Air Transport

Judgment of the National Green Tribunal regarding plywood factories operating in Yamuna Nagar, Haryana, 27/05/2025

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 …

Navi Mumbai airport clears last hurdle

Mumbai: Thursday brought a breakthrough in the standoff between Union and state governments over the environmental clearance to Mumbai

Civil Aviation officials to visit Navi Mumbai site

Mumbai A team of Union Civil Aviation Ministry officials is expected to visit the site of the proposed Greenfield Navi Mumbai International Airport on Thursday to consider changes in the plan to divert the Gadhi river and reduce the damage to eco-sensitive areas, officials said. In a meeting with the …

Scare in Mumbais airport: Bird-hit incidents soar

Of around 302 bird hits reported in 2009 at 79 airports in the country, close to 54 occurred in Mumbai. Responding to an RTI query by DNA, the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said the number of bird hits in the city had gone up from 26 in 2007 …

Bandh against Kovai airport expansion

A NEAR total bandh was observed here in the areas close to the airport to express the residents' opposition towards expansion plans for Coimbatore airport as they stand to lose their houses. Almost all the shops at Chinniyampalayam locality were closed and even the people's movement in the area was …

Goa can acquire land for Mopa,govt informs HC

Goa government in its submission to the High Court has rejected the contention of people affected by Mopa airport project that land for the Greenfield airport project should be acquired by Central government and not by the State. Advocate General Subhod Kantak told the court today that the state government …

Global mortality attributable to aircraft cruise emissions

Aircraft emissions impact human health though degradation of air quality. The majority of previous analyses of air quality impacts from aviation have considered only landing and takeoff emissions. We show that aircraft cruise emissions impact human health over a hemispheric scale and provide the first estimate of premature mortalities attributable …

Global mortality attributable to aircraft cruise emissions

Aircraft emissions impact human health though degradation of air quality. The majority of previous analyses of air quality impacts from aviation have considered only landing and takeoff emissions. We show that aircraft cruise emissions impact human health over a hemispheric scale and provide the first estimate of premature mortalities attributable …

International transport, climate change and trade

International transport, both aviation and maritime shipping, is a critical element of the global economy and trade. At the same time, it is also one of the main drivers of human-induced climate change. This background paper is intended to explore the many aspects of regulating international transport emissions in the …

CM begs for greenfield airport land, promises alternative site to villagers

Built over a 10-acre property with investment of around `750 crore, EA is all set to be Chennai's future landmark Everyone knows that I was the first person in Tamil Nadu to provide residential apartments in high-rise buildings for those who were living on pavements...but the government is now in …

State ministers cross swords with Jairam Ramesh

  State cabinet ministers from both the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) are at loggerheads with Union minister for environment Jairam Ramesh for withholding clearance to several projects in the Konkan region, Vidarbha and Navi Mumbai. They are going to take up their complaint against Ramesh with the prime …

Navi Mumbai, New Mumbai

It is increasingly axiomatic that Mumbai desperately needs a second airport. The proposed Navi Mumbai project will be a world-class gateway airport of global standards in a safe and secure environment. The existing one is fast reaching breaking point. And there is limited room for expansion at the current location: …

Karnataka ryots oppose land acquisition

K.V. SubramanyaCHICKBALLAPUR: The Karnataka government's latest move to acquire 2,100 acres of land for the proposed Centre-sponsored IT Investment Region (ITIR), near Bengaluru International Airport, has sparked a controversy.The Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) is acquiring fertile agricultural land, and land falling in the Arkavathi basin, both in contravention …

No alternative to Navi Mumbai airport: Praful Patel

Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel on Friday reiterated that there was no alternative site to the proposed airport in Navi Mumbai and that the Ministry would not approve any other site. After a meeting with Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, Mr. Patel told reporters that there was no question of …

Police accused of stifling anti-Mopa airport protests

Farmers agitating against the proposed Mopa airport have severely criticised the Pernem police for attempting to stifle their protests. A leader of the Mopa Vimantal Pidit Shetkari Samitte (Mopa International Airport Affected Farmers Committee) has claimed that Pernem police acted on a "false" media report and sent notices to them, …

Reddys get their pet project- an airport

In Bellary, the Reddys have their way and say in everything. Be it mining or building the controverisal airport by taking over vast lands belonging to farmers

No way to build an airport

Dorab R Sopariwala / August 20, 2010, 0:19 IST For several years, there has been a move to construct a second airport in Mumbai as it is believed that the present Santa Cruz airport will soon reach its saturation point. However, what has been conspicuous by its absence is the …

Aviation's SOS to PM: Save the Navi

MAXIMUM CITY MINIMUM AIRPORT P A R T 2 Aviation's SOS to PM: Save the Navi Mumbai airport PRANAB DHAL SAMANTA & SMITA AGGARWAL NEW DELHI Jairam floats Kalyan as a venue, ex-NSA shot it down citing `sensitive' BARC lab THECivilAviationMinistrytoday sought the intervention of the PMO to PMO to …

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