Environment

Amendment to CRZ notification

Whereas by a notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Environment and Forests number S.O.19 (E), dated the 6th January, 2011 (hereinafter referred to as the CRZ notification), coastal stretches are declared as Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) and restrictions have been imposed on industries, operations and processes in

Publication Date: 
28/11/2014
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Industry, India
Environment

Environment Ministry publishes a compendium of gazette notifications and office memoranda under EIA Notification, 2006

Publication Date: 
28/11/2014
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), India, Environment, Industry, Environment Clearance (EC), Forest Clearance, Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, Public Hearing, Wildlife
Environment

State of environmental clearances in India: procedures, timelines and delays across sectors and states

Trade-off between economic development and environmental protection becomes critical for any country aspiring for high growth for achieving development objectives.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2014
Vaibhav Chaturvedi, Vaibhav Gupta, Nirmalya Choudhary, & et al
Council on Energy, Environment and Water
Tags:
Environment Clearance (EC), Industry, Industrial Pollution, Public Hearing, India, Forest Clearance, Wildlife, Coastal Regulation Zone Notification
Habitat And Urbanisation

Judgement of the Supreme Court of India regarding the illegal constructions raised by Gulf Goans Hotels, Goa, 22/09/2014

Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Gulf Goans Hotels Co. Ltd & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 22/09/2014 regarding allegedly illegal constructions raised by the appellants. The Court has noted that "The constructions raised by the appellants are not per se illegal in the conventional sense. They are not without permission and sanction of the competent authority.

Judgement Date: 
22/09/2014
Tags:
Beaches, Coastal Regulations, Goa, Hotels, Environment Act 1986, Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, Government Of India (GOI), Supreme Court
Environment

More Than 15,000 Buildings Along the Coastline Likely to be Enumerated

CHENNAI: More than 15,000 buildings along the coastline are likely to be enumerated by the Chennai Corporation for violation of Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification.

Publication Date: 
19/05/2014
New Indian Express (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Chennai (T), Buildings, Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, Housing Construction, Environment
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding construction work being carried out in Coastal Regulation Zone area where nothing could have been built upon, Mangalore, 02/04/2014

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Octavia Albuquerque & Ors. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 02/04/2014 regarding construction work being carried out in Coastal Regulation Zone area where nothing could have been built upon, Mangalore. The Applicant along with the main Petition have filed Annexure A-1-the Google imagery taken in the year 2010 which shows topography of large area forming a creek. Now the entire creek has been covered as a result of the project Proponent & Respondent No.

Judgement Date: 
02/04/2014
Tags:
Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, Mangalore, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Remote Sensing, Karnataka
Habitat And Urbanisation

Coastal Regulation Zone - Question raised in Lok Sabha, 10/02/2014

Statement of the Minister of Environment and Forests in response to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 274 for 10 February 2014, asked by Shri Naranbhai Kachhadia and Shri Balkrishna K. Shukla regarding key points of Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification, 2011 and also whether the clearance issuance mechanism as per new CRZ Notification is based on the pollution potential of the projects within the CRZ areas.

Publication Date: 
10/02/2014
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, Parliament, Kerala, Goa, Mumbai, Sea Level Rise, Global Warming, Natural Disasters, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Maharashtra
Environment

South Asia convention on Coastal Management: Overview

South Asia convention on Coastal Management: Overview - a presentation by Chandra Bhushan at South Asian Convention on Coastal Management, Puducherry, January 19-21, 2014.

Read more: http://www.cseindia.org/userfiles/overview-coastal.pdf

Chandra Bhushan
Tags:
Coastal Development, Climate Change, South Asia, Coastal Regulation Zone Notification
Coastal Development

South Asia convention on Coastal Management

The South Asia convention on Coastal Management convention jointly organised by Centre for Science and Environment and Pondicherry-based PondyCAN identified the need for the South Asian countries to share experiences and approaches and the need to learn from each other.

Publication Date: 
21/01/2014
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Coastal Development, South Asia, Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, Pondicherry, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), SAARC, Pakistan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
Industry

Letter to M/s Vizhinjam International Seaport Limited from Ministry of Environment & Forests regarding environmental and CRZ clearance dated 03 January, 2014

Letter to M/s Vizhinjam International Seaport Limited from Ministry of Environment & Forests regarding Environmental and CRZ clearance for Development of Vizhinjam International Deepwater Multipurpose Seaport at Vizhinjam in Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala by M/s. Vizhinjam International Seaport Ltd dated 03 January, 2014.

Publication Date: 
03/01/2014
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
Ports, Environment Clearance (EC), Thiruvananthapuram (D), Kerala, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Coastal Regulation Zone Notification

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