Order of the Bombay High Court in the matter of Adani Cementation Limited Vs Union of India & Others dated 05/03/2025. Adani Cementation Limited approached the Bombay High Court seeking issuance of an order directing the respondents/ authorities to permit the petitioner to carry out the work of construction of …
After a prolonged review lasting for three years, the Department of Environment (DoE) gave its seal of clearance to the Rampal Power Plant, a joint venture between the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) and the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) of India recently. Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company is implementing the …
There's big news for wildlife lovers. With a sudden spurt in cub sightings in the Sunderbans, officials say there could actually be more tigers in the mangroves than what the latest camera trap study revealed — 103. The successive sightings of two cubs — in the forests of Pirkhali under …
The environment ministry has slapped a . 200-crore fine on the Adani Group’s Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone for damaging mangroves, creeks and the local environment at the project site. The company’s shares fell 6.4%. The penalty was recommended by a committee headed by Sunita Narain, director general of …
Company allegedly damaged mangroves, creeks while setting up port project at Kutch under APSEZ The ministry of environment and forests has slammed a Rs 200-crore penalty on the Gautam Adani-led Adani Group for violating environment laws at the group’s Mundra port project in Kutch district. The company had allegedly damaged …
The Environment and Forests Ministry has slapped a Rs. 200 crore penalty on Gautam Adani’s Mundra multi-purpose projects for violating green laws. The money will go to an Environment Restoration Fund to mitigate the damage done to the area around the project sites. The order was issued after the Ministry …
Mumbai: Debris is being regularly dumped into mangroves on government land, close to an amusement park, at Manori. Company officials claimed that the dumping was not being carried out in the mangroves. A multi-storey building for aresort is under construction. Local residents said that two years ago they had moved …
Poribesh Bachao Andolon (Poba), an environmental organisation, has sent a letter to the Department of Environment (DoE) seeking its Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report and other documents of the proposed Rampal Power Plant in Bagerhat. Poba sent a letter to the DoE director general on Tuesday requesting it to provide …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter Gau Raxa Hitraxak Manch and Gauchar Paryavaran Pouchav Trust Rajula Vs Union of India & Others dated 22/08/2013 regarding granting Environmental Clearance (EC) to expansion of a Port - M/s Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd. (R-3).
Whereas, the total area of 326.26 square kilometre around Marine National Park arid Marine Sanctuary has been identified as Eco-sensitive zone, of which 208.5818 square kilometre is the area towards landward side, 105.14 square kilornetre towards sea and 12.5384 square kilometer is the area covered by rivers and the Marine …
Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (Bela) has applied with the Department of Environment (DoE) for documents, including the final environmental impact assessment (EIA) report of the two coal-based thermal power plants, scheduled to be built in Rampal. The DoE issued Power Development Board (PDB) an environment clearance certificate on August 5, …
After finding the presence of at least 103 tigers in the Sunderbans, a figure more than the official estimates, the foresters now want to back the number with a Prey base of tigers in the Sunderbans, mostly spotted deer and wild boars, has always been under scanner. in the mangroves. …
After finding the presence of at least 103 tigers in the Sunderbans, a figure more than the official estimates, the foresters now want to back the number with a Prey base of tigers in the Sunderbans, mostly spotted deer and wild boars, has always been under scanner. in the mangroves. …
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has issued a showcause notice to the BMC and sought explanation on why action should not be taken against it for a series of violations and rampant reclamation, which have added to destruction of mangroves in Kanjurmarg. The ministry also ordered a status …
Tiger conservationist Belinda Wright has slammed the idea of large-scale tourism in the Sunderbans, saying "it would be a complete disaster". The Sunderbans, the world's largest mangrove forests, houses the endangered Royal Bengal tigers. The West Bengal government has evinced keen interest in developing eco-tourism parks in the Sunderbans. "Large …
The Government of India has identified Cheyyur in Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu, as one of several sites for a 4000 MW ultra mega power plant (UMPP) using imported coal and super-critical technology. Super-critical technology claims to attain far higher thermal-electrical conversion efficiencies than sub-critical plants, thereby maximising the conversion of …
World Tiger Day would be observed today in the country as elsewhere in the world underlining the need for protecting the endangered tiger species against total extinction. Some 41 tigers were killed and 11 died normally in last 17 years in the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest, said forest …
The movement against the proposed India-Bangladesh joint venture coal-based power plant at Rampal near the Sundarbans is getting stronger day by day drawing wide public support. Former MP of Bagerhat-3 constituency Talukdar Abdul Khalek, also immediate past Mayor of Khulna City Corporation, played a vigorous role in implementing the much-hyped …
After spoiling all the alternatives to ensure incessant power supply to the people, the government is now on course to destroy Sundarbans by setting up power plant at Rampal, observed leaders of the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Port on Sunday, reports UNB. At a …
NIO study also concluded that water quality fulfilled criteria of CPCB for eco-sensitive zones The impact of industrial activity on aquatic fauna found at bottom of the Arabian sea (macrobenthic communities) in the sensitive ecosystem of the Marine National Park and Sanctuary (MNPS) in southern Gulf of Kutch was found …
The Bombay high court on Thursday directed the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) to determine within a month whether a proposed hoarding site in an area of mangroves on the Mahim Causeway falls within the Coastal Regulatory Zone-I. The court has also said until the MCZMA’s report comes in, …
