Mumbai: The Adani Mines Private Ltd will have to do the "impossible" if it has to go ahead with its proposed coal mining project at Lohara, on the outskirts of Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR), in Chandrapur district. It will have to "create a similar forest with identical biodiversity" to maintain continuity of the forest corridor stretching to South India.
Mumbai: India's tigers are losing ground by the day, forcing them to explore enemy environs. The enemy is us, who poach tigers and encroach on their land, reducing the big cats to just about 1,400 across the country.
MPs ask Manmohan Singh to prevent coal mining near tiger reserve politicians cutting across party lines have opposed coal mining near the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra. Till recently they were pushing for fast-tracking clearance to the mining project proposed by the Adani Enterprises. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, members of the Parliament (MPs) from
Mumbai Leopards have always existed peacefully around human habitation, but in regions where they were repeatedly pushed back to the forest, animal-human conflicts have inevitably increased, says a study on human-leopard conflict called Project Waghoba carried out by a Pune-based NGO Kaati group.
MUMBAI: In a major setback to Adani Powers, the principal chief conservator of forests (PCCF) has rejected its proposal for operating a captive coal mine in the vicinity of Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) for its 1000 MW power plant in Gondia, home town of civil aviation minister Praful Patel.
Mumbai: In a major boost to the efforts of conservationists opposing mining near Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) in Chandrapur district, union minister of state for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh has said mining will not be allowed near the reserve.
Mumbai: Despite clear indications from the principal chief conservator of forests (WL) about the adverse effects of mining project in Lohara forest, the state forest minister seems to be determined to overlook the letter and continue with the mining proposal of Adani Power Limited. It is learnt that the efforts are on to get it approved by the state forest ministry within next ten days.
It was reported in November 2007, that the Ministry of Coal allotted M/s Adani Power Ltd. a block for open cast coal mining in Lohara, Chandrapur district of Maharashtra. The block is six kilometres from Chandrapur city and measures 1,750 ha. This vast area is a combination of 1,598.71 ha of Reserve Forest, 86.66 ha of government owned land and 64.63 ha of private land.
Mumbai: Environmentalists are worried about the turn of things in the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR), considered the best tiger reserve in Maharashtra. The man-tiger conflict in this Chandrapur forest area, which had grown alarmingly in the last three years, has suddenly come to an end in the past five months.
NAGPUR: TWO workers were killed and one was injured when the slab of an underground coalmine of Western Coal-fields Limited (WCL) caved in near Chandrapur on Sunday. Raju Bhandari (46) and Bapurao Yenpalliwar (50) died and San-jay Upare (34) was injured when the mishap occurred at the Mana underground mine today afternoon.
