The MoEF’s repeated attempts to blow the whistle over the issue met with inaction. This forced the Addl. PCCF( Central), MoEF NER to use his official authority suo moto by deputing his officials for spot verification and investigation of the matter during May and June 2010. The investigation report brought out glaring non conformities and deficiencies like NOC’s not having complete land description, boundaries, authentic maps etc to correlate and identify on the ground.

KOHIMA: Gauhati High Court has issued notices to Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Central Government and Nagaland Government to respond to a PIL, filed against the ONGC, following large-scal

SHILLONG: The State Forest Department recently held a workshop on the theme “Definition of Forests and Conflict Resolution in the context of Meghalaya.” This year is also the International Year of Forests. For decades, forest land in Meghalaya has been diverted for non-forest purposes, mainly for mining particularly in Jaintia Hills by flouting the Forest Conservation Act 1980. The question is why the need for a definition now?

A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Madras High Court Bench here alleging that the Madurai Collector and Executive Officers of Uthangudi, Y. Othakadai and Narasingam Panchayats have not taken steps to clear the garbage and drainage water stagnation abutting the exclusive pathway for High Court judges on the eastern side of the court compound.

Project proponents should prepare Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) reports in a manner that the public can comprehend easily, Environmental Lawyer Jagath Gunawardena said .

A PIL, filed in Gauhati High Court representing Champang and Tssori villages of Nagaland, has sought Rs 1,000 crore as compensation following the damage caused allegedly due to unabated oil spillage by Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC). The PIL filed yesterday held the ONGC and the Nagaland State Government responsible for the damage in the crude oil-rich swathes.

A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice J.S. Khehar and Justice Ashok B. Hinchigeri on Wednesday advised the State Government to come out with a proper plan to minimise man-animal conflict within three weeks.

GUWAHATI, Aug 22 – The constant practice of raising the levels of the city roads has led to the sinking of the plinth levels of the houses located along these roads and water logging even is some n

Pune Construction activity at Lavasa, Pune — being developed by Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) — has been at a standstill for the last nine months as the stop work order issued by the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) is yet to be withdrawn.

Despite missing a May 31 deadline set by high court for cleaning Neela Hauz lake, Delhi Development Authority and Public Works Department(PWD) are still sparring over increasing the depth of the wa