Heat and sawdust
The fires in Brazil and in Indonesia speak volumes of what happens when humans try to make a living by killing forests and neglecting the poor
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding standards for irrigation of the land from sewage water, 08/12/2015
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Dr. Subhash C. Pandey Vs. Union of India & Others dated 08/12/2015 regarding standards for irrigation of the land
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We need over 997 acres at Singur: Tata Motors
Special Correspondent KOLKATA: The Tata Motors authorities have sent a letter to the West Bengal government, stating that they require over 997 acres to set up the automobile manufacturing project and ancillary units in Singur, Industries Minister Nirupam Sen said on Thursday. The letter was in response to a clarification sought by the government on a letter the company had sent to Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on the project. Ms. Banerjee had highlighted a paragraph in the letter that between 600 and 650 acres was required for the car plant.
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Nano continues to drive into Singur siege
LANDING IN TROUBLE Bs Reporter / Kolkata August 22, 2008, 1:02 IST In a new twist to the controversy surrounding the 997-acre plot for the Nano car plant of Tata Motors at Singur, 40 km west of Kolkata, the Trinamool Congress (TC) controlled gram panchayat in the area said it would not grant any permission to the plant, like environmental and water-use licences, and also threatened to take action against the company as its factory was blocking the rainwater drainage channel of the entire area.
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Worried', Tata flashes Singur alert
A "worried' Ratan Tata has no intention to pull out of Singur "until and unless forced to do so', the Bengal government said tonight in the first public admission that the car project is not as foregone as was being made out. "Actually, he is quite worried about the developments in Singur. He did not anticipate this kind of thing to happen for such a project,' industries minister Nirupam Sen said tonight after meeting Ratan Tata at a city hotel.
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Judgement of the Supreme Court of India regarding construction of a multi-storey residential complex on the eastern bank of Chilavannurkayal (backwaters) in Kerala, 10/01/2018
<p>Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Kerala State Coastal Management Authority Vs DLF Universal Limited & Others dated 10/01/2018 regarding construction of a multi-storey residential
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Experts miffed over forest project nods
During the last fortnight, India’s foremost wildlife experts have dashed off three consecutive letters to environment minister Jayanti Natarajan questioning the entire process of giving clearance to forest projects. Conservationists Pravee-n Bhargava, Belinda Wright and Shekar Dattari, have in their letters demanded that pristine forest land should not be allowed to get fragmented.
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Equity unaddressed: a civil society response to the draft approach paper-12th Five Year Plan
This publication is a compilation of responses from civil society organisations to the Draft Approach Paper to the 12th Five-Year Plan.It presents a detailed critique of the Approach Paper in areas such
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Occupy the mines, give it to the profiteers; prescription to cure coal shortage
Private investors in India's power generation sector are worried. Fuel shortage is staring at their plants. Consumers are reading with disbelief at the much hyped India growth story - load shedding is
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Royalty to the locals is an idea in the positive direction
The chief ministers of India's mineral-rich states are keenly watching the progress of the new Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) (MMDR) Bill that was recently approved by the Union cabinet.
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Wildlife damage to poplar
Poplar plantations and nurseries mainly grown on farm land in North India create thick patches of green cover which attract wild animals, birds and rodents for hideout, shelter and food. Many of the visiting
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Wildlife crowds around arctic telescope
To examine data on the universe's earliest stars and galaxies from a balloon-launched telescope, scientists had to fend off earthly creatures in the Canadian Arctic. The telescope landed there by
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The spectre of agricolonialism
As global populations and food prices rise and environmental degradation intensifies, transnational corporations and some governments are buying up vast tracts of farmland where it is still available
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Raheja to develop engineering SEZ
The 255-acre zone coming up in Gurgaon to cost around Rs. 4,500 crore MEGA ZONE: Navin Raheja (left), Chairman, Raheja SEZs, Yogesh Raheja (second from right), Director (Projects) and R. C. Aggarwal, President, ISPER (Architecture firm), at a press conference in New Delhi on Wednesday. NEW DELHI: Raheja Developers on Wednesday launched the Rs. 4,500-crore specialised
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Greater Noida farmers agree to new compensation
Greater Noida: The conflict between the residents of Ghori Bachhera village and Noida police and administration, seems to have blown over after a team of farmers met UP cabinet secretary Shashank Shekhar Singh in New Delhi on Tuesday evening. The Ghori Bachhera representatives reportedly agreed to a compensation of Rs 10 lakh for each of the five deceased who were killed in the police firing recently. This is, significantly, the first official admission that five farmers were killed in the confrontation of August 13, rather than the four the police had initially claimed.
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Reefs to rice paddies, asian tsunami spared nothing
Six months after the Indian Ocean tsunami, the west coast of Indonesia's Aceh province remains a scene of utter devastation, a vast swathe of land stripped of villages, trees and plantations. Where
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Connecticut military base closing threatens environment
The proposed closing of America's oldest submarine base could not only rob the area of a vital economic engine but leave the land too contaminated by toxic waste for quick redevelopment, Connecticut
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Contradictory figures from Mines and Geology Department show 117 active mining leases in RP 2021 as against the stated 90
PANJIM: Data submitted to the high powered Regional Plan (RP) 2021 committee by Mines and Geology Department has revealed that there are 117 active mining leases, which is contrary to the figure of 90 active mining leases projected by the department before the authorities.
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Europe's prawn obsession 'devastating' local communities in Bangladesh
The popularity of tropical shrimp – often marketed as scampi, giant shrimp, gambas or tiger prawns - is having a devastating impact on local communities in Bangladesh, reveals a new investigation produced
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Limestone mining in Jaintia forests: Panel report by Nov
SHILLONG: The State Government-constituted high-level committee, which has been assigned the task to ascertain whether the cement plants in Jaintia Hills are mining limestone from forest areas, is likely to submit its report within November.