The Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) on Tuesday ruled out allowing export of iron ore pellets from Karnataka-based miners.

Days After Govt’s Nod To Project, National Tribunal Quashes Clearance, Calls It Illegal

New Delhi: Within five days of imposing a moratorium on new industries in Chhattisgarh’s Korba district for being the fifth polluted industrial zone in the country, the environment ministry did a U-turn, having cleared a private 3x350 MW thermal power plant. The move overlooks not only the freeze the ministry had imposed, but also the venture is in violation of green norms.

In response to a petition from human rights activist and Supreme Court lawyer Radhakanta Tripathy that the villagers were forcibly asked to vacate their lands for the Lower Suktel dam in Balangir d

Environment ministry does not evaluate cumulative environmental impact of multiple dams in a region. Funded by the project proponent, the EIA report of a project too downplays the environmental costs, reports M Rajshekhar

Housed in the ministry of environment and forests is a quasi-independent body whose job is to scrutinise every hydel-power project for environmental damage. In its six years, the hydel environmental assessment committee (EAC) has evaluated 262 hydropower plants and irrigation projects, according to a February 2013 study by the South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People, a Delhi-based antidam organisation; it hasn’t rejected a single one.

GUWAHATI: Seeking solution to the burning problems of the tribal community of the state, which has been long neglected by the government, various tribal organisations under the banner of All Assam Tribal Sangha (AATS) organised a meeting in the city today. The participating organisations included All Bodo Students’ Union (ABSU), Tiwa Students’ Union (TSU), Mishing Students’ Union (MSU), Karbi Students’ Union (KSU) amongst others. A press conference was also organised after the end of the meeting.

Pre-poll move Surveys being conducted in jhuggi jhopri clusters across city to identify beneficiaries.

More than five years after around 14,000 houses meant for economically weaker sections (EWS) of society were built and still remain unused, the Delhi government has fast-tracked housing allocations. With the Assembly elections around the corner, the government hopes to allocate at least 7,000 EWS houses by the end of June and complete the remaining before September.

The Shramik Mukti Sangathana, Murbad, and project-affected persons have slammed the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) for its 'short-sighted' decision to clear Kalu dam in Thane district involving 1,

The Adivasi Land Rights Protection Council (ALRPC) has decided to intensify the agitation for land and compensation to those tribal people evicted from the abandoned hydroelectric project area in Perinjamkutty.

Its convenor Babu Arackal has said that even after the relay hunger strike in front of the Collectorate at Painavu crossed over 200 days no concrete decision was taken by the district administration and the State government for their rehabilitation.

GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat may be losing some Asiatic lions - its main tourist attraction - to the neighbouring Madhya Pradesh, but it will soon have leopards to attract more visitors to Sasan Gir.

The state government has decided to establish Gujarat's first leopard park in the Gir lion sanctuary for better conservation of wildcat species.
A senior official associated with the new project said, "Gir is known for lions but the leopard is also one of the major wild species in the area that is less visible. For better conservation of the leopard population of Gir, we have decided to establish an exclusive leopard park in the sanctuary where the tourists can easily see the leopards in their natural habitat."

The government on Thursday claimed it had reached a broad consensus over the Land Acquisition Bill after it agreed to two major demands of the opposition parties, clearing the way for its passage i