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Greens to challenge nod for 17 quarries

Sanctioning Authority, SEIAA, Is Headless

The Greens in the state are planning to move the National Green Tribunal (NGT) against the environmental clearance given by the State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) to 17 quarries at a time when the chairman’s post was vacant in the authority. The SEIAA is the nodal agency in the state that provides clearances for quarrying, sand mining and commercial projects in Kerala.

Publication Date: 
17/02/2014
Viju B
Times Of India (Kochi)
Tags:
Kerala, Mining, Environment Clearance (EC), National Green Tribunal (NGT), State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Environmentalists, Eco-Sensitive Zone, Madhav Gadgil, Sand, Environment
Solid Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding Kanjurmarg dumping site, 12/02/2014

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Vanshakti & Anr V/s Mun. Corpn of Greater Mumbai & Ors. dated 12/02/2014 regarding Kanjurmarg dumping site. NGT has directed that reclamation and landfilling shall not be done at the disputed site till the next order. The order also stated that "It was also noticed that the construction of landfill site was
in progress for which rampant reclamation was being carried out."

Judgement Date: 
14/02/2014
Tags:
Landfill, Land Reclamation, Municipal Solid Waste, Municipal Corporation, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Mumbai, Maharashtra, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Coastal Regulations
Mining

Students’ body wants government to challenge ban on sand mining

A student organisation in the state has urged the government to challenge the National Green Tribunal’s order to ban mining or removal of sand from river beds.

Publication Date: 
13/02/2014
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Meghalaya, West Khasi Hills, Mining, Sand, National Green Tribunal (NGT), State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA)
Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding Environmental Clearance for project located at the Najafgarh drain Basin, 05/02/2014

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mahendra Pandey Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 05/02/2014. The NGT order states that the "Ministry of Environment and Forests / State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority shall not grant any final Environmental Clearance for project located at the Najafgarh drain Basin in accordance with its own Office Memorandum dated 13th January, 2010 and in view of the Office Memorandum dated 17th
September, 2013.

Judgement Date: 
05/02/2014
Tags:
Drainage, Delhi, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Environment Clearance (EC), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Urban Habitat
Environment

Green panel finds 100 builders guilty of violating norms

Mumbai: Action has been recommended against several developers by the state environment appraisal committee (SEAC-2) for undertaking construction without prior environment clearance (EC).

Ravi Budhiraja, chairperson of SEAC-2, which scrutinizes construction proposals for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, said there were nearly100 cases over the last year.

Publication Date: 
05/02/2014
Clara Lewis
Times Of India (Mumbai)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Mumbai, State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC), Environment Clearance (EC), Environment Act 1986, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Pune (D), State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Construction Industry, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment
Mining

Sand mining regulations offer a ray of hope

Ministry of Environment and Forests guidelines stipulate that mining in quarries with lease area of 5-25 hectares should be done only manually.

Publication Date: 
29/01/2014
S. Ganesan
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Mining, Sand, Tamil Nadu, Environment Clearance (EC), State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Tiruchirapalli (D), Karur (D)
Environment

NGT slaps notice on central & state agencies for pollution at Mandideep Industrial Area

BHOPAL: The central zone bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday, served notices on Central and state government agencies following a petition filed by a Bhopal-based activist, alleging p

Publication Date: 
23/01/2014
Times Of India (Bhopal)
Tags:
Madhya Pradesh, Raisen (D), Betwa, River Pollution, Monuments, Industrial Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Landfill, Industrial Waste, Environment
Mining

Illegal mining continues in border areas of Una district

Illegal mining is continuing along the borders of Punjab in Una district. In many areas, hills are being destroyed and rivulets getting choked due to illegal mining.

Publication Date: 
16/01/2014
Lalit Mohan
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Himachal Pradesh, Mining, Sand, Illegal Trade, Rivers, Farmers, State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Stone Industry
Habitat And Urbanisation

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding construction of the Residential cum Commercial Project, under the Slum Rehabilitation Authority’s Development Scheme, Maharashtra, 13/01/2014

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Arvind V. Aswal Ors.Vs M/s Arihant Realtors Ors. dated 13/01/2014 regarding construction of the Residential cum Commercial Project, under the Slum
Rehabilitation Authority’s Development Scheme, Maharashtra.

Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/judgment/77_2013(Ap)(WZ)_13Jan2014_final_order.pdf

Judgement Date: 
13/01/2014
Tags:
Slum Upgrading, Maharashtra, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Environment Clearance (EC), State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Press, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Information
Environment

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding environmental clearance to projects, 06/01/2014

Supreme Court has asked the environment ministry to set up national environment regulator with office in every state to “appraise and monitor” the process for granting green clearances and how the regulations are complied with. Read text of this order dated 6 Jan 2014.

Judgement Date: 
06/01/2014
Tags:
Mining, Environment Clearance (EC), Lafarge India, Meghalaya, Supreme Court, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment Act 1986, Forest Act 1988, Forest Act 1980, State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Forest Clearance, National Environment Assessment and Monitoring Authority (NEAMA)

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