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Following SC observation, real estate companies say building plans approved only after environment clearance

Real estate companies in top metros have said that local government bodies approve building plans only after the project has been granted environment clearance.

Publication Date: 
18/01/2016
Ravi Teja Sharma, Kailash Babar
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environment Clearance (EC), Housing Construction, Buildings, Construction Industry, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Environment Act 1986, Noida, Gurgaon (T), Bangalore (T), Mumbai, CRZ Clearance (Coastal Clearance), Environment
Environment

HPCL gets green nod for Rs 18,400 cr Vizag refinery expansion

The company plans to expand its refinery at Visakhapatnam from 8.33 MTPA to 15

Publication Date: 
18/01/2016
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Andhra Pradesh, Environment Clearance (EC), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL), Central Expert Appraisal Committee (CEAC), Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Environment
Environment

NGT slaps Rs 25 crore fine on Adani-Hazira Port, cancels environment clearance

The order was issued in response to a plea filed by four local fishermen of Hazira in 2013, who challenged the EC granted by MoEF for further development of port activities at Hajira in the same ye

Publication Date: 
18/01/2016
Daily News Analysis (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Gujarat, Adani Port and SEZ Ltd, Surat (D), Environment Clearance (EC), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Compensation, CRZ Clearance (Coastal Clearance), Environment
Mining

Amendment in EIA notification 2006 with respect to mining of minor minerals including sand mining and others

The Government has announced that the process of granting Environmental Clearance for sustainable sand mining and mining of minor minerals has been decentralized. The Ministry has created District Environment Impact Assessment Authority (DEIAA) for proper monitoring of sand mining.

Publication Date: 
15/01/2016
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Tags:
Minor Minerals, Sand, Mining, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Environment Clearance (EC), India
Habitat And Urbanisation

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal development of buildings within prohibited areas of Thane creek, Mumbai, 15/01/2016

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Paryavaran Dakshta Manch & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 15/01/2016 regarding development of buildings in the name of “Sun-stream City Pvt. Ltd” within prohibited areas of Thane creek and debris being dumped in the natural flow of seawater and the wetlands.

Judgement Date: 
15/01/2016
Tags:
Wetlands, Mangroves, Mumbai, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Thane (D), Maharashtra, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Construction Industry, Environment Clearance (EC), Coastal Regulations
Environment

23 units in state face closure

Vadodara: The future of 23 industrial units based across Gujarat looks uncertain after the Western Zone Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) struck down a 2002 notification of the Ministry of

Publication Date: 
15/01/2016
Times Of India (Vadodara)
Tags:
Gujarat, Vadodara (D), Industrial Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Environment Clearance (EC), Environment Act 1986, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Environment
Environment

Environment ministry okays new thermal power project in Chennai

CHENNAI: The Union environment ministry has given permission for a new thermal power project in Chennai.

Publication Date: 
15/01/2016
B Sivakumar
Times Of India (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Environment Clearance (EC), Thermal Power Plants, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Ramanathapuram (D), Environment
Environment

Green violations by TSGENCO confirmed

MoEF report submitted to NGT bench recommends appropriate action as deemed fit

Publication Date: 
15/01/2016
Swathi V.
Hindu (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Andhra Pradesh, Khammam (D), Thermal Power Plants, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Environment Clearance (EC), Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Environment Act 1986, Industrial Pollution, Environment
Mining

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal quarrying, Kollam District, Kerala, 14/01/2016

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone Bench, Chennai) in the matter of Thulaseedharan Pillai Vs Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change & Others dated 14/01/2016 regarding illegal quarrying carried on by Jyothikumar V. Nariyida Charuvila Veedu in the name of Ulakkode Rock Quarry in more than 1 acre of land in Block No. 32 Resurvey No. 2/2 and 2/6 of Veliyam village, Kottarakara Taluk, Kollam District, Kerala.

No mining operation can be carried out until quarry permit is renewed in accordance with law ruled NGT.

Judgement Date: 
14/01/2016
Tags:
Mining, Kollam (D), Kerala, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Environment Clearance (EC), Supreme Court
Environment

Will challenge NGT order to close down Gujarat plant: JB Chemicals

JB Chemicals said that it has been operating the plant with a valid environmental clearance

Specialty chemicals maker Dorf Ketal acquires Filtra Catalysts

Publication Date: 
14/01/2016
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Gujarat, Chemical Industry, Industrial Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Environment Clearance (EC), Compensation, Environment

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