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 …
SECUNDERABAD: The Local Military Authority (LMA) had promised to undertake a joint inspection by SCB officials along with representatives of resident welfare associations (RWAs) of all civilian roads in Secunderabad Cantonment. That was two months ago. Leave alone the joint inspection, even the resolution passed by the Secunderabad Cantonment Board …
International development finance institutions (DFIs) invested heavily in large-scale infrastructure projects that triggered significant deforestation in the Andes Amazon especially within the nations of Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia between 2000 and 2015, according to recent research published by Boston University’s Global Development Policy Center. Using satellite data, the study analyzed …
Hundreds of slum residents have asked a Kenyan court to stop them being evicted from state-owned land, their lawyer said on Wednesday, a week after authorities demolished the homes of 30,000 Nairobians living in one of Africa's largest slums. The National Building Inspectorate, a state agency in charge of housing …
Rights group Amnesty International has condemned the demolition of homes, shops and schools this week in the Kibera section of Nairobi. The forced eviction left more than 10,000 of the city's urban poor homeless, as authorities build a road through the area to alleviate the Kenyan capital's notorious traffic. However, …
Thousands of people in Kenya's largest slum are now homeless after two days of demolitions by a government body that human rights activists are calling a "violation of the law". The Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) demolished buildings in Kibera on Monday and Tuesday as part of a project designed …
The homes of about 30,000 people have been demolished in a Kenyan slum to make way for a new $20m (£15m) dual carriage way in the capital Nairobi. The residents, living in part of the city's largest slum, Kibera, were given just two weeks notice to leave. Bulldozers moved in …
This was mentioned in a counter-affidavit filed by NHAI director in the High Court in response to a batch of PILs and writ petitions challenging the project CHENNAI: Contradicting the claim of Tamil Nadu government, the project implementation director of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) submitted in the Madras …
While the Uttarakhand government is keen to encourage tourists, it needs to figure out how many people the hills can withstand at once The Chardham yatra to Yamunotri, Gangotri, Badrinath and Kedarnath is considered one of the holiest pilgrimages for Hindus. However, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) …
Details of trees to be cut and whether it involves endangered species has to be included in report. CHENNAI: Even as protests have erupted against the 277-km Chennai-Salem Greenfield Express Highway project, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has issued Terms of Reference (ToR) for a detailed …
President Uhuru Kenyatta has been feted internationally for overseeing the evolution of some of the best mega plans in Africa. Projects such as the SGR, Outering Road and Dongo Kundu Bypass are among the best in the continent. Others such as the 505 km Isiolo-Marsabit Moyale highway has switched the …
Nairobi — President Uhuru Kenyatta today launched the reconstruction of roads in 11 constituencies in Nairobi's Eastlands. The program is part of the Nairobi Regeneration Program and its first phase will see the repair of more than 80 kilometres of roads in the city's populous Eastlands estates. The roads covered …
Ethiopia revealed its plan to meet the country's road network ambition of 200,000 km within the coming two years. The East African country is presently working to realize its road network infrastructure ambition of 200,000 km at the end of second five-year Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP-II), due effective from …
Pune: Land acquisition for highways is likely to gather steam with the state cabinet amending section 19 of the Maharashtra State Highways Land Acquisition Act 1894 earlier this week. According to PWD officials, the move will help farmers, who have surrendered their land for the road widening project, to get …
Disappointed by the "misuse" of huge funds, meant for the protection of the environment and the benefit of people, for other purposes like municipal works by the states, the Supreme Court on Monday said the whole purpose of creating the fund is lost. "The funds are for environment purposes. How …
The African Development Bank seeks investments from global pensions and commercial financiers to help fund the continent’s infrastructure gap of as much as $170 billion a year. The Abidjan-based lender is launching its Africa Investment Forum in Johannesburg on Tuesday. The forum will host its first meeting in November in …
Upset by loss of livelihoods, unfulfilled promises The 1.5 kilometres from Sagar Naka to Paar Naka in Dahanu was a river of red on Thursday. More than 50,000 farmers from over 60 villages in the Thane-Palghar district in red caps and sari, waving red flags, protested against the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet …
NHAI asked to conduct Environmental Impact Assessment study and prepare plan to compensate loss of tree cover through massive plantation programme CHENNAI: With the proposed Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway likely to have largescale ecological impact, across Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Ministry of Environment, …
This draft road policy of Delhi envisions reduction in road accidents as well as fatalities by 30% between 2018 and 2020 and by 80% between 2018 and 2025 with a minimum 10% reduction yearly. It focuses on four Es — education, enforcement, engineering and emergency care. Delhi government has prepared …
Dehradun: Beyond Haridwar, the work to take the 900-km charcoal road deep into the Himalayas till the four holiest shrines is going on at a hysterical pace. Amid a cloud of dust, hundreds of diesel fumes emitting JCB machines and thousands of labourers are working day and night to complete …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Shiv Singh & Others Vs State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 25/04/2018 regarding land acquisition proceedings initiated by the state of Himachal Pradesh for acquisition of the appellants land under the provisions of the Right to Fair Compensation …
