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 Rs 10,000-crore project requires diversion of 5,258 hectares of forest land, including 4,141 hectares of Panna Tiger Reserve. The standing committee of the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) Tuesday decided to clear Phase-I of the Ken-Betwa river linking project even though the expert committee constituted by the board is …
India's green cover is fast depleting, 34,620 hectares gone in two years Between April 2014 and 2016, the Union ministry for environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) diverted 34,620 hectares of forest land, granting them final clearances, also known as stage-II clearance while diversion of 40,476 hectares will soon happen …
Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar often pats his ministry’s back for taking numerous measures to simplify green clearances and facilitate ease of business, but the number seems to be speaking otherwise as only 38 per cent key roads and highways and mining projects received …
Representatives of several opposition parties have come together to criticise the government for continuing to try and dilute the provisions of the Forest Rights Act, which makes it mandatory to get consent of tribals before using of their traditional forestlands. Jitendra Chaudhury, CPI(M) member of Parliament from Tripura, shared copies …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Bharat Jhunjhunwala Vs Ministry of Environment & Forests & Others dated 04/05/2016 regarding Singoli Bhatwari hydro-electric project on the river Mandakini, District Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand by the Project Proponent L & T Uttranchal Hydro Electric Pvt. Limited. NGT dismisses the Apllication …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Paryawaran Sanrakshan Sangarsh Samiti Lippa Vs Ministry of Environment and Forests & Others dated 04/05/2016 regarding Kashang Hydro Electric Project in Kinnaur District of the State of Himachal Pradesh. The villagers of Lippa have filed this appeal seeking to assail …
Efforts to save Cambodia's royal turtle, one of the world's most critically endangered species, are being hampered by dredging and illegal forest clearances, a wildlife conservation group warned on Monday. The Wildlife Conservation Society and the Cambodian government have been desperately trying to protect the tiny remaining pocket of batagur …
Bhubaneswar: In June 2005 when the Naveen Patnaik government signed an MoU with the South Korean steel behemoth, Posco, for a 12-mtpa mega steel plant in the state, the public euphoria reached its peak. The reason was obvious: Odisha, full of iron ore reserves, was always passionate about having another …
Suspense over the fate of the Rs 50,000-crore Posco steel project in Odisha has deepened with the South Korean giant showing disinterest in pursuing it because of the hurdles it continues to face on grounds of environment protection. Appearing before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday, Posco's counsel expressed …
The environment ministry used to be the reason behind most project delays. This seems to have changed, according to a government study of over 1,000 projects. ONLINE WINDOW Forest & wildlife clearances Terms of Reference (ToR) and Environmental Clearance (EC) State Environment Impact Assessment Authority for category B projects Standardised …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ajay Kumar Negi & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 04/04/2016 regarding Tidong-I Hydro Electric Project in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Tribunal permits the Project Proponent (M/s Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd) to carry out the construction work of the …
Says govt to implement bar code enabled system to end sand mafia in country Union environment ministry has set a target to bring down the number of days it takes to give clearance, from current 190 days to 100 days in future. The ministry also said it is implementing a …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Society for Preservation of Kasauli and its Environs (SPOKE) Vs. Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation & Others dated 29/02/2016 regarding construction activity that is being carried on in Kasauli and the surrounding areas without compliance of law. NGT directs both …
Mining industry Supreme Court had ruled in April 2013 that the Vedanta Group’s bauxite mining project in the Niyamgiri hills will have to get clearance from the gram sabhas The Odisha government on Thursday moved the Supreme Court wanting reconvening of gram sabhas so as to take another look into …
Green panel has given clearance to Tata Power Company for setting up of a 52.50 MW wind power project in Koppal district. A state green panel has given forest clearance to Tata Power Company for setting up of a 52.50 MW wind power project in Koppal district, Karnataka. The proposal …
According to officials of the water resources ministry all three clearances are before different expert appraisal panels of the union environment ministry, under process. The Ken-Betwa river linking project, monitored closely by the Prime Minister's Office, is likely to take off only by the end of this year said top …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Puran Chand & Others Vs State of Himachal Pradesh through its Secretary Environment to the Government of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 02/02/2016 regarding regarding the Renuka Dam project across river Giri. River Giri is a perennial river which flows …
Though the protest on ban on mining in Gaula river by NGT has begun in by the affected groups in Haldwani, the Uttarakhand Forest Development Corporation deny from any such ban in place. Dinesh Pandey, the environment activist, had made the plea before NGT to quash the Forest Clearance accorded …
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has assigned the responsibility to the Wildlife Institute of India to prepare a technical document ‘Eco-friendly measures to mitigate impacts of linear infrastructure on wildlife’ for rail, road and power transmission line planners and managers; forest and wildlife managers and wildlife …
The coal mining proposals belonged to south eastern coalfields, Madhya Pradesh, eastern coalfields in Godda district, Jharkhand and to central coalfields in Bokaro. An expert panel of the environment ministry has stalled forest clearances for three coal mining proposals, all belonging to Coal India subsidiaries, as two of them are …
