Judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of In Re: Zudpi Jungle Lands. A batch of applications involved a peculiar issue concerning the situation prevailing in the six districts of eastern Vidarbha region namely Nagpur, Wardha, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli. The issue pertains to the status of the …
City residents and NGOs have urged the district administration to start a massive campaign to plant native saplings and trees to restore Amritsar’s green cover and identify the sources of pollution in the city after a WHO report placed Amritsar at 21st rank in the list of most polluted cities …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has set an ambitious target to improve 4.8 lakh hectares (ha) of degraded forest and develop 50,000 ha of farm forestry in the second phase of Odisha Forestry Sector Development Project (OFSDP). With remarkable success in Phase-I of the externally aided project in which around 2.10 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Giriraj Parikrama Sanrakshan Sansthan Vs. State of Rajasthan & Others dated 20/05/2016 regarding the environmental destruction of Braj Parikrama route spanning across three states of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan. Tribunal directs the State of Rajasthan to carry out the …
"We have increased forest cover by 3,500 sq km. We have increased mangrove by 1,000 sq km. It is not a small achievement. It shows our direction and commitment," said Javadekar. Over 2,000 projects involving Rs 10 lakh crore investment, which were stuck for years and some of them in …
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has pointed out that the desired green belt area was not developed by industrial units in Chhattisgarh. The CAG in its report for the year ending March 31, 2015 observed: “As per rule 4.1 of the National Forest Policy, 1983, which was …
The Centre’s plans to spend nearly Rs. 42,000 crore under the afforestation programme now hang in the balance The Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Bill listed for business in Rajya Sabha in the ongoing parliamentary session has been postponed to the monsoon session of Parliament, Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh told …
Dist administration plans massive plantation drive on 5k acres The Bengaluru Urban district administration is planning to launch a massive tree plantation drive from June to keep the green cover in the reclaimed government land. The district administration has, so far, reclaimed 5,211 acres of government land spread in four …
Forest land near South Delhi’s Neb Sarai, which has become a dumping ground over the years, will be reclaimed and its greenery restored by the Environment and Forest Department. On Saturday, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Environment and Forest Minister Imran Hussain inaugurated the programme to restore the forest …
The National Green Tribunal has asked the Delhi government to plant 2,000 trees for chopping 216 trees in a residential colony in North-East Delhi’s Yamuna Vihar. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar told the chief engineer of the Public Works Department (PWD) that fine would be imposed …
Giving a major fillip to its Ganga rejuvenation efforts, the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) - a central body to implement the government's Namami Gange scheme - has approved projects worth Rs 2446 crore for development of 'ghats' and crematoriums at various places along the river in four states …
With an aim of afforestation on the vast tracts of rail land, the Railways today joined hands with the forest departments of Punjab and Haryana for plantation of 5 lakh trees in the two states as part of the 'Green India Mission'. After Punjab and Haryana, railways will sign similar …
A Bill to provide for the establishment of funds under the public accounts of India and the public accounts of each State and crediting thereto the monies received from the user agencies towards compensatory afforestation, additional compensatory afforestation, penal compensatory afforestation, net present value and all other amounts recovered from …
The objections, raised by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, in granting clearance to 515 bighas proposed to be developed as an industrial area in Dhabota in the Nalagarh industrial belt have hit the investment plans. Though the case for seeking environment clearance had been submitted more than a year …
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC;) has been entrusted with preserving and improving the forest wealth of the country in the interest of its citizens and national ecological security. The rising demand for forestland for non-forestry purposes, such as mining, hydropower and infrastructure development, has caused MoEF&CC; …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Compensatory afforestation, 25/04/2016. The area where compensatory afforestation has been undertaken in the country upto 31.3.2015 in lieu of diversion of forest land under the provisions of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 including projects for construction of roads in different parts of the country, …
'Till now, through multiple schemes across various departments, almost Rs 18,000 crore have been spent,' said Fadnavis. IN A bid to tackle drought effectively, the Maharashtra government has planned to link its water conservation projects with environmental preservation. Elaborating on the plan, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said, “The long-term measures …
Passed in Parliament, it could unlock Rs 36,000 crore immediately to states Crucial amendments to the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2015 were allowed by the union cabinet on Wednesday, which fast tracks the process of releasing funds for increasing forest cover in the country worth Rs 40,000 crore, to the …
Teak has the highest capacity for carbon sequestration among trees in India. This is the finding of a study conducted by the Gujarat Ecological Education and Research (GEER) to prepare a hierarchy of local trees in India that can reduce the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide traps …
NAGPUR: PTI The Centre has planned to introduce tree farming in India to increase the forest cover in the country, Union environment and forests minister Prakash Javdekar said here on Sunday. Chairing a high level meeting of concerned officials of the forests ministry and department of Maharashtra here, Javdekar said …
KAGERA Regional Commissioner Salim Mustapha Kijuu has directed councils in Muleba, Bukoba, Biharamulo, Ngara, Karagwe, Kyerwa and Misenyi to ensure that each plants at least 1.5 million trees each year in bid to preserve the environment. According to him, the region plans to plant 12 million trees annually. 0 Comments …
