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 …
Submission of joint report of Chief Wildlife Warden, Maharashtra and Assistant Inspector General, NTCA in the matter of Sachin Rangari Vs State of Maharashtra & Others dated 21/01/2021. The matter related to felling of trees and digging/excavation of murum sand in Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve, Gondia and Bhandara districts of Maharashtra. …
Nagpur: Taking serious note about prevalence of fluorosis in most parts of Vidarbha, Marathwada and Western Maharashtra, the Pune-bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the collectors from 12 districts to ensure that groundwater sources having higher fluoride contents should be discontinued, either by identifying alternate sources or by …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Asim Sarode & Others Vs District Collector Nanded & Others dated 11/01/2016 regarding environmental concern faced by residents of more than 12 districts in the State of Maharashtra due to contaminated ground water in terms of …
Draft notification declaring eco-sensitive zone around Nagazira Wild life Sanctuary, New Nagazira Wild life Sanctuary, Koka Wild life Sanctuary, Navegaon Wildlife Sanctuary and Navegaon National Park
The Narendra Modi-led government may have launched its ambitious Swacch Bharat Abhiyan which has the elimination of open defecation as one of its objectives, but in an indication of the tough task it has on its hands, Maharashtra has around 57 lakh rural families whose homes don't have toilets. In …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shri. Dnyaneshwar s/o Kisanji Gadhve Vs Ministry of Environment and Forest & Others dated 14/03/2014 regarding mining of sand beds of Nagpur & Bhandra districts and Environment Clearance for mining projects in these areas. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/judgment/6_2014(App)(WZ)_14Mar2014_final_order.pdf
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shobha Phadanvis Vs State of Maharashtra Ors. dated 13/01/2014. M/s. Adani Power Maharashtra Ltd. intends to establish its power generation plant 3 x 660 MW capacity at Tiroda, Tq. Tiroda, District : Gondia. For the purpose of evacuation of Power …
NAGPUR: National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has notified Navegaon-Nagzira as fifth tiger reserve of the state and 46th of the country. The new reserve totals 655 sq km area spread over Bhandara and Gondia districts of Vidarbha. It comprises five protected areas (PAs) including Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary (152 sq km), …
The forest department will send fresh proposals to the state government for planning two more tiger reserves to boost the population of big cats in the state. Maharashtra, which currently has four tiger reserves in Melghat, Pench, Tadoba-Andhari and Sahyadri, is among the few states directed by the NTCA to …
Maharashtra govt has granted Prospecting Licence to the company for 11 blocks spread over 597 hectares State-run manganese ore producer MOIL Ltd today said the Prospecting Licence for 11 blocks in Maharashtra that it has received from the state government would go a long way in augmenting the production of …
Maharashtra Government on Wednesday decided to set aside Rs 470 crore for a micro-irrigation scheme, to be implemented from this year. The decision was taken in today’s cabinet meeting chaired by the Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan. On account of severe drought until this month, the Congress-NCP government has come in …
The foundation stone for the new unit was laid at Bhandara on Tuesday by Prithviraj Chavan State-run BHEL on Tuesday said it will invest Rs 500 crore for setting up a manufacturing facility at Bhandara in Maharashtra. "BHEL is setting up a new Power Equipment Fabrication Plant at Bhandara in …
"We fail to understand as to why the respondents are taking it as an adversarial litigation," said a Bombay high court bench of Justices B P Dharmadhikari and A B Chaudhari in Nagpur while recently rejecting a preliminary plea for dismissal of two Public Interest Litigation against the Vidharbha Irrigation …
Aid Not Extended To Gosikhurd Dam Plan In Bhandara Mumbai: In a face-saver for the Maharashtra government, the Centre on Thursday released Rs 270 crore for 10 irrigation projects in the state under the Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP). But significantly, the Gosikhurd project in Bhandara district near Nagpur—the largest …
A faulty design was the ostensible reason for the cost of the Nerdhamana irrigation project in Akola district to skyrocket from an initial estimate of Rs 181 crore to Rs 638 crore. State governor K Sankaranarayanan visited the project site on the Purna river earlier this month to supervise work. …
This paper traces the political economy of irrigation development, and the issues of regional imbalances created by the process of allocation of development resources based on regional power bases, rather than equity or need. Irrigation development in Maharashtra is taken as a case in point.
MUMBAI: A non-existing company owned by BJP Rajya Sabha MP Ajay Sancheti bagged irrigation projects worth Rs 1,350 crore in Maharashtra in 2007-08. The firm, Shakti Kumar M Sancheti Ltd, was renamed SMS Infrastructure in November 2005. Yet, Sancheti was awarded contracts by the Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation (VIDC) under …
The project will disseminate weather-related inputs to farmers to improve land productivity and boost crop output About 50,000 farmers in ten districts of Maharashtra are expected to benefit from a pilot project, which will disseminate weather-related inputs using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to improve land productivity and boost crop …
Mumbai: It’s a flood of money, not water, that’s flowing into Maharashtra’s dam projects. TOI’s continuing investigation into the criminal escalation of costs and infinite delays in water projects has thrown up another shocker: the Gosikhurd irrigation project in Bhandara district near Nagpur, which was okayed at a cost of …
MUMBAI: It's a flood of money, not water, that's flowing into Maharashtra's dam projects. TOI's continuing investigation into the criminal escalation of costs and infinite delays in water projects has thrown up another shocker: the Gosikhurd irrigation project in Bhandara district near Nagpur, which was okayed at a cost of …
