Forest Encroachments

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding the deplorable condition of a water tank, Golconda Fort, Hyderabad, Telangana, 05/06/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …

State admits 9,600 cases of encroachment involving 1,850 hectares of forest land

Encroachers to face FIR: Shimla: The Forest Department has decided to register FIRs in all cases of encroachment on the forest land involving an area of more than 10 bighas, protected wildlife area, tempering with boundary pillars and raising of permanent structure. It has also decided to set up a …

Naga encroachment on Geleki Reserve Forest threatening its existance

SIVASAGAR: The very existence of Geleki Reserve Forest is on the verge of extinction as nearly 3,000 hectares out of the total 6,400 hectares of forest land is under encroachment of Nagaland. Encroachment in the forest reserve started in 1972 and continued for the last four decades. In an apparent …

Satellite mapping to help rescue Gorai Mangroves

The government is taking recourse to satellite mapping to save one of the largest mangrove forests along the Gorai creek. Next week, a survey team from a Pune-based agency will visit the area to study about 10,000 encroachments, including shanties, which have cut deep into the forest that lies along …

Encroachments on forest land razed

The state forest department launched a drive against encroachments on its land and razed more than 25 commercial structures located near Mumbra-Shil Phata, in Thane, on Monday. The HC ordered the action. TNN

Forest encroachments will be curbed: Chandy

Says urgent action will be taken in Chinnakkanal to clear encroachment Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said here on Sunday that the State could no more afford to allow encroachments on forests. Immediate action would be taken against such an encroachment in Chinnakkanal that had been brought to his notice. At …

Pillage and plunder of forests

Hailakandi DFO under political fire for action SILCHAR: Hailakandi district in the extreme south of Assam bordering Mizoram and Tripura was once known for its

Disowned 100,000

Taungyas have lived in Uttar Pradesh for decades but law does not recognise them. They have hope from the Forest rights Act 2006 in getting legal identity, as it recognises the traditional rights of scheduled tribes and other forest-dwellers on forest land and resources. Taungyas have lived in Uttar Pradesh …

Disowned 100,000

McDonald saheb, Qureshi saheb, Jivan Singh, Aadal Singh, Udham Singh …. Eighty-yearold Lakshmi Nishad rattles off all the names she remembers of the forest officers who have served in the Gorakhpur range. The display of memory is a desperate attempt to prove that she has lived all her life in …

Govt to take action against tree fellers

Bhubaneswar: The state government on Saturday decided to take stern action against the encroachers of forest land in the capital city in the first phase in its effort to embark on a massive plantation programme to make the city eco-friendly under the Urban Tree Plantation Initiative. It also imposed restrictions …

Move to recover 1,000 acres Bhawal forest land

The government will launch a drive to recover about 1,000 acres of khas land of Bhawal forest illegally grabbed by industrialists and individuals during the BNP-Jamaat regime. The land ministry identified 93 industrialists and 54 individuals grabbing about 1,000 acres of forest worth about Tk 1,000 crore during the four-party …

Agreement to protect Murree Forests Division signed

A crucial agreement for the mapping and monitoring of Murree Forests Division (MFD), highlighting encroachments on forest land, was signed between the Punjab Forest Department and World Wide Fund for Nature

Forestland encroached

Local residents of Dolakha district have encroached on around 50 hectares of forestland in Ramechhap district. According to villagers of Goshwara, around 40 people of Dudhpokhari continue to saw logs in Siddhanath Community Forest.

Concern over threat to wildlife and natural resources at Dibru Saikhowa National Park

GUWAHATI, NGOs working for environment and wildlife conservation has expressed alarm at the fact that poaching of wild animals and illegal cutting of trees is still going on in the forest areas of Assam, especially the Dibru Saikhowa National Park. Spread across a 640-square km area, the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park …

SC orders fresh demarcation of 99 mine leases

Continuing its tough stance against illegal mining in Karnataka the Supreme Court on Friday ordered fresh demarcation of ninety-nine mining leases and suspended the operation by one company after finding that more than 1,081 hectares of precious forests had been eaten up by them over the years. Acting on the …

Order of the Supreme Court of India on Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (Civil) Nos. 7366-7367/2010 between Govt of A.P. & Ors ver M/S …

Order of the Supreme Court of India on Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (Civil) Nos. 7366-7367/2010 between Govt of A.P. & Ors ver M/S Obulapuram Mining Co. P. Ltd.

916 forest land encroachment cases in 1 year, Punjab tells HC

Even though the Punjab and Haryana High Court is monitoring the case pertaining to properties located in the city

Compound wall to protect forests

Forest land worth thousands of crores of rupees is encroached upon in the city and Ranga Reddy districts. The forest department has found that 4,648.43 hectares of land in key areas like Dulapally, Medpally, Shamirpet and Ibrahimpatnam have been encroached. The forest department is fighting the cases in various courts …

Encroachment charge against Forest Department

Attappady tribes accuse department of helping windmill companies PALAKKAD: Tribal people have alleged that the Forest Department has been encroaching upon their land at Kottathara in Attappady, where some windmill companies had earlier allegedly tried to usurp their property. As in the local body elections last September, during the latest …

14,359 hectares forest area encroached

JAMMU, A total of 14,359.62 hectares of forest area is still under encroachment in the State and 1009.27 hectares area has been retrieved during the last five years. This was informed by Minister for Forest, Mian Altaf in response to a question of Congress MLA from Bhaderwah, Mohd Sharief Niaz …

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