Mining

SC defers NGT levy over sand mining

Tribunal asked State to pay Rs. 100 cr.

Publication Date: 
10/05/2019
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Sand, Mining, Krishna, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Illegal Trade, Compensation, Supreme Court
Agriculture

Farmers’ body slams Gujarat govt for ‘siding with PepsiCo’

According to Bij Adhikar Manch (BAM), Gujarat government's deal with the US multinational company's Indian arm PepsiCo India Holdings was unacceptable to the growers as the same compromised their f

Publication Date: 
07/05/2019
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Gujarat, Farmers, Compensation, Seeds, PepsiCo, Agriculture
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution caused by Ashapura Group of Companies, village Ler, Kutch, Gujarat, 06/05/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Veeral P.

Judgement Date: 
06/05/2019
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Kuchchh, Groundwater Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Afforestation, Compensation, Air Pollution, Mining, Stone Industry, Gujarat, Industrial Waste, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Mining

Hyderabad: Residents displaced for mining yet to be paid

Compensation settlement for land evacuees and other affected dwellers have not been completed even after 10 years.

Publication Date: 
29/04/2019
Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Andhra Pradesh, Mining, Displacement, Compensation, Minerals
Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution caused in the course of four lanning of National Highway from Udhampur to Banihal, Jammu and Kashmir, 26/04/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Amresh Singh Vs Union of India & Others dated 26/04/2019 regarding pollution caused in the course of four-laning of National Highway from Udhampur to Banihal in Jammu and Kashmir by the Gammon India Limited and the Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd. These Review Applications have been filed by Gammon India Ltd. and Hindustan Construction Company Ltd. for review of the order dated 12.02.2019. By the said order, the Tribunal directed both the said applicants to pay interim compensation of Rs.

Judgement Date: 
26/04/2019
Tags:
Highways, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Roads, Court, Compensation, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Waste Disposal, Jammu & Kashmir
Mining

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal mining in Pinjore belt, Haryana, 23/04/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Surinder Singh Vs State of Haryana dated 23/04/2019 regarding illegal mining in Pinjore belt, Chandimandir, Kalka, Haryana. A report furnished by a three member Committee comprising representatives of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) and the District Magistrate, Panchkula has stated that 19 FIRs have been lodged against illegal miners. 101 vehicles were apprehended carrying excavated material without permission. An amount of Rs.

Judgement Date: 
23/04/2019
Tags:
Mining, Haryana, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Net Present Value (NPV), Compensation
Land

Zimbabwean president says land reform program irreversible as compensation set to begin

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday reassured the nation that the government will not reverse the land reform program implemented two decades ago.

Publication Date: 
19/04/2019
Xinhua
Tags:
Land, Compensation, Zimbabwe, Land Reforms, Farmers, Land Acquisition, Africa
Environment

Zambia claimants inch closer to compensation by UK' s Vedanta

More than 2,000 villagers in Zambia have won the second round of their unprecedented search for compensation over water pollution by Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), a subsidiary of UK's Vedanta Resourc

Publication Date: 
19/04/2019
East African (Kenya)
Tags:
Environment, Zambia, Court, Compensation, Water Pollution, Agriculture, Africa
Natural Disasters

64 killed as thunderstorms unleash fury in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat

NEW DELHI: Dust and thunderstorms swept through west, central and north India as a major weather disturbance pummeled the region over the past 48 hours, claiming the lives of at least 64 people, a

Publication Date: 
18/04/2019
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Rainfall, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Compensation, Natural Disasters
Land

Kenyan campaigners urge protection of community land rights amid oil exploration

Kenya should enact a robust legislative framework to ensure that land and other natural resources owned by indigenous communities are protected during exploration of oil and gas, campaigners said o

Publication Date: 
11/04/2019
Xinhua
Tags:
Land, Enviornment, Kenya, Oil Exploration, Legislation, Agriculture, Compensation, Land Acquisition, Africa

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