Judgment of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Balwinder Kaur Vs State of Punjab & Others dated 19/03/2024. Balwinder Kaur, the applicant raised the grievance of risk of thousands of trees felling due to likelihood of land sliding. It was said that illegal mining is being carried out …
Transport and Health Minister Satyendra Jain on Saturday exhorted people to respect road users and called for strong laws for road safety He spoke of government’s initiative of awarding Rs 2,000 and public felicitation to people who help road victims He said this at a function, ‘Child Safety and Safer …
France has opened what it claims to be the world’s first solar panel road, in a Normandy village. A 1km (0.6-mile) route in the small village of Tourouvre-au-Perche covered with 2,800 sq m of electricity-generating panels, was inaugurated on Thursday by the ecology minister, Ségolène Royal. It cost €5m (£4.2m) …
The Karnataka state-level environment impact assessment (EIA) authority has not approved the steel flyover project, undertaken by the BDA, said minister of state (independent charge) for environment and climate change Anil Madhav Dave on Tuesday. Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar raised the issue during the winter session in Parliament. He …
Kampala — The World Bank has approved an action plan presented by an inspection panel for the Uganda Transport Sector Development Project (TSDP). In a statement issued last week , the Bank revealed that they had agreed on several action points with the government of Uganda. "The World Bank Management's …
The study report reviews the status of and the challenges facing the road sector under the sustainable development agenda, identifies the gap in the existing global institutional setting and the need for supporting sustainable development in the road sector, evaluates possible options to fill the gap and meet the need, …
Chennai: People who commute between Chennai and Puducherry — as daily commuters or to party in the former French territory — have reason to raise a toast. The Tamil Nadu Road Development Corporation (TNRDC) project to widen and four-lane East Coast Road from Kudimiyandithopu near Chennai to Koonimedu on the …
Pretoria — Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport Ismail Vadi has launched a R80 million roads rehabilitation project between Bronkhorstspruit and Ekangala, in the City of Tshwane. MEC Vadi said the D670 road carries heavy traffic volumes, particularly coal trucks running between various mines and power stations. As a result, …
A new road built by China was inaugurated in Madagascar's capital Antananarivo on Friday as part of the preparation work for the Summit of French speaking countries (La Francophonie) scheduled to be held in the country from Nov. 21 to 27. The road, about 4,759 kilometers in total length, links …
The permission to NHAI to build a bridge and its approach roads across the river for the Delhi- Meerut Expressway should be allowed to help ease traffic congestion, an expert committee today told the National Green Tribunal. The Principal Committee, headed by Secretary of Ministry of Water Resources, told a …
This report examines the implications of climate change for Africa’s road connectivity, and practical steps that can be taken now to minimize the associated risks. The goal of this study is first to quantify the cost of climate change to the African roads sector, and second to assist decision makers …
China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative, which seeks to expand the ancient land routes that connect China to the Mediterranean Sea and corresponding ocean-based routes, is expanding global cooperation with profound socioeconomic and ecological implications. As China and associated countries are developing specific policies to implement the initiative, it is …
The state government has started the work to axe 1,763 trees after acquiring land of the Forest Department along the Western Yamuna Canal for the Western bypass project and near Assandh for the Assandh bypass project. Both the projects aim at ensuring smooth flow of traffic. As many as 1,037 …
The National Green Tribunal has directed Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) to obtain environmental clearance from the Uttar Pradesh environment authority for construction of a six-lane Hindon elevated road connecting NH-24. The green panel held that the road project was covered under Entry 8(b) of the Schedule to Environmental Clearance Regulations …
Pakhal is home to threatened animals like leopard, wolf, sloth bear and hyena. Hyderabad: Nearly 5,000 trees in the Pakhal Wildlife Sanctuary and the adjoining Jamandlapally Reserved Forest are under threat of being chopped down. The state government has given permission to the National Highways division of the Roads and …
A spurt in the cancellation of public-private partnership projects in recent times can be attributted to macroeconomic crises, inherent problems in the water sector projects, and foreign sponsorship of these projects. Since giving the renegotiation relief to many of these projects seems to be problematic, cancellation is probably the only …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sushil Raghav Vs Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change & Others dated 20/09/2016 regarding illegal constructions in Hindon bird sanctuary as also encroachments over the ponds and other water bodies, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. National Green Tribunal directs the Chief …
In the wake of the 3/11 disasters and the powerful earthquakes in Kyushu in April, a new Cabinet Office survey has highlighted concerns about the state of Japan’s roads. The survey, released Saturday, found that 53.8 percent of the public say they would feel uneasy about roads in their neighborhoods …
BHUBANESWAR: Traffic related fatalities in the country have increased by 4.6 percent in 2015 resulting in the death of over two lakh persons. Quoting the figures from a report by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Claudia Adriazola, the Program Director (Road Safety) of World Resources Institute (WRI) said, WHO’s figures …
Tribunal suspends environmental clearance; asks Ministry to go for reappraisal The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal has suspended for six months the Environmental Clearance (EC) granted to a proposal relating to the widening of the Trivandrum and Kanniyakumari section of NH 47 including the Nagercoil and Kavalkinaru section …
KENDRAPADA: Green activists have urged the government to conduct a strict environment impact assessment (EIA) for the 451km Gopalpur-Digha coastal highway under the Centre's Bharatmala Pariyojana before implementing the project. "Since the highway almost entirely falls in Odisha and the state's coastline is dotted with many ecosystems like the mangrove …
