Supreme Court allowed an annual cap of 20 million tonnes of iron ore to be extracted in Goa . The apex court also said there will be no grant of lease for mining around one km of national parks and wild life sanctuaries and directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to identify eco-sensitive areas around national parks within six months. Read text of this order passed on 21 April 2014 by Justices AK Patnaik, SS Nijjar and FMI Kalifulla.
But puts annual cap of 20 million tonne on excavation
The Supreme Court today allowed an annual cap of 20 million tonnes of iron ore to be extracted in Goa which was banned by it in the state for nearly one-and- a-half years.
The State government has constituted a four-member committee for the final scrutiny of the amended ESA (Ecologically Sensitive Area) maps of the 123 villages demarcated by the High Level Working Gr
Kerala State Biodiversity Board (KSBB) chairman Oommen V Oommen on Thursday has denied any hidden agenda behind the move to prepare cadastral map of the 123 villages mentioned in the Kasturirangan
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Amit Kumar V/s U.O.I. & Ors. dated 17/04/2014 regarding illegal and unauthorized construction works undertaken within 10 KM radius of the Okhla Bird Sanctuary.
Asks ministry to take its consent before approving eco-sensitive zone
Taking a tough stand on the proposal of the Punjab Government to reduce the radius of the eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) around the Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary, the UT Administration has written to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) stating that before approving the proposal, the ministry must take its consent.
The Kerala Paristhithi Aikyavedi, an umbrella organisation of different environmental groups, has urged voters to take a strict stand against those who showed a callous attitude towards the protection of environment and compromised on important issues, including the protection of drinking water, paddy fields, and ecologically sensitive areas, in the Lok Sabha election on Thursday.
ओखला बर्ड सैंक्चुरी के आसपास ईको सेंसिटिव जोन तय किए जाने के मामले में नैशनल ग्रीन ट्रिब्युनल (एनजीटी) ने दिल्ली, यूपी और हरियाणा सरकार को निर्देश दिया है कि वह इस संबंध में प्रपोजल तैयार कर मिनिस्
PANJIM: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday stated that the judiciary (Supreme Court) cannot take a permanent decision on the iron ore cap for mining in Goa, since this can only be done th
Successive state governments in Uttarakhand have pursued economic growth through industrialization without taking into account the fragility of the state’s mountains. A massive rain storm in June 2013 exposed the
