Reply affidavit on behalf of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Gavhan Koliwada Matsyavyavsayik Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit Vs City & Industrial Development Corporation & Others dated 28/01/2025. City & Industrial Development Corporation submitted a proposal for CRZ clearance for the construction of coastal road from …
Affidavit by HPCL Shapoorji Energy Pvt Ltd. in compliance to the National Green Tribunal order, February 12, 2020 in the matter of Protection of Environment and Public Service Committee Vs Union of India & Others. The matter related to an all-weather deep-draft port at village Chhara Sarakhadi in taluka Kodinar …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Syed Arshad Nasar Vs Union of India & Others dated 23/09/2020. The matter related to quarrying and crushing units in Rajmahal hills of the Vindhya mountains, district Sahebganj, Jharkhand. A joint inspection report March 12, 2020 was filed before the …
Preliminary report of the Committee of Experts constituted by the National Green Tribunal headed by Justice Brojendra Prasad Katakey, former judge Guwahati High Court submitted on July 24, 2020. The constitution of the Committee was in response to the oil well blowout on May 27, 2020 and subsequent explosion on …
Quarterly status report in compliance to the orders of the National Green Tribunal order in O.A. 389/18. The issue for consideration is the remedial steps for maintaining ecology in the area of Manali and Rohtang Pass, Himachal Pradesh. The report mentioned department-wise steps taken and compliance status. The Conservator of …
Inspection report by the Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board (MPPCB) dated 27/01/2020. Compliance of National Green Tribunal order dated October 22, 2019 in case no. 832/2019. The matter related to holding of mud car rally illegally in the Bhoj wetland (Upper Lake) of Bhopal by a sports group called 'Bhopal …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vinit Kumar Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/01/2020 regarding brick kilns operating in Meerut, Shamli and Muzaffarnagar districts without valid consent and without converting to zig zag technology resulting in pollution. Report were filed by the District Magistrates …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of D. V. Girish Vs Union of India & Others dated 25/09/2019. Two applications related to each other are taken up for hearing by the Tribunal. The first one deals with preservation of Chikmagalur district from the impacts of tourism. The …
KIMIN: Doimukh MLA Tana Hali has called upon the people of the State to create an environment for maintaining the ecological balance by planting more trees and conserving aquatic life. Hali, who reached Hawa Camp near here to participate in a fingerlings release and mass plantation programme organized by the …
BENGALURU: Come September, bikers will ride a route tracing the flow of the Cauvery from Talacauvery in the state to Thiruvarur in Tamil Nadu, creating awareness about a sustainable solution to prevent it from drying up. Twenty-five bikers will be part of the ‘Cauvery Calling’ campaign which was launched by …
Dehradun: In a setback to Uttarakhand, the Union environment ministry has declined the Himalayan state’s plea for a ‘green bonus’ for its contribution in enhancing the forest cover in the country. Responding to a written question raised by MP Anil Baluni in the Rajya Sabha, minister of state for forests …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of State of Meghalaya Vs All Dimasa Students Union & Others dated 03/07/2019 regarding unregulated coal mining in the tribal areas of Meghalaya, which has resulted in not only loss of lives but damage to the environment of the area. …
The project aims to create baseline data about the local biodiversity and conduct an ecological survey by consulting experts in the biodiversity field. A group of nature enthusiasts in Pune is conducting a survey of the ecology and biodiversity of the Mahabaleshwar-Panchgani region in Satara. The group, which calls itself …
The six-module course is aimed at making students ecologically aware for a sustainable future The University Grants Commission (UGC) has recently instructed its affiliated universities and colleges to introduce a compulsory six-module course on Environmental Studies at all branches of undergraduate degree. The module, however, has been existent since 2013, …
‘Introduction of unregistered and untested pesticides could result in ecological disorder’ Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working in the agricultural space are strongly opposing the Government ‘prescription’ to address the Fall Armyworm (FAW) menace. Following reports of widespread incidence of FAW in maize crop in several States, the Union Ministry of Agriculture …
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) told the National Green Tribunal Tuesday that it has planted around 1 crore trees throughout the country in the past three years to maintain ecology and environmental balance. NHAI told a bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel that in compliance …
PANJIM: The Goa government has urged the Union Ministry for Environment and Forest (MoEF) requesting an almost 50 per cent reduction in the total area identified as Eco-Sensitive Areas (ESA) along the Western Ghats region, under the latter’s draft notification issued in October 2018. The High Level Working Group (HLWG) …
Chennai: Wildlife conservationist S Theodore Baskaran said that the country was yet to see progress in addressing of environmental issues and wildlife conservation. Speaking at the annual M Krishnan Memorial Nature Writing award function held by the Madras Naturalists’ Society (MNS) in memory of the wildlife photographer and naturalist, Baskaran …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nabin Meher Vs ACB (India) Limited & Others dated 06/05/2019 regarding violation of the Air Act 1981 and the Water Act 1974 by M/s. ACB (India) Limited while operating its coal washery plant in village Kanika, tehsil Hemgir, district Sundargarh, …
Collapsing hippo numbers – and the loss of dung they produce – poses a threat to the species that thrive in eastern Africa’s rivers and great lakes, and the humans who rely on them. Hippos‘ graze the grassy savannah at night, then spend their days lazing and defecating in rivers …
A senator, Magnus Abe (APC, Rivers), has blamed the slow pace of the proposed clean-up exercise in the oil-rich Ogoni land in Rivers State on insecurity. He said this while addressing journalists on Thursday. He said no meaningful clean-up exercise could take place in Ogoni land at the moment due …
