Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Paramjeet Singh Kalsi V/s MoEF and Ors. dated 15/05/2015 regarding environmental degradation due to illegal sand mining, with the use of heavy machinery in village Rajola, Tq. Kuhi, District Nagpur, Maharashtra.

The Applicant claims that the sand mining is being done with help of heavy machinery in the river beds in District Nagpur which is causing irreparable loss to the environment.

The government has asked the Supreme Court for six months to undertake a complete assessment of the feasibility of allowing construction of six new hydropower projects in Uttarakhand.

Nowadays, aquatic organisms are used as bio-indicators to assess ecological water quality in western regions, but have hardly been used in an Iranian context. We, therefore, evaluated the suitability of several indices to assess the water quality for an Iranian case study.

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The Centre has set up a task force to look into various contentious issues relating to inter-linking of rivers.

While Prime Minister Narendra Modi continues to stress on the need for achieving a balance between development and environmental conservation, companies involved in construction of hydro electricit

At a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is stressing on efforts to clean the Ganga river and ensure its free flow, companies involved in hydro power projects in Uttarakhand continue to flout re

Goa's fragile and already-stressed environment is under serious threat with the scale of destruction only increasing as time passes by.

Seeks report from Rohtak Divisional Commissioner, Karnal DC

Call to abandon river linking proposal

Government today said it is reviewing some of the hydro power projects in the country to ensure that the country gets enough clean energy without hurting the ecology.

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