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 …
Two of the biggest construction projects on Golf Course Road, Rapid Metro and the 16-lane HUDA-DLF expressway, have still not been inspected for violation of the Union ministry of environment and forest's (MoEF) 2010 guidelines, even more than a month after the National Green Tribunal's order. On April 6, the …
The state coastal regulatory panel had sent the undertaking. The ambitious project of constructing a coastal road by reclaiming land in Mumbai is yet to be cleared by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), as the ministry still fears it could in the long run open up the …
Nagpur: After the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Delhi, stayed felling of trees on NH7 on Wednesday, the deputy conservator of forests (DyCF), Nagpur, did not order a stop to felling, which continued on Thursday. The NGT's principal bench headed by Justice Swantanter Kumar, and expert members DK Agrawal and BS …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) in New Delhi on Wednesday stayed the working permission granted to National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) by the state government for diversion of 49.246 hectare forest land for the four-laning of NH7 between Mansar and Khawasa on MP border. However, by now 3,394 of …
The winner of a major conservation prize has called on the Indonesian government to halt a road-building plan that threatens the last place on Earth where elephants, rhinoceros, tigers and orangutans live together. The plan for the Ladia Galaska road network has been approved by the Aceh government, but requires …
THE government has completed upgrading and expanding a 57km feeder road into a dual carriage that will ease traffic in Nairobi and neigbouring counties. The Athi River-Rironi road passes through Rironi, Gitaru, Kikuyu, Loresho, Highridge, Nairobi South, Nairobi West, Syokimau, Mlolongo to Athi River. The Sh90.2 million project was funded …
With chief minister Devendra Fadnavis confirming that a string of sea link projects on the western coast is not an option, the state government will instead opt for the Proposed Coastal Road or Coastal Freeway. However, this has its own set of obstacles, with reclaimed road, tunnels and bridges comprising …
A total of Rs583.47 million will be spent on the construction of six rural areas roads under the Punjab Chief Minister Rural Roads Program which was inaugurated in the district here on Sunday. Bahawalnagar DCO Haider Iqbal inaugurated the programme held at Fordwah Bridge’s turn. On the occasion, the DCO …
In a bid to protest against the attack on Statehood freedom-fighter Prabhat Dhyani and social activist Munish Kumar, allegedly by the mining mafia in Ramnagar on Tuesday, citizens including members of different social organisations took to the streets and kept the markets in Ramanagar closed on Wednesday. Statehood freedom fighter …
Apparently worried about the possibility of strong public reaction, the Road Transport and Highways Ministry has watered down the penalties it had originally proposed in the Draft Road Transport and Safety Bill. Sources in the ministry said that the decision to water down the penalties in the Bill have been …
6 bodies recovered, 10 missing as flood threat plays havoc with normal life Sixteen members of two families were buried alive when residential houses collapsed after hit by landslides at Laden, Kralgund area in Chadoora last night. Six bodies were recovered and 10 persons are still lying under debris. The …
The rampant disposal of debris and construction material on the roads has been brought to the attention of the National Green Tribunal which has now directed the civic agencies to confiscate vehicles in which such material is carried. A Bench headed by Justice P. Jyothimani expressed concern over encroachments on …
Advocate-commisioner was to check if work on Marina Loop Road violated norms The inspection ordered by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) of the Marina Loop Road project by an advocate-commissioner was halted on Saturday, after local fishermen mobbed him and the team demanding that the road expansion should be scrapped. …
To see the Earth's ecology forest for its trees, first we have to acknowledge there aren't many large, intact forests around. In fact, according to a new study published in Science Advances, there are only two such continuous forests left: in South America and Africa, Christian Science Monitor reports. "There …
Union Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday said that the proposed coastal road would decongest other roads in Mumbai, reducing air pollution. “The agenda of growth and environment protection on the other is our motto. The coastal road is good and will come up in …
NAGPUR: Even as tree felling between Mansar and Khawasa on NH-7 has started, debate over four-laning of the road fails to end. After TOI exposed union environment minister's Prakash Javadekar's double standards on the widening, conservationists have red-flagged violation and dilution of multiple laws in a bid to widen NH-7. …
Private settlements, quarries, construction of roads, water contamination and introduction of exotic plant species are some of the factors affecting biodiversity in Margalla Hills National Park (MHNP). “Illegal construction and encroachments by individuals and private housing societies, quarries and cutting of trees are not only disturbing the ecological system, but …
Environmental groups say any increase in tourism and aircraft landings ‘threaten the ecological integrity of places of outstanding universal value’ The Tasmanian government has been urged to scrap a plan to open up more of the state’s world heritage wilderness area to visitors, with the tourism industry raising concern over …
Urban sprawl costs the American economy more than US$1 trillion annually, according to a new study by the New Climate Economy. These costs include greater spending on infrastructure, public service delivery and transportation. The study finds that Americans living in sprawled communities directly bear an astounding $625 billion in extra …
