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SC tells Centre, Uttarakhand not to grant clearance for hydroelectric power projects

Ministry of Environment and Forests directed to constitute an expert body to make detailed study

The Supreme Court has directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests as well as the State of Uttarakhand not to grant any further environmental clearance or forest clearance for any hydroelectric power projects in Uttarakhand until further orders.

Publication Date: 
16/08/2013
J. Venkatesan
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Hydroelectricity, Supreme Court, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment Clearance (EC), Forest Clearance, Dams, Alakananda, Bhagirathi, Ecology, Disaster Management, Environment
Wildlife

Order of the National Green Tribunal on construction work going on within 10 km radius of Okhla Bird Sanctuary dated 14/08/2013

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Amit Kumar Vs Union of India & Others regarding construction work going on within 10 km radius of Okhla Bird Sanctuary dated 14/08/2013.

The Applicant (Amit Kumar) is directed to point out the identity of other buildings which are allegedly within the radius of 10 km from Okhla Bird Sanctuary. 

Judgement Date: 
14/08/2013
Tags:
Sanctuaries, Birds, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Environment Clearance (EC)
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal on the establishment of Coal Tar Pitch Plant without environmental clearance dated 14/08/2013

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Anil Kumar Nanda & Others Vs MoEF & Others dated 14/08/2013 regarding establishment of Coal Tar Pitch Plant without environmental clearance.

Judgement Date: 
14/08/2013
Tags:
Coal, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Environment Clearance (EC), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Industrial Pollution, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Health Effects
Forests

Explain delay in implementing forests rights in Mahan: Tribals

The Mahan Sangharsh Samiti (MSS), campaigning against the environmental clearance to Mahan Coal Ltd (a joint venture of Essar and Hindalco), has on Tuesday asked the chief minister Shivraj Singh Ch

Publication Date: 
14/08/2013
Times Of India (Bhopal)
Tags:
Environment Clearance (EC), Coal, Tribals, Forests, Hindustan Aluminium Company (HINDALCO), Madhya Pradesh, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Forest Clearance
Mining

Mining clearance: HC issues contempt notices to two senior IAS officers

Peeved at the lackadaisical attitude of the Punjab government in not seeking environment clearance from the Centre for mining of minor minerals, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday issued

Publication Date: 
14/08/2013
Indian Express (Chandigarh)
Tags:
Punjab, Environment Clearance (EC), Mining, High Court, Illegal Trade
Mining

UP govt admits before green tribunal about illegal sand mining

Says not a single environmental clearance granted for it in Gautam Budh Nagar district

The Uttar Pradesh government today reluctantly admitted before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that illegal sand mining was going on in the state and not even a single environmental clearance granted for it in Gautam Budh Nagar district.

Publication Date: 
14/08/2013
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Gautam Budha Nagar, Mining, Sand, Environment Clearance (EC), Illegal Trade, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Haryana, State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)
Mining

HC notice to 2 IAS officers for illegal mining in state

Two IAS officers are in the dock for alleged non-compliance of judicial orders on the mandatory environmental clearance for mining quarries measuring up to five acres in Punjab.

Publication Date: 
14/08/2013
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Punjab, Mining, High Court, State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Environment Clearance (EC), Illegal Trade
Mining

Greens welcome curbs on sand mining

Environmentalists have welcomed the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) order staying sand mining on river beds without environmental clearance.

Publication Date: 
14/08/2013
M.P. Praveen
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Kerala, Mining, Sand, Rivers, Environmentalists, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Construction Industry, Environment Clearance (EC)
Dams/ Irrigation

Judgement of the Supreme Court of India on environmental clearance for hydroelectric projects in the state of Uttarakhand dated 13/08/2013

Expressing concern over the proliferation of hydrolectric projects and their impact on the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda rivers, the SC has directed the environment ministry to not grant any environmental clearances to the hydro-electric projects in Uttarakhand.

Judgement Date: 
13/08/2013
Tags:
Dams, Forest Clearance, Environment Clearance (EC), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Supreme Court, Natural Disasters, Floods, Disaster Management, Alakananda, Bhagirathi, Riverine Ecology, Ganga, Tehri, Reservoirs, Hydroelectricity
Habitat And Urbanisation

Board grants clearance for SmartCity building

Construction Of The First Phase To Start This Month-End

The much-delayed SmartCity project received a shot in the arm after the single window clearance board, which met in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday, granted building permit for the construction of first IT building.

Publication Date: 
13/08/2013
Times Of India (Kochi)
Tags:
Kerala, Kochi, Buildings, Bridges, Construction Industry, Environment Clearance (EC), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Habitat And Urbanisation

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