Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
The tug-of-war over the Navi Mumbai airport project has entered the last phase with the expert committee of the Environment Ministry being told to give its final opinion on the key infrastructure project by November 10. The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC), which made a visit to the project site last …
ANOOPSHAHR (BULANDSHAHR): Hundreds of people are thronging this sleepy town, about 50 km from Bulandshahr district and 100 km from New Delhi, to witness a mystical phenomenon at the Dinesh ghat on the banks of the Ganga. The centre of attraction is a `burning flame' at the ghat. A rare …
The World Bank has agreed to provide $1 billion for the Mission Clean Ganga being implemented by the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for restoring the
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that the Centre or the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) set up a technical team, consisting of internationally acclaimed seismologists, to examine the safety of the dam of the 2000 MW Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric project. Such a technical …
BHUBANESWAR: In the midst of a raging controversy over water diversion for industry, Orissa’s woes are going to worsen. Its rivers will provide for less as the water stress grows in future. If that is not all, the rising pollution will add to its misery, the latest report on water …
The Centre for Environment Education (CEE) has come forward to help conservation of river dolphins with schoolchildren being a core part of the team. The target is to reach out to almost 120-125 schools in the state which will be divided into five clusters, including Subansiri to Biswanath Ghat, Guwahati …
The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Ministry of Environment and Forest has asked the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra (CIDCO) to re-examine the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) report of the proposed airport in Navi Mumbai. It has also asked CIDCO to conduct fresh studies on the suitability …
The Experts Appraisal Committee (EAC) under the Union ministry of environment and forests today visited some of the villages around Navi Mumbai that are likely to be affected due to the proposed international airport. The committee led by Naresh Dayal observed the status of mangroves spread over 160 hectares, as …
The Ministry of Environment & Forest (MoEF) is expected to take a final call on the controversial second Navi Mumbai airport after an expert appraisal team
The state government has decided to impose 2% environment charge on sand mining to protect the environment in the region where the extraction is allowed, says a state government draft policy that was approved on Wednesday. Besides, 10% of the royalty revenue will be reserved for the development of the …
BHUBANESWAR: The low pressure-induced rains in large parts of the State last week failed to improve water levels in major reservoirs. A marginal improvement has been noticed though in Indravati and Balimela reservoirs while the water level is showing a rising trend in Indravati, Balimela and Rengali river systems. Power …
Jammu: Days after refusing to give land to Punjab for the Shahpur Kandi project, the Jammu and Kashmir Government has started a survey for a project to divert the Ravi waters before the Ranjit Sagar Dam for filling the incomplete Ravi Canal. The canal will take water to the
Gauging a river’s health need not be complex. Taxonomists can make the job very simple. These biologists, who have specialised in the classification of organisms, can determine a river’s health with the unaided eye by simply studying the organisms present. There is little need, therefore, for bottling samples and rushing …
GAUGING a river’s health need not be complex. Taxonomists can make the job very simple. These biologists, who have specialised in the classification of organisms, can determine a river’s health with the unaided eye by simply studying the organisms present. There is little need, therefore, for bottling samples and rushing …
Renowned earthquake engineer Prof D K Paul, Dean of Faculty Affairs, Roorkee IIT, said on Friday that the NE dam projects were faultless. As, he said, these projects have been cleared by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF). Moreover, it is because of the intervention of the MoEF …
