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 …
The important project of widening of the famous Surajkund road here appears to have become a victim of inordinate delay due to sanction hassles. Already running several months behind the schedule, the work has been stuck due to non-approval of removal of several hundred trees by the Forest Department. Over …
Expert panel okays it without land demarcation or settling of tribal rights; also clears Rs 2,000-cr Kundaliya irrigation scheme in MP The long-pending Renuka Dam project has got approval from the forest advisory committee (FAC) of the Union ministry for environment, forests and climate change. This has been done without …
The PM-appointed ministerial committee on infrastructure on Tuesday cleared outstanding issues involving railways and green clearances for road projects entailing investment of at least Rs 50,000 crore. This was the first meeting since the committee was formed. Environment minister Prakash Javadekar told Nitin Gadkari and Sadananda Gowda that his ministry …
May set up panel to review the Act establishing it, say sources The Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) plans to amend the National Green Tribunal Act, which was passed during the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) regime. The move will result in dilution of the powers of the body. According …
The Prime Minister's Office has asked the environment ministry to relax the clauses in the relevant laws to speed up clearances for road projects. It also told the road ministry that the National Highways Act could be amended to ensure that people whose land is acquired for construction of highways …
Four key railways projects in the North Eastern region have been affected for want of forestry clearances, the government said today. Noting that several railway projects are pending due to want of forest clearances, Railway Minister D V Sadananda Gowda said efforts are being made to speed up approvals. "Four …
NEW DELHI: Fifty-six proposals under Forest Conservation Act and 11 projects under Environment Impact Assessment Notification for roads and public utility sectors were granted clearance in hilly states during the last one year, government today said. Presently, 55 projects for forest clearance and one project for environment clearance are pending …
Mahan Coal Ltd has downloaded from the internet an Intelligence Bureau (IB) report on environmental non-government organisations (NGOs), purportedly secret, and given it to the National Green Tribunal to claim it is being targeted as part of a "Western foreign policy" conspiracy hatched by "foreign masters". A joint venture of …
Promising development without destruction of environment, the Government on Tuesday said it would simplify procedures for green clearances while stepping up efforts to get 35,000 crore, stuck in litigations, released for afforestation. Replying to a discussion on the demands for grants of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Environment Minister …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Himalaya Environment & Employment Cooperative Society Ltd. Vs. State of Uttarakhand & Ors. dated 23/07/2014. The Applicant has stated that the project proponent does not have Environmental Clearance (EC) and Forest Clearance (FC) for the construction …
The Justice MB Shah Commission on illegal mining has recommended that iron and manganese ore miners of Jharkhand be asked to disgorge 14,403 crore and ₹138 crore, respectively, for environmental violations. The value attributed to illegal mining is only on the basis of Environment Clearances under EIA Notifications. The Commission, …
The Prime Minister’s Project Monitoring Group has facilitated clearances of 155 projects, which entail an investment of around Rs 5.5 lakh crore, of which one-third are road and port building projects. “We are trying to digitise all the processes by March 15 this year. Industry can file applications in digitise …
Over a month after kicking off its online environment clearance system for industrial and infrastructure projects, the government will launch a similar e-window platform for forest-related approval this (Tuesday) afternoon. The online forest clearance system will be the second such move of the environment ministry in its effort to ensure …
The Forest Advisory Committee headed by Chief Secretary Mohammad Iqbal Khandey today discussed and approved several proposals for allowing use of forest land coming under various developmental and connectivity projects in various forest divisions of the State. The Committee gave forest clearance for 2 MW Khari MHP in Ramban Forest …
Says implementation of key infra projects for evacuation and movement of coal will be of critical importance The government needs to fast track entry of the private sector in commercial coal mining and restructure state-run Coal India to augment production and reduce imports of the dry fuel that cost Rs …
Long delayed 'public purpose projects' in sectors like highways, ports and railways are in for speedy green clearance on the lines of expeditious environmental nod that defence projects have got recently. Declaring this, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said the country needs infrastructure for progress and it can be ensured without …
Environmentalists have expressed serious concern over the Centre's approval to the Uttarakhand government to take up development projects on five hectares of forest land in disaster-affected areas without any clearance under the Forest Act. The Centre has announced its decision on the matter but is yet to issue a government …
Prakash Javadekar assures of bringing down clearance timeline Prakash Javadekar, who is the first environment minister to function out of offices in the new ecologically friendly Indira Pariyavaran Bhavan, is focusing his energies on improving the ministry's image. Javadekar, who doesn't want to get into blame game mode, says he …
ITANAGAR: Union Minister of State for Environment & Forests (Independent Charge) Prakash Javadekar has assured Arunachal Pradesh to expedite forest clearance for the 3000 MW Dibang Hydropower Project in the State. Javadekar’s assurance came when Chief Minister Nabam Tuki called on him at New Delhi yesterday, a communique from the …
Odisha State Pollution Control Board will hold public hearing of the much-delayed project at Lanjigarh on July 30 The controversial project of Vedanta group to expand Sesa-Sterlite's Lanjigarh refinery is set to revive with Odisha deciding to undertake public hearing of the project later this month. Odisha State Pollution Control …
