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 …
In a relief to several stalled development projects across the state, the Union environment ministry has reconstituted a crucial state committee that screens proposals in the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ), a little over a month after the previous panel’s tenure expired. As per official data, 117 project proposals, including sea-front …
Currently, the Coastal Regulation Zone-1 norms prevent states from taking up any construction within the 500-metre high tide area The Karnataka government has sought an early action to relax the Coastal Regulation Zone-1 (CRZ-1) norms to develop beach tourism in the state. Currently, under the CRZ-1 norms, no construction is …
The proposed 6,000 MW nuclear power plant at Mithivirdi in Bhavnagar faces further delay despite being accorded the crucial Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) clearance. This is mainly because the land acquisition process for the plant cannot begin till the new land acquisition act is in place. Right to Fair Compensation …
With chief minister Devendra Fadnavis confirming that a string of sea link projects on the western coast is not an option, the state government will instead opt for the Proposed Coastal Road or Coastal Freeway. However, this has its own set of obstacles, with reclaimed road, tunnels and bridges comprising …
The farmers from villages around the proposed nuclear power plant in Mithivirdi in Bhavnagar on Monday opposed the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) clearance given to the 6000 MW project and sought further clarity on it. "The expert appraisal committee (EAC) has given vague grounds for granting CRZ clearance to the …
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) last week submitted the city's new coastal zone management plan (CZMP) to the state environment department after an 18-month delay. Activists said the new plan, once it comes into effect, will make it difficult for the government to favour builders who had sought permission for …
AHMEDABAD: Nearly six years after it was announced, the 6,000 MW nuclear power plant at Mithivirdi, a coastal hamlet some 40 km from Bhavnagar, is close to getting the crucial coastal regulatory zone (CRZ) clearance. The project has been recommended for the clearance by the expert appraisal committee of the …
The city's first mega building project kissing the sea is all set to take off after coastal regulation zone (CRZ) norms restricting construction activity were relaxed near bay areas. Realty firm Hubtown, which recently won a case against the state government in the Supreme Court over its 5.5-acre Hindoostan Mills …
It may sound strange, but the central government is seriously considering a river regulation zone (RRZ) policy like Maharashtra's to save rivers, while the state government has scrapped the 15-year-old policy for being 'bad in law'. Another reason cited was that the RRZ policy was against the constitution, though the …
Congress party has urged the State Environment and Forest Minister Alina Saldanha to revoke all green clearances granted to the Rs 5 billion golf course and eco-tourism resort of Leading Hotels Ltd at Tiracol village and demanded scrapping of the entire project. In a memorandum submitted to the minister, Goa …
The ministry of environment, forests and climate change (MoEF&CC;) has issued a draft notification to amend the coastal regulation zone (CRZ) notification, 2011, allowing for reclamations and alterations to natural features such as rocks/hills in the exceptional cases of development of "memorials and monuments." The draft notification -- currently seeking …
PANJIM: Differing with a recent statement by the pro-tourism lobby within the government, Environment Minister Alina Saldanha, said that the State Cabinet has not taken any decision seeking relaxation for the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) and No Development Zone (NDZ). “We cannot play with nature as the consequences can be …
SECURING environment clearances for several road infrastructure works, mostly short intra-city flyovers and road-improvement projects, is currently a time-consuming task with the proposals having to go to the Union government for a final clearance. However now, getting clearances may get easier . The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has …
A high level committee headed by former cabinet secretary T S R Subramanian, set up to review the country's green laws and the procedures followed by the ministry of environment, forests and climate change, has suggested appropriate amendments to align them with the government's economic development agenda. In its report …
