Environment

Uttar Pradesh to send Okhla eco-zone plan to environment ministry by February 28

NOIDA: Close to a lakh Noida homebuyers and their builders are waiting impatiently for the final order on demarcation of eco-sensitive zone around the Okhla Bird Sanctuary, which needs to be cleare

Publication Date: 
20/02/2015
Sharmila Bhowmick
Times Of India (Noida)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Noida, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Sanctuaries, Birds, National Green Tribunal (NGT)
Environment

Second Sharda institute under NGT lens

Agra: More trouble is in store for the Sharda Group of Institutions.

Publication Date: 
13/02/2015
Aditya Dev
Times Of India (Agra)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Agra (D), Land, Sanctuaries, Environment, Regulations, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Wetlands, Forest Act 1980, Wildlife Act 1972, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Mining

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding environmental clearance for extracting quarry sand at Thillaivilagam Village, Thiruthuraipoondi Taluk, Thiruvarur District, Tamil Nadu, 05/02/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Mathialagan Vs Union of India dated 05/02/2015 regarding order of the State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Tamil Nadu dated 20.5.2013 by which the SEIAA has granted an approval of Environmental Clearance (E.C.) for the proposal of the 6th respondent, project proponent for extracting quarry sand (Savudu) deposited at survey Nos. 138/1B1, 138/2A, Thillaivilagam Village, Thiruthuraipoondi Taluk, Thiruvarur District .

Judgement Date: 
05/02/2015
Tags:
Sand, Thiruvarur (D), Tamil Nadu, Environment Clearance (EC), Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Sanctuaries, State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Mining

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding rampant mining in the district of Alwar, 05/02/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Sonya Ghosh Vs. State of Haryana & Others dated 05/02/2015 regarding illegal, unauthorised and the rampant mining going on in the District of Alwar.

Judgement Date: 
05/02/2015
Tags:
Mining, Alwar (D), Rajasthan, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Haryana, Sariska NP, Tiger Reserves, Sanctuaries, Stone Industry, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Wildlife

Bengaluru to house first fenced elephant sanctuary

In a first for the country, the Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP) has set up a 49.5 hectare (122 acres) fenced, forested elephant sanctuary. Elephants can move about freely in the enclosure.

Publication Date: 
30/01/2015
Saswati Mukherjee
Times Of India (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Elephant, Sanctuaries, Bannerghatta NP, PETA, People - Animal Conflicts, Wildlife
Wildlife

Draft Notification of the Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary, Shahabad district, Bihar

Whereas, the Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary, situated in the then Shahabad district, and presently in Rohtas and Kaimur District, lying between Latitudes 24°3’ and 25°0’ N and Longitude 83°25’ and 85°0’ E, in the State of Bihar, spread over an area of 1504.96 sq.

Publication Date: 
28/01/2015
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
Eco-Sensitive Zone, Kaimur SA, Bihar, Wildlife, Sanctuaries, Endangered Species
Mining

Ordinance on mining a relief for cement plants

With the Union Government promulgating the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Ordinance, 2015, various cement plants in the state have heaved a sigh of relief as they will be

Publication Date: 
23/01/2015
Ambika Sharma
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Himachal Pradesh, Mining, Cement Industry, Minerals, Sanctuaries
Environment

NBWL meet on Jan 21, to clear 7 state projects

Nagpur: The ministry of environment, forest and climate change seems to be engaged in giving a big push to projects falling within 10km of protected areas (PAs).

Publication Date: 
20/01/2015
Vijay Pinjarkar
Times of India (Nagpur)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Environment Clearance (EC), Wildlife Clearance, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Melghat SA, Sanctuaries, Environment
Environment

Activists write to MoEF, want construction stopped

The Statue of Unity is likely to face a legal hurdle with a group of environment activists set to move the National Green Tribunal (NGT) against the state government’s ambitious project to construc

Publication Date: 
20/01/2015
Indian Express (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Gujarat, Narmada, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Environment Clearance (EC), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Environmentalists, Sanctuaries, Environment Act 1986, Right To Information (RTI), Environment
Habitat And Urbanisation

MoEF to decide fate of homebuyers near Okhla Bird Sanctuary soon

More than 30,000 apartment buyers in Noida could finally get possession of their homes, with the ministry of environment and forests set to consider all comments on its draft notification on the ec

Publication Date: 
15/01/2015
Urmi A Goswami, Ravi Teja Sharma
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Noida, Birds, Sanctuaries, Housing, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eco-Sensitive Zone, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Construction Industry, Housing Construction, Habitat And Urbanisation

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