The government has eased tough restrictions on construction activities along Mumbai

8000 coastal dwellings in Goa to be saved with new CRZ notification

PANJIM, JAN 7
Goa

Although the CRZ 2011 notification came as a huge relief to the fishing community, the other violators would not be lucky enough as the Centre has stated it will direct the States to identify such violations within four months.
Union Minister for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh said that directions will be issued early next week to the States to identify such violations within four months fr

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POSCO's Indian steel project

INDIA needs steel, ports and investment. POSCO, a South Korean steel giant, wants to invest 545 billion rupees ($12 billion) to build a steel plant with a port in Orissa, a poorish state with lots of iron ore. It would be the single biggest foreign investment in India ever, and yield 12m tonnes of steel a year.

Among cash crops, fish farming seems to hae become handy for the farmers of the hill State in recent years.
The fact remains that the fish seed production, which was only around 20 lakh seeds in the year 2000, today, it has gone over more four crore seeds resulting in fish production over 35,000 metric tonne(mt).

Keeping in view high fish farming prospects the State Fisheries Department has se

NEW DELHI: The much-amended coastal regulation zone notification could soon be replaced by an Act of Parliament, preventing frequent instances of one-off exceptions to the rules.

At a meeting with leaders from the fishing community on Wednesday, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh

NAGAPATTINAM: The proposed Coastal Regulation Zone 2010 notification would empower fisherfolk habitations within 100 m from the coast subject to the hazard line.