Environment

Report of the Committee for Inspection of M/s Adani Port & SEZ Ltd. Mundra, Gujarat

There is incontrovertible evidence that the Adani project – port and SEZ – at Mundra in Gujarat has violated and not complied with environmental clearance conditions says this report of a committee set up by MoEF to inspect the project. The five-member committe was headed by environmentalist Sunita Narain.

Publication Date: 
18/04/2013
Ministry of Environment & Forests
Tags:
Gujarat, Adani Port and SEZ Ltd, Land Reclamation, Environment Clearance (EC), Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, Mangroves, Power Industry, Forest Clearance, Special Economic Zones (SEZ), Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management And Planning Authority (CAMPA), High Court
Land

Hulhumale reclamation to start within a month: HDC

Hulhumale Development Corporation (HDC) has stated that it would start the USD60 million second phase of the Hulhumale reclamation project within the next month or so.

Publication Date: 
09/04/2013
Haveeru Daily (Maldives)
Tags:
Maldives, South Asia, Land, Land Reclamation, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)
Dams/ Irrigation

The Gujarat Irrigation and Drainage Bill, 2013

GUJARAT BILL NO. OF 2013.
A B I L L
to provide for irrigation and drainage in the State of Gujarat.
WHEREAS it is necessary to make provisions for the construction
relating to irrigation in the State of Gujarat and for the matters connected
therewith and incidental thereto.

Publication Date: 
29/03/2013
Government of Gujarat
Tags:
Gujarat, Irrigation, Drainage, Reservoirs, Water Supply, Tubewells, Wells, Groundwater Recharge, Land Reclamation, Canal Irrigation, Water Conservation, Compensation, Land Act 1894
Water Resources

Swan canalisation threat to natural wetlands

Dharamsala, December 2: The canalisation of the Swan in Una district has helped in reclaiming thousands of acres of agriculture land, but has also threatened many natural wetlands.

Publication Date: 
03/12/2012
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Himachal Pradesh, Wetlands, Croplands, Land Reclamation, Habitat, Sarus Crane, Groundwater, Ministry Of Water Resources
Industry

Constitution of committee for inspection of M/s Adani Port and SEZ Ltd, Mundra, Gujarat

Constitution of committee for inspection of M/s Adani Port and SEZ Ltd, Mundra, Gujarat. The Ministry of Environment & Forests had granted Environment and CRZ clearance on 12.01.2009 to M/s Adani Port and SEZ Limited (formerly Mundra Port and SEZ Limited) for the development of port facilities at Mundra, District Kutch, Gujarat.

Publication Date: 
14/09/2012
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
Adani Port and SEZ Ltd, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Coastal Regulations, Kuchchh, Gujarat, Mangroves, Environment Clearance (EC), High Court, Land Reclamation, Sunita Narain, Soil Salinisation, Agriculture, CSE
Mining

China to have over 600 green mines by 2015

China will have more than 600 environment friendly mines by 2015, Dong Zuoji, director of the planning department of the Ministry of Land and Resources, said on Thursday.

Publication Date: 
15/06/2012
China Daily
Tags:
China, Environment, Mining, Land Reclamation, Energy
Agriculture

Use of modified clays for retention and supply of water and nutrients

Clay minerals are natural materials well known for their role in retention and persistence of organic and inorganic compounds in soil. Clay minerals are being modified through different processes to alter their charge and surface properties tailored for specific purposes. Modified clays in general include pillared layered clays, organoclays, nanocomposites, acid and salt-induced and thermally and mechanically induced modified clays. Pillared organoclays and nanocomposites constitute a novel class of materials, mainly one kind of modification of expanding 2 : 1 clay minerals.

Publication Date: 
10/05/2012
B. B. Basak, Sharmistha Pal, S. C. Datta
Current Science
102
9
1272-1278
Tags:
Soil Capability, Land Reclamation, Agriculture, Soil Resources
Mining

Mining companies to be made to pay for restoration of wildlife sanctuaries

PANJIM: The mining companies operating the leases in wildlife sanctuaries in the past will have to pay for restoration of the areas affected with the extraction and dumping of the ore.

Following a high court directive, the state forest department has decided to rigorously follow up the matter with the mining companies asking them to pay the cost of restoration.

Publication Date: 
09/05/2012
Herald (Panjim)
Tags:
Mineral-Based Industry, Sanctuaries, Rehabilitation, Land Reclamation, High Court, Wildlife, Forests, Mining, Goa
Agriculture

Usar reclamation in Uttar Pradesh and food security

It was Mahatma Gandhi's dream to see an India free from hunger. Today, India is going to operate the largest social protection programme against hunger in human history. Right to food through the National Food Security Bill has been recently introduced in Parliament.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2011
R. P. Agrawal
Wastelands News
24
4
31-36
Tags:
Food Security, Uttar Pradesh, Food Supply, Land Reclamation, India, Agriculture, Wasteland Development, Traditional Knowledge
Environment

Sea reclamation suggestion splits MoEF committee

The technical committee formed on a directive from the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to study the feasibility of coastal roads for Mumbai is now split down the middle over a radical su

Publication Date: 
19/09/2011
Indian Express (Mumbai)
Tags:
Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Oceans and Seas, Coastal Regulations, Land Reclamation, Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, Mumbai, Roads

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