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 …
Next round of talks only if the Centre provides copies of all these documents” The People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE), which is spearheading the ongoing anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project struggle has demanded Central Experts Team to provide the copies of following documents. 1. The Site Evaluation Study, Safety Analysis …
MUMBAI: Six years after the Bombay High Court ordered a stop to the destruction of mangroves, Mumbai and its neighbouring areas now boast of more than 5,800 hectares of mangrove land designated as protected forests. According to environmental activists , even by conservative estimates, the move has ensured more than …
Bhubaneswar: Terming Wednesday’s killing of one person during a clash between the anti-Posco brigade and a private contractor over construction of a coastal road linking the Posco's proposed plant site at Dhinkia with Paradip as tragic, chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday said that action would be taken against the …
In an about-turn, a senior MMRDA official on Tuesday admitted before the judicial commission that Adarsh did not have a valid Coastal Regulation Zone clearance. This comes days after Pradeep Yadav, senior town planner with the MMRDA, had said a 2003 letter was a valid CRZ clearance and was the …
Mumbai is in reality a city of places that are not a part of the current set of fantasies that rule the minds of urban planners but are yet integrally linked to capitalist processes, to urban practices of place-making and to urbanism itself. From this perspective, this enquiry seeks not …
A senior Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) official on Thursday claimed that the ministry of environment and forests had given coastal regulation zone (CRZ) clearance to the Adarsh co-operative housing society, based on which a certificate to commence construction was issued. While deposing before a two-member commission probing thescam, …
More than six years after it was proposed, the civic administration has now asked the Central Government to fund the Rs 1,675 crore Mithi River Project, with a view to ease the financial burden. So far the the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the MMRDA have spent Rs 827 crore …
This report seeks to present a review of the current status of coastal governance with regard to its compatibility with Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) in Sri Lanka. The purpose of this review is to support the preparatory programme of work of the Mangroves For the Future (MFF) initiative, and as …
The committee formed to explore the possibility of coastal roads in the city will ask the state government to make Mumbai a special case to relax the stringent norms in the Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ). The state government-appointed high-level technical committee will soon submit its report to the government, which …
Under attack for delays in environment clearances and dilly-dallying over issues like the no-go area for mining, the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has planned various changes. It wishes to strengthen infrastructure for better management of environmental and forest clearance systems, decentralise its monitoring to regional offices and …
The civic administration has finally kickstarted the much-delayed process of constituting a task force to identify violations of Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) Rules across the city. Approved in principle by Municipal Commissioner Subodh Kumar, the plan was to have been approved by July this year. The task force, which will …
With over 100 files related to Coastal Regulation Zone violations and requests for clearances pending, Kerala has approached the Centre for the reconstitution of the Kerala State Coastal Zone Management Authority (KSCZMA). The term of the earlier committee had expired on July 22. The pending files include complaints regarding violations, …
PANJIM: In a partial relief to the sand extraction activity, Union government has asked Goa to form a special committee to study the specific sites where sand extraction can be done without harming the ecology. Ministry of Environment and Forest in its circular to various coastal states, including Goa, has …
The Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) has ordered that a stop-work notice be issued to a slum rehabilitation project coming up on a prime plot abutting the sea in Nariman Point, alleging it is illegal. The construction is underway right behind the Manora hostel for state legislature members. The …
The government has opened a hole in the ban against sand mining in coastal areas — it has permitted traditional coastal communities to remove sand bars in rivers and estuaries strictly by manual methods only. While builders have been demanding an opening up of sand mining in coastal areas in …
Maharashtra fishermen will approach the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) against the proposed coastal road from Madh to Nariman point in Mumbai. They claim their livelihood will be at risk if the 32-kilometer road is allowed to be built. The project can not take off without MoEF clearance. …
Draft proposals for formation of authority The Vembandu-Kol Eco Development Authority (VEDA) will ensure a ‘sustainable and healthy Vembanad socio-ecological system which supports its rich biodiversity and the livelihood needs of the stakeholders,' according to the draft proposals for the formation of the authority. (The proposals, prepared by the State …
Work on preparation of Master Plan over The Chennai River Restoration Trust will soon make an application seeking environmental clearance for the second phase of Adyar Poonga from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests. The work on preparation of Master Plan for seeking approval from the Union Ministry of …
The People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) has expanded its existing ‘scientific team' and constituted an ‘Expert Panel' with 21 members for inspecting the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP). “The proposed panel comprises noted scientists, engineers, doctors, environmentalists, columnists and advocates with the objectives of guiding the movement, educating the …
New Delhi Citing threats to habitation, the Centre on Friday refused clearance to Chennai Petroleum Corporation’s R126-crore plan to lay a crude oil pipeline to its refinery at Manali in Tamil Nadu. The Union environment ministry, however, advised the company to suggest ‘‘an alternative route’’ and a fresh proposal along …
