The fresh leases were granted to OMC for captive use in the light of a very large integrated steel plant proposed to be set up in Kadapa district by Janardhan Reddy’s Bramhani Steels. However, the lease orders issued by the government mentioned no such condition, thus allowing the company third-party sales.

The project to prevent flooding of the Mithi river has received a boost with the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) recently according CRZ clearance for a 13-km retaining wall along the much-abused river. The clearance was needed to build the wall taking into consideration the tide lines of the river.

Chandigarh: The tussle between Punjab and Haryana over the Hansi-Butana canal is set to take another turn after PCC chief Capt Amarinder Singh accused the Central Water Commission (CWC) of changing

V. Balasubramanian, Chairman of the Task Force for Recovery of Public Land and its Protection, at a press conference in Bangalore on July 4.

After Bellary, Tumkur district has emerged as a hotbed of rampant illegal mining activities in the State.

Dhaka mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka on Tuesday called on the government to form an independent

26,468 acres covering 937 lakes encroached on, says?Task Force report
City lakes have fallen prey in large numbers to the brazen encroachment by the City land mafia.

Unbridled encroachment has led to virtual extinction of lakes in Bangalore.