Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Hemant Kumar & Others Vs State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 13/05/2025. An application was received by the NGT filed by Hemant Kumar on behalf of all the villagers of Gram Panchayat Salani Katola, tehsil Nahan, district Sirmaur, Himachal …
Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh will be in Mumbai on Friday to meet Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and the two are expected to discuss the proposal for a coastal road instead of the Worli-Haji Ali sea link. The state government has now proposed to build the second …
Non availability of material has hit development work in coastal dist District-in-Charge Minister Krishna Palemar speaking at the Karnataka Development Programmes (KDP) review meeting held at Zilla Panchayat on Monday. DH PhotoThe elected representatives have urged the authorities concerned to write to the state government to simplify the sand mining …
MUMBAI: The state government on Saturday made it clear in the legislative assembly that the tainted 31-strorey Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society would be demolished if the court so directed. Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan made the statement while replying to the issue raised during question hour. "The Union environment ministry had …
The City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Ltd (Cidco) has approached the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) to prepare a risk assessment report for the Navi Mumbai International Airport. Officials from the NDMA are expected to visit the airport site soon.
The Ministry of Environment and Forests has decided to assess the carrying capacity of India's coastline before allowing multi-sector industries to come up along the coast in the designated areas of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh. Speaking to journalists here on Saturday, Minister of State for Environment and Forests …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The National Fishworkers' Forum (NFF) has reiterated its demand to keep the country's coastline free of any nuclear installation, particularly in view of the disaster that has struck Japan following the tsunami. It demanded a White Paper from the Ministry of Environment and Forest on all nuclear installations in …
As part of strengthening the preparedness for tackling tsunami-like disasters in coastal areas and islands, the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) on Thursday decided to include industry, thermal power, infrastructure and nuclear power in terms of reference for the environment impact assessment (EIA) for future projects. The MoEF has …
In the wake of the massive tsunami devastating Japan, the Environment Ministry is mulling to make its norms more stringent by giving approval to only those new or expansion projects, particularly in coastal areas, which promise sufficient safeguards during such disasters. The Ministry has asked its four Expert Appraisal Committees …
In the aftermath of the tsunami in Japan, the Centre is considering fine-tuning its plans of locating key infrastructure projects, such as power plants, along the coast. Environment minister Jairam Ramesh, who described the tsunami as a wake-up call, stressed the need to determine the carrying capacity of India
On 6th January 2011, MoEF still took the route of coming with another Coastal Regulation Zone Notification 2011 under Section 3(1) and Section (2)(v) of the Environment (Protection) Act 1986 and Rule 5(3)(d) of the Environment (Protection) Rules 1986, superseding the CRZ Notification issued on 19th February 1991. CRZ Notification …
Power Finance Corporation, a Navratna public sector lender, is in the process of creating a wholly-owned subsidiary for the renewable energy sector, in a couple of weeks, to be called PFC Green Energy Ltd. M K GoelM K Goel, director (commercial), PFC, told reporters here today that this sector required …
Ask Chennai's fisherfolk and they will tell you that the road to hell is built on stilts. Various Central and state government agencies plan to construct three controversial expressways on stilts in the coastal city. These roads will displace more than 1 lakh people — mostly urban poor — and …
Gundia project will affect the elephant corridors, says scientist Poornaprajna College retired professor Dr N A Madyastha speaking at a public discussion on
The Adarsh society is expected to file its affidavit before the two-member inquiry commission on Tuesday, the last date for submission of documents. The state government-appointed panel, headed by former Bombay High Court Chief Justice J A Patil with former Maharashtra chief secretary P Subramanian as its member, is expected …
The Union environment ministry has notified the new Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) regime, replacing the CRZ notification of 1991. The notification, which has come after years of heated debate and controversy pleases no group entirely—the developers see it as a further restriction of building and industrial activities along the coast, …
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court on Friday issued notices to the state revenue department, the Mundra Port SEZ (MPSEZ), the Centre and Kutch district collector on basis of a PIL filed by people of Navinal village demanding a huge chunk of the grazing land (gaucher), which has been allotted to …
A NUMBER of mega projects along the Konkan coast in Maharashtra are under public scrutiny. The most recent reason for this is the amendment to the rules governing the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ). The rules originally prohibited the setting up of big industries on the coast. The amended version permits …
