Some Running For More Than 20 Years
Nitin Sethi | TNN
New Delhi: Is it possible to operate hundreds of illegal mines in India for years on end without being detected or prosecuted? And can their illegal operations be legitimized in one stroke and turned into
Bishnu Dash / Kolkata/ Bhubaneswar May 20, 2010, 0:13 IST
The Orissa government is likely to collect Rs 2400 crore from the deposits made towards the Net Present Value (NPV) of trees in the forest land diverted for mining and industrial use.
On Friday, the Supreme Court in its first hearing of the forest law violations in the Orissa mining scam asked the state government to file compliance report on the recommendations of the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) within six weeks.
NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR: The report of the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) on illegal mining is a virtual indictment of the State Government which has so far rejected consistent Opposition demand for a CBI probe into the multi-crore scam.
The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) of the Supreme Court of India has inferred that illegal mining was going on in Orissa for a long time in violation of the forest conservation act, air and water act and various norms of environmental clearance.
Bhubaneswar: The Orissa government on Tuesday said it would respond to the interim report submitted by the Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee on environment.
New Delhi: The Naveen Patnaik government appears headed for serious trouble as the Supreme Court on Monday sought its response on its environment panel
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Union Ministry for Environment and Forests to examine the environmental impact caused by the cutting of over 6,000 trees for Noida's much talked about Bhim Rao Ambedkar Park project being executed by the Mayawati Government in Uttar Pradesh.
