Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding construction on the coast of Village Panchayat Morjim, Goa

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mrs. Libertina Fernandes Vs. Goa CZMA dated 19/12/2013 regarding construction on the coast of Village Panchayat Morjim, Goa. The petitioner has said that the "structure in question was constructed prior to February, 1991 - the date from which the CRZ came into force, and no proper opportunity was given to the Appellant to place her case before the Authority".

Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/1098-2013(MApp)_19Dec2013.pdf

Judgement Date: 
19/12/2013
Tags:
Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, Goa, National Green Tribunal (NGT)
Habitat And Urbanisation

Public hearing on coastal zone plan map conducted

A public hearing on preparing Kanyakumari District Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) maps was held at the Collectorate here on Thursday. Participating in the meeting, Fr.

Publication Date: 
31/10/2013
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Public Hearing, Kanniyakumari, Coastal Development, Coastal Regulations, Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, Fisherfolk
Environment

Vizhinjam: EIA to be in firing line today

As the draft report on the Environmental Impact Assessment of the Vizhinjam port project faces a public hearing on Saturday, environmentalists are not happy with the manner in which the report has projected the impact of the port on Vizhinjam.

In fact, non-governmental organisation Coastal Watch has gone to the extent of saying that the draft EIA report “reads like a campaign material rather than an objective environmental impact assessment of the project”.

Publication Date: 
29/06/2013
Dennis Marcus Mathew
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram (D), Ports, Public Hearing, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Environmentalists, Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, NGO, Environment
Forests

City’s mangroves to get better protection

Mumbai: The state revenue and forest department on Thursday said it would elevate mangroves on government land in and around Mumbai from ‘protected forests’ to ‘reserved forests’ under section 4 of

Publication Date: 
28/06/2013
Clara Lewis
Times Of India (Mumbai)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Mumbai, Mangroves, Forest Act, NGO, Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, Forests
Environment

Coastal zones of India

This detailed inventory of coasts of India published by Space Applications Centre, ISRO, includes studies on coastal land use mapping, inventory of vital coastal habitats, impact of sea level rise and development of coastal zone information system.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2013
Space Applications Centre
Tags:
Marine Ecosystems, Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, Mangroves, Corals, India, Land Use, Coastal Development, Sea Level Rise, Protected Area Conservation, Coastal Erosion, Remote Sensing
Environment

Report of the Committee for Inspection of M/s Adani Port & SEZ Ltd. Mundra, Gujarat (Sunita Narain Committee on Adani)

There is incontrovertible evidence that the Adani project – port and SEZ – at Mundra in Gujarat has violated and not complied with environmental clearance conditions says this report of a committee set up by MoEF to inspect the project. The five-member committe was headed by environmentalist Sunita Narain.

Publication Date: 
18/04/2013
Ministry of Environment & Forests
Tags:
Gujarat, Adani Port and SEZ Ltd, Sunita Narain, Land Reclamation, Environment Clearance (EC), Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, Mangroves, Power Industry, Forest Clearance, Special Economic Zones (SEZ), Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management And Planning Authority (CAMPA), High Court
Environment

Consideration of proposals for TORs/Environment Clearance/CRZ Clearance involving violation of the Environment (Protection) Act, 19861, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006 / Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification, 2011

The Environment Impact Assessment Notification (EIA), 2006 and its amendments thereafter require all new projects or activities and / or expansion and modernization of existing projects or activities listed in the schedule to the said Notification with capacity beyond threshold limits prescribed thereunder, to obtain prior Environment Clearance

Publication Date: 
12/12/2012
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
Environment Clearance (EC), Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), India, Environment Act 1986, Coastal Regulation Zone Notification
Habitat And Urbanisation

Adarsh seeks HC to transfer plea against demolition to NGT

The scam-tainted Adarsh Housing Society on Friday sought the Bombay High Court to transfer its petition challenging the demolition order passed against it by the Union Ministry of Environment and F

Publication Date: 
07/12/2012
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
Tags:
High Court, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Habitat And Urbanisation, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, Housing
Environment

Green drive goes awry, estuary debris lands on beach

Adyar Creek’s gain is Foreshore Estate’s loss in this green move that seems to have gone terribly wrong.

The Public Works Department is now dumping construction debris, ordered to be removed by the National Green Tribunal from the Adyar Creek estuary, in Foreshore Estate, on the beach near Srinivasapuram. Truckloads of debris from the creek is now being dumped on the beach to level it so that the Ganesha idols could be immersed, said a contractor, who has been given the licence to clear the debris from the estuary.

Publication Date: 
21/09/2012
New Indian Express (Chennai)
Tags:
Kanchipuram (D), Adyar, Beaches, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Environmentalists, Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, Environment, Tamil Nadu
Environment

No nod, Adarsh illegal: MoEF to probe panel

The Adarsh housing society does not have any clearance from the Central environment ministry, and the construction of the building is therefore illegal, the director of the ministry told the Adarsh commission looking into the controversy on Thursday.

The statement has brought the issue of environmental violations in the society to prominence, barely two weeks after the issue of ownership of the land reached a degree of closure with the commission’s report holding that it belongs to the state government.

Publication Date: 
05/05/2012
Indian Express (Mumbai)
Tags:
Mumbai, Municipal Corporation, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Housing Construction, Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, Environment, Maharashtra

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