THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A special team headed by Vigilance officer (Survey) Biju Prabhakar will conduct a detailed investigation into the land encroachments in Munnar, Revenue Minister K P Rajendran said in a statement here on Thursday.

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Tiruvallur: For around five hours on Thursday, Sanjay Kumar, one of the members of the three-member team sent by the Survey of India, walked across hundreds of acres at Kaverirajapuram in Tiruvallur district as part of efforts to map the area.

Minister for Environment Aleixo Sequeira expressed faith in the central government that the Union Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) would take steps to grant the desired relief to the structures of the traditional occupants in the No Development Zone (NDZ) which are facing the axe for alleged CRZ violations.

The Harike wetland, which came into existence in 1952 after the construction of a barrage on the confluence of the Sutlej and Beas rivers and was subsequently declared a bird sanctuary in 1982, has come under severe threat from the encroachers.

Even as the district authorities have submitted a detailed schedule to raze down the 154 structures in CRZ along the South Goa coast within eight weeks, Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat has said the Goa government is in constant touch with the Union Environment Ministry to work out a solution to the CRZ issue.

Will the government be able to keep its promise to protect the houses in the No Development Zone from being demolished?

Farmer Organisations in Habarana area accused the ruling party politicians and officials of allowing their favourites to encroach the Kadahatha tank reservation and sell land to build hotels. A tense atmosphere emerged when Deputy Minister of Land Development Chandrasiri Sooriarachchi arrived to attend their meeting.

Huge quantity of water gushed into Hasthinapuram

Alarming: The breached portion of the outlet point of Sembakkam Lake.

TAMBARAM: In a repeat of incidents that took place during monsoon the previous years, encroachers damaged a portion of the outlet point of a lake near Tambaram.

Mumbai: The director of archaeology and museums, state, has issued a stop-work notice to the builder carrying out excavation work near the Magathane caves.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor work on the peripheral road of Gottigere in Bangalore City. The apex court has stayed the High Court order in this regard.