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 authority has recommended that the Kochi Corporation could approach the Department of Social Forestry to monitor and implement the compensatory afforestation programme. The Kerala State Coastal Zone Management Authority (KSCZMA) has directed the Kochi Corporation to submit a proposal for a large-scale afforestation programme to compensate the loss of …
Member of Parliament Maneka Gandhi has written to Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan alleging that a company has begun illegal construction near Karnala bird sanctuary in Panvel. In the letter, Gandhi said a private company had sought permission to set up a factory within 10 kilometres of the sanctuary, which houses …
Even as a letter from India’s Attorney General to the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) said the Worli-Haji Ali Sea Link and the proposed coastal road cannot co-exist, officials maintained that the letter does not recommend that the project be scrapped. Last week, Attorney General G E Vahanvati sent …
The State Government has decided to extend public distribution system (PDS) doles to over 5,000 families of traditional marine fishermen living along the Paradip coast. The condition of fishermen living in Rajnagar and Mahakalpada areas has become precarious following the seven-month-long prohibition on sea-fishing to ensure safety of the Olive …
Government invites suggestions from stakeholders concerned The government has invited suggestions from stakeholders concerned for formulating a State environment policy, B.V. Ramanaa, Minister for Environment, said on Tuesday. Participating in the World Environment Day celebrations here, he said the National Environment Policy 2006 had laid out the vision for State-specific …
NPCIL to submit technical details to MoEF before starting work With the first two units of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) coming close to the stage of commissioning, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has received the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) clearance for starting work on the …
Ministry told to commission study of all proposed thermal power plants along coast Suspending the environmental clearance (EC) given to the Chettinadu Power Corporation's 1200-MW power project in Tharangambadi taluk of Nagapattinam district, the National Green Tribunal has directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to commission a Cumulative …
AHMEDABAD: The forest department has, after a successful hatching programme, decided to go in for satellite telemetry tagging of the turtle. This would help them know the movement of the turtles and even track them. Dinesh Kumar Sharma, chief conservator of forests said that the project will be taken up …
Indian Oil Petronas Private Limited, a joint venture between Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) and Petronas Malaysia, is setting up an LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) import-export terminal at the Ennore Port. The new facility will have a tankage capacity of 30,600 tonnes and will attract an investment of around Rs …
In a move that aims at providing more land for construction and increased sops to builders in the ecologically sensitive Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) areas, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has asked the state government to allow the new relaxed building norms to be applicable in such areas. As per …
MUMBAI: BMC chief S J Kunte on Wednesday said the Adarsh building had come up without any Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) clearance. Kunte said before the commission of Justice (retired) J A Patil and member P Subrahmanyam that the construction rights in the form of floor space index that was …
The LPG import terminal project of IndianOil Petronas Pvt Ltd (IPPL) near Chennai that can help in speeding up cooking gas supplies to millions of households in the South, especially Tamil Nadu, is facing delay in its commissioning for want of a clearance from the Union Ministry of Environment. The …
Supreme Court order dated 11/05/2012 in the case of Union Territory of Lakshadweep & Ors versus Seashells Beach Resort & Ors. Violation of CRZ and other irregularities. http://www.stpl-india.in/SCJFiles/2012_STPL(Web)_310_SC.pdf
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Tuesday directed National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) to conduct a site inspection of mangroves in the protected Sewri Bay area. A division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice Nitin Jamdar was suo motu hearing a PIL, taking cognizance of a complaint …
MUMBAI: The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests on Wednesday put the state government in the dock before the Adarsh commission. MoEF Director A Senthil Vel told the commission that the "Maharashtra experience" was one of the reasons why the Centre decided to take away the powers of the state …
Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has written a letter to the Centre seeking immediate environment clearance for the Rs8,000-crore coastal road project in Mumbai. In his letter to Union environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan, the CM has requested the Centre to relax the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms to enable the state …
MUMBAI: A senior officer of the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), Dr A Senthil Vel, will on Wednesday take the witness stand before the judicial commission inquiring into the Adarsh scam. Senthil Vel's evidence would be crucial as it was his letter that was misinterpreted as environmental clearance …
A government inspection team says OPG Power, already facing environmental objections to its 300 Mw thermal power plant in Gujarat, is carrying on construction work at the project site without requisite approvals. A joint site (Mundra in Kutch district) inspection last week by the state environment impact assessment authority, the …
The environment impact assessment authority of Gujarat has told the National Green Tribunal that the OPG Power Gujarat Pvt Ltd is violating the conditions on which the environment clearance was given to it for its 300 MW thermal power plant at Mundra. The Gujarat State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), …
A naturally growing rich mangrove forest along both sides of the railway causeway through the Paravur lake between Mayyanad and Paravur railway stations have been felled. No clear reason has been given for clearing the mangrove forest which stands in a Coastal Regulatory Zone. The development comes at a time …
