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 State Minister for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh along with a team of experts will be in Goa in the first week of August to help find a solution to the problem of traditional inhabitants which are affected on account of alleged violation of the coastal regulatory zone (CRZ) …
Cavelossim Sarpanch Edwin Barretto has questioned the delay by the government in resolving the burning CRZ issue facing traditional fishermen inhabiting the coast.
Reema Narendran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Coastal Zone Management Authority, which is supposed to take very specific decisions on the sensitive Coastal Regulation Zone, itself is flouting norms. The functioning of the quasi-judiciary body, which has to take a zero tolerance policy towards CRZ violations, has raised many an eyebrow. The member-secretary …
For the purpose of conserving the coastal environment the Ministry had issued the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification, 1991 to regulate various activities in CRZ areas. The Notification has undergone 25 amendments during its implementation since 1991 to 2009. The Ministry received large number of suggestions and objections to the …
For the first time, environmental violations along the coast may be tracked via satellite imagery. In a move which is likely to check the development of industries along the country
Report of the Expert Committee on draft CMZ notification chaired by M S Swaminathan submitted to Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh. Recommendations of this committee have been accepted and CMZ 2008 Notification, 2008 lapses on July 22, 2009. Report of the Expert Committee on the draft …
Union Minister for Environment Jairam Ramesh will visit Goa July-end regarding CRZ issue. According to information received here, Ramesh will visit Goa as part of his tour to coastal states affected by CRZ regulations. Sources said during his tour to Goa, he may try to get first hand information by …
The Indian Minister for Environment and Forests, Mr. Jairam Ramesh, has confirmed that the controversial Coastal Zone Management Notification will be allowed to lapse. He has also stated that any reform will involve deep consultations with the fishing and other coastal communities. Five national consultations of the Ministry in collaboration …
Fishermen say it will affect fishing industry Livelihood matters: Fishermen staging a demonstration in Ramanathapuram on Tuesday. RAMANATHAPURAM: Fishermen owing allegiance to the Ramanathapuram Fishermen Trade Union on Tuesday staged demonstration here demanding the withdrawal of Coastal Management Zone Act. Its president A. Paulchamy presided. Its office bearers L. Annammal, …
BHUBANESWAR: The much awaited Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan (ICZMP) will get a boost in the near future with a strategic approach to include the livelihood, safety, gender and local issues in its implementation stage through a coordinated way to benefit all the stakeholders. The ICZMP, which will be implemented …
NEW DELHI: What activities harm the 7,000km-long Indian coastline and what should be permitted? Should ports and airports be allowed to come up freely or should even small patches of mangroves be saved at all costs? Answers to such questions could soon be answered with the environment minister setting up …
'There is an immediate need for safeguarding coastal environment. Considering the fact that global warming is looming at large, soon a concept of Coastal Submersion Zone might come into force after CRZ and CMZ,' said Prof B C Choudhury from Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun. Addressing a talk on
May 27: Environmentalists are up in arms over the encroachment of wetlands. They maintain that wetlands serve to neutralise the toxins discharged through industrial effluents and domestic sewage, before letting the water percolate down into the earth to replenish aquifers. They argue that the government is violating norms by allowing …
MUMBAI: Corporators on Monday served a vital blow to Mumbai's chances to close the 127-hectare dumping ground at Deonar and converting it into a green belt. Setting aside fears that the dumping site__city's oldest and biggest__has just six more years of lifespan, the BMC standing committee deferred the ambitious project …
MUMBAI: A major hurdle in the path of the proposed Navi Mumbai international airport has been cleared by the Union government. After repeated pleas from chief minister Ashok Chavan and former CM Vilasrao Deshmukh, the Centre has given a huge boost to the airport project by amending the 1991 notification …
Whereas, by the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Environment and Forests number S.O. 114(E), dated the 19th February 1991, (hereinafter referred to as the said notification), the Central Government declared Coastal Stretches as Coastal Regulation Zone and restrictions were imposed on the setting up and …
