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 …
Some others may need legislative amendments to laws The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) ordered 60 amendments to green clearance norms from the Union environment, forests and climate change ministry in September 2014. By the end of January, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar and his team delivered on most of these. Some …
The Haryana Government has formulated the policy for grant of Change of Land Use (CLU) permission for setting up of Wholesale Trade, Warehouse and Storage in the Commercial Zone. An official spokesman said this CLU permission will be applicable only for the development plans of the Controlled Areas situated in …
As many as 681 trees have been axed to widen National Highway no. 7 near Fazilka. Sources said the trees had to be felled to widen the highway from Rampura village to the border road railway crossing near the BSF headquarters to four lanes. A major part of the process …
More than 4000 people lost their lives in road accidents during last year in Haryana, where nearly 1,200 accidents prone sites have been identified by the State Government. As the Haryana Government initiated its road safety week starting January 11, the status report on road safety in the state presents …
The Ministry of Home Affairs has sanctioned Rs 11 crore to build 21-km Chitkul-Dumpti border road leading to the last forward post manned by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) in Kinnaur district. Similarly, the BRO has already constructed three major links from Powari-Pooh-Kaurik national highway to the India-China border. These …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has accorded the much-awaited forest clearance to the four-laning of National Highway-22 from Parwanoo to Solan, paving the way for initiating the project. The clearance for the remaining stretch of the national highway -- lying in Shimla district and extending till Shogi -- …
Rubbishing the opposition to amendments to land acquisition law by way of an ordinance, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said it would ensure higher compensation for farmers. In an article posted on the BJP website and several social media platforms, Mr. Jaitley said the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 had …
On December 31, 2014, the Government promulgated the ordinance to amend some provisions of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Resettlement and Rehabilitation (Amendment) Act, 2013. What was the need to amend the 2013 law and what is the effect of these amendments? It has been …
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narender Modi Government approved the ordinance making significant changes in the Land Acquisition Act 2013. This included removal of consent clause for acquiring land for five areas of industrial corridors, PPP projects, rural infrastructure, affordable housing and defence. The Act came into effect …
Islamabad—In its ongoing anti-encroachment campaign, the District Administration has cleared land of National Highway Authority (NHA) from encroachers in Rawat area of the Federal Capital. According to detail, Assistant Commissioner, Rural, Amna Rafique, conducted anti-encroachment operation in Rawat area and cleared the encroached land of the National Highway Authority. A …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Prithiraj Dutta Vs. Chief Secretary, Govt. of West Bengal & Ors. dated 01/12/2014 regarding violation of the West Bengal Trees (Protection & Conservation in non forest areas) Act, 2006 for undertaking expansion of road work.
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways wants environmental clearances for its projects in states along the border to be handled by the state governments concerned to avoid a pile-up of files at the Centre, or an exemption from green clearances in such cases, to speed up the projects. "If …
The new route will increase the distance between Kaliabor and Numaligarh by 95 km Assam government today approved a four–lane highway that will bypass Kaziranga National Park, days after the National Green Tribunal imposed restriction on movement of heavy commercial vehicles on the stretch of NH 37 that passes through …
As road conditions worsen, users experience an increase in fuel consumption and vehicle wear and tear. This increases the costs incurred by the drivers, and also increases the amount of greenhouse gases (GHGs) that vehicles emit. Pavement condition can be improved through rehabilitation activities (resurfacing) to reduce the effects on …
The Modi regime has made as many as 30 interventions in India's green clearances regime resulting in significant and, from the standpoint of industry, positive changes. Some of the notable changes include allowing project promoters to attend expert panel hearings for forest clearances, freeing industry from exorbitant project specific corporate …
The construction of the proposed toll plaza at Kamothe-Kharghar junction on the Sion-Panvel highway has hit yet another hurdle. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has recently ordered the appointment of a district judge to visit the area of proposed toll plaza and inspect the construction work and state whether the …
Mountain lions in Southern California are under growing pressure from a shrinking gene pool, fragmented by highways and urban sprawl that has left the cats' territories increasingly isolated from each other, a study published on Wednesday showed. Analysis of DNA from about 350 mountain lions, or cougars, statewide revealed that …
Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav unveiled the State Road Safety Policy here Monday, saying that it will go a long way in checking road accidents and hence, saving lives in the state. The thrust of the policy would be on spreading awareness about road safety. New Zealand would assist the state …
Police fine over-speeding vehicles and drunken drivers on NH 212. Ripping at break-neck speed through the Bandipur National Park (BNP) in violation of the law will soon be a thing of the past. For, in a move that augurs well for both wildlife and conservation, the Gundlupet police have started …
Twenty eight major highway projects have hit a road block owing to clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forest. Some projects are as old as 2006. Stretch along Karnala Bird Sanctuary near Mumbai on National Highway 17 has been lying unattended because of clearances to be acquired from Ministry …
