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 …
One of the main areas of concern for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in choosing an Olympic host city is urban mobility, which will help visitors get around and become a legacy for residents. Rio de Janeiro is thus undergoing a complete "revolution" with an overhaul of existing transportation options, …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) is likely to hear an application against the construction of truck terminals in Khalapur, off the Pune-Mumbai expressway. It is alleged that the presence of terminals is in violation of environmental norms and the enactment controlling pollution of water. A vacation bench of the tribunal …
83,000 trees axed, 441 Ha forest land comes under road widening *Plantation at snail’s pace despite funds availability No doubt several schemes of the Union Government have been playing vital role in the development of the State but at the same time they are also contributing to air pollution, which …
DEHRADUN: International Road Federation (IRF), a Geneva based global body consisting of 90 countries working for better and safer roads worldwide which also has deparment of Road Tranport and Highways, CPWD and NHAI as members, has expressed deep concern at repeated loss of life, landslides, areas being cut off and …
Greenery on six major roads in the state will be a thing of the past, as 88,593 trees are being felled for the expansion work. It is claimed that double the number of saplings would be planted to make up for the loss, but shortage of space along these roads …
Jambulingam Street, Chennai, is a local legend. The tar road in the bustling Nungambakkam area has weathered a major flood, several monsoons, recurring heat waves and a steady stream of cars, trucks and auto rickshaws without showing the usual signs of wear and tear. Built in 2002, it has not …
A proposal mooted in recent years by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for widening the Bannari-Dhimbam stretch of the Mysore National Highway has not been cleared by the Union Environment Ministry. The procedure for approval had turned quite complicated after declaration of the Sathyamangalam forest area, which the …
The ministry of forest and environment and climate change has granted final clearance to the Vadodara-Mumbai expressway. The 380-km project which will be taken up in three phases is now facing the hurdle of land acquisition as land owners of in Gujarat and Maharashtra have registered their protest. National Highway …
A test stretch of electric road, the first in the country, was inaugurated in Sandviken, Sweden, on June 22. The electric road test stretch, located on the E16, makes Sweden one of the only counties anywhere in the world to be actively testing the use of electric power as an …
Kochi: Thrikkakara municipality has shut down its sole plastic shredding unit after residents raised concerns of air pollution in the locality. According to residents, toxic smoke spreads over the area when plastic is processed in the plant. This creates physical uneasiness, including suffocation and cough. The unit was installed at …
DEHRADUN: The State Action Plan for Climate Change (SAPCC) will first be implemented in the four sectors namely disaster, water, energy and forest, for being more critical in nature. The state is prone to disasters triggered by climatic changes. There is water crisis deepening. Energy sector is dependent on hydro-power …
A government official said that the proposed Dasna-Meerut alignment has been approved subject to certain conditions. The Centre has given its green nod to construction of Dasna-Meerut six-lane connector under Delhi-Meerut Expressway at a cost of Rs 1,658 crore. The ambitious Delhi-Meerut Expressway project, aimed at de-congesting traffic in the …
A high-powered committee set up by the Union urban development ministry has said if right policy framework is in place, autorickshaws and cycle-rickshaws can play an important role in decongesting the national capital. The committee has prepared an exhaustive 126-page report after taking inputs and holding deliberations with several stakeholders, …
International Road Federation (IRF), a Geneva-based global body working for better and safer roads worldwide, has written a letter to chief minister Naveen Patnaik urging him to develop greener roads and highways to reduce carbon emissions in the state. In the letter, IRF chairman K K Kapila also urged the …
Mumbai: The state government will collect waste plastic from school children, besides NGOs and housing societies, to mix with bitumen for road construction, public works department (PWD) officials said on Wednesday. This, they said, will help eliminate waste plastic, which is destroying the environment. Contractors will pay 8 paisa per …
In what could trigger fresh controversies, the NDA Government at the Centre during the last two years has accorded environment and forest clearance to several hydroelectric projects that have a combined generation capacity of 6,000 MW of power. In the last two years of its rule at the Centre, the …
The Maharashtra government’s dream to build a 30.07-km coastal road along the city’s western coastal stretch by 2019 seems a distant dream as the Central ministry is yet to give the mandatory Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) clearance for the project. The Hindu had sought a reply to a query under …
Questions are being raised over the state government and the forest department sanctioning the felling of over 15,000 trees - like jacaranda, fir and gulmohur -- ostensibly for the widening of the Rishikesh-Uttarkashi road (leading up to Gangotri) which locals say is wide enough and does not really require any …
The National Green Tribunal has taken exception to indiscriminate dumping of soil in rivers Chenab and Tawi for construction of road on the Udhampur to Banihal stretch of the national highway and restrained authorities from throwing any debris in the water bodies. A Bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter …
Giving an interim direction, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has restrained the concerned executing agencies from throwing any debris and muck resulting from the construction of the road from Udhampur to Banihal, in the rivers Chenab and Tawi, directly or indirectly. The direction was issued by the NGT Principal Bench, …
