People at CRZ consultation meeting with Union Minister for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh at Fr Agnel Auditorium, Verna, took the Kamat-led Government to task over alleged illegalities in mining and protecting builders lobby.

The Congress in Orissa on Friday stepped up its pressure to force chief minister Naveen Patnaik to order a CBI probe into the multi-crore mining scam that rocked the entire state recently.

Strict action will be taken against violators: Collector

RAMANATHAPURAM: The Collector T.N. Hariharan has warned that strict action would be taken against those indulging in illegal sand mining.

Illegal fishing is depleting the seas and robbing poor nations in Africa and Asia of resources, but a lack of global cooperation is undermining efforts to track rogue vessels, an environmental group said on Tuesday.

VILLUPURAM: A team of officials detected an illegal black granite quarry being operated at Semangalam in the Vanur block, during a surprise check on Wednesday.

Aug. 25: Illegal sand transporters have focused their attention on the sand dunes along the banks of river Penna in the Anantapur district.
The Penna river passes through Peddapappur, Yellanur, Putlur and Roddam mandals and is the main source of drinking and irrigation water in these mandals. But illegal sand transportation has resulted in depletion of ground water levels along the riverbank.

The Department of Forest is apparently depleting the Madhupur Sal Forest through implementation of different donor-funded afforestation projects, which mainly plant exotic trees of commercial value.

The ad-hoc committee on mines has flayed the three departments

How much would a two-headed snake fetch? While the Dharwad police say that it could fetch nearly Rs 80 lakh in the international market, their first information report (FIR) states that it could be sold for just about Rs 10,000.