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India to allow captive mines to sell coal in open market

India's cabinet approved a policy on Tuesday that allows owners of coal mines that produce solely for their own use, known as "captive coal mines, to sell 25 percent of their output in the open ma

Publication Date: 
20/02/2019
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Mining, Coal, Minerals
Mining

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal mining on the river bed in Pinjore belt, Chandimandir, Kalka, District Panchkula, Haryana, 19/02/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Surinder Singh Vs State of Haryana dated 19/02/2019 regarding illegal mining on the river bed in Pinjore belt, Chandimandir, Kalka, District Panchkula in the State of Haryana. The Tribunal had directed the District Magistrate, Panchkula to furnish a report which the Court finds does not deal with factual aspects with reference to specific locations for which report was sought.

Judgement Date: 
19/02/2019
Tags:
Rivers, Mining, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Panchkula (D), Haryana, Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
Mining

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding specification of distance of stone crushers from educational institutions, Haryana, 19/02/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sardar Patel Jan Chetna Education Society Vs State of Haryana & Others dated 19/02/2019. This application seeks enforcement of order dated 31.10.2018, in Original Application No. 843/2018, Sardar Patel Jan Chetna Education Society Vs. State of Haryana & Ors. directing the Director of Environment Haryana to take steps to specify the distance of stone crushers from educational institutions.

Judgement Date: 
19/02/2019
Tags:
Stone Industry, Haryana, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Pollution
Air Pollution

Sand particles in Bengaluru air one of big polluting agents

BENGALURU: Bengaluru doesn’t have a beach or desert nearby. Yet, sand constitutes most of the road dust, contributing prominently to air pollution in the city.

Publication Date: 
19/02/2019
Times Of India (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Air Pollution, Mining, Plastics, Construction Industry
Mining

Closing the enforcement gap: groundtruthing of environmental violations in Bodai-Daldali, Chhattisgarh

Janabhivyakti, the Centre for Policy Research-Namati Environmental Justice Program and Oxfam India have jointly conducted a groundtruthing study of environmental violations in the Bodai-Daldali bauxite mine located in the Kabirdham district of Chhattisgarh.

Publication Date: 
15/02/2019
CPR-Namati Environmental Justice Program
Tags:
Bauxite, Mining, Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO), Environment Clearance (EC), Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Health Effects, Kabirdharm, Chhattisgarh
Mining

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal mining in coal blocks, Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, 14/02/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dukalu Ram & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 14/02/2019. The issue for consideration is illegal mining in Coal Blocks of Gare Palma IV/2 and Gare Palma IV/3 in Distt. Raigarh, Chhattisgarh by diverting forest land for mining. The mining resulted in pollution affecting the crops of the farmers. Chemical and coal water was dumped into the fields.

Judgement Date: 
14/02/2019
Tags:
Coal, Mining, Raigarh (D), Chhattisgarh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Air Pollution, Forests
Mining

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal sand mining in rivers Sone and Ganga at Koelnar and Patna in Bihar, 14/02/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Amarshakti Vs State of Bihar & Others dated 14/02/2019 regarding illegal sand mining in rivers Sone and Ganga at Koelnar and Patna in Bihar. The illegal mining was resulting in affecting the flow of the rivers.

Judgement Date: 
14/02/2019
Tags:
Mining, Sand, Bihar, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Saran, Patna (D), Vaishali, Bhojpur, Ganga
Mining

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal sand mining in rivers Kane, Yamuna, Bangey in Banda district, Uttar Pradesh, 14/02/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sandeep Kumar Singh Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 14/02/2019 regarding illegal sand mining in rivers Kane, Yamuna, Bangey in Banda district, Uttar Pradesh. The mining is allegedly being done without the Environment Clearance by splitting the lease area to avoid the regulatory regime. 50 hectares area has been spilt up to less than 25 hectares.

Judgement Date: 
14/02/2019
Tags:
Mining, Yamuna, Uttar Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Rivers
Mining

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal sand mining in river Yamuna, Shamli, Uttar Pradesh, 14/02/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sandeep Kharb Vs Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change & Others dated 14/02/2019 regarding illegal sand mining inside the river bed of river Yamuna as well as construction of a temporary bridge with hume pipes, bricks (Malba), Murram etc.

Judgement Date: 
14/02/2019
Tags:
Mining, Sand, Yamuna, Uttar Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Industry

Forty-ninth report of the Standing Committee on Coal and Steel (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on CSR activities by PSUs under Ministry of Mines

The Standing Committee on Coal and Steel present this Forty-Ninth Report of the Standing Committee on Coal and Steel (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on "CSR Activities by PSUs under Ministry of Mines" relating to the Ministry of Mines.

Publication Date: 
13/02/2019
Lok Sabha Secretariat
Tags:
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Mining, Industry, Public Sector, India, Parliament

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