Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has set August 30, 2015, as the deadline for the Punjab Government to finalise town planning schemes. It has also given eight months’ time to Patiala Municipal Corporation to finalise schemes for the city. The High Court also directed the corporation not permit “fresh …
The state government will soon approach the National Green Tribunal (NGT) which has restrained lifting of construction ban in Shimla’s green belts. The government has already completed the process of holding personal hearing on public suggestions and objections received for redefining 17 green belts in the town. Two days back …
The Haryana government on Tuesday was accused of acting in haste in getting approval for the sub-regional plan of NCR area in the state so that it could issue licences to developers. Haryana had to seek the approval from the NCR Planning Board (NCRPB). In an affidavit filed before the …
PANAJI: The forest department has assured the national green tribunal (NGT) that the process of identifying and demarcating private forests in Salvador do Mundo will be completed probably by August in fair-weather conditions or if not, by mid-October. NGT had directed the government in an order in November 2013 to …
Notwithstanding the recommendation in the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) report that Shimla be declared a no-construction zone, the construction activity could be allowed in 17 green belts as the government today constituted a committee to physically inspect vacant plots and submit its report to the government by June 30. The …
The Haryana government has started the process of measuring the Mangar forest area in Aravali amid reports of it approving the sub-regional plan. Sources said forest department teams were busy carrying out the ground work on Monday. "They told us that there was an order from Chandigarh," said a villager. …
The Mangar Bani grove in Haryana will be out of bounds for tourism activities and the entire forest earmarked as “no-construction zone” by the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB). The move comes following strong protests from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest , the Delhi Government and environmentalists. …
Board Wants Sacred Grove Mangar Bani Earmarked As No-Construction Area New Delhi: Tourism activities won’t be allowed in the Natural Conservation Zones (NCZs) in NCR, according to the minutes of recent NCR Planning Board (NCRPB) meeting. The minutes revealed that the ministry of environment and forest had specifically wanted deletion …
Haryana has asked the NCR Planning Board (NCRPB) to exclude three patches of land in Gurgaon and Manesar from the natural conservation zones in the regional plan. Of this, about 350 acres have been given to DLF for a recreation and leisure project, which is yet to come up and …
Wants construction within permissible limits in NCZs & no tourism activity In what has elated enviornmentalists across the state and left realtors frowning, the NCR Planning Board has asked Haryana to rework its sub-regional plan to ensure that construction is within permissible limits in natural conservation zones (NCZs) and there …
With environmentalists raising the issue of conservation of Mangar forest, the last natural forest near Delhi, it is learnt that the Prime Minister’s Office had shot off a letter to the Ministry of Urban Development that the revised regional plan of the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) and Sub-Regional …
Environment activists could breathe a bit easy as the revised plan for National Capital Region and sub-regional plan of Haryana will be reworked to ensure no tourism activities and only limited construction in natural conservation zones (NCZs). These sensitive zones include Aravalis, riverbeds and major water bodies. Sources told TOI …
In a U-turn, Haryana government plans to drop the provision of allowing construction beyond 0.5% in natural conservation zones (NCZs) like Aravalis in the NCR. Sources said chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda would make this proposal at the NCR Planning Board meeting on Friday so that the state’s sub-regional plan …
The ministry of urban development has announced that it plans to share revised draft guidelines for Urban and Regional Development Plans Formulation and Implementation with all states for further consultation in next few weeks. “The focus needs to be not just on housing, but planned urbanisation that is inclusive of …
Will Also Mull Barring Construction In Mangar A strong stand by the Delhi government and missives from Prime Minister’s Office and ministry of environment and forests on the issue of allowing tourism and more construction in nature conservation zones, including Aravalis, has forced NCR Planning Board to hold another round …
The minutes of an NCR Planning Board committee meeting to consider changes in the regional plan reveal how hard Haryana pushed for opening up the state’s fragile conservation zones, such as the Aravalis, for tourism. Out of the nine references made in the meeting by the Haryana town and country …
Move violates model code: Environmentalists Several environmentalists, civil society activists and non-government organisation members have requested the Chief Election Commissioner seeking to prevent the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) from notifying the Revised Regional Plan-2021 and approving the Haryana Sub-Regional Plan. They argued that the move would be a …
UD Ministry Asked Not To Okay It Until Green Concerns Are Addressed New Delhi: In a rare intervention, the Prime Minister’s Office has asked the Union urban development ministry not to approve Haryana’s sub-regional plan — which allows construction beyond 0.5% in conservation areas such as the Aravalis and tourism …
The Aravalli Hills extending across Haryana is all set to be “privatised”. The Revised Regional Plan 2021 will allow tourism activity to take place in the world’s oldest mountain range. With the word “forest” being replaced by “green cover”, leading developers in Haryana will be able to bypass the Forest …
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal issued notices to the Haryana government, National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) and other agencies on Monday for response to a plea on pollution in the Najafgarh drain basin. According to the plea, untreated waste water is being discharged into the Najafgarh j he …
