Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Abhishek Panwar Vs Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board & Others dated 20/05/2025. The miscellaneous application was registered on the basis of the report of the joint committee dated July 20, 2024 filed by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) …
An expert committee appointed by the state government has concluded that soft drink giant Coca-Cola had caused environmental damage amounting to Rs 216 crore in Plachimada of Palakkad where it ran a bottling plant. The panel, headed by the additional chief secretary, Mr K. Jayakumar, has also urged the government …
Bowing to intense opposition pressure, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government withdrew the scheduled introduction of the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill in Parliament. The reasons were understandable
The expert panel formed by the Kerala government to investigate the damages caused by the Coca-Cola plant in Plachimada has finalised its report and this would have been submitted to the government for further action by the time these columns appear in print. According to media reports, the nine-member panel …
But Tackle Stalled Land Acquisition POSCO, the South Korean steel major, deserves a medal for perseverance. Instead, it might get a joint venture with India
The Assembly Committee on Petitions has called upon the Kerala government to assess the socio-economic damage sustained by the people of Plachimada on account of the operation of the Hindustan Coca-Cola unit there and take steps to realise compensation from the company. In its 11th report tabled in the House …
Farmers who lose land at Sirvar and Chagnur villages of Bellary taluk for the proposed airport will be given adequate compensation by the Government, Deputy Commissioner B Shivappa said here on Thursday. Addressing a meeting of farmers of Sirvar and Chagnur villages and KIADB (Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board) officials …
TATA Motors has readied a compensation package for Nano vendors, who were forced to relocate their units to Sanand in Gujarat from Singur due to political agitation. At the same time, the automobile major has taken a decision to retain 997 acres at Singur and renew the lease, which expires …
C. Gouridasan Nair THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In what could turn out to be a landmark development, a nine-member expert panel headed by Additional Chief Secretary K. Jayakumar, constituted to assess the socio-economic damages caused by Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Limited at Plachimada village in Palakkad district, has finalised its report advising the …
Victims of the 2008 Kosi flood resorted to violence in Birpur town on February 18 when the administration failed to give a straightforward answer regarding compensation money. Flood victims are entitled to a compensation of Rs 10,000 to Rs 55,000. Fearing their reconstruction package was going into the hands of …
South korean steel major posco has announced a rehabilitation package for people using the forestland diverted for its proposed steel plant in Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa through Oriya newspapers. Activists led by the posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (ppss) made a bonfire of the printed copies of the rehabilitation package on …
Federal government and affectees of Diamer Bhasha dam have reached an 'out of court' settlement as government will provide Rs 40 billion compensation to displaced people of 31 villages for kicking off the project. The government will build nine model villages for the affectees near the dam. Addressing a press …
NEW DELHI: The much-debated nuclear liability bill, critical to participation of US firms in atomic commerce with India, seems headed for the standing committee on energy with contradictions emerging over liabilities that will be incurred by state operators and foreign firms in case of a mishap. While government is keen …
MLA K Vasanth Bangera said a total of 500 fresh applications have been received seeking compensation for the reported effects of endosulfan. Talking to reporters after receiving applications from the members of the public at Kokkada near here on Sunday, he said deserving people can still apply for the compensation. …
The government has decided to an 'out of court' settlement with the protesting affectees of Diamer Basha Dam to avoid further delay in the construction of the project, sources close to Manzoor Wattoo, Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan told this correspondent. The government will spend $8 billion on this …
Kakinada, March 2: Some farmers in East Godavari district who have raised black gram as an alternative crop in the rabi season, demanded that government immediately provide compensation packages to their crops, as nearly 40 per cent of the black gram crop was completely damaged due to a virus called …
Read the summary of high-level panel report on environmental damages caused by Coca Cola plant at Plachimada, Palakkad district. The panel has asked for Rs. 216.26 crores as compensation and has recommended setting up a tribunal for seeking damages. The Committee has come to the conclusion that the Company is …
Although China extended the length of compensation for the Upland Conversion Program (UCP), the sustainability of the program after government compensation expires is still a pending problem. This article proposes an alternative scheme of compensation payment based on the carbon sink of the UCP. Taking Yunnan province as an example, …
