P.V.Srividya

MELAPERUMPALLAM (Nagapattinam): Strong opposition, en masse walk-out condemning partisanship, and censure of media in the presence of over 500 police personnel marked the public hearing for the proposed 2X660 MW thermal power project at Thalaiudayarar Koilpati village near Thalachangdu here on Thursday

Local voices oppose a project but the public hearing report recommends it anyway. The experience of aggrieved villagers and activists present at the hearing for Vedanta Aluminium

Tulsi Tushar Shah

Ahmedabad: On Sunday, Gujarat Vidyapith conducted a one-of-itskind citizen public hearing. Based on the topic,

Udhagamandalam: The Nilgiris Collector, Anandrao V.

AP to await expert panel report on the crop.

The Goa Forest Department today said that D Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary and the adjoining mangrove areas at Chorao have been declared as critical Wildlife Habitat for the purpose of scheduled tribe and other traditional forest dwellers Act, 2006.

The government is understood to be considering a proposal to do away with the mandatory public hearing for environment clearances to certain coal expansion projects.

BANGALORE: The public consultation on the issue of allowing commercial cultivation of Bt brinjal in Bangalore scheduled for January 23 will be held at the Good Shepherd Auditorium on Residency Road.

Coimbatore: District Collector P. Umanath along with National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) officials held a public hearing at Sulur on Wednesday to elicit public opinion on the widening of the National Highway Number 47 from Chengapalli to Walayar.

Scientists, agriculture experts and consumer groups welcome Union minister of environment Jairam Ramesh's decision to hold public meetings from January to look into the safety features of the controversial Bt brinjal which is the first genetically modified food crop to have been cleared for commercial release.