The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday realised Tk 10 lakh in fine from a housing project for cutting hills at Lake View area under Khulshi Police Station in the port city.

It also directed the project authority to fill up the cut away portion of the hill with earth and bring it back to its original shape by June 15, said a press release.

On Monday, a DoE team in a drive found that Do

NOIDA: The city may be undergoing a change due to various infrastructure development works, however if figures released by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) are to be believed, the widespread digging has resulted in increase in the suspended particulate matter (SPM) resulting in various problems to the residents.

UPPCB states that the standard level of SPM in residential areas i

The Union ministry of environment and forests came to know about the irregularities in the Adarsh housing scam only after it was highlighted in the media, the Bombay high court was informed today during which the counsel for the ministry took a strong stand against bureaucrats who brazenly and knowingly violated the norms.

"These are not innocent people.

MUMBAI: The Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society in Colaba, which is in danger of being demolished for allegedly violating Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms, argued its case at the Bombay High Court on Thursday for the 31-storey building to be given an environment clearance, if necessary.

"It is a battle between the state and the Centre.

After the Tatas left Singur, Rajarhat had been the showcase investment destination of the Left Front government

Rejecting the demand for withdrawal of the environmental clearance given to the Jaitapur power plant, environment minister Jairam Ramesh accused the Shiv Sena of politicising this issue and of whipping up public opinion against the setting up of the plant.

Mr Ramesh stressed that

MUMBAI: The state government on Saturday made it clear in the legislative assembly that the tainted 31-strorey Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society would be demolished if the court so directed.

Even as the farmers of western Uttar Pradesh are up in arms against the state government's decision to acquire agricultural land around Yamuna Expressway for construction of residential colony, plots worth about Rs 1800 crore have been sold in the fiscal that ended on Thursday.

The government dossiers claim that the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority has so far allocated 835 hec

Mumbai: The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) told the Bombay high court on Wednesday that it accepted a March 3 recommendation by the expert appraising committee to permit completion of 257 buildings in Lavasa subject to several stringent conditions.
Lavasa Corporation in turn said it wanted to withdraw its petition against the MoEF, questioning its jurisdiction.

While noting that