Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Devavrat Kumar Sahani Vs State of Bihar dated 07/04/2025. The application was being registered on the basis of a letter petition dated December 27, 2024 sent to the NGT by the applicant, Devavrat Kumar Sahani, Muzaffarpur, …
Around 300 people from North Bengaluru of the ‘Steel Flyover Beku’ brigade gathered near Esteem Mall on Sunday to protest against the government’s recent decision to scrap the flyover project. They demanded that the decision be withdrawn and that the project be implemented immediately. Residents from Sahakaranagar, Judicial Layout, Amruthanagar, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of ARK Nirman Pvt. Ltd. Vs. Subhas Datta and Others dated 02/03/2017 regarding pollution of river Mahananda, Siliguri, North Bengal during Chhat Puja. NGT Vide order dated 01.11.2016 had disallowed construction of bridges across the river Mahananda. …
पर्यावरण संरक्षण को लेकर लापरवाही चरम पर पहुंच चुकी है। शहर के मुख्य तीन चौराहों के नजदीक लगभग छह हजार पेड़ों को काटने के बदले कहां पौधे लगाए जाएंगे, इस बारे में कोई प्ला¨नग नहीं की गई। न ही इस बारे में वन विभाग ने ध्यान दिया और न ही …
Since last October, Bengalureans are fighting against the proposed steel flyover project. While a lot has been spoken about the 800-odd trees that are at risk if the project takes off, little has been spoken about the animal and bird population at risk. Given Bengaluru's biodiversity, it is home to …
CHENNAI: The Bengaluru steel flyover proposed by the Karnataka government, after having run into protests from the garden city’s environmentally-conscious residents, is soon set to have its fate decided by the National Green Tribunal. The southern bench of the NGT will hear the final arguments in for and against the …
BELAGAVI: The Karnataka government on Thursday signalled its willingness to go ahead with the controversial steel flyover project and explored options to get the stay imposed by a national green court vacated. CM Siddaramaiah said: "We've asked the advocate general to get the National Green Tribunal's stay order on the …
AGRA: The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday stayed all sorts of construction activity on the river bed near the heritage ghats of Vrindavan till the next date of hearing, i.e. December 20. The tribunal passed this direction during an urgent hearing in the matter on Wednesday. The tribunal also directed …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 25/11/2016. This application has been moved to pass directions to permit the NHAI for carrying out the necessary construction of the bridge adjacent to existing bridge including their approaches from 0.001km …
It's not just the common man who is cash-strapped at the moment. Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has chosen to divest itself of the responsibility of lake maintenance by transferring 60 lakes, including Bellandur and Varthur, to BBMP. The agency claims the upkeep of waterbodies would require Rs 2,000 crore and …
Bengaluru: The controversial steel flyover between Basaveshwara Circle and Esteem Mall, Hebbal has run into a green road block after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order has made State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) clearance mandatory. The BDA had to face a public backlash to the project and over the …
The permission to NHAI to build a bridge and its approach roads across the river for the Delhi- Meerut Expressway should be allowed to help ease traffic congestion, an expert committee today told the National Green Tribunal. The Principal Committee, headed by Secretary of Ministry of Water Resources, told a …
This report examines the implications of climate change for Africa’s road connectivity, and practical steps that can be taken now to minimize the associated risks. The goal of this study is first to quantify the cost of climate change to the African roads sector, and second to assist decision makers …
The BDA has also not obtained mandatory consent under the Water (Preservation and Control of Pollution) Act of 1974 and Air (Preservation and Control of Pollution) Act of 1981, the petition says. The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) made misleading citations to escape environmental stipulations, petitioners against the steel flyover project …
Patna: In a major embarrassment to the state government, the State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) has charged Bihar State Road Development Corporation Ltd (BSRDCL) -- an execution wing of Road Construction Department (RCD) -- with submitting a ‘fake’ environment impact assessment (EIA) report while applying for environmental clearance …
The steel flyover issue has now reached Raj Bhavan. Governor Vajubhai Vala is consulting his legal experts on concerns raised by citizens’ forums opposing the steel flyover. Architect Naresh Narasimhan and Srinivas Alavilli from India Against Corruption, actor Prakash Belawadi, civic activist and advocate Leo Saldanha, and Priya Chetty-Rajagopal, Executive …
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah defended it Monday, calling it a transparent project that is much needed to decongest traffic flow. A 6.7-km steel flyover project costing Rs 1,791 crore proposed by the Karnataka government to improve connectivity between Bengaluru and the Kempegowda International Airport, 37 km away, has run into protests …
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned a loan of Rs. 204.67 crore under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) for rural infrastructure in Haryana. Stating this here on Sunday, a spokesman said of the total loan sanctioned, Rs. 147.18 crore has been sanctioned to the …
Panaji: Reacting to defence minister Manohar Parrikar's statements that NGOs were hampering development works in the state including the construction of the Mandovi bridge, by challenging it before the National Green Tribunal, social activist Claude Alvares said the Goa Foundation approached the NGT because the government went ahead with construction …
Questions raised by GCZMA expert on reliability of NIO report which green-lighted the project kept aside PANJIM: In a dramatic race to beat the NGT imposed deadline, a temporary committee to decide on CRZ related issues, formed since Goa has no CRZ authority, granted CRZ clearance to the third Mandovi …
2 Buses, Many Vehicles Plunge Into River At least 22 people were feared to have drowned after a nearly 90-year-old bridge on the Mumbai-Goa highway collapsed during a torrential downpour in the region on Tuesday night. Those feared dead include the passengers and crew of two Maharashtra state transport buses …
