Report by the District Magistrate, Agra in EA No. 34 of 2024 IN OA No. 338 of 2023 (Ravendra Singh Vs. NHAI & Ors.) dated January 21, 2025. The compliance report was in response to the NGT order of May 22, 2023 regarding the inaction of the authorities in cleaning …
The Forest Department has planted about 70,000 saplings of various medicinal and other species over an area of 123 hectares in lieu of axed trees for the four-laning of the Parwanoo-Solan stretch of the National Highway-22. The forest staff has undertaken this plantation over an area of 42, 41 and …
Modi government’s North East push will only see 7.5 per cent road target achieved New Delhi: Even as poor road connectivity in India’s North East region continues to stall the government’s ‘Act East Policy’, the state-run company mandated to improve this crucial infrastructure will barely manage 7.5 per cent of …
The Ekuri communities in Cross River State, on Friday protested against the report of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) on the construction of a super highway in the state.The protesters, including women and children, rejected the report and urged the Federal Government not to honour it as submitted to it by …
Noida: The NCR RWA has written to the PM and minister of road transport and highways, Nitin Gadkari, demanding toilets on national highways. "There is a lack of toilets or public convenience facilities on national highways across the country. This causes inconvenience to commuters of public transport," said P S …
Punjab lost almost two lakh trees every year to development works in the past five years (2011-12 to 2015-16). This was stated by the state Forest Department in an affidavit filed with the National Green Tribunal in a case against the move to axe 96,000 trees to widen the Zirakpur-Bathinda …
They were present in the court along with Chief Conservator of Forest T S K Reddy and Deputy Conservator of Forest (Nagpur) Mallikarjun. THE Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court severely rapped Principal Secretary (Forests) Vikas Kharge and Forest Force head Sarjan Bhagat Thursday for not following the court’s …
Gandhinagar: The government has cleared the long pending proposal of widening the busy four-lane Ahmedabad-Rajkot highway to six lanes in public private partnership (PPP) mode. Chief minister Anandiben Patel, in a high-level meeting with key senior ministers and secretaries on Wednesday, put the Rs 2,500 crore project of widening the …
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 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Friends Vs. Ministry of Environment, Forest & CC & Others dated 31/05/2016 regarding felling of trees for widening of NH-87 from Rampur to Kathgodam, Uttarakhand. NGT disposes of this Application with the directions that there will be no felling of …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Yasoraminfra Developers Pvt. Ltd. Yasoraminfra Developers Pvt. Ltd. & Others Vs Kerala Coastal Zone Management Authority & Others dated 12/05/2016 regarding construction of two flyovers over the Chilavanoor backwaters in Cochin Corporation, State of Kerala. NGT in …
Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar often pats his ministry’s back for taking numerous measures to simplify green clearances and facilitate ease of business, but the number seems to be speaking otherwise as only 38 per cent key roads and highways and mining projects received …
Calabar — The controversy surrounding the construction of the $3.5 billion super highway has deepened as the Cross River State Government has dared the Federal Government claiming ownership of its forest. Consequently, the state government despite the stop work order by the Federal Government and protests from impacted communities, national …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of N. Subrahmanyam Vs Ministry of Environment Forests and Climate Change & Others dated 21/04/2016. This application is filed seeking for a permanent injunction against the authorities from proceeding with the project of expansion of National Highway awarded …
AGRA: In a one of its kind initiative, a 197km-long "bicycle highway" will be constructed from Taj Mahal's East gate to Etawah lion safari at a cost of Rs 94 crore. Public Works Department has finalized the project and the construction work is likely to start soon. UP views this …
New Delhi: The transport department issued a public notice on Thursday against diesel trucks entering the city. The notice comes after a Supreme Court order banning entry of polluting vehicles not destined for Delhi. However, officials admit that enforcing the rule may prove to be difficult. "Non-destined trucks have been …
Agra: The UP forest department plans to construct boundary walls around forests on the sides of highways at a cost of Rs 35 crore. It also plans to get a survey of the forest cover in Agra done. Supreme Court had earlier ordered the department to go ahead with its …
Governor Vohra tells Transport Department to invite comments from stakeholders Governor NN Vohra today approved the Road Safety Policy draft of the state and directed Chief Secretary BR Sharma to put the document in public domain for reviews. The last date to receive comments and views from various stakeholders and …
(ASSOCHAM) revealed that Kerala’s transport policy needed reorientation. “Roads in the State are under excessive pressure, with traffic growing at a rate of about 10-11 per cent annually. “Moreover, the distribution of traffic is highly skewed, and the concentration of traffic on urban and city roads leaves villages and remote …
Bihar will seek financial assistance of Rs 55,970 crore from the Centre for the construction, development and renovation of various national highways (NHs) and mega bridges when deputy CM Tejashwi Prasad Yadav will call on Union minister of road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi on December 30. …
Satpuda Foundation, a NGO working for the last 15 years in Central Indian Satpuda tiger landscape for wildlife protection, conservation and tribal development, has urged union environment minister Prakash Javadekar to take effective mitigation measures to stop frequent wild animal deaths due to NH6 cutting through Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve (NNTR) …
