CHENNAI: Opposition parties have come down heavily on the State government for its position on the Mullaperiyar dam issue.
AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa alleged that the government's decisions on river water disputes had turned out to be beneficial for neighbouring States and inimical to Tamil Nadu.
The Ministry of Environment and Forests is all set to overhaul the process of granting clearances through the Environment Impact Assessments (EIAs). Come June, consultants who prepare EIAs will have to be accredited by the Quality Council of India
Bhubaneswar: The Orissa government has constituted a five-member committee under the chairmanship of B Patnaik, director (mines), to prepare a report on the leasing of mines in the state. The report will be submitted to the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) appointed by the Supreme Court.
After weeks of dilly-dallying following opposition pressure and the SC's rejection of the State govt's demand to scrap the Empowered Committee, the Executive finally fell in line
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has constituted a high-level committee to verify legality of various mines to prevent illegal mining in the State following the direction of the central empowered committee (CEC) of the Supreme Court.
P M Raghunandan, Bangalore, April 19, DH News Service:
Environmentalists fighting against the development of the Mysore-Mananthavadi road cutting through Nagarahole reserve forest, have finally won their decade-old battle.
The State Government has reluctantly given up the road project in the interest of wildlife.
Apex Court Asks Survey Of India To Probe Allegations Of Encroachment
THE Supreme Court has extended the stay on mining activities by the Reddy Brothers in Andhra Pradesh. A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishanan and Justice Deepak Verma also directed the Survey of India (SoI) to probe allegations of encroachment in two mines owned by the Reddys and submit a report by April 22.
