New Delhi: Heeding to states’ plea for simplification of green clearance process, the Union environment and forests ministry has come out with detailed guidelines giving more powers to states by ex

Consequent to the order of the Supreme Court and the National Green Tribunal banning sand mining from river beds, the Office of The Deputy Commissioner, East Khasi Hills District, and the Basin Dev

Tecom, the promoters of SmartCity project, will submit the environmental clearance application for the complete project to state level environment impact assessment authority by month-end.

All major real estate projects in the city and rest of the state have remained stalled since April because the state mechanism to clear them has been lying dormant for over six months.

After a brief lull, quarrying of river sand commenced in five places on Monday, taking the total number of re-opened sand quarries to 12.

On Wednesday last, seven quarries resumed operations. Of the 12 functioning quarries, five are on the Coleroon river (two each in Thanjavur and Nagapattinam districts and one in Ariyalur); five on the Cauvery (four in Karur and one in Tiruchi) and two on the Gundar (both in Virudhunagar), according to officials of the Public Works Department (PWD).

5 firms likely to ask for rethink on application to open new quarries

As many as five firms may ask for reconsideration of their application for opening new granite quarries in Western Ghats, invoking an order of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest.

The State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) today blamed the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF) for not issuing the necessary clarification on the classification of sand

Green tribunal says MoEFs can consider either of the reports

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday said that it was no longer mandatory for the Environment Ministry to refer to Gadgil panel’s report while deciding applications for clearance for projects in permissible areas of the Western Ghats.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has made it clear that any coal tar processing unit operating in the country without clearance from State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) or the en

National Green Tribunal (NGT) today sought responses from the Centre and Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on a plea challenging the environmental clearance granted for an expansion of the Akshardh