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 …
New Delhi The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has defended its position on the comptroller and auditor general (CAG) report citing delayed green nods that has hindered coal production. The ministry said it gave clearances in excess of what was required and projects are pending as these clearances are …
Judgment of the National Green Tribunal on M/s Diana Infrastructure Ltd. Vs State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Maharashtra & Anr.) dated 29/08/2012 (Appeal No. 28/2012).
Among major projects stalled awaiting new legislation are Posco, ArcelorMittal, Tata Steel and Coal India More than a century after it was drawn up by British colonial rulers, India's land acquisition law is finally set for a revamp that promises to breathe life into scores of frozen industrial and infrastructure …
The National Committee in Solidarity with Jaitapur Struggle — a group of like-minded political people opposed to setting up nuclear power projects — has asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to cancel the proposed plant in the coastal town of Maharashtra. Citing concerns over the safety of the proposed reactors at …
A nine-member working group will examine the ecology expert panel report The Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel report, submitted by ecologist Madhav Gadgil last year, was further delaying the Rs 30,000-crore refinery project of Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) in Maharashtra, a senior official of the state-run oil marketing firm …
So, why the power crisis? Reasons are deeply systemic & extremely worrying. There is no doubt that supply is constrained The power outage in northern India on two days should not be dismissed or misjudged. Analysts are jumping to the conclusion that the crisis was foretold. They blame delays caused …
GVK Power and Infrastructure Ltd has got environmental clearance from the Australian government for the $10-billion (Rs 55,280-crore) Alpha coal project and railway line in Queensland. Australian Federal Enviro-nment Minister Tony Burke has accorded approval to construct and operate the Alpha coal mine and the railway line connecting the mine …
New Delhi At a time when power projects are facing problems of fuel linkage, financing and CAG scrutiny, Reliance Power, the flagship company of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, is planning to increase the capacity of its 4,000-MW Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project (UMPP) by 50% to almost 6,000 MW, …
GVK Power and Infrastructure has got environmental clearance for its $10 billion Alpha coal and rail project in the Australian state of Queensland, attached albeit, with a string of 19 conditions. The clearance comes in the backdrop of a Reuters report on Thursday which said Australia’s resources minister had declared …
Document contains Judgement of National Green Tribunal (NGT) dated 24/8/12; Apeal No. 32/2011. The parties are Rana Sengupta, Kolkata verses Union of India & Ors.
Alpha coal, rail projects in Queensland worth 10 bn Australian dollars comes as Oz declares end of its resources boom GVK Power and Infrastructure won environmental approval for its A$10 billion Alpha coal and rail project in Australia's Queensland state on Thursday, with 19 conditions to protect the environment. The …
A four-member expert team of the Union ministry of environment & forests (MoEF), which visited the Posco project site near Paradip on Tuesday, will submit its report to the ministry on environmental implications of the $12 billion steel plant by October. “We have collected information on the Posco project after …
MoEF team skips meeting people at project site The Odisha government has decided to review the status of the Posco steel project towards the end of this week, even as an expert team of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) visited the proposed plant site on Tuesday. “We …
High cost, dull market and strict green norms add to mining industry's woes Slow growth pace in the mining sector is hurting mineral processing units in Gujarat. At least 500 small and medium mineral processing units have curtailed their operations by half over the past three months and some more …
New Delhi Problems with land acquisition and environmental clearances have delayed 58 ongoing national highways projects, including 18 in Assam, seven in Jammu and Kashmir and five each in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, said the ministry of road transport and highways in response to a written question. The projects …
New Delhi In an attempt to increase monitoring of mining projects and make miners accountable for mining activities, the environment ministry has agreed to the mines ministry’s proposal of a Sustainable Development Framework (SDF) which will comprise guidelines for reporting initiatives and restoration conditions for mining. The SDF needs to …
A four-member expert team constituted by the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) is scheduled to visit the proposed Posco steel plant site near Paradip on Tuesday. The team was formed by MoEF in line with the order of the National Green Tribunal which had suspended the environmental clearance of …
A panel of the Union environment ministry has recommended re-validation of the green clearance accorded to South Korean steel giant Posco by five more years till 2017. In its meeting on June 14, the expert appraisal committee (EAC) of the Union ministry of environment and forests discussed at length Posco’s …
Chandigarh: With the Punjab and Haryana High Court banning sand mining in 241 quarries of less than five hectares across the state, the prices of minor minerals have rocketed. In the past two days, the price of sand has gone up by Rs 500-Rs 700 per 100 cubic feet. Sand …
Beware when you take a newly constructed National Highway, lest you land in the woods. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) actually intends to construct new highways in bits and pieces, as it is unable to secure environment clearance for the entire project that involves construction of stretches …
