In order to use tenanted land for setting up of projects for community or public purpose, the Goa government has introduced the Goa Land Use (Regulation) Bill, 2024 seeking amendment to Section 3 of Goa Land Use (Regulation) Act, 1991 so as to specify in the Right to Fair Compensation …
The state government said Friday unless hurdles in land acquisition were removed, the Rs 21,000-crore Oval Maidan-Virar elevated corridor project would not move ahead. The government is worried about rehabilitation of project-affected people which requires acquisition of 2.8 hectares in the city and its suburbs. Some of the stretches criss-cross …
MANGALORE: The Endosulfan Virodhi Horatha Samiti, which has decided to hold a protest at Freedom Park in Bangalore on June 7, has postponed its protest. The samiti has decided to wait and watch till July 15 following assurances from health and family welfare minister UT Khader. Samithi president Sridhar Gowda …
The Odisha illegal mining scam amounts to Rs. 59,203 crore and illegal iron and manganese ore amounting to 22.80 crore tonnes was extracted illegally from the state for almost a decade, reveals Shah Commission report. Read first two volumes of Justice M B Shah Commission Panel report on illegal mining …
The development of Mumbai’s airport has taken another big hit with Housing Development and Infrastructure (HDIL) announcing on Wednesday that Mumbai International Airport (MIAL) had terminated the slum rehabilitation project it had been awarded in 2007. MIAL had planned to start building a new terminal — the third at the …
The Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) on Tuesday ruled out allowing export of iron ore pellets from Karnataka-based miners. Responding to requests from the leaseholders at a meeting here, the CEC team, headed by P V Jayakrishnan, told the miners there was no question of allowing exports at this …
Days After Govt’s Nod To Project, National Tribunal Quashes Clearance, Calls It Illegal New Delhi: Within five days of imposing a moratorium on new industries in Chhattisgarh’s Korba district for being the fifth polluted industrial zone in the country, the environment ministry did a U-turn, having cleared a private 3x350 …
Environment ministry does not evaluate cumulative environmental impact of multiple dams in a region. Funded by the project proponent, the EIA report of a project too downplays the environmental costs, reports M Rajshekhar Housed in the ministry of environment and forests is a quasi-independent body whose job is to scrutinise …
In response to a petition from human rights activist and Supreme Court lawyer Radhakanta Tripathy that the villagers were forcibly asked to vacate their lands for the Lower Suktel dam in Balangir district, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the district collector and the Superintendent …
Hectic parleys with political parties have been ongoing in the past few months to reach a consensus on the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011, so that it gets passed in the current Parliament session. In principle, it is the Manmohan Singh government’s effort at addressing the problems in …
GUWAHATI: Seeking solution to the burning problems of the tribal community of the state, which has been long neglected by the government, various tribal organisations under the banner of All Assam Tribal Sangha (AATS) organised a meeting in the city today. The participating organisations included All Bodo Students’ Union (ABSU), …
Pre-poll move Surveys being conducted in jhuggi jhopri clusters across city to identify beneficiaries. More than five years after around 14,000 houses meant for economically weaker sections (EWS) of society were built and still remain unused, the Delhi government has fast-tracked housing allocations. With the Assembly elections around the corner, …
The Shramik Mukti Sangathana, Murbad, and project-affected persons have slammed the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) for its 'short-sighted' decision to clear Kalu dam in Thane district involving 1,000 hectares of forests in the Western Ghats. The FAC under the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has gone back on its …
GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat may be losing some Asiatic lions - its main tourist attraction - to the neighbouring Madhya Pradesh, but it will soon have leopards to attract more visitors to Sasan Gir. The state government has decided to establish Gujarat's first leopard park in the Gir lion sanctuary for better …
The Adivasi Land Rights Protection Council (ALRPC) has decided to intensify the agitation for land and compensation to those tribal people evicted from the abandoned hydroelectric project area in Perinjamkutty. Its convenor Babu Arackal has said that even after the relay hunger strike in front of the Collectorate at Painavu …
Mining of iron ore could revive by October this year with the Supreme Court order of Thursday. Mining companies are hoping that the Court could soon move on lifting the ban on iron ore mining in Goa too as a new green bench is expected to be constituted soon. The …
After weeks of hectic negotiations, the government on Thursday claimed to have clinched a broad consensus on the crucial Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, paving the way for its consideration and passage in the second half of the budget session of Parliament beginning April 22. "We have reached …
Almost two years after its ban, the Supreme Court on Thursday allowed resumption of mining activities in 90 mines in Bellary, Tumkur and Chitradurga districts of Karnataka. A forest bench of Justices Aftab Alam, K S Radhakrishnan and Ranjan Gogoi allowed reopening of 27 category 'A' and 63 category 'B' …
The government on Thursday claimed it had reached a broad consensus over the Land Acquisition Bill after it agreed to two major demands of the opposition parties, clearing the way for its passage in Parliament. The changes include a clause which would allow states to ‘lease’ rather than acquire land …
Condemning the decision of the Revenue Department to resume land acquisition for the development of National Highway-17, a large number of people under the aegis of a local action council took out a march to the office of the tahsildar (land acquisition) at Vadakara on Wednesday. The protesters, who boycotted …
BHOPAL: Contradicting Dow Chemical Company's (Dow) stated position and its opposition for higher compensation for gas victims, the leaked US government cables admits methyl isocyanate (MIC) poisonous gas leak from the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, immediately claimed the lives of approximately 3,800 people and left …
