Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
KOLKATA, 11 OCT: Railway minister Miss Mamata Banerjee today inaugurated 10 battery-operated environment friendly 10-seater small vehicles at Sealdah Railway station. Miss Banerjee said the vehicles will ply between Sealdah and Howrah railway stations and will carry senior citizens and physically-challenged people free of cost. She inaugurated long-distance trains between …
Two weeks after seven wild elephants were killed by a speeding train in Bengal's Jalpaiguri district, three well-known environment protection groups have successfully carried out demonstration of an imported speed-detection gun on trains in an elephant corridor near Guwahati. The demonstration showed how the gun would help enforce speed restrictions. …
Massive landslides triggered by incessant rains in the past few days have cut off road links between Nagaland and Manipur with several stretches of the NH 39 being washed away or buried under debris. While a major landslide took place in Nagaland capital Kohima, the national highway was also cut …
* Elephant corridors have no legal protection under Wildlife (Protection) Act or the Environment (Protection) Act * Many corridors have now become private land and areas under human use (road/rail) * There is no dedicated money for corridor protection, experts demand Rs 200 crore for this in the 12th five-year …
Guwahati: Environment activists on Thursday successfully tested a speed-detection gun on a train passing by a bird sanctuary in Guwahati. The demonstration for forest officials toward enforcing train speed restrictions is aimed at preventing elephants being run over. People for Ethical Treatment to Animals (PETA) had in response to the …
The Haryana Government has given its nod for the India’s first high-speed train project, after a high-level meeting held at Chandigarh under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda recently. The Delhi-Sonipat-Panipat Corridor is going to benefit the people of Panipat, Gannaur, Sonipat and Delhi in a big way, …
Alipurduar/Siliguri, Sept. 30: Railway staff have spotted wild elephants close to the tracks and stopped trains 19 times since September 22 when seven jumbos were mowed down by a speeding goods train in Banarhat, the Northeast Frontier Railway has claimed.
Tirupur: The 91.5-km long new railway route project coming up between Erode and Palani via Dharapuram and Kangeyam in Tirupur district has started giving the initial share of headaches to the implementing authorities at the land acquisition stage itself. A group of farmers from Dharapuram, Kangeyam and Kundadam areas thronged …
Faced with criticism over the delay in sanctioning of Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR) projects, Union Minister for DoNER and Mines Bijoy Krishna Handique traced the lapse on part of the States in securing the mandatory clearance from Central ministries to delay in sanctioning of projects by the concerned …
In the wake of the wake of the incident of seven elephants being mowed down by a speeding trains at Banarhat in Jalpaiguri, CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has written to Union minister of environment and forest Jairam Ramesh to take initiative to stop running trains during night in the elephant corridors …
City animal activists are calling for establishing an action plan to prevent deaths of animals in train accidents. This comes after reports of the death of seven pachyderms after a speeding goods train hit them while they were crossing the tracks near Binnaguri in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal. The …
Alipurduar, Sept. 23: The forest department was not following a suggestion made during a joint inspection that it would pass on information about the presence of elephant herds close to the tracks to the nearest station, senior railway officials today alleged. The divisional railway manager of the Northeast Frontier Railway, …
NEW DELHI, 24 SEPT: Upset over the death of seven jumbos on train tracks in West Bengal, environment minister Mr Jairam Ramesh today said he would soon meet the Railway Board to press for concrete steps to ensure safety of elephants.
SILIGURI/kolkata, 23 SEPT: In the worst ever incident in living memory, seven elephants, including three female and a calf, were mowed down by a Guwahati-bound goods train at Kalibari railway crossing near Banarhat in Jalpaiguri last night. The trampling of the animals under the speeding wheels has sent shock waves …
KOLKATA: In one of the worst accidents involving trains and elephants in north Bengal, seven elephants of a herd died after being hit by a goods train in the Banarhat area of Jalpaiguri district on Wednesday night. While four were killed on the spot, the rest died on Thursday. The …
Mumbai A public interest litigation (PIL) filed in the wake of a flash strike by motormen earlier this year sought formulation of guidelines to be followed by public transport undertakings before going on a strike. The Mumbai Grahak Panchayat filed a PIL in the Bombay High Court and sought a …
For West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee is a spanner in the implementation of the Rs 4,847.58-crore East-West Metro railway line that will run from Salt Lake to Howrah. And intends to take up the matter with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
The state government on Tuesday blamed the railway authorities for the slow progress of the East-West Metro project that aims to connect Sector V with Howrah Maidan.
