The Darlaghat-based cement plant of Ambuja Cements Limited (ACL) has been forced to shut its operations since Monday following pending clearance of its mining lease.

The action follows the issuance of a notice by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on January 22 where the plant has been directed to stop its operations with immediate effect as it had failed to procure the mandatory clearance from the National Wildlife Board (NWB).

Up in arms against land acquisition, farmers from nearly 27 villages, mostly tribal, of Manavar Tehsil of Dhar district on Thursday protested against the acquisition of their land for the proposed

The United Democratic Party (UDP) on Thursday expressed concern over the proposed acquisition of land by the state government on behalf of the nine cement plants in Jaintia Hills to facilitate the

The State government has to look for lands for the thriving cement plants in Jaintia hills to fulfill the compensatory afforestation programmes as directed by the Apex court in 2011.

Land acquisition modalities on the anvil

SHILLONG: The State Government is preparing the modalities for acquisition of land on behalf of the nine cement plants in Jaintia Hills to facilitate the process of compensatory afforestation.

SHILLONG, January 21: The CSWO has objected the proposal of the State government to come up with a ‘tripartite agreement’ with the cement plants in Jaintia Hills.

Slamming the Uttarakhand government for encouraging industrial development in the ecologically sensitive region, environmentalist Anil Prakash Joshi opposed the proliferation of industries in the S

Proposal to buy, use land for afforestation programme

After as many as nine cement companies operating in Jaintia Hills were found to have violated provisions of the Forest Conservation Act, 1980, the said companies have now agreed to buy double of the land misused by them and subsequently use them as part of afforestation programmes.

SC judges suspected a lack of objective criteria in the selection

In the ongoing hearing on Thursday before the Supreme Court in the coal block allocation controversy, the government presented information sought by the judges on Wednesday about companies selected and rejected by the screening committee.