Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vinod Singh Rawat Vs State of Uttarakhand & Others dated 24/01/2025. The matter related to illegal mining on river bank of Yamuna and the operation of a stone crusher (M/s Astitwa Anantraj Enterprises) in violation of environmental laws in Uttarkashi …
Looking at the youthful figure behind matted reeds along the shore, it is hard to believe Kishore Behera was earlier called the Veerappan of Chilika. Once a notorious bird poacher, his gaze is focussed on a purple moorhen nest. As a crow swoops down, he swings his oar with a …
This article talks about a small patch of mangrove forest near the Meghadrigedda creek of Visakhapatnam coast of Andhra Pradesh. The creek located in Visakhapatnam (17
Olive Ridley turtles missed their annual nesting trip to the Orissa coast last year. Conservation groups blamed the upcoming port at Dhamra. The turtles are back this year, and port proponents Tata and L&T; claim vindication. They overlook the violations that have allowed the port at Dhamra in the first …
In February 2009 I was an invited speaker at the Dhamra Port Consultative Technical Workshop in Bhubaneswar, Orissa State, at the behest of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. My topic was how to minimize sea turtle and dredging interactions during the ongoing Dhamra Port construction project in …
The most audible opponents of the Dhamra Port project have been conservation organisations such as Greenpeace, turtle biologists and environmentalists from across the country and beyond. This port project along with several coastal infrastructure projects has been opposed by fisherfolk organisations who believe that these projects negatively affect the traditional …
Silt has left the Hooghly shallow. Haldia port faces closure Silt deposits at the mouth of the Hooghly river have rendered Haldia port nearly unnavigable, raising fears that India
Recently in Dhaka, Dutch ambassador Bea Ten Tusscher suggested that Bangladesh, decidedly to be worst-hit by global-warming-induced sea level rise, could outpace this disaster by trapping the silt three great rivers carry through it to the sea. It is a fascinating idea from the ambassador of a nation actively associated …
With only two weeks to go for the pre-monsoon deadline for road and drain works to be completed, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is struggling to meet the demands of the newfound stress on preparedness for disasters. First, even after allocating an additional Rs 110 crore for its works on widening …
The present study evaluated the options of silt disposal from Beas Satluj Link (BSL) hydroelectric project in Himachal Pradesh in India. BSL project is basically a run of the river power project, envisages diversion of about 4700 MCM per annum of Beas river water into Satlej river falling through an …
On mercury emissions: The US Environmental Protection Agency has violated the Clean Air Act by adopting a cap-and-trade rule that allowed oil and coal-fired plants to purchase credits to cover excessive emissions rather than installing pollution controls, a federal appeals court said. The lawsuit was filed by 18 US states …
bay dredging gets a go-ahead: A controversial plan to deepen the Port Phillip Bay in the Australian city of Melbourne will go ahead after project opponents lost a legal challenge in the federal court. The project by the Port of Melbourne Corporation plans to dredge 23 million cubic metres of …
Sukhna lake in Chandigarh is steadily shrinking. Siltation and commercialization of the surrounding area are taking their toll on the lake. "Sukhna has become a pond and the administration is just sitting over it,' says M N Sharma, former secretary, Chandigarh administration. Sukhna is a rainfed lake, which was built …
before the Sethusamudram project began, many had cautioned the government against going ahead with the shipway. The ambitious project has claimed its casualty even before the first brick has been laid on it: specialist opinion. The government had long poured scorn over ecological objections against the proposed shipway in the …
