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 …
ZIRAKPUR: The municipal council proposes to take the company operating Lalru’s garbage-processing plant to court for breach of trust, since it had claimed to have sought environmental clearance from Punjab Pollution Control Board but not moved any application. The MC claims that the company misinformed it that it required no …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Arjunan Muthukrishnan Vs. The State Environment Impact Assessment Authority & Others dated 06/08/2018. This application seeks direction for action against M/s. Jain Housing for violation of the EIA Notification, 2006, the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, the Water (Prevention and Control …
The Odisha government had raised objections to the project in the apex court by way of a petition and had challenged the environment clearance accorded to the project. The Supreme Court issued notices to the Central government and Andhra Pradesh over environmental clearances pertaining to the Polavaram project. The Odisha …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shiv Prasad Vs Union of India & Others dated 03/08/2018. The question raised in this Application is whether the industry in question Josodhapur Industrial Area, Kotdwar, Pauri Garhwal requires environmental clearance and whether such clearance has been given. Further question …
The Telangana government stated that the Purushothapatnam project across the river Godavari has its basin areas spread into other states like Telangana, Maharashtra, Karnataka, etc. HYDERABAD: Pointing out that the Andhra Pradesh government has not approached the Central government for taking up the Purushothapatnam lift irrigation scheme in East Godavari …
Pune: The Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC) has sought environment clearance to the proposed site for the international airport in Purandar. A source in the government said the MADC had written to the environment department for environment clearance to the project. It is among the procedures listed for finalizing the …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala coastal zone management authority (KCZMA) is unlikely to recommend the controversial resort project undertaken by Kapico Kerala Resorts Pvt Ltd on Nediyathuruthu island in Vembanad Lake for CRZ and environmental clearance. KCZMA is learnt to have decided against recommending the project, citing serious violations involved in the construction. …
Thoothukudi resident Prince Cardoza has filed a writ petition in Madras High Court's Madurai bench seeking to quash the Environmental Clearance (EC) granted to Sterlite Copper in 2007 for the existing four lakh tonne per year smelter complex. The Court has admitted the petition and issued notices to all parties …
NEW DELHI: Most National Green Tribunal petitioners approach government agencies first with environmental issues or policy and move court when they don’t hear from them. But NGT’s July 19 order to give agencies at least 15 days before they can move court may lead to several difficulties for petitioners and …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Common Cause Vs Union of India & Others dated 24/07/2018 regarding violation of environmenal and forest clearances and resultant compensation. The report submitted by CEC dated 17/01/2018 states that the compensation assessed in terms of the judgment and order …
The government's green panel has disapproved amendments to the environment clearance sought by Bharat Coking Coal for its Jharia Coalfields in Jharkhand due to the absence of forest clearance, as per the official document. The company's proposal was to amend the existing environment clearance given for the cluster XI group …
Nagpur: The state’s plan for a Shivaji statue off the Gateway in Mumbai may face a fresh hurdle. The National Green Tribunal’s Pune bench has permitted a few opposing the project to file an amended appeal. In 2016, Mumbai-based 67-year-old fisherman Damodar Tandel and 48-year-old businessman Pradip Patade had approached …
An Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Union Environment Ministry has deferred the revised Master Plan for the Kattupalli port proposed by M/S Marine Infrastructure Developer Private Limited (MID CHENNAI: An Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Union Environment Ministry has deferred the revised Master Plan for the Kattupalli port …
This was mentioned in a counter-affidavit filed by NHAI director in the High Court in response to a batch of PILs and writ petitions challenging the project CHENNAI: Contradicting the claim of Tamil Nadu government, the project implementation director of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) submitted in the Madras …
Chennai coast will undergo a permanent change when proposed Kattupalli Port expansion plan begins to take shape. CHENNAI: Chennai coast will undergo a permanent change when proposed Kattupalli Port expansion plan begins to take shape. Imagine the combined size of 825 football fields, that is kind of sea reclamation envisaged …
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to make a categoric statement about foundry industries operating without environment clearance in Jasodharpur Industrial Area (JIA) in Uttarakhand's Kotdwar area. A bench headed by Justice Jawad Rahim asked the MoEF to inform the tribunal within a …
PANJIM: How can multiple government agencies goof up in sanctioning one of the biggest expansion projects in the State with a proposed investment of Rs 1000 cr? Goa Investment Promotion Board has sanctioned projects without proper assessment and study of the project and its impact. One such case Herald has …
Ministry of forest accords environmental clearance to Chennai airport phase II facelift CHENNAI: Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC;) has accorded environmental clearance for Phase-2 modernisation of Chennai Airport, which will be carried out within the existing airport premises without the need for additional land acquisition. According …
MUMBAI: The high powered committee set up to over view the ambitious Shivaji Memorial project gave its nod to increase the height of the statue from 210 metres to 212 metres, the committee has also sanctioned an additional Rs 81 crore which will be added to the cost of the …
Hitting-out at the AAP for accusing him of 'misguiding' people over the plan to cut down over 16,500 trees, Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday said the permission to fell trees was not given by his ministry, but through approvals by Delhi government authorities. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) …
