Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Containers from sunken ship likely to drift towards Alappuzha, Kollam Coasts in 48 hours: INCOIS" appearing in The Hindu dated 25.05.2025 dated 27/05/2025. The original application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled …
An expert panel has recommended grant of environmental clearance to the expansion proposal of Rajiv Gandhi International airport in Hyderabad, the Rajya Sabha was informed today said. In reply to a written reply, Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan has said that the recommendation has been given with stipulated environmental safeguards. The …
A committee under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has accorded permission for the extension of runway at the Vijayawada airport in Andhra Pradesh to meet the current demand and facilitate landing and take off of bigger aircrafts. A proposal submitted by the Airport Authority of India said, …
CHENNAI: Disregarding the Madras High Court order, Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC;) seems to have kept its backdoor open for erring builders to get post-facto environmental clearance and processing hundreds of violation cases from across the country, which may amount to contempt. Ashish Kumar, Joint Director, …
The firm must hold public hearings, prepare environment assessment report At a time when Kadiramangalam village is witnessing a massive protest over leakage from wells belonging to the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), the Ministry of Environment and Forest’s Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) has recommended Standard Terms of …
The government today gave green signal to Reliance Industries Ltd for expansion of its petrochemical complex in Gujarat, entailing investment of Rs 2,100 crore. Near Hazira in Surat district, the complex comprises of naphtha cracker, feeding downstream petrochemical, fibre intermediates and polyester plants. RIL's proposal is to increase production capacities …
The Environment Ministry's Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) on river valley and hydroelectric projects has recommended a three-year extension to the validity of the environmental clearance (EC) for the Vishnugad-Pipalkoti hydel project in Chamoli district. The EAC's recommendation, though, comes even as the National Green Tribunal's (NGT's) principal bench imposed a …
The Expert Appraisal Committee under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has accorded permission for GMR Group's proposal for the Rs 2,629 crore expansion plan of Rajiv Gandhi international airport here. GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL) which manages the airport is in the process of expanding the …
HYDERABAD: The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) got the green nod for its expansion plans of an estimated of `2,629 crore. The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the MoEF uploaded its minutes of meeting held in the last week of May. “The EAC recommended the project for environmental clearance,” the …
MUMBAI: The Mumbai airport has received environmental clearance for a Rs 3,500-crore expansion plan as well as shifting of the iconic air traffic control tower to Kalina as a long-term security strategy. The changes are set to take place over the next three years as the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport …
An Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has given environmental clearance for the construction of Bhogapuram International Airport in Andhra Pradesh. The proposed greenfield airport site lies on the border of Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram districts and is about 45 kms from Visakhapatnam city. …
In what is seen as having long-term implications for conservation of forests, the Union Environment Ministry has decided to review the status of pending forest clearance and expedite the process. Forest clearance is a key component of environment clearance required for several projects in key sectors. Because of this, projects, …
It is considered a major achievement of Chenab Valley Power Projects (CVPP) Ltd. which is a joint venture of NHPC Ltd, JKSPDC and PTC India Ltd. Union Environment Ministry has accorded environment clearance to 540 MW Kwar Hydroelectric Project in Chenab basin of Jammu Kashmir. The estimated cost of project …
The environment ministry has given a six-month window as a onetime opportunity to green violators for getting environmental clearance for their projects which have been running without obtaining the required permission. The opportunity is available only to those activities which come under permissible categories. The ministry will order closure of …
Conducting public hearing again could delay the project causing acute power shortage for the State, says TSGenco Chairman and Managing Director D. Prabhakar Rao The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) has asked the Telangana State Power Generation Corporation (TSGenco) to conduct the public hearing afresh for the 4,000-MW Yadadri Thermal Power …
State-run Oil India has received environment clearance for Rs 220-crore development drilling project in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan. The company received the green nod for development drilling of 20 wells in Baghewala mining lease block in Jaisalmer district. OIL had discovered natural gas in Jaisalmer sub-basin of Tanot fields and …
Tribunal suspends environmental clearance; asks Ministry to go for reappraisal The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal has suspended for six months the Environmental Clearance (EC) granted to a proposal relating to the widening of the Trivandrum and Kanniyakumari section of NH 47 including the Nagercoil and Kavalkinaru section …
The company has proposed raising production capacity of its integrated steel plant to 3 mtpa from 1.5 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) in the existing area in Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. Shree Uttam Steel and Power has received environmental clearance for its Rs 13,196-crore expansion project in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra. The …
With a plea seeking quashing of Environmental Clearance (EC) for expansion of Ambuja Cements’ unit in Punjab’s Ropar district, the National Green Tribunal today sought the responses from the Centre and the state government. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notices to the Ministry of Environment …
A Centre's green panel has given environmental clearance to Reliance Industries for expansion of its jetty facility in Jamnagar, Gujarat, for handling chemical and petrochemical products at a cost of Rs 750 crore. RIL has an integrated refinery-cum-petrochemical complex in Jamnagar district with a marine terminal in the Gulf of …
"Based on the recommendations of the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC), the Environment Ministry has given environment clearance to the Trident Ltd for its paper mill expansion project," a senior government official said. Trident has received environment clearance for expansion of its paper mill with improved technology and energy efficiency in …
