Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
Supreme Court judgement dated 06/10/2009 on river Noyyal pollution. The Court was of the opinion that there has been unabated pollution by the members of Tirupur Dyeing Factory Owners. They cannot escape the responsibility to meet out the expenses of reversing the ecology. They are bound to meet the expenses …
Oil and gas production processes place huge demands on land resources, land administration and land management in different parts of the world. In Nigeria, the transportation of oil and gas, their by-products and refined products is conducted through complicated pipeline networks traversing thousands of kilometres and criss-crossing several communities in …
Based on fieldwork in the Tiruppur garment manufacturing cluster in Tamil Nadu, this paper focuses on the ways in which ethical corporate regulations are shaped by and constitutive of power relations and inequalities in the global market. It explores the ways in which standards imposed on supply firms help to …
As BS IV norms for fuels and vehicles come into force from April 1, 2010 in 13 cities, the automobile industry is trying to delay implementation of BS III norms for vehicles in the rest of India. This is not acceptable, says CSE. By April 1, 2010, 13 cities in …
Ludhiana, February 23 After China, India has become the second largest producer of bicycles in the world. But the cycle industry feels that the gap of production between India and China had widened recently as the latter kept on upgrading the technology. But, India could not produce more than 15 …
An analysis of the Union Budget 2010-11 must take account of the fact that while expenditure on infrastructure is geared primarily towards meeting the long-term development needs of the business community, social welfare expenditure merely serves the purpose of immediate political gains of the parties in power.
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 existing Environmental Impact Assessment manual of MoEF is common for all the sectors requiring prior environmental clearance. Considering the diversity in all the sectors related to infrastructure and industrial development, MoEF launched a programme for development of sector specific EIA guidance manual. The EIA guidance manual will help the …
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a planning tool now generally accepted as an integral component of sound decision-making. The Environmental Clearance [EC] process for majority of projects will comprise of a maximum of four stages
This is a High Court order of Gujarat of special civil application No. 12896 of 2010 regarding the time and venue of the public hearing scheduled for the two projects of M/s Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd and M/s Kutch Power Generation Ltd. on 5.10.2010 at village Luni.
This Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment Report has been prepared based on the study of impacts due to all the possible pollution loads from the infrastructure facilities to be provided by Mundra SEZ Ltd. in the SEZ. The report has been prepared based on the guidelines recommended by the Ministry of …
The Ministry of Power (MOP) and Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) were tasked to prepare the implementation plan for the National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE). NMEEE spelt out the following four new initiatives to enhance energy efficiency, in addition to the programmes on energy efficiency being pursued by …
Hyderabad: The National Environmental Appellate Authority (NEAA) on Thursday quashed the environmental clearance given to Nagarjuna Construction Company for setting up of a thermal power plant at Sompet, Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh. Further course of action is expected to be decided on the receipt of the certified copy of the …
Ajay Sukumaran, BV Mahalakshmi Hyderabad/Sompeta: Nagarjuna Construction Company (NCC) on Tuesday said it is confident of reviving the controversial thermal power plant in Sompeta, Srikakulam, despite the National Environmental Appellate Authority (NEAA) quashing the clearance granted to the project. The company is awaiting a site report by the regional chief …
Joseph John Rescue workers waited with masks, stretchers and sheets for bodies as heavy earth moving equipment tried to clear debris of a giant chimney that collapsed Wednesday at the Korba power plant site of the Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO), killing at least 25 people and trapping many others. Hopes …
With a view to assessing the potential environmental impacts due to proposed activities, KWPCL has retained M/s Anacon Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., Nagpur to undertake Environmental Impact assessment studies for various environmental components, in order to identify the impacts and its mitigative measures. The report also envisages the prediction of the …
In December 2006, Tata Power Company (TPC) Ltd., India’s largest private power utility, won the bid for establishing a 4000 MW Ultra Mega Super-critical Thermal Power Project (the Project). Coastal Gujarat Power Ltd. (CGPL) will set up the plant in Tunda Village, Mundra taluka,1 Kutch District, Gujarat State in Western …
