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 …
These presentations at the regional media briefing workshop organised recently by Centre for Science and Environment in Goa highlight the challenges and threats confronting India
The Environment and Forest Ministry has decided to amend the Environment (Protection) Act of 1986 to make it more punitive and deterrent and modify the procedure to decide expeditiously penalty and punishment.Accepting a report of a committee set up by the Ministry last December, the ministry decided to put up …
Ajai SreevatsanCHENNAI: Efforts to protect ecologically sensitive zones along the State's coast, estuaries, rivers and backwaters will soon have an unlikely ally. Using a combination of satellite imagery, GPS geo-referencing and village-level land survey details, the Department of Environment has almost completed mapping all the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notified …
CHENNAI: Hundreds of men and women belonging to 14 fishing hamlets from Light House to Kottivakkam in the city on Saturday formed a human chain demanding that the State government drop its proposal to construct an elevated expressway along the Chennai coast. The fisherfolk who came together under the banner …
SLUM dwellers facing the danger of eviction sent 100 telegrams to Union Minister for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh on Friday to cancel the clearance given by the ministry to the elevated Expressway from the port to Maduravoyal, running across the River Cooum. The clearance given a few days back …
IT IS the end of the road for the 450 MW thermal power plant near Karwar in Karnataka. On June 15, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests cancelled the coastal regulation zone (CRZ) clearance it granted for the construction of a coal unloading wharf for the power plant in …
Rajiv Shah | TNN Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government has expressed fear that the latest policy of Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) for seeking lengthy coastal regulatory zone (CRZ) clearance procedure would badly affect the state
C Shivakumar| ENS THE clearance of the elevated expressway by the Ministry of Environment and Forests has sparked protests among activists questioning the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of Coastal Regulation Zone for giving the green signal after rejecting it thrice on earlier occasions. Reacting to the clearance by the MoEF, …
Sending a strong signal that they will not allow a mega project in their village, the Agassaim gram sabha on Sunday unanimously opposed a five-star hotel which is to come up along Moita-Dandi belt. The villagers stood up to say
A. Srivathsan CHENNAI: The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has cleared the proposal to construct an elevated expressway from Chennai Port to Maduravoyal after rejecting it twice. The Expert Appraisal Committee for Coastal Regulation Zone (Infrastructure Development and Miscellaneous Projects), convened recently, accepted the Tamil Nadu State Coastal Zone …
KANNUR: The Pappinisseri Eco-Tourism Society closed down its mangrove theme park on the northern bank of the Valapattanam river on Monday after it was served a copy of the order of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests by the State Coastal Zone Management Authority. Kannur tahsildar P. Pavithran handed …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Opposition UDF members staged a walk-out in the Kerala assembly today protesting against Speaker K Radhakrishnan refusing leave for debate on an adjournment motion on the CPI(M)-controlled mangroves park in Kannur, which was ordered to be closed down by Union Environment Ministry citing violation of CRZ norms. Replying to …
The CPI(M) on Friday refused point blank to obey an order from the Union environment ministry to close down a controversial mangrove theme park which it runs at Pappinesserry in Kannur. It was on Thursday that the ministry, on the basis of a complaint by the Kannur MP and Congress …
As few more coastal panchayats submitted the compliance report, the Bombay High Court at Goa today gave different time frame to various panchayat bodies to submit the compliance report on constructions in No Development Zone. The Division Bench comprising of Justice A S Oka and Justice F M Reis today …
The new pre-draft notification of the CRZ Rules opens the coast for mega-projects, says MATANHY SALDANHA The pre-draft notification of the Coastal Regulation Zone Rules, 2010, published by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), is nothing but a sleight of hand to deceive the people from its pre-decided agenda …
The Bombay High Court at Goa on Wednesday admonished six coastal village panchayats stating it will initiate contempt of court proceedings against them if its order of June 14 is not complied before the next date of hearing. The coastal panchayats of Anjuna, Velsao-Pale, Betalbatim, Benaulim, Varca, and Cavellosim were …
The vision of a country includes pursuing a development process that is environmentally sustainable. The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has sought to achieve this aim of conserving and protecting the environment by implemening various policies and programmes. This report aims to generate greater awareness and environmental consciousness amongst …
