Reply affidavit by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board in Original Application No 32/2023 (WZ) (Raju alias Devavappa Anna Shetty & Others Vs M/s Shri Dutt India Pvt Ltd & Others) dated 17/02/2024. The SPCB informed said that total environmental damage compensation (EDC) amounting to Rs 90 crore has been calculated and …
KOLHAPUR: Six industrial units that faced closure notice in May for failing to start the common effluent treatment plant (CETP) at the five-star Kagal-Hatkanangale MIDC claimed that they have fulfilled the requirement and are no longer releasing untreated effluents in the tributary of the Doodhganga. The industrial units had faced …
This comes after a plea sought an immediate stay on acquisition of floodplains and wetlands between Vijaywada and Guntur City on the banks of Krishna The Andhra Pradesh government has assured the National Green Tribunal that it will not take any action, which would damage the environment near the floodplains …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has given the State Government one more month to file a counter-affidavit on the development of the new capital on the banks of the Krishna allegedly without conducting an appropriate environment impact assessment. The State Government was asked not to take up any activity in …
The Tamil Nadu government has sought immediate commencement of work in preparation for the interlinking of Peninsular rivers. “It is our earnest request that work at the ground level be started immediately to interlink the peninsular rivers,” said Finance and Public Works Minister O. Panneerselvam, at the fifth meeting of …
when you think of an irrigation project? Water? Well, that doesn’t seem to be the case with the Union Union Ministry for Forests, Environment & Climate Change (MoEF). How else would it have cleared the the Rs 4,845 crore, 23.66 TMC (thousand million cubic feet) Krishna Marathwada Lift Irrigation Scheme …
MUMBAI: The Ministry of environment and forest led by senior BJP leader Prakash Jawdekar on Friday approved a Rs 4845 crore Krishna-Marathwada irrigation project that will irrigate nearly one lakh hectares land in the drought and suicide prone Marathwada region. "The proposal was pending with the environment and forest ministry …
Hyderabad: The poaching of freshwater turtles in Andhra Pradesh is so rampant that they may enter the list of endangered species. Two freshwater turtle species found in AP — the Indian softshell and the Indian flapshell — are poached. The softshell is already listed as a threatened species by the …
The High Court on Monday allowed the government to go ahead with its process of paying compensation to farmers displaced by the right bank canal of the Polavaram project in West Godavari and Krishna districts. A division bench, comprising Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice A Shankar Narayana, heard a …
HYDERABAD: The AP government has decided to set up its own smart cities even as the Centre is seized of the ambitious plan to create 100 smart cities across the country. The AP smart cities will be independent of the Centre's proposal to create modern infrastructure in select cities and …
HYDERABAD: The proposed Pattiseema lift irrigation scheme may solve the irrigation needs of farmers in the Krishna delta, but it is likely to throw up new environment and ecological issues affecting agricultural production in thousands of acres en route, damaging the delicate biodiversity and inducing climatological changes in the uplands …
KOLHAPUR: Illegal and unplanned sand excavation in Sangli district has made a devastating impact on the natural habitat of crocodiles along the Krishna river. Along with rampant sand excavation, villagers have started using river banks for farming activities depriving the reptiles of natural habitat, environmental experts said. Environmentalists said there …
Notices served on MoEF, A.P. govt., CRDA The National Green Tribunal has issued notices to the Ministry of Forests and Environment, Andhra Pradesh government and the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA) for undertaking development works for the new capital city on the Krishna River bank without conducting appropriate …
Andhra Pradesh continued to reel under severe heat wave conditions for the second consecutive day on Thursday even as six sunstroke deaths were reported from different districts. In all, 11 persons have died in the last two days. District administrations rushed to take precautionary measures like distribution of ORS sachets …
Telangana questions AP’s motive in filing counter to its SLP The Telangana government has questioned the motive of its Andhra Pradesh counterpart in filing a counter affidavit, requesting the Supreme Court not to take into consideration the special leave petition of the former government that the award of Brijesh Kumar …
Wants NTTPS and APPCB to fund study Farmers residing in the vicinity of the Narla Tatarao Thermal Power Station (NTTPS) have appealed to the Lok Ayukta to order the NTTPS and Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) to fund and cooperate in continuing the studies by experts on the impact …
Hyderabad: The Telangana state government is preparing for a showdown with the Andhra Pradesh government over the Polavaram and Pattiseema projects in AP. The state government has decided to strongly oppose the AP government’s move to raise the height of the Polavaram project and construction of the Pattiseema project without …
Hyderabad: Unhappy with Telangana’s proposals to divert 100 tmcft of Krishna waters through two new projects, the AP government will be protesting to the Krishna River Management Board and the Centre. AP irrigation department engineer-in-chief, A.B. Venkateswara Rao, has already submitted a detailed report on this to the AP government …
HYDERABAD: With Phase-III of Krishna Drinking Water Supply scheme for tapping of 90 Million Gallons of water per Day (MGD) to Hyderabad city is getting ready, Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB;) MD M Jagadeeshwar inspected the newly constrcuted water reservoirs at Maisaram, Riyasathnagar, Allabanda and Barkas on …
Drought is a significant natural disaster which leads to food, fodder and water shortages along with destruction of vital ecological system. Drought is acknowledged as a phenomenon associated with scarcity of water due to reduction in the amount of precipitation over an extended period of time, usually a season, a …
The Samajwadi Party government, which allocated Rs. 400 lakh for cleaning of the Gomti river in the budget presented on Tuesday, is not “sincere” about cleaning the three polluted rivers of Western Uttar Pradesh: Kali, Krishna and Hindon. Environmentalists and residents of the region affected by the polluted waters of …
