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 …
Friday brought relief for residents of New Link road in Dahisar (West) and environmentalists. The 10 year-long battle, which was spearheaded by the New Link
Approval Deferred Due To Insufficient Impact Details Of Its Captive Port At Jatadhari IN A move that could further delay South Korean steel giant Posco
This report by Dakshin Foundation deals with the hazards and setbacks in coastal legislation. Laws pertaining to specific ecosystems and their use made an appearance over the last three decades and the law pertaining to coastal spaces – the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification, 1991 specifically decides what people can …
Multiplicity of regulatory authorities has not been carefully considered by the government while proposing to set up the National Environment Assessment and Monitoring Authority (NEAMA). For example, it is not difficult to visualise a situation where in a city we might have a district/regional office of State Pollution Control Board …
The Union environment ministry is all set to approve the Navi Mumbai international airport. The ministry’s Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) recommended clearance to the airport on November 10 subject to conditions. It cleared only the aeronautical area (see map) spread over 1,160 hectares (ha) and identified a number of land …
The Adarsh Co-operative Housing Society has replied to a showcause notice for alleged violation of environmental norms and the Environment Ministry will take a decision on it Monday.
The discussion paper on National Environment Assessment and Monitoring Authority proposed by MoEF as an autonomous, multi-disciplinary appraisal and monitoring agency. In line with the discussion paper on NEPA dated May 25, 2010, the consultative process has been taken forward. A clearer picture is emerging on the mandate of NEPA …
The fate of South Korean giant Posco's Rs 54,000 crore integrated steel plant in Odisha hangs in balance with a green panel on Friday recommending to the Environment Ministry to temporarily reject the nod given to the project citing alleged infringement of Forest Rights Act. However, when contacted, Union environment …
Mumbai: CBI, probing the scam involving Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society (ACHS) comprising prominent politicians, senior bureaucrats and military officials, has approached Union ministry of environment and forests to know if the Coastal Regulation Zone norms were deliberately violated for the society
Strange it may seem, but true. The office of the deputy collector, Margao had to issue two stop-work orders to the Colva police within a space of less than a week directing them to stop renovation work allegedly undertaken by a beach resort in Colva. The lethargy of the Colva …
HC asks for status report on CRZ violation on Nariman Point-Cuffe Parade stretch Express News Service The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), city collector and additional collector (Encroachments Removal) to file a status report on the alleged unauthorised constructions being carried out along the …
The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has issued a checklist for examining clearances to projects which attract the Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, 1991. This comes in the wake of the controversy over the violation of ecological rules by the Adarsh housing society here, meant for widows of Kargil …
A COMMITTEE set up by the government to investigate POSCO India’s compliance with the forest rights act (FRA) in its steel plant in Orissa’s Jagatsinghpur district has presented two divergent perceptions in its report. The committee, constituted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests to examine the company’s proposal for …
Environment min ister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday assured that action against Adarsh Housing Society in Mumbai for violating green norms will be taken in the next two-three days. He said the Maharashtra environment department had denied clearance to the controversial housing society, but it seemed the state urban department gave …
The expert appraisal committee (EAC) of Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) will review violations of coastal regulation zone (CRZ) guidelines in connection with the proposed steel plant and port by Posco. The EAC is expected to meet for two days in Delhi from November 9. The forest advisory committee …
