Gauhati High Court (GHC) Chief Justice AK Goel and Justice NK Singh has asked the Kamrup (metro) Deputy Commissioner, Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO

Gauhati High Court today asked the Kamrup (metro) district administration, GMC and the GMDA to submit action-taken reports for solving the city’s hills encroachment problem by April 1 next year.

The Jammu and Kashmir Forest Department has again accused state minister Taj Mohiuddin of encroaching upon its land in Shopian district.

Stringent action against encroachers

District Collector P.G. Thomas has said that a monitoring committee has been constituted as part of the measures aimed at ending unauthorised granite quarrying and sand-mining in the district. He informed this after presiding over a meeting on Friday to discuss the problems posed by such activities.

Jaipur: The Rajasthan high court on Friday came down heavily against political interference in the bid to remove encroachments from catchment areas of rivers, dams and ponds. The court also pulled up the state government for playing with citizens' health by not keeping water bodies free of pollution.

During the state assembly's recently concluded session, legislators had cut across political lines to criticize HC orders to evict squatters from the city's Amanishah Nullah. The high court had earlier ordered removal of encroachments from the district's Ramgarh Dam too. The legislators had said the court orders would render thousands of people homeless overnight.

Says it has made significant progress in securing the minimum required land for the project

Steel maker Posco India has sought an extension of the in-principle approval for its multi-product special economic zone (SEZ), proposed to be set up near Paradeep in coastal Odisha. The approval for the project expires on October 25. The steel maker has requested the Odisha government to forward its no-objection certificate (NOC) to the board of approvals under the Union commerce ministry, as required under Rule-4 of SEZ Rules, 2006.

SHILLONG: The State Government is trying to ascertain the truth behind the report in a vernacular daily that the Assam Government is conducting a survey on the Khri river in West Khasi Hills for implementing a power project.

Besides information regarding a survey, the report also stated that the power project is likely to displace a large number of villagers who are residing close to the Khri river.

PANJIM: Director of Mines and Geology Prasanna Acharya said on Wednesday that all 42 mining leases, which were issued show cause notices for illegal condonation of delay last month, have filed their replies and a decision with regard to the status of the condonations would be taken by end of this month. Acharya also said that the decision pertaining to illegal encroachments, as identified in Justice MB Shah Commission Report, would be also taken by Oct-end.

State government, on September 10 had issued show cause notices to 42 mining firms, returnable by October 10, to explain why action should not be initiated against them for unlawful condonation of delay and why they should not be declared as null and void.

KOLKATA, 7 OCT: Even after the East Kolkata Wetland Management Authority (EKWMA) had served stop work notice to a proposed vocational training centre for an illegal construction (in sns photo) at t

GUWAHATI: As problems of artificial floods and water-logging continue to harass the people of Guwahati city, the cause of these problems are not far to seek. The occupation of the city’s wetlands— the reservoir of rain waters, have not just disturbed the ecology of the area but have also increased the woes of the common people here in the heart of the city, who are forced to tread in the sludge that submerges most part of the city, during a brief spell of rain.

The encroachment of these wetlands is not a new issue. Innumerable complaints have been filed, order of eviction have been passed and assurances have been given by the government to protect the wetlands. However, at the end of the day, the efforts are nullified by the lack of action from the district administration, who despite being fully aware of the encroachment have failed to step up its boots to evict them.