Former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), Anil Kakodkar, on Friday said the Jaitapur nuclear power project in Ratnagiri district posed no threat to marine or human life and to horticulture in the Konkan.
MUMBAI: Taking the green crusade ahead, the Bombay high court has directed the Maharashtra government not to award any contract for sand mining or allow further excavation until and unless the agency concerned obtains an environmental clearance.
In a landmark order to check environmental damage caused by sand mining, the Bombay High Court directed the Maharashtra government not to award any con
MUMBAI: Activists and villagers affected by the Jaitapur nuclear power project will boycott the Maharashtra government's meeting, to be held here on Tuesday to clear misconceptions over nuclear energy.
Experts from the nuclear energy establishment, agricultural universities and environment are expected to have an open house with the affected people, the media and elected representatives on the
Bombay High Court order on Writ Petition No. 97 2011 with Writ Petition No. 98 2011 on sand mining. The court has directed the Maharashtra government not to award any contract for sand mining or allow further excavation until and unless the agency concerned obtains an environmental clearance.
New Delhi: The Union environment and forests ministry on Monday extended the moratorium on environmental clearances to new projects in the coastal Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts of Maharashtra up to June 2011.
In mid-August, the ministry had imposed a four-month moratorium on entertaining any new project for mandatory environmental clearance which expired at the end of 2010.
The protest march by villagers against the Sahyadri Tiger Project took an ugly turn on Monday evening when angry villagers pelted stones on the forest department (wildlife) office in Patan in Satara district.
The villagers were agitating against the Sahyadri Tiger Project, which was initiated last year by combining the Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary and Chandoli National Park.
The rally, led by Zill
Livestock depredation by carnivores has become an important hurdle in conservation of predators at the top of the food chain. To develop feasible recommendations to minimize this conflict, it is important to learn the circumstances of the predation events and attitudes of people. We assessed the circumstances for livestock depredation by leopards in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra in India.
MUMBAI: For the last eight years, conservationists from across the state have been visiting coastal belts to protect turtle nesting sites and release hatchlings into the sea.
Goenchea Xetkanracho Ekvott (GXE), an umbrella organization working closely with numerous Goan groups on agriculture and environmental issues, has strongly condemned the Government of India and the Maharashtra government for the dictatorial and unconstitutional measures being taken to suppress the legitimate struggle of residents of Jaitapur and neighbouring villages to voice their concerns regard
