The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) has scored a dubious record in its second term in office. The party has got just one key Bill enacted since it was re-elected to power in May 2009, despite
Members of the Narmada Bachao Andolan has they said will file a petition seeking review of the recent order of the Green Tribunal directing the generation of 40-Mw electricity in the controversial Shri Maheshwar Hydel Power Project and permitting the filling of Maheshwar dam reservoir up to 154 meters. Meanwhile, Bahtrat Heavy Electicals limited (BHEL) has stopped further supply of hydro-turbines to SMHPCL for its “non-payment” against three hydro-turbines of 40-Mw capacity each.
The four-member expert team, studying the impact of the proposed mega steel plant by Posco on the coastal ecology, is likely to submit its report to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF)
The expert committee’s visit to Odisha on Tuesday to reassess the ecological impact of the Posco steel project lasted only for one hour and covered only selective sites, green activists have alleged.
A four-member expert team constituted by the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) is scheduled to visit the proposed Posco steel plant site near Paradip on Tuesday. The team was formed by MoEF in line with the order of the National Green Tribunal which had suspended the environmental clearance of the project in March this year and wanted an expert team to visit the site to assess the impact of the project on the environment afresh.
The Odisha government has decided to resume the land acquisition process for South African steelmaker Posco’s project, which was stalled indefinitely in June last year following protests by villagers and Left leaders. The decision was taken in a meeting convened by Chief Secretary B K Patnaik on 16 August, where officials of the Central Revenue Division Commissioner, Posco-India, Jagatsinghpur district administration and Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation of Odisha (Idco) were present.
The National Green Tribunal has asked the Union ministry of environment and forests to display forest clearances granted by it in the future on its own website within a week from the date when the clearance
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Bill that will set up for the first time a network of dedicated environmental courts in the country has been cleared by the Cabinet. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment has proposed certain amendments to the Bill.
Indirapuram residents have approached the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in protest against a GDA move to cut down 5,000 trees in a green belt area. The GDA had created the green belt in a 100-m area at
There seems no respite for Environment Ministry from the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) report. Earlier it was IUCN’s directives to follow the recommendations of the panel report to retain
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has cleared the ambitious `3,600 crore Renuka Dam project to be constructed on a tributary of the Yamuna river in Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh. The Renuka dam has been in the eye of a storm because water activists are opposed to water being supplied to the NCR from large distances. The Renuka dam is located 250 km from Delhi and on completion will supply 275 million gallons of water per day to Delhi.
The controversy over the granting of forest clearance to Arunachal’s 1750 MW Demwe Hydro electric power projects by the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has deepened following the National Green
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) suspended clearance to a 3,600 MW project of IL&FS Tamil Nadu Power Company Ltd in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, ordering a cumulative impact assessment before the
The famed Kaziranga National Park in Assam finds itself in an interesting quandary, where human livelihood clashes with animal habitat. A petition filed in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) by RTI and
Public hearing conducted by the concerned company prior to applying for environmental clearance is not a mere formality but a substantive requirement of law, held the National Green Tribunal. Setting
Kirtika Suneja / New Delhi December 10, 2009, 0:17 IST The National Green Tribunal Bill, 2009 (NGT), will be tabled tomorrow in the Lok Sabha for discussion and on December 21 in the Rajya Sabha.
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: The Cabinet on Thursday cleared the National Green Tribunal Bill paving the way for setting up a National Green Tribunal to settle civil disputes concerning environment-related issues. The National Green Tribunal Bill had been cleared by the Cabinet in July, and introduced in Parliament that referred it to a Standing Committee.
The Western Ghats is distinct for its inter-woven network of protected, reserved and community conserved forest areas comprising wildlife corridors spanning long distances, cutting across boundaries that
NEW DELHI: Less than 72 hours after the Supreme Court threatened to scrap the National Green Tribunal as it was starved of office space and residential accommodation for its chairman and members, the Union
Coming to the rescue of the endangered one-horned rhino and other threatened species in Kaziranga National Park in Assam, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed both the Ministry of Environment
