Air Pollution

Plantation on Indian National Highways is just not enough: IIFM

BHOPAL: Carbon emitted by heavy duty road transport is a major problem for commuters themselves and the people dwelling nearby Highways, also adding to the air pollution.

Publication Date: 
13/10/2016
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Madhya Pradesh, Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Afforestation, Highways, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Carbon Dioxide, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Air Pollution Control
Solid Waste

Bhalswa landfill emits toxic fumes but there’s no quick fix

On Sunday evening, Gaurav Bansal, a lawyer who was returning home to Delhi from Himachal Pradesh, saw the sanitary landfill at Bhalswa ablaze and said "the air quality seemed dangerous".

Publication Date: 
04/10/2016
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Landfill, Waste Disposal, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Waste Management, Municipal Corporation, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Solid Waste
Environment

Four-laning of NH-22: Norms to cut heavy dust emissions overlooked

With the private construction agency, GR Infra Limited, failing to use water sprinklers to reduce the dust emissions while four-laning the Parwanoo-Solan stretch of National Highway-22, commuters t

Publication Date: 
04/10/2016
Ambika Sharma
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Himachal Pradesh, Solan (D), Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Air Pollution, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Environmental Security, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Environment
Environment

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding Environment Clearance (EC) granted for the widening of NH – 47 and NH – 47 B (between Kaliakavilai and Nagercoil), 14/09/2016

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Conservation of Nature Trust & Others Vs District Collector Kanyakumari District. Nagercoil & Others regarding Environmental Clearance (EC) granted by the MoEF & CC in respect of the proposal of National Highways for the purpose of widening NH – 47 and NH – 47 B, particularly the distance between Kaliakavilai and Nagercoil for the project of 4/6 lining of package – II km 43/000 to km 96/714 from Kerala/Tamil Nadu border dated 14/09/2016.

Judgement Date: 
14/09/2016
Tags:
Highways, Environment Clearance (EC), Tamil Nadu, Kerala, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Nagercoil, Displacement, Water Resources, Hydrology, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Kanniyakumari
Environment

Activists seek eco-assessment of coastal highway

KENDRAPADA: Green activists have urged the government to conduct a strict environment impact assessment (EIA) for the 451km Gopalpur-Digha coastal highway under the Centre's Bharatmala Pariyojana b

Publication Date: 
14/09/2016
Times Of India (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Coastal Regulations, Roads, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Environmental Health, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), CRZ Clearance (Coastal Clearance), Environmental Security, Environment
Wildlife

Over 15 wild animals' death reported on Haridwar highway

DEHRADUN: In the last two months, as many as 15 wild animals have been found killed by speeding vehicles on national highway -74 near Haridwar forest division of Uttarakhand.

Publication Date: 
09/09/2016
Seema Sharma
Times Of India (Dehradun)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Haridwar (D), Wildlife, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Leopard
Forests

Forest Department gets NHAI land for planting saplings

The Haryana Forest Department has signed an agreement with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for planting saplings on national highways across the state.

Publication Date: 
29/08/2016
Parvesh Sharma
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Haryana, Afforestation, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Trees, Land, Forests
Solid Waste

NHAI to use Ghazipur solid waste in expressway construction

Solid waste from the Ghazipur landfill site in East Delhi would be used in the construction of Delhi-Meerut Expressway, a section of NH-24, in a move aimed at curbing pollution in the city.

Publication Date: 
26/08/2016
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Waste Disposal, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research (CSIR), Landfill, Roads, Solid Waste
Land

HC notice to NHAI after farmers object to road widening

AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court on Wednesday issued a notice to the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and other concerned authorities in response to a petition filed by farmers from Gand

Publication Date: 
25/08/2016
Saeed Khan
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Gujarat, Land Acquisition, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), High Court, Farmers, Trees, Deforestation, Land
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding felling of trees for the Parwanoo-Solan four-laning project, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, 18/08/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tribunal on its own Motion Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 18/08/2016 regarding felling of trees for the Parwanoo-Solan four-laning project, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. NGT directs the Chief Conservator of Forest, State of Himachal Pradesh to file his personal affidavit in relation to the trees that have already been cut for the project in question, how many trees are proposed to be planted and how many have already been planted. 

Judgement Date: 
18/08/2016
Tags:
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Afforestation, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Shimla (D), Court, Roads, Himachal Pradesh

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