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 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Raghu Ramakrishna Vs State of Andhra Pradesh dated 06/05/2022. Grievance in the application is against violation of environmental norms in the course of construction work over the Rushikonda Hill near Visakhapatnam, in violation of the Master Plan notified by the …
As per the extant provisions of the CRZ Notification, 2011, exploration and extraction of oil and natural gas and all associated activities and facilities thereto in the CRZ areas requires prior CRZ clearance from Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC). Under the provisions of the Environmental Impact Assessment …
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has granted environment and Coastal Regulatory Zone clearances for setting up Missile Testing Launch Facility on the Bay of Bengal coast and Technical Facility at Gullalamoda village in Krishna district. With this, all necessary clearances to begin the construction work have …
Panjim: The Department of Town and Country Planning has decided not to consider sensitive areas for change of zone under the amended Section 16B. TCP has issued new set of guidelines for the consideration of applications under Section 16B of Town and Country Planning Act. Accordingly, the applications in respect …
Through the last eight editions of Vibrant Gujarat summits the renewable energy sector has realised only 7.35 per cent of the investments valued at Rs 40,345 crore, as reported by The Indian Express earlier this week. The Gujarat government plans to set up a 1,000 MW solar power plant on …
The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has rejected the Kamarajar Port's proposal to locate port facilities on the eastern banks of the Kosasthalaiyar's backwaters in Ennore Creek following a long struggle by local fishermen. The fisherfolk, however, said their battle to declare all of Ennore Creek off …
NTECL Vallur, which is a joint venture of NTPC Ltd and Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB), is located on Chennai’s outskirts in neighbouring Tiruvallur district. CHENNAI: In what could be a serious violation of environmental laws, the 1,500 MW NTPC Tamil Nadu Energy Company Limited (NTECL) Vallur thermal power plant …
PANAJI: Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar has said that concerns raised by state legislators over the environment ministry's draft Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification 2018 are unwarranted. Even if it is finalised, the draft CRZ notification cannot be implemented without consulting the public, Parrikar said in the state Assembly yesterday. …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala coastal zone management authority (KCZMA) is unlikely to recommend the controversial resort project undertaken by Kapico Kerala Resorts Pvt Ltd on Nediyathuruthu island in Vembanad Lake for CRZ and environmental clearance. KCZMA is learnt to have decided against recommending the project, citing serious violations involved in the construction. …
Nagpur: The state’s plan for a Shivaji statue off the Gateway in Mumbai may face a fresh hurdle. The National Green Tribunal’s Pune bench has permitted a few opposing the project to file an amended appeal. In 2016, Mumbai-based 67-year-old fisherman Damodar Tandel and 48-year-old businessman Pradip Patade had approached …
Chennai coast will undergo a permanent change when proposed Kattupalli Port expansion plan begins to take shape. CHENNAI: Chennai coast will undergo a permanent change when proposed Kattupalli Port expansion plan begins to take shape. Imagine the combined size of 825 football fields, that is kind of sea reclamation envisaged …
Asks States to ensure climate, shoreline changes are accounted for when making land use plan for area between Hazard Line and High Tide Line PANJIM: With a view to reduce the vulnerability of the coastal communities and ensuring sustainable livelihood, the Union Ministry for Environment and Forest (MoEF) has asked …
Proposal approved based on the latest draft CZMP; activists slam Centre’s decision In a contentious move, an expert appraisal committee (EAC) of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has recommended granting of Environmental Clearance and CRZ clearance for the Phase-III expansion of the Kamarajar Port Ltd (KPL) in Ennore. …
Panaji: After scrapping its plans to build a satellite port at Betul, Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) has now turned to Vijaydurg in Maharashtra, where it plans to construct a greenfield port to cater to container, crude oil, fertilizer, and limestone cargo. The Vijaydurg port will be developed in collaboration with …
PANAJI: The implementation of the coastal zone management plan (CZMP) for Goa is likely to be delayed further, as the state has sought an extension till October 30 to finalize the plan. In November 2017, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) bench, headed by chairperson, Justice Swatanter Kumar, had set a …
Areas with population density of less than 2,161 per sq km will now be under CRZ-III A. The non development zone (NDZ) for III A will be 50 metres, instead of 200 metres. Environmentalists in the city have raised objections to the draft Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification, 2018, saying …
States to get leeway in developing tourism, industrial infrastructure The Centre has allowed India’s coasts to be made more accessible to tourism and industrial infrastructure and given individual States considerable leeway to decide how they should plan such development, according to a draft version of the proposed modification to India’s …
The Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) will be seeking environmental clearance for the construction of a jetty at Girgaum Chowpatty, behind Birla Krida Kendra (BKK), the cultural hot-spot of south Mumbai. The MbPT will be applying for it despite the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) not granting permission to construct a terminal …
Providing yet another window to regularise projects that have not taken prior green clearances, this time under Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has decided to grant post-facto clearances after giving a window of three-months to receive applications. The MoEF&CC; has brought out …
PANJIM: In what could grant major relief to project proponents, who failed to obtain prior clearances under the coastal regulation zone (CRZ) for their projects, the Union Ministry for Environment and Forest (MoEF) has decided to regularise all such constructions. However, it has declined to regularise projects which have violated …
