Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nirma Limited V s MoEF & Ors. dated 14/01/2015 regarding Environment Clearance dated 8th December, 2008 given to the cement plant (Cement plant 1.91MTPA, 1.50 Clinker), Coke oven plant (1.5 LTPA), and Captive Power Plant (50 MW) to be established …
The Gujarat government is working on a new land acquisition policy that will make sure that no farmland is acquired forcibly for the setting up of private companies.
MoEF has accepted these recommendations of the Expert Committee on the controversial cement plant of Nirma Industries in Bhavnagar, Gujarat. Says that the plant is situated in an environmentally sensitive wetland area and the construction must stop. Final recommendations of the EAC on the project M/s Nirma Ltd. to establish …
Even as Environmental Appraisal Committee (EAC) constituted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) placed a report before the Supreme Court on Tuesday recommending relocation of Nirma Ltd's cement plant at Mahuva, agitating farmers in the region have welcomed the report of the expert body. "The MoEF's report is …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that a cement plant of Nirma Industries in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat is located in an ecologically sensitive wetland area situated next to the natural habitat of Asiatic lions. The ministry said that the plant has to …
A seven-member team headed by C. R. Babu from the School of Environment of the University of Delhi on Monday visited Mahuva at the behest of the Union Environment and Forests Ministry to study the environmental impact of the cement plant proposed to be set up by the Nirma Industries …
The Supreme Court has ordered a new environmental study of the site where detergent company Nirma is setting up a cement plant. The site in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, is believed to be on wetlands. The March 18 decision came after Nirma moved an appeal in the Gujarat High Court against a …
Record of proceedings of the Supreme Court of India on the Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (Civil) No. 14698/2010 on the proposed Nirma Cement Plant at Bhavnagar, Gujarat dated 18/03/2011.
A check-dam in coastal Gujarat sweetened water and changed farmers' lives. Now, another change is coming, a cement factory over the reservoir and the villagers are on the warpath.
Gandhinagar: As the marchers from Bhavnagar hit the state capital shouting anti-industry slogans on Thursday, they got support from many activists, some of whom joined the delegation that met chief minister Narendra Modi. Danseuse Mallika Sarabhai, human rights lawyer Girish Patel, Bharatiya Kisan Sangh
The farmers' agitation against Nirma Ltd cement plant in Gujarat will continue with Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi declining to accept the demand of locals who are seeking to scrap the unit from the area. "We met chief minister on the issue but his response is unsatisfactory, so we will …
The tussle between Nirma Ltd and the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) took a new turn today, as the Gujarat high court refused to stay the notice issued by the latter on March 12 to halt construction work on the company
Some hundred people, men and women, were gathered on the hill. Many more, I could see, were trudging up. Their faces were resolute. I asked why they were opposing the cement plant. Their answer was simple: “We cannot eat cement.” “But the plant will bring you employment and prosperity,” I …
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed the show cause notification issued by the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to a cement factory being built in Padhiarka village, Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, for “permanent suspension of work and revocation of the environment clearance”.
They are unconvinced of Union Ministry's show-cause notice to Nirma AHMEDABAD: Unconvinced of the Union Environment and Forest Ministry's show-cause notice to the Nirma Limited, the agitating farmers of Bhavnagar have refused to stop their 250-kilometre long
MoEF has served this show-cause notice to Nirma Limited for the company's proposed cement plant, coke oven plant and captive power plant to be set up near Mahuva in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat. Show cause notice under Section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 for permanent suspension of work …
Mahuva (Bhavnagar): As their pleas have gone unheard even after nearly two-and-a-half years, around 5,000 farmers protesting against the proposed cement plant by Nirma will march to Gandhinagar on March 3. Mahuva BJP MLA Kanu Kalsaria, who has been spearheading the agitation, says that farmers from the villages to be …
Read this special report published in Down To Earth on Nirma, the detergent company that gave false information to obtain clearance for its cement plant in coastal Saurashtra. Detergent company Nirma gave false information to obtain clearance for its cement plant in coastal Saurashtra. Environment ministry to inspect site and …
About a decade ago, farmers of 15 villages in Mahuva block in coastal Saurashtra could barely grow one crop a year. This was because the groundwater they used for irrigation was saline. Their fortunes changed in 2000 when the Gujarat government created a reservoir—Samadhiyala bandhara— by building a dam at …
