Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Abhishek Panwar Vs Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board & Others dated 20/05/2025. The miscellaneous application was registered on the basis of the report of the joint committee dated July 20, 2024 filed by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) …
A high-powered committee today asked the Madhya Pradesh government to release compensation to those victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy who are yet to receive any money from the government. The group of ministers (GoM) on the Bhopal gas disaster, chaired by home minister P Chidambaram, also gave its …
Endosulfan manufacturers formulators and welfare association (EMFWA) filed an amendment application on March 22 in the Bangalore High Court rubbishing the argument put forth by the Karnataka government to ban endosulfan in the state. Related Articles • Another Kasaragod • State of endosulfan • Endosulfan sufferers don't count • Centre …
FRESH guidelines by the Ministry of Environment and Forests to identify inviolate areas for wildlife have bypassed the Forest Rights Act of 2006. They threaten the interests of forest dwellers. Issued on February 7, they empower the Divisional Forest Officer and the Park Manager to arbitrarily identify areas in and …
BHILALA TRIBALS often assemble next to what used to be their village, Atursumba of Khargaon district in southeast Madhya Pradesh. Dwarfing them is a 100-feet-wide canal laid high above the ground. Water has seeped from the earthen embankments and submerged the village. “Now, we don’t sing harvest songs; the fun …
Jamshedpur, March 8: Grappling with an acute land crunch, the Adityapur Industrial Area Development Authority (Aiada), which is keen to expand base, has identified about 400 acres of government land in Baharagora and Seraikela in East Singhbhum and Seraikela-Kharsawan districts, respectively. The industrial authority turned its attention on government land …
RS Pura (Jammu): Even as Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said that the government is working for the betterment of the farming community, farmers of 169 villages in Bishnah and RS Pura tehsils of Jammu district are yet to receive compensation for losses suffered by them due to hailstorm in …
Industries Minister Narayan Rane has said the Jaitapur nuclear power project will go ahead and the government is willing to take those opposing the project to Tarapur power station to allay their fears. He, however, ruled out the possibility of making the project-affected people (PAPs) shareholders in the project, claiming …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests has withdrawn its latest guidelines for creating inviolate space for wildlife. The guidelines for creating Critical wildlife Habitat (CWH), issued on February 7, violated the Forest Rights Act, 2006, and threatened the interests of the forest dwellers (see: ‘Misguided rules’). The ministry also asked …
KOLKATA: In a bid to address the growing opposition to the Jaitapur nuclear power plant project, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) has finalized a new Rs 650 crore rehabilitation package, which it claims is "10 times" more effective than the existing one. The plant is an Indo-French joint …
Days after he was stopped from speaking against the government during a public hearing regarding the Jaitapur nuclear power project, local resident Milind Desai and 12 others were arrested by the Ratnagiri police on Tuesday for cases of rioting registered against them after an incident in December 2010. Desai was …
Top forest officials and members of the National Forest Rights Act Committee are on a collision course after the panel submitted its report to the government and stated that the Act was not implemented in its true spirit. A war of words ensued after the panel, formed by the environment …
The Supreme Court (SC) decided on Monday to revisit its 21-year-old judgment that allowed Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) to escape by paying a mere Rs750-crore compensation to hundreds of victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy, one of the world's most ghastly industrial disasters, of 1984. The decision comes on curative …
More than 26 years after a poisonous gas leak killed 10,000 people and maimed over a lakh in Bhopal, the Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review its judgments in the criminal and civil cases, which allegedly helped the accused get away with light punishment and Union Carbide pay meagre …
This is the Presentation delivered by Adiya Ghosh of Centre for Science and Environment, at International Conference on 'Compliance and Liability in Climate Change Negotiations' organized by CSE on 1 March 2011 at New Delhi. The presentation provides an introduction to liability and the Loss and Damage concept. It also …
Dhanbad, Feb. 27: Barely 40 hours after a mine lift snapped at a BCCL colliery in Chandmari, the roof of another in Kumardubi, owned by Eastern Coalfields Limited, caved in killing one person today. While pump operator Badal Bauri died on the spot, cable man Naresh Nonia sustained injuries. He …
We have been brought to believe that all wildlife is restricted to wildlife sanctuaries and tiger reserves. True, our forests are repositories of wild animals and plants, most of which would not be able to survive outside the protected ecosystems. But they make up 5 per cent of the country’s …
