Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Ramdas Janardan Koli Vs The State of Maharashtra dated 18/02/2014 regarding constructions by CIDCO in CRZ area. The applicant has said that CIDCO has undertaken
certain activities to change the nature of property by causing destruction of mangroves and by reclamation.
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Vanshakti & Anr V/s Mun. Corpn of Greater Mumbai & Ors. dated 12/02/2014 regarding Kanjurmarg dumping site. NGT has directed that reclamation and landfilling shall not be done at the disputed site till the next order. The order also stated that "It was also noticed that the construction of landfill site was
in progress for which rampant reclamation was being carried out."
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vanshakti & Anr. Vs MCZMA dated 06/02/2014 regarding Kanjurmarg dumping ground. NGT order says that there is "some ambiguity as regards the area of 65.96 hectares which is mentioned in the order of the MOEF and so also to the High Court. So also there is ambiguity as regards the observations regarding excess area which is landfilled/developed/reclaimed by the Project Proponent".
MARGAO: Apprehending flooding of the village during the monsoon, activists and residents of Benaulim have cried foul over a land filling at Tollebandh, besides indiscriminate dumping of waste in th
Mumbai: A governmental body is resuscitating plans needing large-scale reclamation of land from the Arabian Sea—including expansion of the financial centre at Nariman Point—by commissioning studies to assess their environmental and social impact.
The Mumbai coastal road project got a boost Thursday when officials from the Union Environment Ministry indicated willingness to consider amending norms for it.
The union ministry must allow reclamation in coastal areas to make the 35.6-km long ring road project viable.
Extreme events, uninsured losses & informal sector vulnerability: a case study of Mumbai - A presentation by Archana Patankar at the 4th National Research Conference on Climate Change, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, October 26-27, 2013.
The Bombay high court order directing the state government to ban construction on wetlands can lend a lease of life to acres around the city’s coast where either construction or dumping of debris h
Issue of show cause notice for alleged violations with regard to development of port facilities at Mundra, District Kutch, Gujarat to M/s Adani Port and SEZ Ltd from Ministry of Environment & Forests dated 30/09/2013.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said on Thursday that the Bhumi Sena scheme for reclamation of barren, ravenous and usar (alkaline soils) land will help increase the State’s area under