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 …
India has reached out to small island states, which are most vulnerable to climate change, to convey its sensitivity to their concerns on the issue, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has said. The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) had asked emerging economies like India and China to take legally binding …
With the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) nixing the Vedanta project at Niyamgiri hills, the Orissa government is now keeping its fingers crossed on the Rs 54,000 crore Posco steel project as the Meena Gupta committee set up by the ministry on Tuesday visited the site of the proposed …
K.S. Sudhi Large number of constructions have come up on riverbanks On the safe side:Vembanad Lake has been included in the new category of Critically Vulnerable Coastal Areas as per the draft CRZ notification issued by the Centre. KOCHI: The enforcement of the Coastal Regulation Zone guidelines, as envisaged by …
Mumbai The Ministry of Environment & Forests (MOEF) has objected to a proposal by the Maharashtra State Coastal Zone Management Authority (MSCZMA) that envisages an elevated walkway as part of the redevelopment and beautification of Chaityabhoomi in Dadar. The government in 2001 initiated a project for the beautification of Chaityabhoomi, …
The National Fishworkers Forum headed by Matanhy Saldanha on Friday "completely rejected" the draft CRZ Notification 2010 issued early this week, saying it neither protects the fishing communities' rights and livelihood nor the coastal environment. "Activities that do not need to be within 500 metres from the sea like atomic …
Opening up the possibility for the redevelopment of hundreds of slums along the Mumbai coastline, the Environment Ministry has decided to relax Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms for areas having special development needs such as Greater Mumbai and Kerala. The CRZ notification of 1991, that seeks to protect and regulate …
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), which has come out with a fresh draft of the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification, 2010, allegedly improving upon the one issued in April, needs to do better. While there is no denying that in certain aspects the new draft notification is …
Ganeshotsav has brought good news for those residing in dilapidated buildings within the coastal regulation zone (CRZ) in Mumbai and its extended suburbs. The Union ministry of environment has given its nod to the state government
Special regulations for Goa, Mumbai and Sunderbans region HERALD CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI, SEPT 14 The Environment and Forest Ministry has come out with a fresh draft of the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification, 2010, improving upon the one issued in April, with special regulations for Goa, Mumbai, Kerala and the …
The draft Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, 2010 issued by Ministry of Environment and Forests on 13th September 2010 impose fresh restrictions on development activity within 500 meters of the Indian coastline. See also Document- Coastal regulation zone amendments 2010 http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/303912 Report: Final frontier: agenda to protect the ecosystem and habitat …
The shift of focus from a shared vision of a planned metropolitan region to development for financial profit underlies the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra
Navi Mumbai airport is not the only city project to have got stuck at the environment ministry headed by Jairam Ramesh. Nearly 25 other proposals from Maharashtra submitted during Ramesh
Mumbai The state government approved a new Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) map of Navi Mumbai area on Thursday after the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) had objected to the old map submitted for environmental clearance for the proposed airport site. It will be sent to the EAC Friday. During its July …
