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 Coastal Zone Management (CZM) notification that has been allowed to "lapse" after protest from fisherfolk is yet another example of the Ministry of Environment and Forest's doublespeak on environment issues and recent policy/legal reforms. The CZM plan was evolved by a committee constituted in July 2004 under the leadership …
If Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh really wants to strengthen the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) 1991 notification, he must introduce penal and punitive provisions to put the fear of God in the violators. That is the main gray area in the proposed legisla tion. "Any improvement to …
A BAD PIECE OF PROPOSED LEGISLATION TO MANAGE THE COUNTRY'S COASTLINE WAS RECENTLY SENT TO THE SHREDDER. IN ITS PLACE, THE UNION GOVT PLANS TO REVIVE A FORMULATION, WHICH THE SPIKED PROPOSAL SOUGHT TO REPLACE. G SARAVANAN TAKES A WIDE ANGLE VIEW OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE AT STAKE The …
Salcete, where hundreds of structures are sought to be razed under the CRZ notification, surprisingly does not figure in the itinerary of the Union Environment Minister, Jairam Ramesh when he visits the State on Sunday. In fact, when the Union Minister lands in Goa in the wee hours of Sunday, …
People from nearly 8,500 dwellings, who are facing the axe on account of the CRZ notification, will get a platform to make their voices felt at a public consultation to be attended by Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh at Fr Agnel Ashram in Verna on Sunday, August …
Illegal constructions have been mushrooming in Mandrem, Morjim, Arambol and surrounding coastal belt in violation of Coastal Regulation Zone rules. The locals have alleged that government officials and panchayats have turned a blind eye to the illegal constructions. Locals have also alleged that some non-Goan businessmen with the help of …
Most of the fishermen who participated in the public consultation on amendments required to strengthen the CRZ Notification of 1991 in Chennai on Wednesday, urged Union Minister for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh, who chaired the public consultation meet, to implement the original notification of 1991, and to scrap the …
Chief Minister Digambar Kamat today reiterated his claim that the government is trying its best to support the traditional fishermen, whose houses face demolition under CRZ, according to High Court orders. Briefing the media about his Delhi visit, wherein he had three crucial meetings, Kamat said he impressed upon the …
At long last, the Goa government has moved to protect the interests of coastal inhabitants whose houses are facing the axe for Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) violations. Environment Minister Aleixo Sequeira has requested his Union Ministry counterpart Jairam Ramesh to amend the CRZ regulations with relaxations to the state vis-
CHENNAI: A draft Fishermen Rights Bill will be introduced in Parliament in December to protect the traditional rights of fishermen. It will be modelled on the Forest Rights Act, or The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006. Union Minister for Environment and Forests …
THE country's record on environment is pathetic, Union Minister of Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh has admitted. Speaking to reporters after the public consultation meeting on amendments required in strengthening the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification of 1991 here, the minister said, "There is nothing much about the record since …
CHENNAI: The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has initiated steps to let the draft Coastal Zone Management notification, 2008 lapse and strengthen the existing Coastal Regulation Zone notification. This has been stated by Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister of State, in his letter of August 8 to Chief Minister M. …
In a major attempt to protect the interest of coastal inhabitants facing the axe for Coastal Regulatory Zone violations, the Goa government has requested the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) to amend the CRZ regulations with relaxations to the State vis-
Besides raising the CRZ issue, Goa today took up matters of illegal mining and environmental clearances with the Centre. A strong demand was also made with the Union Minister for Enviornment and Forest Jairam Ramesh for consulting the Goa State Pollution Control Board before environmental clearances are given by the …
COASTAL Action Network, an umbrella organisation of 45 different coastal and fishermen-related groups in the State, announced that they are boycotting a proposed public consultation meet by the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to be held in the city on Wednesday to gather opinion on amendments required in the …
Authority directed to settle dispute within three months Licensee not authorised to build in CRZ: INTACH Division bench dubs INTACH petition infructuous MADURAI: The Madras High Court Bench here has directed the Kanyakumari District Coastal Zone Management Authority to probe into allegations of constructions being put up within 100 m …
Mumbai The Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has announced its plan to hold 10 public consultations in Mumbai, Goa, Cochin, Chennai, Bhubaneshwar, Gujarat, Karnataka, Pondicherry, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal to gather public opinion on amendments required in the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification of 1991. In Mumbai, …
KOCHI: As part of framing new rules to save the 7,517-km coastline, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has decided to meet the fishermen community in Kerala. Stakeholders in the State, including the fisher-folks, had strongly opposed the recently lapsed Coastal Management Zone draft notification. Officials from the ministry …
MUMBAI: The state plans to write to the Centre, asking for a separate set of rules for Mumbai when it amends the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms, which prohibits construction close to the coastline. The draft notification of the coastal management zone (CMZ) lapsed on July 22. Urban development department's …
