Decision on Kasturirangan panel report by August: Prakash JavadekarJavadekar said that barring commercial mining and polluting industries there will no restriction on doing business in Western Ghats and the...
Protecting Western Ghats: Environment ministry gets nod for final draftThe green bench categorically said that no fresh environmental clearance or permissions should be issued by MoEF till it issues the final n...
- Quarrying in Western Ghats will help locals, Karnataka govt says
The Karnataka government objected to the recommendations of the Dr K Kasturirangan committee to ban quarrying and sand mining in the ecolog...
- Center changes its green order on Western Ghats for Kerala
Succumbing to the pressure of Kerala government’s demand, the Centre on Tuesday announced altering the boundaries of Ecological Sensitive A...
Environment ministry seeks views of states in Western Ghats regionEnvironment ministry will consider views of chief ministers of all states in the Western Ghats region before issuing the draft notification...
Environment ministry seeks views of Western Ghats statesEnvironment Min will consider views of Chief Ministers of all states in Western Ghats region before issuing draft notification for declarin...
Centre to discuss Western Ghats issue with chief ministers of six statesCentre decided to convene a meeting of CMs from 6 states, through which 1600-km-long Western Ghats traverses, to find a way to implement a ...
MoEF nod to agriculture, plantation activities along Western GhatsEnvironment Ministry today clarified that there is no ban on agriculture and plantations activities along the Western Ghats.
MoEF allows agri, plantation activities along Western GhatsEnvironment Ministry allowed agriculture and plantation activities along the Western Ghats which had been banned through the implementation...
'Steps initiated to implement Kasturirangan panel findings': MoEFThe Environment Ministry today informed the National Green Tribunal that it has initiated steps to implement recommendations of K Kasturira...
- Panel to seek feedback on green tag for wildlife corridor
The state government has set up a four-member committee to get views and comments of stakeholders on declaring the Sawantwadi-Dodamarg wild...
- No protection to 63% of Western Ghats is perilous
The central government's in principle acceptance of the Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats, which will exclude 63% of the area from cons...
MoEF approves Kasturirangan panel report on Western GhatsEnvironment Ministry has given approval to a report on Western Ghats prepared by K Kasturirangan-led panel which has recommended prohibitio...
Madhav Gadgil slams Centre on its policy on Western GhatsMadhav Gadgil today said the Environment Ministry is even hesitant to implement the Kasturirangan Panel report, which according to him was ...
- Don’t allow mining in Western Ghats: Panel
Around 60,000 sq km of Western Ghats, spread across six states, should be turned into a no-go area for commercial activities like mining, t...
Western Ghats: HLWG for prohibitory regime in 60,000 sq km areaA report on Western Ghats prepared by K Kasturirangan-led HLWG has recommended prohibition on development activities in 60,000 sq km ecolog...