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 …
This recent briefing paper details comments by "EQUATIONS" on the pre draft CRZ Notification 2010. Calls for MoEF to abandon the 'notification route' that has permitted the dilution of the CRZ Notification 1991 through amendments and bring in a CRZ bill.While continue to identify various instances of CRZ violations by …
The proposed National Environment Protection Authority (NEPA) that would set up standards and grant clearances for industrial projects, has not gone down well with the environmentalists and a section of the civil societies. The opponents of the NEPA have questioned its proposed autonomous status, saying
BHUBANESWAR: The Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) Project which has received the sanction of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) is expected to benefit about 25 lakh coastal population of Orissa. Close to four lakh people from about 235 coastal villages of Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda and Ganjam will …
Visakhapatnam, May 17: Several organisations have raised objections and gave suggestions to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF) on the pre-draft of Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ). The ministry has invited suggestions and objections by May 30, this year. In a letter to the ministry, Mr Kothapalli Venkata Ramana, general …
PANAJI: Pinpointing inadequacies in the pre-draft notification on Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) 2010 mooted by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests recently, Goan traditional fishermen and other coastal people's groups have decided to discuss the issue at a National Fishworkers' Forum (NFF) meeting scheduled to be held in Chennai …
The fate of the controversial Vedanta University project, proposed to be built on the Puri-Konark marine drive, has been pushed into limbo after the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests on Tuesday decided to keep the conditional environmental and Coastal Regulatory Zone clearance in abeyance over allegations of irregularities, illegal …
NEW DELHI: The environmental clearance for the Rs.15,000-crore Vedanta University project has been put on hold by the Central government to re-examine allegations of illegal activities by the promoters. On April 16, the Union Ministry for Environment and Forests had issued an environmental and Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) clearance to …
Debabrata mohanty Bhubaneswar: The controversial Vedanta University project, proposed to built on Puri-Konark marine drive, has been pushed into limbo after the environment and forests ministry on Tuesday decided to keep the conditional environmental and coastal regulatory zone (CRZ) clearance in abeyance over allegations of irregularities, illegal and unlawful deeds …
Mumbai: Considering increasing number of construction works in Mumbai, Maharashtra government wants to set up a separate committee to give environmental approvals to the works. "We have requested the Centre to allow us to form a separate sub-committee for approving infrastructure works in the city," minister of state for environment, …
BHUBANESWAR: Some of the critically-important coastal eco-systems of Orissa are set to get a special mention when the Centre restores the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) 1991 with certain amendments shortly. Both Bhitarkanika and Chilika figure in the draft for the significance they hold to the Indian coast. Under CRZ 2010, …
KOLKATA, 3 MAY: The World Bank in collaboration with the Centre and state governments has taken up a pilot scheme ~ Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project ~ in West Bengal, Gujarat and Orissa for overall development of the coastal regions of these states. Under the project, various developmental activities including …
THE TRADE BLOCK NEEDS TO OVERCOME POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE REGION SHRAVANI PRAKASH & PALLAVI KALITA THE declaration signed at the recently-concluded South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) summit marks its 25 years of existence. The question is whether it lives up to the occasion. The Saarc members signed …
A host of organisations from Tamil Nadu's coastal districts, representing the fishing communities, and advocacy groups submitted a memorandum for the rights of fishermen to over 50 MLAs and leaders from 10 major political parties. The memorandum contained reservations over parts of the Coastal Regulation Zone Amendments, 2010. The fishermen's …
New Delhi: The regime for managing projects and construction on the 7,500-km coastline will undergo substantial changes with the environment ministry having prepared the long-pending coastal regulation zone norms. The ministry
K.S. Sudhi KOCHI: The islands in the backwaters of Kerala will witness a flurry of development activities as the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest has proposed to reduce the
NEW DELHI: The government plans to bring the sea along the Indian coasts under the ambit of the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) guidelines and strengthen enforcement provisions. Some leniency will be given for fishing facilities and to the coastal communities in Mumbai, Kerala, certain biosphere reserves, the Sunderbans and Goa. …
