Dams/ Irrigation

Ukhand HC asks MoEF to submit counter affidavit on dam height PIL

The Uttarakhand High Court has admitted a public interest litigation (PIL) on raising the height and increasing the production capacity of Sirnagar Hydro Electricity project filed by some residents of Tehri Garhwal district.

The joint Bench of Chief Justice Barin Ghosh and Justice VK Bist asked on Tuesday the Union ministry of environment and forest (MOEF) to file a counter affidavit on the mat

Publication Date: 
23/12/2010
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Tehri Garhwal, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Dams, Environment
Poverty

NREGS: SC issues showcause notices to Centre, Orissa govt

The Supreme Court on Thursday slammed the UPA government for failing to discharge its

Publication Date: 
17/12/2010
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Supreme Court, Orissa (Odisha), Poverty, Public Interest Litigation (PIL)
Solid Waste

Despite ban, plastic chokes residents of Mt Abu

Law enforcement authorities have shown no serious interest or inclination to completely ban the use of polythene and plastic
Anindo Dey | TNN

Jaipur: Despite a ban on plastic bags in the state, there seems to be no respite to Mount Abu from these hazardous wastes.

Publication Date: 
16/12/2010
Times Of India (Jaipur)
Tags:
Plastics, Non-Biodegradable Waste, Rajasthan, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Ecosystems
Wildlife

Endangered in Sariska

The death of a tiger last month, two and a half years after it was brought to Sariska, proves the National Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan is not safe for the big cat. The death also brought to light little action has been taken on the recommendations of the Tiger Task Force, set up in 2005 to look at tiger conservation in the country.

Publication Date: 
15/12/2010
Ankur Paliwal
Down to Earth
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Compensation, Forest Personnel, Livestock, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Rajasthan, Relocation, Sariska NP, Tarun Bharat Sangh (TBS), Tiger, Tiger Conservation, Tiger Reserves, Tourism, Wildlife, Wildlife And People
Poverty

Odisha ready for probe into MGNREGA irregularities

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Monday said that it was ready for any probe by the Centre into alleged diversion of funds and non-implementation of rural employment guarantee scheme MGNREGA in the state.

This was stated by panchayati raj minister Prafulla Samal while reacting to the Supreme Court's direction for a Central probe into irregularities in the rural job guarantee scheme in the

Publication Date: 
14/12/2010
Pragtivadi (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Orissa (Odisha), Food Security, Poverty, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), NGO
Wildlife

Endangered in Sariska

The death of a tiger last month, two and a half years after it was brought to Sariska, proves the National Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan is not safe for the big cat. The death also brought to light little action has been taken on the recommendations of the Tiger Task Force, set up in 2005 to look at tiger conservation in the country. That was the year when Sariska lost all its tigers.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2010
Ankur Paliwal
Down to Earth
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14
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Tags:
Sariska NP, Tarun Bharat Sangh (TBS), Tiger, Tiger Conservation, Tiger Reserves, Tourism, Wildlife, Wildlife And People, Compensation, Forest Personnel, Livestock, Mining, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Rajasthan, Relocation
Water Resources

Dependence of forests & hydrological elements and limitations of rain-water harvesting & large water storage structures in Indian context

This article will present basic facts on limitations and efficacy of large water storage versus small dams & popularly known as rain water harvesting structures (rwhs) for recharging ground water and suggests serious examination of mother statements about relation of forests and hydrologic elements.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2010
Radhey Shyam Goel
Water and Energy International
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Tags:
Reservoirs, Dams, Water Harvesting, Groundwater Recharge, Forests, Hydrology, Small Hydro Power, Land Use, Anil Agarwal, CSE, Watershed Development, Supreme Court, Narmada Valley Project, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Rainfall, India, Flood Control
Wildlife

Tiger tourism feud gets murkier in Tiger State

The bitter feud on tiger tourism inside core areas of national parks in the State got even murkier with a volunteer activist expressing fear to his life, while citing the contents of an e-mail forwarded by PCCF (Wildlife) HS Pabla to tourism entrepreneurs.

The activist not only has demanded security but also sought an inquiry against the forest department official.

In a letter written to Sta

Publication Date: 
30/11/2010
Pioneer (New Delhi)
Tags:
Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Tiger, Wildlife, Wildlife Tourism, High Court, Madhya Pradesh
Wildlife

PIL on tiger tourism: MP turns to affected parties

To defeat a public interest litigation that seeks to ban tourism in core areas of tiger reserves, the Madhya Pradesh forest department has clandestinely sought the help of very people whose activities endanger the wild cat.

Within days of the PIL in the high court, MP

Publication Date: 
30/11/2010
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Tiger, Wildlife Tourism, Wildlife, Madhya Pradesh
Habitat And Urbanisation

HC asks for status report on CRZ violation on Nariman Point-Cuffe Parade stretch

HC asks for status report on CRZ violation on Nariman Point-Cuffe Parade stretch
Express News Service

The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), city collector and additional collector (Encroachments Removal) to file a status report on the alleged unauthorised constructions being carried out along the sea between Nariman Point and Cuffe Parade and

Publication Date: 
19/11/2010
Indian Express (Mumbai)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Mumbai, High Court, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Housing Construction, Coastal Regulations

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