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 …
The Goa State Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) is contemplating issuing notices to coastal panchayats over their inaction over illegal constructions in CRZ areas within their jurisdictions. Presently, over 1,500 cases of such violations are pending before the GCZMA. "We're considering questioning coastal panchayats about their inaction by issuing notices …
Mumbai: Bombay HC will hear a PIL as a test case to determine whether grievances raised in it are related to the National Green Tribunal or should be heard by it. A division bench of Justice V M Kanade and Justice F M Reis on Tuesday heard a plea by …
Odisha would be the first state in the country to initiate the process of Shoreline Management Plan and Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project (ICZMP), said the ICZMP Odisha authorities during a four-day training workshop on ‘ICZM and Shoreline Management Planning’ organised by the State Project Management Unit (SPMU) in collaboration …
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 multi-storey Shubhada and Sukhada co-op housing societies in Worli, that are in the news for unauthorised alterations made by politicians in flats they own in these buildings, were apparently allowed to be constructed by the civic authority without the necessary clearance of the environment ministry. The multi-storey Shubhada and …
Environment activist SubhasDatta has moved the National Green Tribunal on pollution at Puri, eastern India's biggest pilgrimage and tourist site. The town with a population of about 2 lakh and rudimentary civic and other support infrastructure, caters to more than 1.5 million tourists. In the petition made on April 5, …
BHUBANESWAR: A high-level committee set up by the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to review the mega Posco steel project in the state has spelled fresh trouble for the much-hyped project. The committee headed by K Roy Paul was constituted as per the March 30, 2012 order of …
The ministry had granted environment clearance to these projects last year. The construction work for the much awaited Industrial Park of Tata Steel near Gopalpur in south Odisha is expected to start from the next month as the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has accorded Costal Regulation Zone …
In a serious violation of environment and Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms, massive tracts of land along the eco-senstive Juhu beach have now turned into a dumpyard and the civic administration seems to have turned a blind eye to the problem. Despite repeated resident complaints for the past 10 months, …
Details of proposals received as on 27.02.2013 for eco-sensitive zones around National Parks and Sanctuaries, Lok Sabha Starred Question No 88, dated 04.03.2013.
Faced with environmental hurdles in pushing vertical growth in the state, the Kerala government last month amended its municipal building rules to change the very definition of 'high-rise' buildings to get around the stringent new requirements for a green nod. Kerala and some other states have strongly opposed the union …
NGO activists have demanded that the Regional Plan (RP) 2021 be immediately sent back to the panchayat bodies for corrections, as the government's delay in finalizing the plan is leading to further environmental damage to eco-sensitive zones. The activists pointed out adverse ramifications of delaying the process of finalizing the …
Mumbai: The state government has contested the Rs 1,000-crore suit filed over a 400-acre plot in Borivli-Dahisar and pointed out that the Kamathia family and their attorney Jayesh Shah were guilty of disobeying a 2011 Supreme Court order. The SC order was over constructing illegal bunds and destroying mangroves on …
The Bombay High Court has rejected a plea by City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco), the nodal agency for the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport, to exempt the airport project from Forest Conservation Act clearances. “Cidco will have to obtain permission from the appropriate authority in relation to Coastal Regulation …
PANJIM: The tourism high powered monitoring committee, under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has given its nod to a Panjim cruise jetty, Merces amphitheatre and Margao mini exhibition-convention centre and other tourism and infrastructure projects totalling Rs 50 crore, with a two year completion target. The committee set-up …
The two-member commission inquiring into the Adarsh Society controversy finished its hearings on Wednesday with the state government clarifying its stand before the panel that the 31-storey building in south Mumbai was constructed without Coastal Regulation Zone clearance. Senior advocate Anil Sakhare, who represented the state before the commission, said …
Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has invited bids for construction of the stalled Pedder Road flyover but resistance from a local residents association to the project continues. Pedder Road Residents Association has sought a meeting with the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), which recently gave environmental clearance …
The government also said the society should not have constructed 31 floors In a setback for the Adarsh housing society, the Maharashtra government has told the two-member judicial commission probing the scam that it did not have the necessary environmental clearance even as the panel wrapped up the proceedings. The …
