Reply affidavit filed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Debadityo Sinha & Others Vs Union of India & Others. An application filed before the NGT said that illegal construction activities and clearing the vegetation and forest using massive earthwork and levelling the land …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench) in the matter of Prabhat Mohan Pandey Vs Union of India & Others dated 20/03/2024. Issue raised in the application is violation of Madhya Pradesh Sand (Mining, Transportation, Storage and Trading) Rule, 2019 by auctioning the sand mining leases in District …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Abhishek Beniwal Vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 20/10/2020. The matter relates to illegal sand mining in district Harda, Madhya Pradesh. The NGT directs constitution of a Joint Committee consisting of: (i) District Mining Officer, District Harda (ii) …
Bhopal: Three more debt-ridden farmers attempted suicide in Madhya Pradesh in the last 24 hours. Two of them died while the third is battling for life. The incidents were reported from Sehore, Vidisha and Harda districts. Fifteen farmers have committed suicide in the state in the last 10 days. A …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Shramik Adivasi Sangathan Vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 12/08/2016 regarding illegal excavations by various private persons including contractors and violations of the Forest Conservation Act, 1980 in Harda, Betul and Khandwa Districts of Madhya Pradesh. HISTORY …
Bhopal: In a unique initiative, Harda district administration has offered 25 paise more for a litre of milk, if villages from which it is sourced, are free from open defecation. "So far, 30 villages in Harda district have been freed from open defecation under the Swachch Bharat Abhiyan. A 25 …
With a 35-year-old woman on Wednesday testing positive for the swine flu, the number of people infected by the H1N1 virus here in the new year has reached six, including the four persons who died. The woman, hailing from Harda district, was admitted to a private hospital on January 16. …
Cycle-rickshaw is considered an economical and comfortable medium of transport for the common man in small as well as big cities. But there are 15 districts in the state where cycle-rickshaws are not prevalent either due to geographical conditions or congested population. These include such big cities as Bhopal and …
Protesters demand Indira Sagar Dam water level be kept below 260 metres The Jal Satyagraha or sit-in-water agitation by villagers affected by the Indira Sagar Dam entered its tenth day on Tuesday despite curfew and arrests. The agitation is currently in progress in six villages in the districts of Dewas, …
With arrest of another 125 oustees from Bichhola village of Harda district on Tuesday, the number of arrested jal satyagrahis from Khandwa, Dewas and Harda has crossed 1,000 mark in the three days. Arrests have failed to dampen the spirit dam-hit and they continued their protest against increase in dam …
Despite a crackdown on their jal satyagraha, the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) activists are undeterred by the arrests of villagers in the Narmada ghatti. Hundreds of displaced people in Malud village in Khandwa district have entered the water demanding proper rehabilitation including land for the loss of their fields, farms …
The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) will hold a jal satyagaraha (protesters sitting in water) in the Indira Sagar Dam from September 1. Simultaneous protests will take place in Badkhalia, Mel Pipliya and Unwa villages in Khandwa, Dewas and Harda districts respectively. A similar satyagraha took place last year at the …
Madhya Pradesh has emerged as one of the leading wheat procurement states in the country in the last five years, reflecting remarkable changes in the regional distribution and dynamics of the country's grain procurement landscape. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Harda Mandi, this paper describes the new systems and …
While a ministerial committee began hearing grievances of oustees of the Omkareshwar dam in Madhya Pradesh, Narmada Bachao Andolan activists met President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday. The state government had constituted a five-member panel after reducing water level at the Omkareshwar dam to 189 m which ended an NBA-led agitation …
Two days after giving in to the Narmada Bachao Andolan-led “Jal Satyagraha” by oustees of the Omkareshwar dam, the Madhya Pradesh government in an early morning crackdown on Wednesday forcibly ended a similar protest by oustees of the Indira Sagar dam. More than 100 protesters — some had squatted in …
Barely a couple of hours after police evicted protesters from a 'Jal Satyagraha' today, about 50 persons from villages near Khardana entered the Narmada river demanding reduction of the Indira Sagar dam height and immediate resolution of other issues. Around 50 persons entered the river after police arrested over 100 …
For the first time, a district-level grievance redressal authority to hear complaints arising from abuse of power, especially by the police and forest officials, is taking shape in Madhya Pradesh on the orders of the Supreme Court. The state government last week issued a notification to set up such an …
Bhopal: Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has directed administration of districts affected by excessive rains to maintain high alert for 24 hours and undertake immediate relief and rescue works in case of floods. Shri Chouhan convened a high-level meeting here today and reviewed flood relief and rescue works in …
The Madhya Pradesh Congress unit has expressed serious concern over the gradual destruction or total disappearance of many lakes and ponds in different parts of the state and announced that a campaign will be launched for the conservation of water bodies and their protection from reckless encroachment. State Congress spokesperson …
Incessant rains for over 30 hours in several parts of Madhya Pradesh crippled normal life. The areas that witnessed heavy rainfall include Indore, Hoshangabad, Seoni-Malwa, Dewas, Harda and Sehore districts. The meteorology department has issued warnings of heavy rainfall in most parts of the State. With the heavy rains, several …
The preparations for procuring wheat on support price from farmers in the State have entered the final stage. Procurement will begin simultaneously in the entire State from March 15. Besides online advance registration of farmers for wheat procurement, another important feature in this connection is the process of informing farmers …
