The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has lifted the moratorium on mining and other projects in villages in Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts that are not a part of the ecologically sensi
This has reference to the Ministry's Office Memorandum dated 17th October 2013, wherein, the moratorium was lifted on consideration of projects from the non-Western Ghats Talukas of Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg Districts, Maharashtra except for Dodamarg Taluka, under the EIA Notification, 2006.
For the first time this season, the total rainfall received in Mumbai has exceeded the required figures. Rainfall at Colaba and Santa Cruz stood at 178.5mm and 75.6mm above normal respectively.
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Ajay Shivajirao Bhonsale Vs MoEF & Ors dated 26/03/2014 regarding Environment Clearance for the project Tiroda iron Ore Mine at village TIroda, in Sawantwadi Taluka, in SIndhudurg District in Maharashtra.
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of The Gram Panchayat Tiroda & Others Vs The MoEF Ors. dated 25/11/2013 regarding environmental clearance for mining given to Tiroda Iron Ore Mine at village Tiroda, in Sawantwadi Taluka, in Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.
Pune: The notification issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) last month declaring about 60,000 sq km area of the Western Ghats as an eco-sensitive area (ESA) has been further ame
KOLHAPUR: Of the 60,000 square km area of the Western Ghats that the Union environment ministry notified as ecologically sensitive on Wednesday, 17,000 sq km fall in Maharashtra covering 2,133 vill
The National Green Tribunal has said that it is no longer mandatory for the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to refer to Gadgil panel’s report while deciding applications for clearance for projects in permissible areas of the western ghats.
The state government has set up a four-member committee to get views and comments of stakeholders on declaring the Sawantwadi-Dodamarg wildlife corridor as an ecologically sensitive zone.
The Environment Ministry has decided to turn approximately 60,000 square kilometres of the Western Ghats across six States into an Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA), banning mining, quarrying, ther
