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) …
The government today assured to give additional compensation to the families of the 67 fisherman who lost their lives when cyclone Phyan hit the state last year. The Opposition crticised the government for a giving compensation of only Rs 50,000 to the victims
Several fields in Ambeshi and Devulwada, Pale, were rendered uncultivable due to the mining silt in the area. According to sources, the silt which was on the roads has entered into the fields, thereby damaging crops. Speaking to Herald, Devanand Gawas of Devulwada Pale said there are several companies which …
The Union Government has asked Attorney General Goolam E Vahanvati to file a curative petition in the Supreme Court in the Bhopal gas leak case, asking it to set aside the 1996 judgment of a Bench headed by then chief justice of India A M Ahmadi, which had ordered the …
MANY years of regulatory neglect have resulted in a growing disquiet towards mining in India. Distributive and environmental conflicts are evident in many mineral states. State collusion with the mining industry supports the view that the government does not always reflect the interest of the people. National and local regulatory …
Luck plays in strange ways. I was reaching for my scooter when the telephone rang in my office-cum-residence in Bhopal. I opened the gate, unlocked the door downstairs, ran up the steps to the first floor and opened the door to my apartment. Normally the caller would have given up, …
The group of ministers (GoM) has not made it clear whether Dow Chemicals, the company that acquired UCC in 2001, is to be held liable for the threat to public safety as a result of the toxic waste the pesticide factory dumped on its premises. It has only said the …
There is 1.1 million tonnes of highly contaminated soil at the plant site, according to an estimate by the National Environment Engineering and Research Institute (NEERI) in Nagpur. It needs to be treated and safely disposed of. The report said up to two metres of soil will need to be …
Bill To Work Against Interests Of Victims In Case Of Nuclear Mishaps: BJP Leader To Parliamentary Panel SENIOR BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, who appeared before Parliament
On the grimy, filth-lined streets of Bhopal's walled city that were stalked by death more than 25 years back, the outrage following the June 7 judgement in the gas tragedy criminal case by a local Chief Judicial Magistrate's (CJM) court has slowly made way for quiet dejection. In the prevailing …
July 11: Anti-Posco activists on Sunday held a massive rally at Balidhipa near Paradip and vowed not to allow the South Korean steel major to establish its proposed 12-million tonne steel plant in the area. They also burnt down copies of the recently announced special compensation package for the project-affected …
G. Prabhakaran Demand to set up tribunal to decide on compensation People's struggle is supported by environmentalists PALAKKAD: The agitation against alleged exploitation of groundwater by soft drink major Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd. at Plachimada, a remote village in Perumatty grama panchayat in Chittur taluk, completed 3,000 days on …
The Orissa govern ment announced special package for people who are going to be displaced by the proposed 12-million-tonne Posco project near Paradip in Orissa
Bokaro, July 8: Built in the late 60s to supply water to Bokaro steel plant and the township, Tenughat dam is now looking to increase capacity by more than 40 per cent to fulfil growing demand from new industries, Dhanbad and even parts of Bengal. Tenughat dam, whose concrete canal …
Bhubaneswar: Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik said on Thursday that the Regional Peripheral Development Advisory Committee (RPDAC) is going to announce an attractive package for villagers going to be affected by Posco-India
BHUBANESWAR: The administration on Thursday tried to sell its fresh rehabilitation package on Posco project to the displaced claiming the new offer is all steel and not gas. With the project hanging fire over land acquisition, the Government and the company have given the much-needed push to convince those vigorously …
