Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Narmada Khand Swabhiman Sena Vs State of Madhya Pradesh dated 01/10/2014 regarding mining leases as well as prospective licenses being granted for mining bauxite mineral in Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve. The Petitioner has alleged that activities in this sensitive area will cause irreparable damage to the ecology as well as the flora and fauna besides polluting to the river Narmada which originates in the aforesaid Biosphere Reserve.

Following an order of the Supreme Court on a petition on Monday, the green nod given to nine government and private projects in Gujarat by the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) has been kept in ab

Environmental assessment needs to be done only if construction area is above 20,000 sq.m.

Former Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s elevation as the Prime Minister has come as a boon for his home State as after an important permission to put sluice gates on Narmada Dam in June, the

Union Minister Prakash Javdekar Says NBWL Will Also Be Notified Soon

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on inter linking of rivers, 07/07/2014.

Responding to a petition, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday directed the Madhya Pradesh government to resolve the rehabilitation issues of persons displaced by the Maheshwar dam project

Acting on its June 12 order raising the height of Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat, the Narmada Control Authority (NCA) has issued an order giving permission to the Sardar Sarovar Nigam Limited (SSNL)

With shrinking water level in most of the Gujarat dams — coupled with delayed rain — Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel on Thursday held a high-level meeting and discussed supplying drinking w

What is the basis for raising dam height?’ Even as the official-level Narmada Control Authority (NCA) asserted that all project-affected families facing displacement at the present height of the Na

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