Illegal mining: HC raps authorities
Seeks report from Rohtak Divisional Commissioner, Karnal DC Just a month after the Haryana Government was told to look into land grab and illegal mining along the banks of the Yamuna in Karnal district,
View Article2014: A year when more of green Goaturned into grey concrete
Goa's fragile and already-stressed environment is under serious threat with the scale of destruction only increasing as time passes by. As events unfolding during the year 2014 have shown, a sizeable part
View ArticleHydro electric project dumps waste in Ganga
At a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is stressing on efforts to clean the Ganga river and ensure its free flow, companies involved in hydro power projects in Uttarakhand continue to flout...
View ArticleHydro power project companies flout pollution norms
While Prime Minister Narendra Modi continues to stress on the need for achieving a balance between development and environmental conservation, companies involved in construction of hydro electricity...
View ArticleCentre appoints task-force to help build consensus on river inter-linking
The Centre has set up a task force to look into various contentious issues relating to inter-linking of rivers. Role of this panel of experts will be to forge a consensus among states that are not on the
View ArticleGovernment seeks time for Uttarakhand hydel projects’ feasibility report
The government has asked the Supreme Court for six months to undertake a complete assessment of the feasibility of allowing construction of six new hydropower projects in Uttarakhand. The environment
View ArticleJudgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal sand mining,...
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Paramjeet Singh Kalsi V/s MoEF and Ors. dated 15/05/2015 regarding environmental degradation due to illegal sand
View ArticleJudgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding commercial activities in...
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Kashinath Jairam Shetye & Others Vs Dempo Towers & Others dated 29/05/2015 regarding stay of all commercial...
View ArticleSand Minig: Centre mulls sustainable policy
With sand mining being a contentious issue in many states, the Centre has said that it will soon unveil a national policy on “sustainable” sand mining. The Centre said that the policy will aim to ensure
View ArticleWhy shouldn’t you pay Rs 5 crore as penalty, NGT asks Bakreswar Thermal Power...
KOLKATA: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), on Monday, directed the Bakreswar Thermal Power Project (BkTPP) to show cause why it should not be penalized for polluting the Chandrabhaga and Bakreswar Rivers
View ArticleAfter a decade, Athirapilly project gets green light
The 163-MW Athirappilly hydroelectric project, proposed across the Chalakudy river, has received the go-ahead from the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) for River Valley and Hydroelectric Projects....
View ArticleKen-Betwa river link project's EIA inadequate and flawed, say...
In a scathing letter to the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC), environmentalists and former senior bureaucrats have exposed inadequacies in the environment impact assessment
View ArticleWorld Bank to fund Hooghly riverfront revamp
KOLKATA: The Hooghly riverfront in Kolkata will get a makeover with World Bank sanctioning funds under the National Ganga River Basin Project scheme. The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA)
View ArticleExpert blames it on years of sand mining
D. Padmalal, senior scientist attached to Centre for Earth Science Studies, says the mud banks in river Pampa are nothing but parts of the original riverbed and not any fresh deposit. The mud banks
View ArticleNTPC gets NGT notice for sand mining in Gadarwara thermal plant
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notices to NTPC and Bridge and Roof Company (India) Ltd for alleged illegal excavation of sand for construction of 1,600 MW thermal power station at Gardarwara
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal mining in the river...
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of National Green Tribunal Bar Association Vs. MoEF & Ors. dated 02/11/2015 regarding illegal, unauthorized and unscientific mining in the river
View ArticleAll sand mining on Yamuna banks banned
NGT directs UP govt to seize all material and machinery used The National Green Tribunal on Monday banned sand mining on the Yamuna banks after a plea alleged that some private firms were engaged in
View ArticleGreens frown on Centre’s river sand mining norms
State legislation seen as more appropriate for Kerala Experts and environment activists have expressed reservations about the new guidelines issued by the Central government on regulation of river sand
View ArticleMoEF Plan to Decentralise EIA Mechanism Draws Flak
The draft proposal by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to further decentralise the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) mechanism with regard to sand and gravel mining has raised...
View ArticleEnvironment faces threat from barrage on Pranahita
Conservationists demand ‘sincere’ environmental impact assessmentof the project Though it looks altruistic, the plan to develop one lakh acres of ayacut in the eastern parts of Adilabad district, in
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