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) …
Though people oppose refinery expansion, officials record their statements as favourable for project NEW DELHI: The official record of the public hearing on the Vedanta Aluminium
Ruling out the possibility of involving miners in the restoration of the forest cover devastated by mining activities in the Aravalli region, the Supreme Court today directed the Haryana government to submit a comprehensive rehabilitation plan within four weeks.
Even as all is set for the visit of Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on February 20, to lay foundation stone of the multi-crore Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Attari border, many farmers whose land has been acquired are unhappy with the compensation.
Billed as wonder crop, the establishment of jatropha plantations on the ground in Tanzania has been far from successful, or, in some cases, ethical: a report.
New Delhi: SOUTHKorean steel giant Posco on Sunday said it is hopeful of getting about 4,000 acres of land soon for setting up its proposed Rs 54,000-crore steel project in Orissa.
BHUBANESWAR: In another setback to the beleaguered Posco project, the people who will be displaced when the South Korean steel major sets up a $12 billion steel plant have rejected the rehabilitation and compensation package offered to them. The anti-Posco agitation, which is headed by Posco Pratirodha Samiti, burnt copies …
South Korean steel giant Posco’s faces another hurdle in Orissa even though it has invited bids from contractors and vendors for its proposed Rs 54,000 crore steel project. The Union environment ministry on January 8 wrote to the state government that the project can go ahead only with the consent …
France announced its support for adding bluefin tuna to Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), a move that would effectively ban all trade in the large, migratory fish. But environmentalists say France
Shweta Bhanot, ROHIT KHANNA : All the 56 vendors for Tata Motors Nano have agreed to re-locate to Sanand in Gujarat, the new mother-plant for the small car, company vice-chairman Ravi Kant has confirmed to FE. The car major has come to an agreement with vendors whereby it would not …
An account of the anti-SEZ movement and people's struggle in Maharashtra for their livelihood rights especially land, water, forest and employment rights. Also describes opposition of the affected people to the concept of Special Economic Zone, which is anti- poor, anti- labour, anti-farmers, and anti-people in general. This study focuses …
A Hidco team engaged in a hush-hush night operation to install electricity towers in New Town was forced to beat a hasty retreat early on Sunday when villagers stalling the project over land compensation got wind of their plan. It was the 15th time that Hidco has attempted
On december 28¤ people from 25 villages of Supaul district in north Bihar forced construction workers making a bundh on the Kosi river to abandon work. The temporary bundh will divert the river to allow the construction of a bridge. People are agitated because the project will impede the river’s …
Jan. 28: Alleging discrimination in selection of flood victims, villagers of Kochhervu in Dhone mandal of Kurnool district refused to take crop compensation from the government on Thursday. They demanded issue of cheques to everyone in the village for crop damage and staged protests in front of mandal parishad development …
A new law for land acquisition is imperative, with a clear definition of what constitutes public purpose and exploration of compensation beyond market value, says Ram Singh DURING the last 10 days two land acquisition notifications have been set aside. The Punjab and Haryana High Court (HC) has quashed a …
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh Governments to start the procedure of paying compensation to silicosis victims following a Supreme Court order. A survey by the Madhya Pradesh Government for NHRC on October 8, 2009, had revealed that 259 people had died of …
THE finance ministry is unwilling to pay the entire Rs 31,700 crore demanded as compensation by the petroleum ministry on behalf of the state-owned oil companies
Land acquisition rate recommended in three villages Mohali, January 10 With a compensation of over Rs 1.5 crore an acre for the acquisition of their land for international airport, landowners of Jheorheri are having the laugh. But a few kilometres away, landowners in Rasenheri, Swara and Jhanjheri may not hit …
The Supreme Court today issued notices to Reliance Gas Transportation and Infrastructure Ltd, and the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on the appeals moved by more than 50 land owners of Surat, alleging that the Mukesh Ambani-led company had not paid them adequate compensation for acquisition. Their land will …
