Green panel to breathe life into 'dying' Khajjiar lake
Having lost much of its beauty and charm over the years, Khajjiar lake may, however, get a new lease of life if a recent order passed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to initiate steps for rest
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Judgement of the Supreme Court of India on Vembanad backwaters dated 08/08/2013
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M/s Vaamika Island (Green Lagoon Resort) Vs Union of India and Others dated 08/08/2013 regarding classification of the petitioner's properties...
View ArticleNGT restrains construction in and around Dadri wetlands
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday restrained Uttam Steels and Associates (Consortium) and Shiv Nadar University from any construction or reclaiming of land in the Dadri wetlands and it
View ArticleGreen body seeks Rampal Power Plant EIA report
Poribesh Bachao Andolon (Poba), an environmental organisation, has sent a letter to the Department of Environment (DoE) seeking its Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report and other documents
View ArticleDon't report CRZ violations to SC: MLAs, bishops to Kerala government
Thiruvananthapuram : In an apparent bid to protect the tourism industry, 20 legislators and five bishops, including a Catholic cardinal, have sent a petition to the Chief Minister stating that the
View ArticleGreen panel halts DRDO, BARC, IISc projects at Chitradurga
BARC, meanwhile, planned to set up a technology deployment facility named Special Materials Facility
View ArticleNGT panel to probe why Dadri wetland was not protected
The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday ordered the formation of a high-level expert committee to verify why no action has been taken by the UP government to protect the Dadri wildlife habitat in
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Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nirma Limited Vs. MoEF...
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nirma Limited Vs. MoEF & Others dated 23/08/2013 regarding whether the lands in questions are wet land, water bodies, bund, Bandharas etc. and...
View ArticleAdvisory on conservation and restoration of water bodies in urban areas
The Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) has the mandate, inter alia, to conserve/restore urban lakes/water bodies, re-use and re-cycle waste water, etc.
View ArticleAlarm sounded over untreated service station effluents
The Toxicology and National Poison Information Centre (TNPIC), of the National Hospital, yesterday warned that harmful chemicals were being released to the environment and ground water through untr
View ArticleDraft civic waste rules focus on landfill site selection
The draft Municipal Waste Rules just placed in the public domain for feedback, have identified a specific criteria for site selection ~that the landfill site has to be large enough to last for at l
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Important wetlands identified under protected area and wetland conservation...
Important wetlands identified under protected area and wetland conservation programme referred to in reply of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1861 regarding Protection of Migratory Birds.Main...
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State-wise list of wetlands identified under National Wetlands Conservation...
State-wise list of wetlands identified under National Wetlands Conservation Programme referred to in reply of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1918 on ‘National Wetland Conservation Programme’.Main...
View ArticleNGT restrains construction in and around Dadri wetlands
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday restrained Uttam Steels and Associates (Consortium) and Shiv Nadar University from any construction or reclaiming of land in the Dadri wetlands and its...
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nirma Limited Vs. MoEF...
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nirma Limited Vs. MoEF & Others dated 23/08/2013 regarding whether the lands in questions are wet land, water bodies, bund, Bandharas etc. and as
View ArticleNGT panel to probe why Dadri wetland was not protected
The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday ordered the formation of a high-level expert committee to verify why no action has been taken by the UP government to protect the Dadri wildlife habitat in Greater
View ArticleGreen panel halts DRDO, BARC, IISc projects at Chitradurga
BARC, meanwhile, planned to set up a technology deployment facility named Special Materials Facility The projects of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Bhabha Atomic Research
View ArticleDon't report CRZ violations to SC: MLAs, bishops to Kerala government
Thiruvananthapuram : In an apparent bid to protect the tourism industry, 20 legislators and five bishops, including a Catholic cardinal, have sent a petition to the Chief Minister stating that the state
View ArticleAlarm sounded over untreated service station effluents
The Toxicology and National Poison Information Centre (TNPIC), of the National Hospital, yesterday warned that harmful chemicals were being released to the environment and ground water through untreated
View ArticleDraft civic waste rules focus on landfill site selection
The draft Municipal Waste Rules just placed in the public domain for feedback, have identified a specific criteria for site selection ~that the landfill site has to be large enough to last for at least
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