Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of The Goa Foundation Vs The Goa State Environment Impact Assessment Authority & Others dated 10/07/2023. The SC, July 10, 2023 gave directions for halting the construction of Tiracol river bridge till further orders. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) in …
PANJIM: In a blow to the Goa Tourism Development Corporation’s warped plans to develop the Vagator beach and amidst protest from locals, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has banned all construction activities of the tourism project and maintain status quo, until the site inspection report and land survey is submitted. …
Corpn To Rope In Vendors, Residents For Initiative Almost everyone complains about the city's beaches being dirty but few do anything to solve the problem. But the corporation, residents, food vendors and NGOs will now come together to reclaim our beaches. As a first step, the corporation will build two …
Karnataka’s refurbished five-year tourism policy, due to go in for Cabinet approval in June, plans to put the horse before the cart and address issues of infrastructure, manpower and safety first. New, theme-based travel destinations will be part of the package. Good roads to tourist hubs, toilets, certified guides and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Octavia Albuquerque & Ors. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 13/05/2014 regarding filling of major part of a creek in Mangalore. A committe will be constituted which shall conduct inspection of the site and submit …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Octavia Albuquerque & Ors. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 09/05/2014 regarding filling of major part of the creek as well as some part of the River Gurupur, Mangalore for the purposes of establishing the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Mrs. Marie Christine Perdriau & Anr Vs GCZMA & Ors dated 08/05/2014 regarding the annual Sun-burn festival held in the month of December in Goa. NGT has directed the State Govt of Goa to place on …
Beach tourism of 51 countries would be critically affected and temperature may increase by 4.8 degree Celsius by 2100 if no measures are taken to curb global warming, said Dr Kuldeep Dhindasa, a renowned scientist. He was here at Kurukshetra University to address students and teachers of the science stream. …
CANACONA: The Forest department, which is nursing Olive Ridleys on two beaches in Canacona taluka, has released 387 babies of Olive Ridleys into the sea during the current procreating season. Agonda beach, which is heavily engaged in tourism activities since a decade now, had only two turtle pits and have …
The National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench, has restrained the authorities concerned from constructing a public toilet in Kottivakkam beach without mandatory consent. The Bench passed the interim order on an application filed by K. Jayakantham who sought to restrain the authorities, including the Chennai Corporation, from proceeding with the construction. …
Unfazed by stiff opposition from environmentalists, the tourism department on Sunday privatized sanitation work on Puri beach. A Bhubaneswar-based voluntary organization would carry out the cleaning instead of the local municipality. In the first phase, the outsourced agency has engaged nearly 80 sweepers, who would clean the beach from 6 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Filomeno Vincente Gregorio Tomaturgo Rodrigues Vs. State of Goa & Anr. dated 13/01/2014 regarding encroachment of the beach land that fall within the No Development Zone in Margao, Goa. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/1099-2013(MApp)_13Jan2014.pdf
A city based NGO has launched an online petition to protect Chennai's beaches which have virtually become a dumping yard for garbage. According to Dr K Prahalathan of Bhumi who mooted the campaign Clean up Chennai Beaches, beaches in Chennai are slowly dying because of garbage. "But the corporation is …
Around 2,000 volunteers from across Puducherry came together on Saturday to participate in the International Coastal Cleanup event coordinated by the Indian Coast Guard Station. The beaches are strewn with disposable cups, water bottles and plastic bags. This is a very sad situation, since these materials will greatly affect the …
Probe to look into alleged irregularities in 71 mineral quarries in the southern districts. Moments after receiving an enquiry report on alleged illicit mining of beach minerals in six lease areas of the Tuticorin district, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday ordered yet another probe into the functioning of garnet, ilmenite …
Several government projects have ‘technically’ flouted regulatory norms From bureaucratic tangles, lack of awareness – even by some government departments – to staff shortages, the implementation of Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) norms in the district is hit by administrative issues. The government projects that have ‘technically’ flouted these norms include …
Unregulated tourism and development activity along beaches like Mandarmani and Digha in West Bengal is killing turtles including the vulnerable Olive Ridleys, say researchers. "In Digha intense tourism pressure has resulted in the decline of turtles and based on information revealed by local people, no nesting population of Olive Ridley …
Roads washed away, trees uprooted, houses under threat Though there was a brief respite from the rain lashing northern Kerala on Tuesday, people living along the coastline of the district continue to live in fear and agony with unabated sea erosion battering several stretches of the coast. In two separate …
The mystery surrounding the surfacing of tar balls on Goan beaches has apparently been solved with the National Institute of Oceanography revealing that they originate from washing away of oil spills from crude oil carrying tankers which move from South East Asia to the Gulf region. The NIO study which …
In about a couple of weeks, the last batch of Olive Ridley hatchlings will flap their tiny flippers and waddle into the sea. That will bring to a close a breeding season that has evoked mixed reactions among conservationists. During the season, around 200 Ridley turtles were found dead on …
In a serious violation of environment and Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms, massive tracts of land along the eco-senstive Juhu beach have now turned into a dumpyard and the civic administration seems to have turned a blind eye to the problem. Despite repeated resident complaints for the past 10 months, …
