Rehabilitation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding rehabilitation of project affected persons of Gunjawani Irrigation Project, Maharashtra, 20/10/2020

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Prakash Ravaji Devgirikar & Others Vs State of Maharashtra & Others dated 20/10/2020.

The applicants are the project affected persons of Gunjawani Irrigation Project. In Original Application No. 43/2016 certain directions were issued for rehabilitation and it is alleged that the state of Maharashtra having responsibility for rehabilitation failed to fulfil the pre-condition of the environmental clearance and after gap of more than four years the conditions has not been complied with.

Judgement Date:

20/10/2020

Tags:

Irrigation, Displacement, Rehabilitation, Maharashtra, Pune (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Environment Clearance (EC)

Dams/ Irrigation

Report on Polavaram project, 08/09/2020

Report of the Committee comprising of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Additional PCCF, Telangana State Pollution Control Board and representatives of District Collector, Khammam in the matter of Original Application No. 110/2019 (PB) in compliance to National Green Tribunal (NGT) orders dated February 20, 2020.

Judgement Date:

08/09/2020

Tags:

Polavaram, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Rehabilitation, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Orissa (Odisha), Chhattisgarh, Sedimentation, Reservoirs, Dam Safety

Mining

Open Cast Iron Ore Mine Reclamation & Rehabilitation in Karnataka

Based on the direction from the Hon'ble Supreme Court, the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) issued guidelines to the Government of Karnataka(GoK) to get R&R Plans for the individual open cast iron ore mine leases of the area prepared by the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE).

Publication Date:

13/07/2020

Source: Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education

Tags:

Karnataka, Mining, Bellary (D), Chitradurga (D), Tumkur (D), Central Empowered Committee (CEC), Mining Reclamation, Rehabilitation

Mining

Question raised in Lok Sabha on families living near Unsafe Coal Mines , 11/03/2020

The Master Plan for dealing with fire, subsidence and rehabilitation in the lease hold of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) and Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) was approved on 12th August 2009 by Government of India in which numbers of families residing in unsecure and unsafe areas in coal mines were surveyed.

Publication Date:

11/03/2020

Source: Lok Sabha

Tags:

Ministry of Coal, Mining, Coal, People, Rehabilitation

Mining

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on the master plan for rehabilitation of people at Jharia coal area, Jharkhand, 03/02/2020

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines informed the Rajya Sabha that the government has approved a Master Plan to be implemented within ten years and two years for pre-implementation activities for the rehabilitation of the people affected by the underground fire and land subsidence in the Jharia Coal area of Jharkhand.

Publication Date:

03/02/2020

Source: Rajya Sabha

Tags:

Mining, Coal, Jharkhand, Rehabilitation, Rajya Sabha, Parliament, Dhanbad (D)

Dams/ Irrigation

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding raising of water level in Sardar Sarovar, 24/10/2019

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Madan Singh & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 24/10/2019 regarding raising of water level in Sardar Sarovar reservoir and rehabilitation of project affected families.

Judgement Date:

24/10/2019

Tags:

Narmada Valley Project, Reservoirs, Displacement, Rehabilitation, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Supreme Court

Land

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding employment to people whose land was acquired by Mahanadi Coal Fields, Odisha, 21/08/2019

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Mahanadi Coal Fields Ltd. & Others Vs Mathias Oram & Others dated 21/08/2019 regarding employment to people whose land was acquired by Mahanadi Coal Fields Ltd.

Judgement Date:

21/08/2019

Tags:

Land Acquisition, Power Industry, Orissa (Odisha), Supreme Court, Displacement, Rehabilitation, Thermal Power Plants, Mahanadi Coalfields

Wildlife