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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding construction activity that is being carried on in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, 29/02/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Society for Preservation of Kasauli and its Environs (SPOKE) Vs. Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation & Others dated 29/02/2016 regarding construction activity that is being carried on in Kasauli and the surrounding areas without compliance of law.

NGT directs both the counsel to submit the list of the properties which are being constructed illegally, unauthorisedly in Kasauli whether in cantonment area, non- cantonment area or even in the near-by areas to Kasauli to which the Development Plan applies.

Judgement Date: 
29/02/2016
Tags:
Environment, Construction Industry, Himachal Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Forest Clearance, Forest Act 1980
Mining

Odisha moves Supreme Court for relook on Niyamgiri

Mining industry Supreme Court had ruled in April 2013 that the Vedanta Group’s bauxite mining project in the Niyamgiri hills will have to get clearance from the gram sabhas

Publication Date: 
26/02/2016
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Mining, Bauxite, Vedanta Aluminium, Gram Sabhas, Supreme Court, Orissa Mining Corporation, Forest Clearance, Tribals, Dongria Kondh
Energy

Tata Power gets forest clearance for wind power project in Karnataka

Green panel has given clearance to Tata Power Company for setting up of a 52.50 MW wind power project in Koppal district.

Publication Date: 
25/02/2016
Daily News Analysis (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Wind Energy, Forest Clearance, Koppal (D), Renewable Energy, Power Industry, Energy
Water Resources

Linking of Ken-Betwa may take off only by year end

According to officials of the water resources ministry all three clearances are before different expert appraisal panels of the union environment ministry, under process.

Publication Date: 
03/02/2016
Nikhil M Ghanekar
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
Tags:
River Linking, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Ken, Betwa, Environment Clearance (EC), Forest Clearance, Water Resources
Dams/ Irrigation

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding the Renuka Dam project across river Giri, 02/02/2016

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Puran Chand & Others Vs State of Himachal Pradesh through its Secretary Environment to the Government of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 02/02/2016 regarding regarding the Renuka Dam project across river Giri. River Giri is a perennial river which flows from its origin at Himachal Pradesh down to meet river Yamuna near Paonta Sahib in Himachal Pradesh and passes through the area between Dadahu town and Badaun village.

Judgement Date: 
02/02/2016
Tags:
Dams, Rivers, Giri, Yamuna, Hydrology, Himachal Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Environment Clearance (EC), Forest Clearance, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Sanctuaries, Wildlife, Displacement, Rehabilitation
Mining

Mining on Gaula river: Uttarakhand state authorities deny ban

Though the protest on ban on mining in Gaula river by NGT has begun in by the affected groups in Haldwani, the Uttarakhand Forest Development Corporation deny from any such ban in place.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2016
Seema Sharma
Times Of India (Dehradun)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Mining, Nainital (D), Forest Clearance, Sand, Minor Minerals, National Green Tribunal (NGT)
Wildlife

Eco-friendly measures to mitigate impacts of linear infrastructure on wildlife

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has assigned the responsibility to the Wildlife Institute of India to prepare a technical document ‘Eco-friendly measures to mitigate impacts of linear infrastructure on wildlife’ for rail, road and power transmission line planners and managers; forest and wildlife managers and wild

Publication Date: 
01/01/2016
Wildlife Institute of India
Tags:
Wildlife, Biodiversity, Infrastructure Development, India, Roads, Power Transmission, Environment Clearance (EC), Rail Transport, Birds, Forest Clearance, People - Animal Conflicts
Mining

Forest panel stalls clearance for three coal mines owned by PSUs

The coal mining proposals belonged to south eastern coalfields, Madhya Pradesh, eastern coalfields in Godda district, Jharkhand and to central coalfields in Bokaro.

Publication Date: 
29/12/2015
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
Tags:
Mining, Coal, Madhya Pradesh, South Eastern Coalfields, Godda (D), Jharkhand, Central Coalfields, Bokaro (D), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Forest Clearance
Mining

AP expects about Rs 46,000 crore investment in mining by 2022

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh government is anticipating investments of nearly Rs 46,000 crore in the mining sector by 2022, a senior Mines department official said on Wednesday.

Publication Date: 
24/12/2015
Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Andhra Pradesh, Mining, Mineral - Based Industry, Environment Clearance (EC), Forest Clearance
Mining

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Clearance for diversion of forest land for coal mining, 14/12/2015

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Clearance for diversion of forest land for coal mining, 14/12/2015. The Government of India grants prior approval under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 to use forest land for the purpose for various development projects. During the period of last six years i.e.

Publication Date: 
14/12/2015
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Forest Clearance, Coal, Mining, India, Parliament

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