Concerned over the large-scale diversion of forest land for hydroelectric projects, the Union Ministry of Forest and Environment is imposing more stringent conditions, including declaration of reservoir created due to construction of dams as reserved forest, as a pre-requisite for granting clearance.

The new conditions have been imposed in respect of the 402 MW Shongtong-Karcham projects and th

An environment ministry panel has cleared power projects with total proposed capacity of 5,674 mw. Developers will now need clearance from the environment ministry to start work.

In the aftermath of the tsunami in Japan, the Centre is considering fine-tuning its plans of locating key infrastructure projects, such as power plants, along the coast.

286 projects representing almost every state await clearance
THE number of green clearances granted by the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has seen a significant decline over the last three years,with most of the brunt being borne by the non-coal mining projects.

Development projects covering irrigation, power, mining and infrastructure have been hit as it has become more difficult

MUMBAI: Every time a match ends at the famed Wankhede Stadium on Marine Drive, it's usually spectators who are held responsible for destroying the green cover in the vicinity.

The Orissa government has threatened it will not support the Union power ministry

Coal India's production growth is likely to nosedive to less than 1% in the current financial year compared to the projected growth of about 7%, as a number of its projects have been hit by environmental concerns, a top Coal India official has said.

State-owned CIL has set a production target of about 460 million tonnes (MT) for this fiscal.

Panjim, March 4 : Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) today asked the Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) to comply with all the directions given by them while executing its expansion projects failing which a criminal case would be filed.
GSPCB Chairman Simon de Souza on Friday said that formal action including criminal case would be filed against MPT, if it goes ahead with its expansion project with