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 …
MoEF has granted conditional environmental clearance to POSCO for its steel-cum-captive-power plant & a captive minor port at Orissa and has demanded an assurance from the state government that forest rights are not being violated. The Government of Orissa and Pohang Steel Company (POSCO) signed a MoU on June 22, …
THE environment ministry has set the ball rolling on an eight-month process for identifying and punishing violations under the Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, 1991. In an order issued on Tuesday, the environment ministry has directed the coastal zone management authorities of all states and Union Territories to identify violations under …
When US president Barack Obama uncharacteristically took to the floor to join a Koli dance in November, the images were beamed across the world with the tacit affirmation that all was well with the oldest community of Mumbai. Last week
New Delhi: The environment ministry on Friday notified the long-pending Coastal Zone Regulations, changing the regime that manages development and construction along the 7,500 km coastline of the country. Environment minister Jairam Ramesh announced the notification and said state-level authorities would be given four months to identify all contraventions of …
New Delhi: Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh set the cat among the pigeons on Friday when he said the Akshardham Temple, a project dear to BJP leader L K Advani, and the Commonwealth Games Village should not have been given environmental clearance as they have come up on the Yamuna …
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) on Friday announced the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification, 2011, as part of which the no development zone has been reduced from 200 metre from the high-tide line to 100 metres to meet increased demands of housing of fishing and other traditional coastal …
Although the CRZ 2011 notification came as a huge relief to the fishing community, the other violators would not be lucky enough as the Centre has stated it will direct the States to identify such violations within four months. Union Minister for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh said that directions …
After the tsunami of 2004, the government was forced to rethink its policies on the Indian coastline. And hence, the coastal management zones (CMZ) were established. This move affected about 100 million people living along the approximately 7500 km long coast. Strangely, while recognising the importance of coastal areas in …
G Saravanan | ENS Ahead of PM's visit, bitumen scraped from road near Adyar Poonga emptied onto coast barely 10 metres away from sea IN yet another serious violation of the coastal regulations, the Chennai Corporation has dumped a large quantity of debris -mainly bitumen scraped out of the road …
