Union ministry ‘abdicated its responsibility regarding environmental clearance of such buildings’: CAG The CAG has found that the urban development department of the Maharashtra government misinterpreted
The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday sought response of the Centre, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh as well as several industries, including Essar and Hindalco, on a plea opposing new power projects
Submits channel will become a “valuable asset in terms of national defence and security” The UPA government filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court on Monday, saying it wanted to implement the Sethusamudram project through the original alignment, cutting across the Ram Sethu. A Bench, headed by Justice H.L. Dattu, will hear the case on Tuesday.
<p> Coal mine A committee headed by Planning Commission member B K Chaturvedi has asked for incentives to states for faster ecology clearances for coal mining. It has suggested a larger share of power from the Centre’s unallocated quota, a larger allocation of coal blocks and higher special plan grants.</p>
When Margao's ambitious sewerage scheme in Goa was planned in 1980, New Delhi-based CPHEEO had accorded technical clearance for just Rs 2.81 crore. Twenty-five years down the line, and the project
<p> WP (PIL) No. 137 of 2009 by Shri Ram Lal and others vs. Union of India in the High Court of Uttrakhand at Nainital regarding Environmental Clearance to M/s Alaknanda Hydro Power Company for Srinagar
The eco groups launch signature campaign against implementation of the scheme Terming the Yettinahole drinking water project as “ill conceived and skewed,” environment groups have launched a signature campaign, demanding that the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) take a re-look at the same.
State governments may soon be in charge of granting environmental clearance for development projects, as the Environment Ministry is set to decentralise the process. The re-engineering of the
The Cuncolim Citizens Action Committee has urged the Chief Town Planner not to issue any clearances for the mega housing project proposed at Panzorconne-Cuncolim adjacent the 1.26 lakh sq mts of government acquired land.
Arguing that the initial years of the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board were dominated by the priorities of the then ruling party, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, whose government created it in 1971, this
Chief Minister Dharam Singh has said that Karnataka Government has written to the Central Government to ask the Forest deapartment to issue clearance for submerging 8,000 acres of forest land, when
<p> Won’t be held up even by a day after all approvals are given: Sivasailam</p> <p> Bangalore: The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) is as eager as the residents of the City
The 70 MW Pathrakadavu hydroelectric project, which was put off following vehement protests from environmentalists, is all set to be revived by the Kerala State Electricity Board. The clearance from
The Union Ministry for Environment and Forests has come under the scanner with the Central Empowered Committee demanding an explanation for grant of environment clearance to a bauxite refinery
The structural soundness of a notification issued on July 7 last year by the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) regarding environmental clearance for construction projects has been
The environment ministry has slapped a . 200-crore fine on the Adani Group’s Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone for damaging mangroves, creeks and the local environment at the project site. The company’s
The ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) is gearing up to lift the moratorium on industrial expansion in 17 remaining clusters that are coming under the Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB) critically
Bt cotton trials began in Punjab way back in 2001, but the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee of the Ministry of Environment and Forests gave its clearance for commercial cultivation of the crop
The Environment and Forests Ministry has slapped a Rs. 200 crore penalty on Gautam Adani’s Mundra multi-purpose projects for violating green laws. The money will go to an Environment Restoration Fund to mitigate the damage done to the area around the project sites. The order was issued after the Ministry accepted the report of the committee set up under Ms. Sunita Narain, director general of the Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment.
SC Greenlights 26,000-Cr Plan Mumbai: Wildlife activists said the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) project, which received clearance from the apex court last week, should not “disrupt movement of animals” in sanctuaries.
