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Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government has expressed fear that the latest policy of Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) for seeking lengthy coastal regulatory zone (CRZ) clearance procedure would badly affect the state

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THE clearance of the elevated expressway by the Ministry of Environment and Forests has sparked protests among activists questioning the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of Coastal Regulation Zone for giving the green signal after rejecting it thrice on earlier occasions.

Sending a strong signal that they will not allow a mega project in their village, the Agassaim gram sabha on Sunday unanimously opposed a five-star hotel which is to come up along Moita-Dandi belt.
The villagers stood up to say

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CHENNAI: The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has cleared the proposal to construct an elevated expressway from Chennai Port to Maduravoyal after rejecting it twice.

KANNUR: The Pappinisseri Eco-Tourism Society closed down its mangrove theme park on the northern bank of the Valapattanam river on Monday after it was served a copy of the order of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests by the State Coastal Zone Management Authority.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Opposition UDF members staged a walk-out in the Kerala assembly today protesting against Speaker K Radhakrishnan refusing leave for debate on an adjournment motion on the CPI(M)-controlled mangroves park in Kannur, which was ordered to be closed down by Union Environment Ministry citing violation of CRZ norms.

The CPI(M) on Friday refused point blank to obey an order from the Union environment ministry to close down a controversial mangrove theme park which it runs at Pappinesserry in Kannur.

It was on Thursday that the ministry, on the basis of a complaint by the Kannur MP and Congress leader, Mr K. Sudhakaran, asked the CPI(M)-backed eco tourism society to close down the park.

As few more coastal panchayats submitted the compliance report, the Bombay High Court at Goa today gave different time frame to various panchayat bodies to submit the compliance report on constructions in No Development Zone.

Mumbai Kolis, believed to be the first residents of Mumbai, are gearing up for an agitation against the Centre

Mumbai: In what could be termed as a major boost for the city