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 …
OPPOSITION to the Tamil Nadu government's plan to construct a greenfield airport at Sriperumbudur near Chennai is growing. On August 12, around 3,000 people from 26 villages were lathicharged when they staged a demonstration against the project. The reason: the airport plan requires about 1,821 hectares and protestors say most …
The shift of focus from a shared vision of a planned metropolitan region to development for financial profit underlies the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra
The state government has promised to submit a newly drawn map on Navi Mumbai to the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) which will arrive here on September 22. The panel has been raising a lot of questions on administrative lapses related to the Navi Mumbai airport project.
Mumbai The state government approved a new Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) map of Navi Mumbai area on Thursday after the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) had objected to the old map submitted for environmental clearance for the proposed airport site. It will be sent to the EAC Friday. During its July …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh perhaps said nothing new when he stated that India had environmental concerns. But he echoed the sentiments of Indira Gandhi expressed at the Stockholm conference in 1972 when he added that the environment could not be protected by perpetuating poverty. There was need for a right …
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai September 9, 2010, 0:26 IST The signboard at Kopra-Panvel, about 35 km from the existing Mumbai airport at Santa Cruz, was put up with much fanfare in 2004 after the site was finalised for the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport. Six years later, time seems to …
The Environment Ministry has assured the Prime Minister that it will help in finding an early resolution to the deadlock over the Navi Mumbai airport project but has also requested the Maharashtra government and the Civil Aviation Ministry to show some flexibility on the issue. The assurance has come in …
THE Navi Mumbai airport project is back on track. With the Maharashtra government and the civil aviation ministry agreeing to address ecological concerns, environment minister Jairam Ramesh has conveyed to the prime minister that things were moving forward on the project.
Priscilla Jebaraj NEW DELHI: Is the Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance SEZ more important to the Maharashtra government than mangrove conservation? Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has suggested that if the State government and the Union Civil Aviation Ministry want Mumbai's second airport to come up at the proposed site in Navi …
The state government is under pressure from the Centre to stay the release of 2,177 hectares of saltpan land in Mumbai for redevelopment, fearing it would lead to trouble in the flood-prone city. The state government had planned to give this land to private developers for slum rehabilitation projects in …
The Environment Ministry has assured the Prime Minister it will help find an early resolution to the deadlock over the Navi Mumbai airport project but has also requested the Maharashtra government and the Civil Aviation Ministry to be more flexible. The assurance has come in response to a communication from …
Amitabh Sinha New Delhi: With the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) stepping in again, it is now becoming increasingly clear that the second airport for Mumbai will, in all probability, be built at the proposed location in Navi Mumbai that is facing a host of environmental objections. In its latest intervention …
Environmental fundamentalism is proving a major hurdle to economic development in India A V Rajwade / New Delhi September 06, 2010, 0:39 IST Continuing the last week
PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh has asked the Maharashtra government to do its bit for the expansion of the existing domestic terminal, while assuring chief minister Ashok Chavan of progress on the Navi Mumbai airport project. A top Mantralaya official and aviation ministry officials told ET that the prime minister also …
CM Ashok Chavan has asked the BMC to acquire the patch of land outside the Mumbai airport, just ahead of VIP gate number 8, for better upkeep of the stretch. He made those remarks to additional municipal commissioner Aseem Gupta while travelling with him from the city airport to his …
The State Government has asked the district administration to identify 70 acre of levelled, private land for establishing mini airport in Kodagu district. The order comes in wake of rejection of four to five government land shown to Airport Authority of India to establish the proposed airport. With this development, …
Vinaya Deshpande and Rahi Gaikwad Mumbai: Officials from the Civil Aviation Ministry and the Maharashtra government visited the proposed international airport site at Navi Mumbai on Thursday. The consultants appointed by the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra (CIDCO) and a technical team accompanied the officials.
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Cabinet gave sanction to a greenfield airport at Aranmula. However, the land should be acquired by the promoters and the government will not provide any financial support. This will be the first airport in the state which will be completely owned by the private sector. Amendment to land …
Dhaval Kulkarni While reiterating that the alignment of the runways at the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport would not be compromised and that the diversion of the Gadhi river would be minimised to the extent possible, the Maharashtra government said on Thursday that it was willing to sacrifice some area …
