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 …
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Ahmedabad: The Centre has embarked on yet another ambitious project to build a green memorial at Dandi to immortalise the salt march by Gandhi in 1930. With an aim to rejuvenating Gandhi principles, a Rs 25-crore green project will be launched at Dandi on Wednesday to …
There are serious environmental issues with the Navi Mumbai airport project which need to be addressed, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said here Tuesday. Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan met Ramesh Tuesday morning and sought speedy environment clearance for the project, which is likely to reduce the air traffic pressure on …
New Delhi: Environment minister Jairam Ramesh today countered his ministerial colleague Praful Patel's charge of the Navi Mumbai airport project being delayed for want of clearance, saying it has "serious' ecological issues that needs to be addressed. "There are serious ecological issues. Its construction would damage mangrove cultivation in the …
AFTER the coal minister, it was the turn of civil aviation minister Praful Patel to level the charge of obstructionism against environment minister Jairam Ramesh. In an interview to a private TV channel, Mr Patel sad that there was an urgent need for the airport in Navi Mumbai as the …
mumbai the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) told the court on Thursday that the expert committee appointed to suggest ways to make Mithi river encroachment-free, has gone
In the Sundarbans mangrove forest in the Gangetic delta (10,284 km2: 58.5% in Bangladesh, 41.5% in India) human-tiger conflicts are more frequent than in any other tiger area of the world. Only a limited number of tiger victim cases reach the public. The term victim is used here for people …
India is one of the major leapfrogging economies of the world and it has demonstrated its economic resilience in the wake of the global economic debacle. It quickly recovered from the downslide and has shown positives signs of becoming an economic superpower by 2020.
Maharashtra should emulate the example of Gujarat and West Bengal in preserving mangroves, said the Environment and Forests Minister, Mr Jairam Ramesh, here on Monday. He was addressing the media at a climate change seminar organised at Tata Institute of Social Sciences. Mr Ramesh said that because of the proactive …
Mangroves are uniquely adapted coastal plants of great ecological and economic significance, but their habitat continued to disappear globally at a rate of 0.66% per year during the 2000
THE SUNDARBANS TERRAIN IS TURNING HOSTILE TO THE BENGAL TIGER AS SALINITY TAKES A TOLL ON THE FLORA & FAUNA Prithvijit Mitra & Achintyarup Ray | TNN Ashutosh Dali could not grow a single shoot in his field ever since it got flooded by saline water during last year
Mumbai: Realising the importance of environmental balance, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). The agreement was signed by MMRDA metropolitan commissioner Ratnakar Gaikwad and TERI director general Rajendra Pachauri. MMRDA and TERI have agreed …
Plans for a new international airport in the coastal city of Mumbai will destroy yet more of its mangrove ecosystems, and there are fears the deal has already been closed.
The pre-draft Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification 2010, published recently by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) for public comments, is a welcome improvement over the existing one. In the last two decades, India's 7,500-km long, ecologically sensitive coastal region has become more vulnerable because of unbridled development and …
An Eco Disaster? CPI(M)-backed society is building a mangrove theme leisure park in Kannur The project will destroy the mangrove forests in the area It was cleared despite a forest department recommendation that the area must declared ecologically fragile Opposition leaders and environmentalists up in arms *** The ruling CPI(M) …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State Environment Policy2009, which was released by Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan here on Wednesday, offers a framework within which conservation and development are not seen as mutually exclusive but as a mutually beneficial phenomena. The policy, in its preamble, states: "This policy document provides a framework within …
Viju B | TNN Mumbai: A four-member committee appointed by the chief conservator of forests, Thane, to look into complaints of mangrove depletion in Dahisar has come out with scathing report stating that mangroves have been destroyed on a large scale during the construction of new roads and bunds in …
MUMBAI: A team of senior forest officials and environmentalists were heckled, abused and threatened on Tuesday in the presence of police personnel when they went for an inspection of the Dahisar site where mangroves were being systematically destroyed over the past few weeks. Thane assistant conservator of forests and the …
The Town and Country Planning Board has decided not to approve any project in areas notified as eco-sensitive, Chief Minister Digambar Kamat said here today. Kamat
