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) …
For all its visible activism, it is not clear why the Union environment ministry has remained slow in activating the National Green Tribunal (NGT) which came into being in October 2010. No appointments have been made to the NGT after Parliament passed the NGT Act last October. The ministry has …
PARADIP: Leakage of acid water from the Paradeep Phosphates Limited (PPL) pipelines has posed a threat to the aquatic life affecting the livelihood of over 500 fishermen here. Sources said due to the leakage acid water from gypsum pipeline of PPL entered into rivers, creeks and prawn gheris in the …
MORE than 2,000 people from five villages of Odisha’s Angul district formed a human chain on January 5 to protest acquisition of Jamuda forest land by the Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL). Under the banner of Anchalika Jindal Khyatigrastha Praja Samiti, residents of Sankerejenge, Badakerejenge, Sadanandpur, Duhidabeda and Jamuda …
CUTTACK: In the face of rising concerns over an agrarian crisis fuelled by vagaries of nature and leading to farmers' suicides, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has asserted optimum focus on agriculture and boosting food production in the State. The Chief Minister, in his address after hoisting the National Flag and …
Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Wednesday said that efforts were being made to make the state self-reliant in power by 2012. The CM also announced that there was a plan to set up 1,500 mw gas based power plant in Faridabad. The CM, who was addressing the Republic …
The Madhya Pradesh Government has demanded Rs 1,505 crore as part of the special package from the Centre to compensate farmers whose crops were damaged by the recent cold wave and frost. However, the Centre is yet to provide any compensation. Parliamentary Affairs Minister and the State Government spokesman Narottam …
Bhopal: Gas Tragedy, Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Babulal Gaur today visited claim courts at old district court in Shahjehanabad locality and talked to the gas claimants about the arrangements for distribution of compensation. In charge Registrar Bharat Bhushan Shrivastava informed that a sum of Rs 39 crore 82 lakh against …
Sri Lanka's Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Ministry has launched a new insurance scheme for fisher families. Under the new scheme, the family of any fisherman who meets with an accident or any other issue at sea would be paid a sum of Rs. 100,000. Fisheries Minister Dr. Rajitha Senarathna says …
The State Government has Sanctioned Rs Five Crore for providing compensation to the farmers, whose crops have been damaged by frost and cold wave in Raisen district. The Relief Commissioner has released order in this connection.
LAHORE: The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has paid the remaining sum of Rs 3 billion to the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government for the compensation of built-up property belonging to the affectees of the Mangla Dam raising project. According to a statement issued on Tuesday, the total …
The work of distributing compensation among the farmers of Indore district against crop loss due to cold wave will begin from Tuesday after completion of survey, which will be completed on Monday. Rs 20 crore compensation is expected to be distributed in the district. The work is being done on …
A survey done by Kerala government in October shows 2,210 people from 11 gram panchayats in Kasaragod are affected by endosulfan. But the muted figure did not go down well with activists fighting for endosulfan victims as the survey was done in three-four days and covered only a part of …
The Madhya Pradesh Government on Friday announced a Rs 500 crore relief package for farmers. Besides, announcing a waiver of taxes, suspension of loan recoveries by moneylenders and relaxations in the compensation criteria. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, while talking to mediapersons said, "In view of the failure of crop …
NARAYANA Vokalliga from Belur village in Kasaragod breathed his last on November 20 just as his son was explaining how his father had suffered from exposure to endosulfan for 30 years. The former employee of the Plantation Corporation of Kerala used to spray the toxic pesticide manually in the corporation’s …
The State Government has allotted Rs. 21.5 crore as compensation for damage caused to crops following the northeast monsoon rainfall in Tuticorin District in the second phase. Following the rainfall, various crops suffered damages to an extent of 83, 000 hectares across the district. After making an on-the-spot assessment, crop …
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests B K Singh has said a proposal has been submitted to the State Government to hike the compensation being paid for death due to elephant attack from the current Rs two lakhs to ` five lakhs. Similarly, ` 25,000 has been recommended for crop loss. …
Villagers affected by Melamchi Drinking Water Project in Sindhupalchowk have demanded that the government introduce a compensation and development package. “The government should come up with programmes to help the villages affected by the project,” said Chandra Bahadur Thapa, who chairs a committee representing the 14 VDCs hit by the …
The Supreme Court C appointed Central Empowerment Committee (CEC) probe into the Reddy brothers' mining contracts in Andhra Pradesh has revealed how the state government had acted on mere "presumption" without going into the field to renew the lease contract of one of the three mining areas measuring 25.98 hectares …
Jaishankar Jayaramiah Public sector power major National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) is likely to delay implementing its 4,000 mw super critical thermal power project in Bijapur district, with local farmers demanding more compensation in return for their agricultural land, official sources said. The state government has fixed Rs 4.75 lakh …
