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 …
After a eighteen-month long process, the CRZ Notification, 2011 is being formally notified and published. This replaces the CRZ Notification, 1991. This notification reconcile three objectives: protection of livelihoods of traditional fisherfolk communities; preservation of coastal ecology; and promotion of economic activity that have necessarily to be located in coastal …
Chennai: The sprawling Adyar park, a huge lung in Chennai, is the current bone of contention between the DMK and Congress and among the reasons for the deepening rift between the two parties. DMK sources say CM M Karunanidhi is upset at the manner in which the state
Ministry of Environment and Forests had constituted a committee in December, 2009 under the Chairmanship of Shri J M Mauskar, the additional secretary to examine the monitoring compliance of the stipulated conditions and environmental safeguards while granting environmental clearance under EIA and CRZ notifications and to suggest effective minotiring mechanism. …
While deciding on a project, do regulators know everything about its impacts on the environment or on human health? What actions or decisions can be taken in the event of simply not knowing enough about the impacts of proposed actions? The decision to act or not act, and further how …
CHENNAI: The Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) clearance for the Adyar Poonga, a pet project of Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, has been a contentious issue right from the beginning. Environmental activists cited several violations and procedural flaws in its conception. The first and the most glaring one relates to the CRZ …
State Says Already Complying With Green Norms New Delhi: No new infrastructure projects will be allowed in the high-erosion coastal zone in the country, environment minister Jairam Ramesh has said. Ramesh said that the coastline is undergoing changes due to various anthropogenic and natural interventions.
NEW DELHI: The much-amended coastal regulation zone notification could soon be replaced by an Act of Parliament, preventing frequent instances of one-off exceptions to the rules. At a meeting with leaders from the fishing community on Wednesday, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh
The revised Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) guidelines, to be announced by Union environment ministry within two weeks, is expected to provide fillip to the development of Konkan region of Maharashtra, chief minister Prithviraj Chavan said on Sunday. Fishing and tourism were the two important aspects of Konkan
NAGAPATTINAM: The proposed Coastal Regulation Zone 2010 notification would empower fisherfolk habitations within 100 m from the coast subject to the hazard line. The mapping of the hazard line along 7,500 km coast line at a cost of Rs.120 crore was under way, and slated for completion within two years, …
Sudha Nambudiri KOCHI: The environment panel of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has in its report after the site visit to Pambaimoola recommended that the development of Edakochi has to be addressed through permissible eco-friendly projects in CRZII areas. This will go a long way in protecting such …
MUMBAI: Exactly a month after the union environment ministry gave a green signal to the proposed Navi Mumbai international airport, another milestone was crossed by the ambitious project on Wednesday. Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) cleared a proposal for environment and CRZ clearance for offsite physical infrastructure required to …
NAGAPATTINAM: The National Fisher folks' Forum has expressed strong opposition to a few measures and issued a charter of demands. NFF, a constituent of the Federation of State Level Trade Unions in India has passed resolutions in its general body meeting held recently. The forum has called for resistance against …
The Union environment ministry on Thursday issued a show cause notice to Mundra Port and SEZ Ltd, a private port and special economic zone being developed on the west coast of the country, for alleged violation of the provisions of the Coastal Regulation Zone Notification. Acting on a complaint of …
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has issued showcause notices to the Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone (MPSEZ) located in Mundra taluka of Kutch district for violating the Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, 1991. The ministry has also simultaneously issued showcause notices to OPG Power Gujarat, which is planning …
THE ministry of environment and forests has accused Adani Group's Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone of destruction of mangroves in Gujarat. In a showcause notice to Mundra Port, the ministry said it has violated the Coastal Regulation Zone and not met the conditions for environmental clearance. The ministry has …
Shivakumar | ENS RTI query reveals contractor was paid `240 cr even before receiving clearance for the project THE `1,655-crore elevated expressway from Chennai Port Trust to Maduravoyal is yet to get government approval, according to information under the Right to Information (RTI). In a reply to an RTI application …
The controversial Adarsh Housing Society at Colaba in Mumbai has lost its water and electricity supply after the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority revoked its No Objection Certificate (NOC) to the society. Whether it will lose 25 illegal floors out of its 31 is giving sleepless nights to the owners …
G. Krishnakumar Moves to build cricket stadium on CRZ land Mangroves were cut in violation of CRZ rules Stadium site is also part of Vembanad-Kole wetland KOCHI: Concerned over the increasing incidents of the violation of the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification, 1991 in the State, the Union Ministry of …
On Monday, the French company AREVA and Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) signed a deal ensuring that the 9,900-MW Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project will proceed in New Delhi, which will have the evolutionary pressurised reactors designed by the said company. The project will have six such reactors, each …
