Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
Two hundred and seven hutments adjacent to Mumbai airport were the first to be surveyed as part of a rehabilitation plan ahead of an expansion. After discarding three earlier surveys conducted by various agencies to determine the slumdwellers eligible for rehabilitation, the state administration began a
In good news for the much-delayed Greenfield Navi Mumbai international airport, Union Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said on Monday that the final environment clearances would be secured in a month
Mumbai Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel is optimistic the Navi Mumbai airport will get final environment clearance in a month and the the first phase will be in operation by 2014-15. The commercial component of the project cannot, however, be reduced as the project will need it, Patel told reporters …
Chethan Kumar Bangalore, Oct 7, DHNS Airline operators in the country will soon have to find ways of trimming their carbon emissions and increasing efficiency, with the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) stepping on the pedal. In a recent circular, the copy of which is in possession of Deccan …
Much has been made in the media of the apparent contradiction between what United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently said about development and environmental concerns. In a meeting with editors, the Prime Minister is reported to have said that while care should be taken …
The Maharashtra Government has agreed to shift the proposed Greenfield Navi Mumbai international airport a little to the south, although this shift of the non-aeronautical components will lead to less land being available for commercial purposes. The state government had earlier indicated its willingness to sacrifice some area on the …
Mumbai NAVI MUMBAI Less land for commercialisation, consultants say can do without diverting Gadhi The state government is prepared to shift the proposed Navi Mumbai airport a little to the south, although this would leave less land available for commercial projects such as a hotel. The shift would involve the …
The view from the deck of the three-bedroom apartment does not boast of much except a labyrinth of under-construction buildings which seem to be rocketing skyward. The frenzied construction is in stark contrast to the quiet of the sparsely populated streets outside. There is no public transport in sight and, …
MUMBAI: The state urban development department, City Industrial Development Corporation and Louis Berger, consultants for Navi Mumbai airport, have jointly worked out a formula to construct the international airport without diverting Gadhi river. Officials of Louis Berger and Cidco held a meeting on Monday in the office of urban development …
Part of the reason for the high percentage of premature deaths is that India and China are densely populated and have high concentration of ammonia, which reacts with nitrogen and sulphur oxides emitted by airplanes amount of fuel burned by Aircraf Boston, Sept. 30: Aircraft flying above North America and …
International Civil Aviation Authority (ICAO) presents the scientific, technological, economic, political and regulatory aspects of aviation environmental protection in this new report launched at its 37th General Assembly held in Montreal, Canada. Says that the global policy makers must not ignore aviation in the provision of financing for climate mitigation …
This is the fourth in a series of papers chronicling the negotiations over plans to redevelop Dharavi, Mumbai’s vast informal settlement. It also describes current plans to redevelop land beside Mumbai’s international airport, where more than 85,000 households live on a 110-hectare (275 acres) site. In both these settlements, each …
AS MAHARASHTRA government pushes for Navi Mumbai as the only site for Mumbai's second airport, the environment ministry has asked for re-examination of three alternative sites. The ministry's expert appraisal committee (EAC) had expressed concerns over the project, saying it would lead to destruction of 121 hectares (ha) of mangroves, …
Bharuch Co Powered World’s First Manned Solar Plane Prashant Rupera TNN Vadodara: When the world’s first manned solar powered airplane took off from a Switzerland airfield recently, Gujarat had a role to play in its maiden flight. Some special polymers used in this airplane were manufactured at the Panoli plant …
Swatee Kher The state government has asked the Navi Mumbai airport project consultant Louis Berger to submit a detailed plan, with changes in some aeronautical aspects, by October 4 to help reduce the project
