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 Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has rejected the Kamarajar Port's proposal to locate port facilities on the eastern banks of the Kosasthalaiyar's backwaters in Ennore Creek following a long struggle by local fishermen. The fisherfolk, however, said their battle to declare all of Ennore Creek off …
Panaji: The state government has observed that ground thruthing, ground verification of high tide line (HTL) and survey map is not being carried out by the National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM) while preparing the Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP). The presentation of the preliminary draft of CZMP was …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sagardeep Sirsaikar & Others Vs. Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority & Others dated 01/10/2018 regarding construction of an illegal structure for commercial purpose for running bar and restaurant, in violation of CRZ Notification, 2011. The construction was within the prohibited …
The court said that a 50m buffer zone should be created around mangrove land in which no construction activity or dumping of debris should be permitted. The Bombay High Court on Monday ordered a “total freeze” on the destruction of mangroves in the state. The court said that the destruction …
PANJIM: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has remanded a matter to the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) to decide whether Baina village be declared as a fishing village in terms of CRZ notification 2011. The Tribunal’s order comes in response to an appeal by three locals challenging demolition notice …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Union of India & Others Vs D. R. Parekh & Others dated 14/08/2018 regarding Synclair Hotel and Corbyns Cove falling under CRZ II category, Port Blair. Supreme Court sets aside the High Court Order of 2004 and said that …
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Ecology Commission (GEC), Gujarat Pollution Control Board and the forests and environment department of the government of Gujarat jointly organized a public hearing on the state’s draft Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) at Dholera on Tuesday. Stakeholders and environment activists protested against exercise and demanded that another …
The Union Environment Ministry has extended the 1996 CZMP at least five times in the past although the State government made vain attempts to bring new CZMP in 2013. CHENNAI:The 22-year-old Tamil Nadu Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP), which was approved way back in 1996, expired on Tuesday and what …
PANAJI: Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar has said that concerns raised by state legislators over the environment ministry's draft Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification 2018 are unwarranted. Even if it is finalised, the draft CRZ notification cannot be implemented without consulting the public, Parrikar said in the state Assembly yesterday. …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala coastal zone management authority (KCZMA) is unlikely to recommend the controversial resort project undertaken by Kapico Kerala Resorts Pvt Ltd on Nediyathuruthu island in Vembanad Lake for CRZ and environmental clearance. KCZMA is learnt to have decided against recommending the project, citing serious violations involved in the construction. …
Out of total 13 coastal states and UTs, only five have submitted their management plan to the Ministry of Environment and Forests till date. Observing that coastal areas of ecological importance must be protected, the National Green Tribunal on Monday directed all states and union territories to submit a Coastal …
Krishna Kant from PSS, who is also opposing the public hearing, said, "No material in local language is being provided to locals so that they can understand the issue and put forth their points at the public hearing." Local villagers and environmentalists have opposed the proposed public hearing to be …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s Mehdad & Others Vs. Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change & Others dated 23/07/2018 regarding protection of coastal stretches of India. NGT has been informed that draft Coastal Zone Management Plans (CZMPs) has been prepared by 5 States …
Nagpur: The state’s plan for a Shivaji statue off the Gateway in Mumbai may face a fresh hurdle. The National Green Tribunal’s Pune bench has permitted a few opposing the project to file an amended appeal. In 2016, Mumbai-based 67-year-old fisherman Damodar Tandel and 48-year-old businessman Pradip Patade had approached …
An Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Union Environment Ministry has deferred the revised Master Plan for the Kattupalli port proposed by M/S Marine Infrastructure Developer Private Limited (MID CHENNAI: An Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Union Environment Ministry has deferred the revised Master Plan for the Kattupalli port …
Main objection is reduction of land area from the high tide line; Seek public hearing before notification is implemented PANJIM: The High Court of Bombay at Goa on Monday issued notices to the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC;) in connection with a petition filed by social …
CANSAULIM: NGOs, citizens and leaders of political parties under a banner “Goans Against Coastal Regulation Zone 2018” on Wednesday protested the MoEF’s draft CRZ notification 2018 near Matanhy Saldanha’s statue at Cansaulim. After garlanding the Matanhy’s statue, social and political leaders at the meeting expressed their opposition to the draft …
Chennai coast will undergo a permanent change when proposed Kattupalli Port expansion plan begins to take shape. CHENNAI: Chennai coast will undergo a permanent change when proposed Kattupalli Port expansion plan begins to take shape. Imagine the combined size of 825 football fields, that is kind of sea reclamation envisaged …
PANJIM: Goans against CRZ 2018 (GACRZ), a federation of unions, political parties and activists on Tuesday submitted a memorandum to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) objecting to the draft CRZ Notification 2018. The memorandum was signed by the core …
PANJIM: In what could spell trouble for Mormugao Port Trust’s (MPT) proposed deepening of the approach channel and inner basin for capsize vessels, the sub-committee constituted to undertake bathymetry work has observed that MPT has violated the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order by undertaking dredging beyond 14.1m and 14.4m at …
