Reply affidavit filed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Debadityo Sinha & Others Vs Union of India & Others. An application filed before the NGT said that illegal construction activities and clearing the vegetation and forest using massive earthwork and levelling the land …
Regional gravity and magnetic surveys were carried out over the Archaeoan-Proterozoic Crystallines of Betul district, Madhya Pradesh covering an area of 130 sq.km. Uranium mineralization in the area is hoted by the graphitic schist unit of older metasediments of Sonaghati and Junawani areas. Original Source
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Shramik Adivasi Sangathan Vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 12/08/2016 regarding illegal excavations by various private persons including contractors and violations of the Forest Conservation Act, 1980 in Harda, Betul and Khandwa Districts of Madhya Pradesh. HISTORY …
Central zone bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered closing of mining leases of 18 mines in Betul district approved by the district-level environmental committee on grounds that they were not approved by a competent authority. Hearing the petition filed by Bhupendra Gupta, NGT bench comprising Justice Dalip …
National Green Tribunal (NGT), Bhopal bench, has served notices to the state government for violation of environmental laws in issuance of lease for sand mining in Betul and Hoshangabad districts. District-level environment committee gave the nod for the lease. Major and minor mining leases have been allotted in 10 km …
BHOPAL: A village panchayat in Betul district of Madhya Pradesh has been selected for the National Award for outstanding work under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA). Village panchayatSakadehi in Betul is one of the eleven such village panchayats in the country that have been selected for this …
In India the mining operations have degraded significant area of land and have replaced the ecosystem of the mined out areas with the undesirable waste materials in form of overburden dumps. The process of coal extraction drastically alters the physical and biological nature of the mined out areas, so the …
Bhopal: A woman tehsildar had a narrow escape from being mowed down by an earth extractor machine in Madhya Pradesh’s Dewas district on Tuesday when she tried to stop illegal mining. The incident comes barely a month after an IPS Officer Narendra Kumar was crushed to death by the mining …
Anita Bai Narre insisted on a toilet as precondition for living at husband's place As if to buttress Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's emphasis on drinking water and sanitation in his reply to the motion of thanks to the President's address, a young woman was rewarded for her successful insistence on …
The paper deals with the relationship between the tribal communities and the NTFP used for their livelihood and nutrition in the forests of Betul District of Madhya Pradesh and Melghat District of Maharashtra with special reference to Gond and Korku tribal communities. The study area includes tribal dominated forests.
With a view to implementing Nandan Orchard scheme under National Horticulture Mission, ten districts have been selected in Madhya Pradesh. Under the scheme, around hundred beneficiaries will be selected for imparting training to them. They will be provided inputs to work under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Mission Act. …
Forest Minister and In-Charge minister of Betul district Shri Sartaj Singh said that poverty of tribal communities will be wiped out through the forests and the schemes run by the forest department. He said that the tribal communities have the right to lead a life with respect and participate in …
THE forest departments of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat are forcibly evicting tribals from forestland. Around 50 huts of the Korku community in Madhya Pradesh were demolished on August 29. On July 30, forest guards assaulted tribals of the Kunbi community for cultivating in forestland in Dang district in Gujarat. The …
The Integrated Land and Eco System Management to Combat Land Degradation and Deforestation is being launched in Madhya Pradesh from August 10. On this occasion, a workshop will be organised at the Academy of Administration, Bhopal. Forest Minister Shri Sartaj Singh will be the chief guest at the workshop, which …
Hoshanganbad: JN Kansotia, Commissioner of Narmadapuram division, today instructed the officials of Water Resources Department to prepare projects of irrigation schemes in backward areas with no irrigation facilities. In a meeting of WRD officers in commissioner office on Thursday, he said that positive efforts should be made by the department …
Shashikant Trivedi / New Delhi/ Bhopal March 06, 2010, 0:45 IST To reverse the process of land degradation, improve ecosystem integrity services and functions, and improve human livelihoods in the target areas, the Madhya Pradesh government will pool in funds of Rs 512 crore from various departments. It will also …
An Integrated Project for Land and Eco System Management to Combat Forest Degradation and Deforestation in Madhya Pradesh is being implemented in Madhya Pradesh for checking land and forest degradation. The five-year project will be implemented in Betul, Chhindwara, Umaria and Sidhi districts. Forest Minister Sartaj Singh informed that the …
A green backdrop in the wake of the recent monsoon fails to hide the stumps of fullygrown Sagaun trees that once stood on Kashiram"s fields in Dadudhana village of Betul district. The septuagenarian Dalit, along with his son Ramcharan, still awaits payment from a dodgy contractor who logged 200 trees …
In order to improve electricity supply Madhya Pradesh Central Region Power Distribution Company has taken various steps in 16 districts. The company informed that works worth Rs 106 crore are underway at Guna and Ashok Nagar districts, which are being carried out by NECL (NTPC). Similarly, work orders worth Rs …
The Satpura Thermal Power Station is situated at Sarni, District Betul, Madhya Pradesh. The study deals with the assessment of the impact of thermal power plant activities on water quality of nearby area, industrial wastes has serious consequences from the point of view of pollution of streams and rivers in …
