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 …
Altogether 156 rhinos were killed, including 40 during the current year alone, by poachers in Assam, a senior minister said. In 1999, only six rhinos were killed, minister for forest and environment Rakibul Hussain said here yesterday. The rhino population, however, increased from 1,762 in 1999 to 2,544 this year, …
Dumping of waste into drains, saving flora and fauna and adherence to environmental norms by industries were issues that engaged National Green Tribunal which gave a blow to the construction sector by banning sand mining nation-wide without due clearance in the year 2013. Three years after its inception, the NGT …
PRP Exports is currently facing charges of illegal quary operations in Tamil Nadu The Supreme Court has dismissed a Special Leave Petition filed by PRP Exports, the granite company which is facing charges of illegal quarry operations in Tamil Nadu, seeking the apex court to allow the company to operate …
The State government has notified the Karnataka Minor Mineral Concession (Amendment) Rules 2013, with provisions to streamline mining, transportation and storage of sand. The State government has notified the Karnataka Minor Mineral Concession (Amendment) Rules 2013, with provisions to streamline mining, transportation and storage of sand. Addressing a press conference …
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today virtually admonished the State of Punjab for not performing its duties to check illegal mining in the State; and set a month’s deadline to complete investigations and submit its report. The HC on the previous date of hearing, had rapped the Punjab Police …
Consequent to the order of the Supreme Court and the National Green Tribunal banning sand mining from river beds, the Office of The Deputy Commissioner, East Khasi Hills District, and the Basin Development Unit of the District under the Mission Green of the Integrated Basin Development and Livelihood Promotion Programme …
Investigations into Jabalpur iron ore mining case in which top officials of city-based Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) have been booked have revealed that huge quantities of the mineral allegedly to be illegally extracted from the mine finally reached China. The case came into limelight this September as CBI booked …
Misuse of transit permit for felled trees in the district by timber smugglers has become rampant. Many people in Palamu are cutting trees illegally on raiyyat land and smuggling timber using permits issued by the district forest office. No raiyyat can cut a tree on his land or transport logs …
The State Cabinet on Thursday decided to adhere to the guidelines suggested by the Supreme Court that iron ore henceforth mined from 51 ‘C’ category mines, would be used domestically and only for captive purposes. Briefing reporters after the Cabinet meeting, Law Minister T B Jayachandra said the government would …
The Madras High Court on Thursday declined to order a fresh probe into alleged illegal mining of beach sand in southern districts of the State. Passing orders on a batch of petitions which sought various reliefs including an enquiry, the Bench comprising Justices M.Jaichandren and M.Venugopal pointed out that the …
Despite the ban on sand mining, the mafia has continued with mining and illegal transportation of sand, thanks to the lack of coordination between police and revenue officials and the absence of a special squad to prevent sand mining. On December 5 the district collector had imposed a complete ban …
Uttar Pradesh government has admitted before the National Green Tribunal that largescale illegal sand mining had been going on in Gautam Budh Nagar district of the state and said it has arrested 120 persons in this connection. The State government also assured a bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter …
The Madras High Court Bench here on Tuesday ordered notice to the Secretary of Public Works Department (PWD) and the Director of Department of Geology and Mines on a public interest litigation petition seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID) inquiry into alleged illegal …
The ban on river sand-mining has hardly made any impact on the activity, as illegal miners are now busy carting away impure sand from coastal regions. Big and small scale construction sectors are now depending on this illegal supply and pay extra money to the suppliers. Small groups of miners …
About 284 deer which were donated by the Prince of Dubai have 'mysteriously' gone missing from the Laal Sohanra National Park while the management has set up a committee to ferret out facts surrounding the mystery. According to details, a month ago, Assistant Director Wildlife was given the charge of …
At least 28 rhinos have been killed by poachers in Assam this year, with 14 of them being killed in the Kaziranga National Park alone. In a Lok Sabha reply to a question by Ramen Deka, the Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Jayanthi Natarajan, denied deployment of unmanned …
The state government has asked district collectors and SPs to crack the whip on stone crushers units, violating environment norms. In a letter sent to the home and revenue and disaster management departments, forest secretary R K Sharma said many stone crushers units were still functioning, flouting the 'site' (where …
After identifying possible routes used by tigers to migrate, a 30km corridor has been constructed on the western part of the district, merging with the Indian territory for safe passage of the animals. The corridor was constructed to fulfil an international commitment made as part of the ‘Save Tiger Campaign’. …
African and Asian countries agreed measures on Tuesday to curb the illegal trade in ivory which threatens to decimate Africa's elephant population, organizers of a conservation conference said. The "African Elephant Summit" issued a list of measures that governments had agreed to, including setting tough sentences for poaching and trafficking, …
The scale of the elephant poaching epidemic could lead to local populations becoming extinct, an IUCN report says Africa will lose one-fifth of its elephants in the next decade if the continent's poaching crisis is not stopped, data published on Monday shows. There were about 10 million African elephants (Loxodonta …
