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) …
J. Venkatesan New Delhi: With a view to ensuring that all road accident victims get compensation on time, the Supreme Court has asked the Centre to create a Road Accident Fund (RAF) through levy of cess/surcharge on petrol and diesel and credit it to such Fund. A three-judge Bench of …
BHUBANESWAR: The BJP today claimed that Jogendra Choudhury, a marginal farmer of Kamarsahi village of Jharpada gram panchayat under Kantapara block in Cuttack district committed suicide due to crop loss and loan burden. A BJP fact finding team led by general secretary of the party
The ongoing acquisition of land measuring over 1,500 acres for various development projects in Greater Mohali area has met with a stiff opposition from landowners. Whether it is the land acquisition for the garbage dumping ground, connectivity to upcoming international airport, mixed land use or the Mullanpur Urban Estate, the …
KOLKATA: The Tatas are yet to send any word on compensation for the Singur land, West Bengal Chief Secretary Ashok Mohan Chakraborty said here on Tuesday. Answering reporters
In a bid to persuade farmers to part with their land for rail projects, the railways has decided to offer every land loser family a job as well as compensation. Railway minister Mamata Banerjee announced that she had amended railway rules to make this arrangement possible. Speaking at the foundation …
AJK Minister for Mangla Dam affairs, wild life and fisheries Chaudhry Muhammad Yousaf has said that the inauguration of under construction Mangla dam raising project will be exercised only after completion of entire project. Talking to various delegations of Mangla dam affectees who called on him at the PWD Rest …
The victims are yet to be adequately compensated or given proper medical help; their water sources are yet to be decontaminated. At Arif Nagar slum, a toxic waste yard next to the boundary wall of the factory. The accident polluted the soil and groundwater in the neighbourhood to dangerous levels. …
A MAN ARRIVES for a memorial service for the 1984 gas disaster victims on the 25th anniversary of the world's worst industrial accident, near the old Union Carbide factory in Bhopal on December 3. THE 25th anniversary of the Bhopal gas disaster has justifiably attracted considerable attention not only to …
BHUBANESWAR: A central team will visit the State from January 6 to assess the drought situation. The team will tour different areas declared drought affected by the State Government. The Government has submitted a memorandum to the Centre demanding Rs 2,257 crore from the National Calamity Contingency (NCCF) to deal …
BHUBANESWAR: Looking ahead after a dismal kharif season the State Government is working out a package for the sugarcane growers to increase the area under the crop and boost its output. During kharif season more than 40 farmers committed suicide because of crop loss. Agriculture Minister Damodar Rout said interest …
Newswire18 / New Delhi December 25, 2009, 0:24 IST To make up for 80% of losses incurred by component suppliers Tata Motors Ltd has finally been able to sort out differences with vendors on the issue of compensation arising out of its decision to shift the Nano plant from Singur …
Demand stoppage of process till the new Land Acquisition Amendment Bill is passed Greater Noida, December 23 Farmers from Bisrakh, Dankore and Dadri blocks today held a panchayat to discuss the land acquisition process. Before this, on Tuesday, hundreds of farmers had demonstrated outside the Greater Noida Authority office demanding …
Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Wednesday announced that all those suffering from diseases caused by the endosulfan pesticide in two taluks in Dakshina Kannada would get a compensation of Rs 50,000 each. In addition, Yeddyurappa said he would sanction a monthly pension of Rs 1,000 each to those who …
25 years after the gas leak, another tragedy is unfolding in Bhopal reveals this latest study by Centre for Science & Environment. This study based on CSE's Pollution Monitoring Laboratory tests found that water and soil in & around the Union Carbide factory are loaded with pesticides. To know more …
Our ruling elites consider the lives and livelihoods of the poor expendable in the pursuit of development, says VIDYADHAR GADGIL Eight days ago, India marked a sombre remembrance
Ishita Ayan Dutt / Kolkata December 05, 2009, 0:20 IST Industrial projects in West Bengal are unlikely to be affected by the Allahabad High Court judgment that questioned the legitimacy of invoking the Land Acquisition Act for private companies
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday extended support and sympathy to the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy that occurred 25 years ago.
