Order of National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Kamlesh Roj Vs State of Rajasthan & Others dated 21/01/2025. The issue raised in the application are protection of historical Hingonia Dam from the encroachment from the local residence violating the environmental norms and damaging the area …
It seems that protection of environment and forests is no more the agenda of MOEFCC. The same path is being followed by the State government of U.P. which in spite of saving its natural resources, is deeply responsible for violation of Article 48 A of the Indian constitution which casts …
To meet drinking water requirement of Delhi The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has finally given clearance for the diversion of 909 hectare forestland which was the biggest hurdle in the way of the 40-mw Renuka Hydro-Power Project in Sirmaur. With this, the project will meet the drinking …
The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (Ecnec) met here on Monday, accorded approval to 13 projects submitted by various departments/ agencies of federal and provincial governments. Finance Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar chaired the meeting. ECNEC at the outset accorded approval for establishment of “National Endowment Scholarships for Talent” …
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notices to Centre and the provinces while directing the submission of a written reply in the court during the hearing of petition filed for the construction of Kalabagh Dam. A three-member bench of the top court headed by Justice Saqib Nisar heard the …
Construction of a massive dam in southwestern Cambodia will not start until at least 2018, prime minister Hun Sen said on Tuesday, in an apparent effort to stop heavy opposition to the project which has focused criticism on him. Hun Sen’s comments came a day after Spanish activist Alex Gonzalez-Davidson, …
Feb 24, Colombo: The government of Sri Lanka has appointed a committee to study the controversial Uma Oya multipurpose development project. The committee appointed by the government will be headed by Prof. Kaila Dassanayaka and includes nine other prominent members in the field of engineering. The project has been temporarily …
The National Green Tribunal has sought a report from the union environment ministry in the case of the controversial Kanhar dam in Uttar Pradesh within one week, failing which a Rs 25,000 fine would be slapped as it listed the final hearing for March 4. For the second time in …
Condemning Karnataka’s proposal to construct three dams across River Cauvery, members of Cauvery Protection Movement attempted to picket the Central government office in Tiruchengode here on Wednesday. However, the police removed over 200 persons. Members began their rally from Anna Statue near Old Bus Stand and were on their way …
With Assam being located in the downstream of many rivers flowing down from Bhutan and with construction of dams and hydropower projects being proposed in the neighbouring country, experts are increasingly raising the need for making the water information sharing mechanism more effective. Environment NGOs Aaranyak, Legal Initiative for Forest …
The National Green Tribunal will take up the final hearing in the case of the controversial Kanhar dam in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday. Following a petition in the case last year, the green court Dec 24 stayed the construction of the dame in in Uttar Pradesh's Maoist-affected Sonebhadra district as impermissible …
The district forest department on Monday organized a number of seminars, exhibitions and awareness drives at the Nandur Madhyameshwar bird sanctuary to mark the World Wetlands Day. Environment activists, experts and forest officials who attended the programme emphasized the need to protect the wetlands and the birds residing there. The …
Dams illustrate the brilliance and arrogance of human ingenuity. They generate one-sixth of the world's electricity and irrigate one-seventh of our food crops. They have flooded land areas the size of California, displaced a population the size of Germany's, and turned freshwater into the ecosystem most threatened by species extinction. …
The White Clay Creek dam was the first ever removed in the state of Delaware, but it was far from the only one removed in the United States last year. On Tuesday, the conservation group American Rivers announced that 72 dams were torn down or blown up in 2014, restoring …
A bitter exchange of words has erupted between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh over the sharing of water of Nagarjuna Sagar dam. While the Andhra Pradesh government is accusing Telangana of not releasing its “rightful share of water”, Telangana claims that Andhra Pradesh has already used its share — calculated and …
The Ogaki Dam Reservoir is one of the principal irrigation dam reservoirs in the Fukushima Prefecture and its upstream river basin was heavily contaminated by radioactivity from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. For the purpose of environmental assessment, it is important to determine the present condition of the …
It is a battle of survival that the Uttarakhand government is now fighting by vehemently opposing the Dec 2012 eco sensitive zone (ESZ) notification, declaring 4,179.59 sq km covering 100-km stretch of the Bhagirathi from Gaumukh to Uttarkashi as eco sensitive zone under the Environment Protection Act 1986, as the …
Pushing for a hydel power project in Arunachal Pradesh, the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has ignored a letter from Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma conveying his ministry’s objection to the project. Wary of being seen as blocking a development project, Sharma now claims he has been assured by Environment …
NAGPUR: The four-member high-powered committee set up by ministry of environment, forests & climate change (MoEFCC) to study the impact of Human dam project on tiger corridor and provide suggestions to ensure integrity of corridor has failed to submit a report even after four months. The committee was formed on …
The Bombay high court has referred to the chief justice a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by environmental activists against government departments concerned and the promoter of the seaplane services proposed from Juhu to Gangapur dam. Activists Jitendra Bhave and Jagbir Singh had filed the PIL 10 days ago against …
