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 premise of this paper is that, despite the existence of a well-established regulatory framework to enforce environmental laws and policies in each state of India, there has been a variation in the implementation of environmental judgments. This paper argues that an independent and proactive Court-appointed monitoring committee, namely the …
Acting on court directives, the Agonda Panchayat has issued CRZ-related demolition orders to 30 structures that have allegedly cropped up after February 1991.
M G Devasahayam The structures facing the promenade form a heritage asset. But neither the TN govt nor the hyperactive Union Ministry of Environment & Forest has done anything to preserve this eco-system, says CHENNAI'S world famous Marina is in the news. Not for its blue waters and white sands …
MUMBAI: Another cable-stayed bridge like the Bandra Worli sea link, albeit on a smaller scale, will come up across the Manori Creek. The structure is expected to cost Rs 200 crore and when ready, will help to improve connectivity of Manori, Gorai and Bhayander areas. According to Mumbai Metropolitan Region …
Chittaranjan Tembhekar | TNN Mumbai: New skywalks, footpaths and roads in Borivli and Dahisar may benefit lakhs of commuters in future. But even before they come up, they are inflicting irreparable damage on the thick mangrove cover located in Dahisar (West) along the New Link Road. In a brazen violation …
An Environment Ministry order issued on November 3 banning ports and harbours on hotspot stretches on the beaches will not stop the CRZ (Coastal Regulation Zone) projects that have been already started, the ministry sources clarified on Monday. They said the Ministry may put on hold the CRZ-cleared projects that …
Fishermen, toddy tappers get fresh demolition notices Worried there was no word from Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh of solution on their old coastal dwellings falling within CRZ, Goenchea Ramponkarancho Ekvott on Thursday informed people have started receiving notices again to demolish their age-old structures. Addressing a press conference, GRE …
The Environment Ministry on Tuesday laid down strict conditions for allowing new projects and expansion of ports, harbours and jetties, lifting the ban clamped in August. This follows receipt of the report on coastal erosion and accretion sought by an expert committee headed by Prof M S Swaminathan that was …
The India Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project is proposed to be implemented by Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, the Forests & Environment Department, Government of Gujarat, the Forests & Environment Department, Government of Orissa, and Department of Environment, Government of West Bengal under a proposed World Bank …
This publication provides guidance on how to implement the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (CCRF) using an ecosystem approach to fisheries and aquaculture. The CCRF is a voluntary code covering all aspects of the management and development of fisheries and is designed to ensure that they are developed …
MUMBAI: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority has come up with an alternative method of protecting the Mithi river from encroachment, reclamation and siltation, after environmentalists protested against the proposal for concrete walls in a coastal regulation zone. Although the MMRDA terms its new wall-being built using the Gabion method-eco-friendly, …
The Goa State Pollution Control Board may find it difficult to issue show cause notices to erring units or mines, infrastructural projects including those in Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) areas as per an office order issued by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests. State Environment Minister Aleixo Sequeira said …
This report comprises six chapters focusing on issues relating to coastal zone management across the broad themes of climate change, the environment and governance arrangements. However, it is acknowledged that there are important issues concerning coastal zone management that cut across these broad themes. This report seeks to avoid creating
Hovering choppers will raise noise levels to 100 dB say activists should helipads be allowed on private buildings in the coastal city of Mumbai? Would the din from helicopters make the city noisier? These are the questions the Maharashtra coastal zone management authority has to decide. On August 4 the …
G Saravanan | TRUCKLOADS of debris have been dumped on the Foreshore Estate beach, in gross violation of the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification of 1991, to create a full-fledged parking bay on the sands for private buses, which threatens to not only jeopardise the livelihood of the fishermen in …
Barely months after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh broke the impasse on the Navi Mumbai airport by clearing the amendment of the Coastal Regulation Zone Act to permit construction of greenfield airports, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has locked horns with the Maharashtra government and the Civil Aviation Ministry by reopening the …
