The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
A master plan is on the anvil for development of tourism prospects of Chilika lake in Odisha and its adjoining areas. This master plan is being prepared at the initiative of the Chilika Development Authority (CDA) under Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project (ICZMP) of Odisha. An international developmental consultancy agency, …
Adani has been asked to conduct a public hearing before proceeding with the project, which costs Rs 10,000 cr, and the estimated environment protection cost is Rs 900 cr. Adani Enterprises is in the process of setting up a copper smelter project with a capacity of one million tonnes per …
It was only in November last that a committee of two appointed by MoEF visited Hyderabad to monitor Patancheru-Bolaram industrial cluster. Hyderabad: It is not just the state's Pollution Control Board, even the Central Pollution Control Board and Ministry of Environment and Forests do not seem to care about people’s …
One of the iconic residential projects in the city – TVH ‘Quadrant’– managed to get away with a penalty of Rs 1 crore for violating environmental norms. Several high-profile individuals that include members of the judiciary who invested in the project are breathing a sigh of relief. The southern bench …
Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Minister Uma Bharati has threatened to go on a hunger strike if concerns for tigers and vultures come in the way of linking two rivers that will benefit millions of people in central India. The ministry also favours concurrent audits by the Comptroller …
Pollution, environment, green house gases, global warming and energy wastage, are some of the issues that one keeps hearing about often The human race has achieved distinction in fields of culture, traditions, beliefs and inventions, but has grossly failed to secure their future or even plan for it by ignoring …
After recognising its adverse health effects, the government has now dismissed its own lab reports to conclude that the evidence against plastic is insufficient The Union government has scripted a U-turn in a year. Until March 2015, several regulatory authorities held the common stand that PET bottles and plastic multi-layered …
CHENNAI: Within a year after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) quashed two office memoranda on projects flouting environmental norms while hearing a case involving seven reputed builders from Tamil Nadu, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has opened a new backdoor and issued a fresh draft …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) to obtain an environment clearance (EC) for the construction of a line between Noida and Greater Noida. So far, Metro projects have been exempted from the EC norm. The latest NGT order sets a precedent for all …
The Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) has ordered demolition of the Mackie's Saturday Night market, a prime attraction for locals and tourists. The Mackie's Saturday Night market is situated in Arpora village, around 25 kms away from here. Social activist Kashinath Shetye had approached GCZMA against the market and …
With World Environment Day (June 5) just around the corner, we take stock of sustainability initiatives practised by corporates in and around the city Lighting Lives ‘Lighting Lives’, the CSR project of Henkel India, has seen the installation of solar cells in three villages situated in the Palghar district of …
Hubballi: Plastic bags are still freely being used in the city, with no action being taken against fruit shops, vegetable shops and roadside tea stalls which are defying the ban. With stern action against using plastics in Hubballi-Dharwad since the past week by the Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC), many commercial …
Willing to be pushed only thus far, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) not only threw out the Art of Living's plea to substitute the almost Rs 5 crore penalty it owes with a bank guarantee, it also slapped a Rs 5,000 fine on the Sri Sri Ravi Shankar-run outfit for …
A planned dam on one of Kerala’s most beautiful rivers has made multiple trips to the court and MoEF over the last 25 years. Now, days into the new LDF govt, it has divided communist partners CPM and CPI. Within a week of the LDF government assuming office in Kerala, …
The over 50 representations made orally and on paper included people’s complaint that they were not compensated adequately. Hyderabad: Activists of Human Rights Forum on Tuesday opposed the setting up of a 5x800 MW thermal power plant at Damaracherla in Nalgonda district, popularly known as Yadadri power plant. At a …
Agra: In contrast to the Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) report which stated that 126 slaughterhouses are running in Uttar Pradesh, UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB), in its report to the National Green Tribunal (NGT), said there are just 58 such units in the entire state. In a startling revelation …
Giving an interim direction, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has restrained the concerned executing agencies from throwing any debris and muck resulting from the construction of the road from Udhampur to Banihal, in the rivers Chenab and Tawi, directly or indirectly. The direction was issued by the NGT Principal Bench, …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a fine of `50 lakh on East Coast Railway (ECoR) for operating a railway siding without consent of the Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) at Jakhapura railway station in Jajpur district. The NGT has imposed the fine on the ECoR as environmental …
Environmentalists continue protest; say development shouldn’t come at the cost of nature Environmentalists and the Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) have decided to file a public interest petition with the National Green Tribunal in Chennai against the State government’s proposed development projects on Chamundi Hills, including the plan to lay a …
The committee found that not a single system exists at present wherein municipal bodies collect, segregate and transport all kind of plastic waste including thermoset plastic. On the directions of the principal bench of the National Green Tribunal, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has brought out guidelines to manage …
