Counter affidavit by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) in the matter of Pradeep Singh Shekhawat Vs State of Assam & Others dated 30/01/2025. The application complained about the illegal constructions, including the illegal construction of road to Bhuban Hill, within the Barak Bhuban Wildlife Sanctuary located …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today directed Noida and Gautam Budh Nagar authorities to ensure that no construction work is carried out in the 49 projects around the Okhla bird sanctuary. A bench comprising judicial members justices P Jyothimani and S N Hussain also directed the Ministry of Environment and …
Human-animal conflict is on the rise in areas adjoining wildlife sanctuaries. Absence of natural prey in forests coupled with easy availability in human areas has led big cats to frequent villages adjoining the forest. As such children are falling prey to these animals with Monday's incident in Bagdharwa village near …
LUCKNOW: The claim of the UP forest department that water sharing with Mathura refinery is affecting the health of Sur Sarovar bird sanctuary in Agra has found credence in the report of the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS). The BNHS team visited the sanctuary on the request of Mathura refinery …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Amit Kumar Vs Union of India & Others dated 17/09/2013 regarding construction without proper authority within 10 km from the Okhla Bird Sanctuary including NCR areas.
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and UP forest department would now work in tandem to prevent destruction of crops and threat to human lives by elephants in villages adjoining Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary in the Terai region. For this purpose, anti-depredation squad (ADS) comprising of 20 members has been formed …
The state government will be filing a status report before the Supreme Court on September 17 Even as the industry expects Supreme Court to lift the interim ban on mining exports, the state mines and geology department is yet to take several initiatives suggested by the apex court's Central Empowered …
City residents, worried about the presence of a mobile tower in their locality, can now heave a sigh of relief as the same would finally be removed. This comes after a part of the mobile policy was revised and finalized by the administration. According to it, the mobile towers would …
After spending over Rs283 crore on relocation of villages from reserves, sanctuaries and national parks in Maharashtra in the last 12 years, the state government would require a further Rs 900 crore, according to its own report, for its grand plan to free all the protected areas (PAs) from human …
The Environment Ministry on Wednesday gave clearance to four projects in the city some of which were pending for the past several years. These include a 250 bed hospital at PGI, multi-level parking lot at Sector 17, housing schemes in Sectors 52, 54 and 56 as well as flats at …
Just like wildlife and bird sanctuaries for conserving threatened land and avian species, the state will soon have four dedicated fish sanctuaries for preserving endangered and vulnerable native fish varieties and helping proliferation of fishery resources. The designated fish sanctuaries, to be established in select rivers and backwaters of the …
Officials of Noida Authority on Monday held a meeting with realtors to decide the course of action in the cases filed in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) regarding construction around Okhla Bird Sanctuary and extraction of groundwater at various sites. The meeting was held following the green tribunal's August 22 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Amit Kumar Vs Union of India & Others dated 27/08/2013 regarding buildings which are allegedly within the radius of 10 km from Okhla Bird Sanctuary.
In what may scuttle efforts in wildlife conservation, a black granite factory is being built illegally in the K Gudi eco-sensitive zone of the Biligiriranganatha-swamy Temple (BRT) Tiger Reserve. There are already three black granite quarries in the zone. The illegal quarrying is happening on the borders of the wildlife …
Whereas, the total area of 326.26 square kilometre around Marine National Park arid Marine Sanctuary has been identified as Eco-sensitive zone, of which 208.5818 square kilometre is the area towards landward side, 105.14 square kilornetre towards sea and 12.5384 square kilometer is the area covered by rivers and the Marine …
At a time when tigers are crying for inviolate spaces - and forestry concepts are changing in the advent of climate change and carbon credits- demand for 63,000 hectare (630 sq km) reserve forest area by the Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra (FDCM), a wholly state government owned company engaged …
Random construction on the khoai (high and eroded) land at Shantiniketan has damaged the environment and ecological balance of the area, West Bengal Pollution Control Board told the Calcutta High Court Tuesday. The pollution board, through its counsel, advocate Nayan Chand Bihani, submitted a report in the high court stating …
The Directorate of Mines and Geology has submitted a list of additional 38 mining leases to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), after the mines were surveyed to map their distance from wildlife sanctuaries. With this, details of total 92 mining leases, out of total 118, have been …
Nearly 17 years after the Supreme Court designated a 'forest bench' to deal with cases relating to environment and forests, it will now be rechristened as 'green bench'. The forest bench began its journey by passing the first order on December 12, 1996 and since then has come a long …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought the Centre and the Assam government's responses on a plea opposing expansion of the National Highway 37 stretch running through Kaziranga National Park on the ground that it would lead to death of wild animals due to road accidents. A bench headed by …
In a major setback to realty projects in Noida, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday ordered the Noida Authority to stop construction work of all projects which do not have requisite environmental clearances within 10km radius of Okhla bird sanctuary. The tribunal has also directed Noida Authority to conduct …
