The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
PANJIM: Citing a “communication gap”, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has approached the National Green Tribunal (NGT) seeking a modification of its order on grant of Environment Clearances (ECs) stating that “it never took a stand suggesting that the States should be stopped from granting EC for …
A plea alleging destruction of mangroves by the Deen Dayal Port Trust in Gujarat's Kutch district has prompted the National Green Tribunal to seek responses from the Centre and the state government. A bench headed by Justice Jawad Rahim issued notices to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Gujarat …
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) and clause (v) of sub-section (2) of section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986) read with clause (d) of sub-rule (3) of rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, the Central Government hereby makes the following …
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday issued notices to the authorities over a petition challenging the construction of the proposed Shivaji memorial statute off the Arabian Sea. A division bench of Justices A S Oka and P N Deshmukh were hearing two petitions opposing the construction of Chhatrapati Shivaji …
CHENNAI: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has requested a reassessment of the runway bridge across Adyar River to extend the second runway after the ministry of environment and forests and climate change (MoEF&CC;) said it was constructed in violation of the no objection certificate (NoC) given for the project. …
ANJIM: South West Port Limited (SWPL) has withdrawn its application filed before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that pleaded for a modification of its country wide order prohibiting the grant of environment clearances to projects in absence of an integrated coastal management plan for the State. The Expert Appraisal Committee …
ALAPPUZHA: Finally, Alappuzha marina and passenger terminal project is taking wings. The project has received CRZ clearance from the Kerala Coastal Zone Management Authority and Kerala State Pollution Control Board has also completed the public hearing of the project. Alappuzha port officer Abraham V Kuriakose said that the project will …
VASCO: Alleging that the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC;) has acted contrary to its mandate of protecting the environment and public health, Goa Against Coal (GAC) members on Tuesday claimed that EAC’s act of recommending clearances in haste is unjust …
Panaji: Goa tourism development corporation (GTDC) in a statement on Monday said that all tourism infrastructure development projects on the beaches of Goa are being undertaken with permissions of GCZMA. Responding to reports that some projects in CRZ areas had come under scanner following an NGT order last week, chief …
Panaji: With the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Delhi, continuing a stay on permissions for constructions within 100m of high tide line, a few projects approved by the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) are likely come to come under judicial scrutiny. The projects range from toilet blocks on sand dunes …
The Rs 516 crore project partially falls under the CRZ-IB, CRZ-II and CRZ-IVB zone and according to the EAC, the terminal's construction will have impacts on aquatic flora and water quality The proposed Inland Waterways terminal at Haldia, West Bengal, has been accorded Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) clearance subject to …
MUMBAI: The National Green Tribunal, Pune bench, on Thursday ordered a stay on approving construction plans in Coastal Regulation Zones in Thane and Palghar till the state publishes the draft Coastal Zone Management Plan for the two districts. The order was issued in a plea filed by NGO Vanashakti asking …
The Ministry of Shipping (MoS) has flagged concerns regarding the award for work for Haldia multi-modal terminal even as a final order on Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) clearance is pending. In an advisory sent in August, the MoS told the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), that it should have …
State-run ONGC has received the coastal regulatory zone (CRZ) clearance for setting up a seawater desalination plant at its Uran unit in Raigad, Maharashtra at a cost of Rs 266.40 crore, according to an official letter issued to the company. The proposal is to set up a seawater desalination plant …
The National Green Tribunal has rapped the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) for the delay in finalising a detailed status report on Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) for 13 states and union territories and granted it the final opportunity to submit it in 10 days. A bench headed by …
PANJIM: The finalisation of the State’s Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) has been delayed, as the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC;) is yet to demarcate the hazard line along the country’s coastal belt. The Survey of India (Department of Science and Technology), entrusted with the task …
Major real estate projects in Mumbai will now get environment clearance (EC) in Mumbai itself. The newly set up environment cell of the BMC will grant EC to real estate projects admeasuring 20,000 square metre to 1,50,000 square metres. Major real estate projects in Mumbai will now get environment clearance …
In May 2016, the then Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC;), Prakash Javadekar, announced that his Ministry had approved 2,000 projects in the two years of the Modi government. The Ministry had also brought down the time for environment project clearances to 190 days from the UPA regime’s …
Sea link project, Sewri- Nhava Sheva Mumbai Trans Habour Link (MTHL) is not exactly going at an ideal pace to complete the work and so to speed up the work which is already delayed, the state’s coastal zone regulator is planning on requesting the Centre to do away with certain …
Panaji: The ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) has constituted the state-level environment impact assessment authority (SLEIAA), Goa, which will be chaired by Vivekanad Sawkar. The authoriy constitutes the state expert appraisal committee (SEAC) headed by Suhas Godse. A senior government officer said that both, the SLEIAA and …
