In 2019, the illegal wildlife trade reached staggering levels. Pangolin scales and ivory were being trafficked in massive quantities from Africa to Asia, exposing a network of crime syndicates operating at an industrial scale. The sheer volume of these shipments marked a disturbing milestone, one that revealed the global reach …
Haldwani: In an attempt to check and prevent illegal sand mining in the city, the revenue and mining departments last week cracked whip on a stone crusher firm and slapped a penalty of Rs 20 lakh. The mining department is now learnt to have prepared a list of offenders and …
With the Supreme Court order on cancelling coal mining rights expected to throw up legal challenges for the National Democratic Alliance government, the ministry of coal is preparing a back-up plan. This could entail changes in the Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act or an altogether new law similar …
Illegal rhino horn trade has reached the highest levels since the early 1990s, and illegal trade in ivory increased by nearly 300 percent from 1998 to 2011, according to a new report by USAID partner TRAFFIC. This report provides critical insights into often violent and complex trade networks that will …
Claude Alvares moves SC to stay 27 renewals of mining leases; terms HC order directing renewal of 27 mining leases as ‘judicial over reach’, states that Goa govt had told HC that the petitions of lease holders were contrary to SC judgement In what was widely expected, the Claude Alvares …
Several influential quarters have allegedly continued to lift sand at different spots in Moulvibazar’s Srimangal, defying the existing government restriction on sand lifting and transportation. Moreover, some groups have continued to lift sand using machines, putting the environment of the area at risk. And the lifted sand is being deposited …
Says this is being done to get environmental clearances PANJIM: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Monday that his government would send a list of 27 mining leases that have been identified for executing their lease deeds to the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) for granting environmental clearances (ECs), …
LAHORE: Though turtles are resilient specie and they are considered living fossils for their adaptability to their environment, they are facing imminent threat to their survival in Pakistan because of human activity and their mass killing and smuggling. This transpired during a media trip to Sukkur, organised by the World …
Despite a ban imposed on sand lifting from the tea gardens, a section of unscrupulous people are unlawfully extracting sand and cutting hill trees in an unplanned manner in the district. As a result, two bridges and a culvert collapsed and thousands of tea saplings are going down the earth, …
The Central Empowered Committee (CEC), appointed by the Supreme Court, would submit its report on illegal mining in Odisha to the apex court within four weeks, said sources. As per earlier reports, the CEC was supposed to give its report to the court on Monday. Sources said the CEC has …
With the rising price of river sand, the illegal sand-mining lobbies have started turning their attention once again to the poorly guarded coastlines in rural Kozhikode. People attached to a coastal vigilance committee from Chombal say that the entire coastline in their region is currently under the hold of illegal …
In July, a CEC team had found discrepancies in data showed by mines leaseholders and Odisha govt regarding lease boundary and mineral extraction The central empowered committee (CEC), appointed by the Supreme Court, will submit its report on status of illegal mining in Odisha to the top court on September …
HYDERABAD: Chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu has declared a war against illegal mining in the state, which has caused a huge loss of revenue to the state. Interestingly, the Drive against the illegal mining of baryte will begin in Kadapa, which has had a notorious history of plundering the mineral …
Centre wants Coal India to take over active mines if all blocks are cancelled or firms be allowed to continue production until these are re-auctioned On a day when the Centre and industry bodies seemed divided on the way forward for captive coal miners, the Supreme Court reserved its order …
The Government left it to the Supreme Court to do what it thought best about the 218 illegal coal block allocations, including 40 operational blocks, and said it was “not insisting on any particular course of action”. The Ministry of Coal filed an affidavit on Monday, signalling the Supreme Court …
A Special Investigation Team of the Karnataka Lok Ayukta will investigate 137 forest department officials for allegedly receiving illegal iron ore mining related bribes from a close aide of the under trial former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy. As many as 37 forest personnel who were bribed by the Reddy …
The mining department in the last five months tightened the noose on illegal mining and registered 91 cases in Ajmer, Beawer and Sanwar blocks of the city and collected penalty amount of about Rs 39 lakh. Five FIRs were registered and five persons were arrested in the region for illegal …
Joaquim Alemao, Praful Hede likely to be summoned for questioning PANJIM: As the investigation into over 12 cases of illegal mining, involving several high-profile persons continues, the special investigation team (SIT) has asked the Centre for the Justice M B Shah Commission’s final report on illegal mining in the State, …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the Delhi government to put a stop to illegal mining carried out on the Yamuna riverbed at Wazirabad and Jagatpur bund area, noting that the rampant illegal sand mining was making neighbouring residential areas vulnerable to floods. The NGT issued a notice to the …
The Supreme Court on Monday took serious note of the government’s plea that 46 out of the 218 coal blocks allocated illegally be spared but pointed out that these captive coal blocks could contribute only 7 per cent of the total coal demand of the country for the past 22 …
In a pragmatic move, the Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court it had no problem with cancelling all extant coal mine leases among the 218 ones declared illegal by the court last week and that it was willing to auction these blocks afresh. But the government pleaded that it …
