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 …
Mumbai The state government on Wednesday moved the Bombay High Court to clear some technical hurdle regarding coastal regulation rules for the proposed international airport coming up at Navi Mumbai. Advocate General Ravi Kadam submitted that the state was having difficulties in getting clearance from the Ministry of Environment and …
Emphasizing the need to bring the Congress party to power at the Centre, Cortalim MLA and Deputy Speaker Mauvin Godinho said that it was only the Congress party that could bring about lasting solution to the contentious CRZ issue. Saying that CRZ issue was a central subject, Godinho hitting at …
Court to decide on airport in eco-sensitive zone THE Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has refused permission for the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport. The ministry has asked the Maharashtra government to first get it cleared from the Bombay High Court. Eight hundred hectares (ha) of mangroves that …
1997: Civil aviation ministry sets up a committee to examine the need for a second airport June 2000: Committee suggests three sites and upgradation of the Mumbai airport September 2000: Navi Mumbai site found most suitable. State government approves plan July 2007: Union cabinet gives in-principle approval to new airport …
With the CRZ issue taking the centre stage along the South Goa coastal belt ahead of the April 23 Lok Sabha polls, the Congress has promised to go any extent within the law to protect the houses of people affected by Bombay High Court order regarding CRZ violation. The promise …
The BJP NGO Cell on Wednesday lambasted South Goa Congress candidate, Francisco Sardinha for his promise to legalise dhirios and strongly condemned his indifferent attitude towards other pressing issues such as SEZs and CRZ. Briefing newsmen, Cell Convenor Dr Dattaram Dessai has cautioned the voters of South Goa about the …
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday sought a report on illegal sand mining operations in coastal districts of Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg and neighbouring Navi Mumbai area. A bunch of PILs, including the one filed by city-based NGO Janhit Manch, has alleged that illegal sand mining is being carried out in …
1978: Fomento buys land in Taleigaon village. Requests for adjacent land parcels 1980: State issues notification to acquire land in Taleigaon village and hands over the land including land parcel
New Delhi (PTI): Government has given the green signal for construction and operation of helipads in coastal regions as well rooftops of high rise buildings near coasts with an aim to carry out relief and rescue operations during natural calamities. However, keeping in view the environment sensitive nature of the …
NAVI MUMBAI: Following complaints from the tehsildars of Thane (Krishna Jadhav) and Panvel (Dattatray Kedare), the NRI police has booked several Navi Mumbai-based developers for allegedly destroying mangroves along the Palm Beach Road near Seawoods. According to their complaints, a large patch of mangroves has been destroyed because of dumping …
Sea turtles have inspired far-reaching conservation programmes. Pity, they are still in peril Sea turtles are magical animals, all the more mystifying because of our ignorance about them. For millions of years, they have wandered the oceans. But today, they are threatened by habitat loss, lighting on beaches, which disorients …
Coastal Regulation Zone clearance for proposed waterfront development project at Mundra, district Kachchh, Gujarat of M/s Mundra Port and SEZ Ltd (12&19/01/2009).
The question is whom to manage and what to regulate An official of the environment ministry said that the new notification is better because it is site specific.
Most coastal states, except Orissa, against the notification; environment ministry will take a call in June 2009 The ball is now in the environment ministry
