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 budgetary allocation for providing compensation to those who suffer from financial losses due to human-wildlife conflicts has been increased. In order to provide immediate financial help to those who suffer the consequences of loss of human life, cattle or crop caused by wildlife, the Uttarakhand Forest Department has increased …
The State Government has been requested to initiate legal measures to force Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages to pay compensation to the people of the Plachimada village in Palakkad district affected by the alleged environmental damage its bottling plant had inflicted on the area. Representatives of a mass movement that spearheaded the …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: An organisation that had spearheaded the agitation against the Coca-Cola bottling plant at Plachimada village in Palakkad district has urged the government to initiate legal measures to force the multinational soft drink company to pay compensation to the people of the village affected by the environmental damage the bottling …
Kanika Datta / New Delhi April 20, 2010, 1:21 IST Getting the requisite numbers to pass the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill 2010 in the Lok Sabha may be the least of the United Progressive Alliance
The interests of both the State and the Maoists are served by reducing the complex and many-layered tragedy unfolding in the forests of Dantewada to a battle between Good and Evil. For the Maoists, the people are subordinate to the revolution; for the government, the people are a minor expendable …
Announces compensation of Rs 1.5 cr per acre The first urban residential estate of Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA), Airport City, today moved another step forward with the formal announcement of cash compensation for 771.34 acres of land under acquisition for the independent township in the vicinity of upcoming …
Ganjam district Traditional Fishworkers' Union submits memorandum Fish population has been affected, say the union leaders Government urged to take a policy decision BERHAMPUR: The traditional marine fishermen living on the coast of Ganjam district in Orissa on Friday demanded compensation for their loss of livelihood due to the fuel …
Manish Basu The crop damage caused by tornado that devastated parts of West Bengal and Bihar on Wednesday may amount to Rs 20-25 crore, according to initial estimates. The storm ripped through nearly one lakh homes in West Bengal's North Dinajpur and Jalpaiguri districts and East Bihar killing over 100 …
Coca-cola has been asked to pay Rs 216.26 crore against damages caused by its cola bottling plant at Plachimada. On March 22, a high powered committee of the Kerala government recomended the cola giant should compensate people for polluting their water resources. The sum is meant to compensate for agricultural …
Deputy Commissioner Channappa Gowda has said that discussion will be held with the Government with regard to compensation and rehabilitation of the farmers who are readily handing over their lands for implementation of Bhadra Upper Canal Project at Lakkavalli region in Tarikere taluk. Addressing the meet of farmers and leaders …
The process of land acquisition between Asanboni in Seraikela-Kharsawan and Galudih in East Singhbhum for the proposed four-laning of NH-33 will begin soon. Road construction department secretary N.N. Sinha said the survey for project, covering a stretch of 110km (Asanboni to Galudih), which had begun three months ago, had been …
The mines ministry, in a unique move, has proposed that companies that receive a mining lease will from now have to mandatorily make people residing in the project area stakeholders. Companies will need to offering at least 26 per cent shares through the promoter
Even as the work on National Highway-4 is expected to be completed by July this year, thousands of applications seeking upward revision of compensation for land acquisition are awaiting disposal. As much as 17.46 lakh square meters of land has been acquired for the stretch from K R Puram to …
There was tension between farmers and officials near Ranauli Latifpur village in Dadri as farmers were trying to stall the laying of Indian Oil pipeline in the village. Villagers alleged that the police had been deployed in the area to quell their protests. Farmers are demanding land compensation on the …
The situation is tense in the villages of Greater Noida after the farmers, whose land was acquired by the government, staged protest and stopped builders from continuing work in the villages of Parthalakhanjarpur, Dadri and Bisrakh on Monday. Surendra Verma, Superintendent of Police (Rural), said, nearly 200 farmers were arrested …
Priscilla Jebaraj NEW DELHI: A Kerala Government panel's ruling on the damages Coca-Cola must pay villagers affected by pollution from its Palakkad bottling plant is likely to rekindle the debate on the compensation limits set by the Nuclear Liability Bill. If the soft drinks giant is asked to pay Rs. …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The high-power committee constituted by the Kerala government to study the extent of damage caused by the Coca-Cola plant at Plachimada in Palakkad district has recommended that a dedicated institution be set up to adjudicate individual claims for compensation. In its report submitted to Water Resources Minister N.K. Premachandran …
