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 …
Shibu Thomas I TNN Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Thursday has asked the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to clarify its stand on the proposed world-class football stadium at Cooperage. The MoEF is expected to place on record its stand on the environment clearances for the project …
MUMBAI: The state cabinet on Wednesday approved a Rs 826 crore project for coastal protection and management. The programme is funded by the Asian Development Bank and will be implemented in three phases. The ADB will give Rs 480 crore and the state government will raise Rs 265 crore while …
The steering committee of the state government on Monday took the desalination plant proposal for Mumbai forward by setting 2013 as the deadline for the first phase. The government plans to set up two plants of 100 mld each at south Mumbai and the suburbs to tackle the city
How an illegal hotel built on sand dunes nearly escaped High Court demolition orders, reveals CLAUDE ALVARES Our panchayats and their leaders have now become part of an all-Goa scenario of complete non-governance accompanied by acts of brazen manipulation and corruption. Nothing illustrates this better than the
Sabloo Thomas The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has given environmental clearance for the construction of a permanent campus for the Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER-TVM) at Vithura. The clearance was given during the 88th meeting of the expert appraisal committee for building construction, coastal regulation …
The Environment and Forest Ministry is aiming at protection of corals not only between the low and high tide lines but up to 12 nautical miles into the sea beyond India
KOCHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered to stop the functioning of the controversial Mangrove Theme Park at Pappinissery. The court ordered to stop all construction and commercial activities in the park run by the Pappinissery Eco Tourism Society. The court criticised the action of the Union Environment Ministry which …
Will review compliance of the project with various statutory provisions and central, state clearances. The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has expanded the terms of reference of the Meena Gupta committee probing into alleged violations of the Forest Rights Act at the Posco project site in Orissa. The order …
KANNUR: The controversial mangrove theme park set up by the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-controlled Pappinissery Eco-Tourism Society on the mangrove-rich northern bank of the Valapattanam river was reopened on Sunday.The park had been closed on July 20 after the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests, through the State Coastal …
Land as a resource in any country will always be in short supply as it cannot be created, unlike other resources such as capital or labour. As the Indian economy grows, more land will be required to support the industrial growth, which will further increase the gap between supply and …
New Delhi: The government has decided to widen the ambit of the Meena Gupta committee, which is looking into the Rs 50,000-crore Posco Integrated Steel Project to review the case not only for its compliance with the Forest Rights Act (FRA) and Forest Conservation Act. The panel will also be …
The draft action plan on climate change by Union Territory of Puducherry. It highlights various approaches and activities formulated for adopting six missions under NAPCC to mitigate the climate impacts. See also: State and National Climate Change Action Plans of India West Bengal state action plan on climate change Orissa …
MAXIMUM CITY MINIMUM AIRPORT P A R T 2 Aviation's SOS to PM: Save the Navi Mumbai airport PRANAB DHAL SAMANTA & SMITA AGGARWAL NEW DELHI Jairam floats Kalyan as a venue, ex-NSA shot it down citing `sensitive' BARC lab THECivilAviationMinistrytoday sought the intervention of the PMO to PMO to …
P B Jayakumar / Mumbai August 17, 2010, 0:47 ISTHe has been locked in a verbal duel with at least three chief ministers and four of his Cabinet colleagues: Praful Patel, Sharad Pawar, Kamal Nath and P Chidambaram.And, contrary to their public protestations, several industrialists are also upset about what …
A CPI(M)-backed non-profit organisation in Kannur has approached the Kerala High Court, challenging the Union environment ministry’s decision to close a mangrove theme park. On July 21, Justice S Sirijagan directed Pappinissery Eco-Tourism Society to implead state of Kerala and make it the respondent. The Ministry of Environment and Forests …
PANJIM, AUG 14The World Bank has feared that rise of one metre sea level across the globe can spell doom for many inhabitants and the impact would be felt by not less than 56 million people.According to the survey conducted by the World Bank, people from East Asia and Pacific …
PANJIM, AUG 13Noted environmentalist Sunita Naraine today said that encroaching into the living and life of traditional people on the coastline may lead us to the similar situation like naxalism, which was witnessed after exploitation of rights of forest dwellers.
