decide the fate of around 8.80 lakh fully grown mangroves spread over 220 hectares at Dronagiri in Navi Mumbai. Hearing an application filed by Cidco, seeking to cut down the mangroves for desilting and redevelopment work, a …
Mumbai: Several buildings in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai that have come up without the mandatory coastal regulation zone (CRZ) clearance could soon face action. The state government has decided to ask civic bodies to initiate action against them after Union environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan’s refusal to grant post-facto environmental clearance …
A lengthy meeting between Union Minister of Environment and Forests Jayanti Natarajan and Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan in Mumbai on Thursday resulted in the state government getting only one “inprinciple clearance” to build Chhatrapati Shivaji statue in the Arabian sea near Mumbai. Decisions on most of the other proposals …
The systematic destruction of mangroves in Mumbai and the state at large is a scourge familiar to the residents here. But for the Union ministry of environment and forests, Maharashtra’s mangrove cover has remained unchanged the last eight years. In its 2012-13 report, the ministry states that the mangrove cover …
An expert panel has recommended renewal of environment clearance for Posco's proposed steel project in Odisha, raising hopes that the Korean company will be able to start work on its much-delayed plant. Posco's original $12-billion proposed plant at Jagatsinghpur — the largest foreign direct investment in the country — was …
Central Empowered Committee inspected the alleged environmental damages at Krishnapatnam Port and its surroundings on Tuesday. The committee was deputed by the Supreme Court following some petitions filed by S. Venkateswarlu, a native of Chalivendrum near the port and an advocate K.R. Reddy over damage to the environment because of …
MUMBAI: Around 50 acres of mangroves were allegedly destroyed in Lokhandwala by planting "invasive species" and creating a debris path, which residents claimed was a new modus operandi to kill the green belt. The residents were shocked to see the mangroves destroyed and charred bushes on both sides of the …
Seeking action against private resorts located in the vicinity of the proposed Vizhinjam port, which have violated coastal regulation rules, the government has sought the assistance of Kerala coastal zone management authority to look intothe matter. “We have taken note of this violation as mentioned in the environment impact assessment …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Even as the controversy surrounding the Bolgatty convention centre project of Emke Group, led by M A Yusuff Ali, is gathering momentum, records show that the Kerala Coastal Zone Management Authority (KCZMA) was divided over according sanction for the project. At the 55th meeting of the KCZMA, which was …
Heeding a petition filed by an NRI of Goan origin, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to consider constituting small/inquiry committees headed by a retired judge or mamlatdar or officer of the directorate of land and survey records to conduct inquiries into …
The Bombay high court on Thursday came down heavily on the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for allegedly violating several norms pertaining to Costal Regulation Zone (CRZ) and disturbing wetlands and mangroves at its Kanjurmarg dumping ground site. The Bombay high court on Thursday came down heavily on the Brihanmumbai Municipal …
