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) …
South Africa took a step on Tuesday to hasten the transfer of land from white to black owners when parliament backed a motion seeking to change the constitution to allow land expropriation without compensation. The ruling African National Congress has long promised reforms to redress racial disparities in land ownership …
A Fair Share for Women: Toward More Equitable Land Compensation and Resettlement in Tanzania and Mozambique finds that, despite constitutional commitments to gender equality, governments in Tanzania and Mozambique are not protecting poor, rural women from harmful commercial land deals. State officials’ failure to close gaps in land laws and …
JOHANNESBURG - AGRI-SA, the South African agricultural industry association, has raised concern at government’s plans to expropriate white owned land without compensation. Reacting to the State of the Nation Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa, the organisation said it was extremely worried about the contradictory statements related to acknowledging agriculture as …
Roorkee: Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Commission (UERC) has slapped a stiff joint penalty of almost Rs 4.8 lakh on two senior engineers of the department for “an inordinate delay in providing new service connections to consumers in their jurisdiction.” The fine will be recovered from the salaries of the engineers in …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mandakini Badh Prabhavit Samiti Vs. L & T Uttaranchal Hydropower Ltd. dated 20/02/2018 regarding environmental compensation for the flood resulting in disaster on 16-17, June 2013 from L & T Uttaranchal Hydropower Ltd. while it was establishing Singoli-Bhatwari Hydro project …
The National Green Tribunal today rapped the J&K; Government over its failure to submit a plan for the rehabilitation of horses and mules, which have been barred from plying from Katra to the Vaishno Devi cave shrine. Noting that no document has been submitted to show compliance, the green panel …
PANJIM: National Green Tribunal (NGT) declined to grant relief to two locals who had sought a permanent ban on hosting of mega events like Sunburn in a property at Anjuna. The Tribunal also refused to direct the authorities concerned, corporate bodies and individuals to grant them compensation of Rs 1 …
Thiruvananthapuram: Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking central assistance for providing compensation to endosulfan victims. Vijayan has demanded that the Centre should bear 50% of cost as the order for compensation was issued by national human rights commission. As per the decision taken by …
The joint clean air campaign of the Union Environment Ministry and the Delhi government has seen 4,347 violations, and 1,892 instances of slapping of penalties, leading to collection of Rs 54 crore over the past week, officials said on Monday. The "Clean Air for Delhi" campaign was launched jointly by …
PANJIM: The apex iron ore exporter’s body in Goa said that stoppage of mining activities in the State, as directed by the Supreme Court, will adversely affect revenue worth Rs 3400 crore to the State and those dependent on the business. Goa Mineral Ore Exporters Association in a letter to …
Fined Rs 75 lakh, violators, backed by farmer unions, refuse to pay The Punjab Remote Sensing Centre recorded almost 43,800 stubble-burning incidents after the paddy harvesting season in the state last year, the highest till date. While the authorities had imposed around Rs 75 lakh fine on the offenders, a …
BICHOLIM: Mining affected farmers from villages in Bicholim on Friday demonstrated in the town demanding immediate payment of compensation for their damaged farms. The farmers claim that their land has been destroyed due to mining and the land has become barren. “Many natural water reservoirs in our village have dried …
Complaints by residents over an unclear roadmap on compensation threaten to derail the construction of the Sh6 billion Eldoret Southern bypass. A spot check by the Sunday Nation last week revealed that the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) and the National Lands Commission (NLC) have already earmarked the areas to …
The gold mines may at last be making progress with the prevention of silicosis among miners, figures presented at the Mining Indaba in Cape Town suggest. Graham Briggs, retired CEO of Harmony Gold, and part of the Occupational Lung Diseases Working Group, said silicosis diagnoses had dropped 24% from 853 …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of S. P. Muthuraman Vs Union of India & Others dated 13/02/2018. M/s SSM Builders and Promoters has moved this Application for direction to refund the amount of Rs. 36 crores deposited by it with TNPCB along with the interest accrued …
The district administration today reiterated prohibition on the use of plastic carry bags. The ban order hasn’t brought desired results. As the plastic and polythene carry bags are widely used in markets despite its negative impact on environment and clogging sewerage lines are known. The lawmakers of the state made …
In a state ridden by man-animal conflict, the Uttarakhand Government is contemplating increasing the ex-gratia and other compensation amount provided to wildlife attack victims. The wildlife authorities have proposed a hike in the ex-gratia amount from the existing Rs 3 lakh to Rs 5 lakh to the families of individuals, …
Judgement of the High Court of Kerala in the matter of M. T. Thomas & Others Vs Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Thiruvananthapuram dated 05/02/2018 regarding spoiling of agriculture due to the attack of wild animals. The petitions have been filed by the agriculturalists who own or occupy lands in …
In a bid to make the city noise pollution-free, the Chandigarh Traffic Police have initiated a no-honking campaign under which motorists will be sensitised about it and administered a pledge to support the campaign. The police are also distributing stickers, meant for steering wheels of vehicles with ‘I will not …
A new political dawn in Zimbabwe has sparked talk among farmers of land reform and the return of some whites who lost their land and livelihoods to President Robert Mugabe during a 37-year rule that drove the economy to collapse. Mugabe, 93, resigned in November after the army and his …
