Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Bonigi Rangaiah Vs State of Andhra Pradesh & Others dated 22/01/2024. The matter related to spillages during the course of handling the loading, unloading, storage and transportation of coal falling on the road and dumping yards in the Adani Krishnapatnam …
Bhubaneswar: The US ambassador to India, Timothy.J Roemer, Thursday said his country is keen on joint partnership with Orissa in mining, power, and port sectors besides education and business development. Timothy, who met chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday, winding up his two-day visit to the state, said he talked …
The Farakka Barrage Project on river Ganga, commissioned in the year 1975, mainly for diversion of 1135 cumec flow of water from river Ganga to river Hoogly through Bhagirathi, for the preservation of Kolkata Port. River Ganga due to its meandering nature is causing bank erosion problems not only in …
Water characteristics of Kandla creek, monitored seasonally from 2002 to 2006 at four locations (mouth, cargo jetty, oil jetty and junction), indicated significant increases in nutrients, petroleum hydrocarbons (PHc) and phenols from anthropogenic additions, while increases in turbidity, total suspended solids (TSS) and salinity from natural effects. Principal Component Analyses …
CIVIL APPEAL NO. 2284 OF 2010 is directed against the judgment of Madras High Court passed onOctober 31, 2008 whereby a writ petition in the nature of Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by the appellant
Intensive sampling was carried out in the marine environment of Mumbai and Jawaharlal Nehru ports to investigate the composition of benthic sessile population on three different occasions during 2001 to 2002. this study recorded 29 species of hard substratum fauna and 14 associated fauna. The acorn barnacle Balanus amphitrite and …
A visit to the coastal areas adjoining the Mundra port in the Kutch reveals discontent among fisherfolk, traders and pastoralists over the creation of a special economic zone in the area. Apart from environmental concerns, the traditional livelihoods of residents in the area have also been affected by the new …
The Goa church wing has said that the setting up of Special Economic Zone (SEZs) were the attempts by the State government to renew 13-year-old proposal of turning the State into
The Review of Developments in Transport in Asia and the Pacific is a biennial publication of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The Review is structured into three main parts. Part I describes the environment within which the transport sector is developing and …
The premise of this paper is that, despite the existence of a well-established regulatory framework to enforce environmental laws and policies in each state of India, there has been a variation in the implementation of environmental judgments. This paper argues that an independent and proactive Court-appointed monitoring committee, namely the …
The diversity and spatial patterns of polychaetes, a proven proxy for environmental assessment studies, were studied in 28 stations covering subtidal and intertidal segments as well as bunders and docks of the Mumbai Port. Univariate and multivariate analyses of polychaete data were used to determine the level of environmental degradation …
An Environment Ministry order issued on November 3 banning ports and harbours on hotspot stretches on the beaches will not stop the CRZ (Coastal Regulation Zone) projects that have been already started, the ministry sources clarified on Monday. They said the Ministry may put on hold the CRZ-cleared projects that …
Fishermen, toddy tappers get fresh demolition notices Worried there was no word from Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh of solution on their old coastal dwellings falling within CRZ, Goenchea Ramponkarancho Ekvott on Thursday informed people have started receiving notices again to demolish their age-old structures. Addressing a press conference, GRE …
The Environment Ministry on Tuesday laid down strict conditions for allowing new projects and expansion of ports, harbours and jetties, lifting the ban clamped in August. This follows receipt of the report on coastal erosion and accretion sought by an expert committee headed by Prof M S Swaminathan that was …
A team of experts from the shipping ministry is reaching Paradip port on Saturday to inspect Black Rose, a Mongolian ship that sank about 1.6 miles off the coast on September 9 with 924 tonnes of furnace oil and 48 tonnes of diesel. The decision to dispatch the team was …
The Mudra Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (Ahmedabad) and Adani Enterprises Ltd (Ahmedabad) consortium were today awarded the task of building a mechanized coal handling terminal at berth number 7 of the Mormugao Port Trust. Estimated to be built at a cost of Rs 252 crore from January 2010, …
