Ram Mandir's roof started leaking after heavy rainfall in Ayodhya, alleges head priestHead priest Acharya Satyendra Das reported that the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya faced leakage issues after heavy rainfall, with no proper drainag...
24 Jun, 2024, 09.53 PM IST
Developer fined Rs 100 crore for violating environmental laws in Gurugram residential projectAccording to the report of a panel set up by the National Green Tribunal, the firm had not obtained environmental clearance for the project...
21 Jun, 2022, 10.29 PM IST
Residential projects up to 1.5 lakh sqm will not need prior ‘environmental clearance'Urban local bodies such as municipalities will have the power to grant building permission, which may attract criticism from green activist...
16 Nov, 2018, 12.56 PM IST
With focus on big water projects, sustainability gets a miss in Karnataka BudgetWater experts who have been demanding sustainable water solutions for the city say that the government’s priority should have been to rejuv...
06 Jul, 2018, 09.20 AM IST
Government may ease green norms to boost affordable housingProjects will have to fulfil "environmental conditions" through self declaration and certification while seeking building\construction perm...
20 Mar, 2018, 11.06 AM IST
Builders' wait for NGT nod to resume work near Yamuna floodplains gets longerThe NGT-appointed expert committee tasked with carrying out fresh demarcation of the Yamuna floodplain zone for construction projects that ...
31 May, 2017, 04.23 PM IST
DCM Shriram gets green nod for Rs 188 crore UP distillery plantDCM Shriram has received green nod to set up a molasses-based distillery, along with a co-generation power plant, in Hardoi district of Utt...
24 May, 2017, 12.59 PM IST
NGT finds green nod exemption for realty projects 'absurd', issues noticesFor smaller projects (less than 20,000 sq metres) it even has a "self-declaration" clause which will ensure issuance of permission from urb...
22 Dec, 2016, 01.57 PM IST
Green trouble for Metro as National Green Tribunal wants clearanceNGT directed NMRC to obtain green nod from the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority within three months. It also directed SEIAA to...
03 Jun, 2016, 11.08 AM IST
Make in India: Government removes arbitrary environmental clearance to facilitate projectsGovernment has done away with environmental clearance mandated by UPA for building large factories that had been billed as a major deterren...
06 Jan, 2015, 08.15 AM IST
Ministry of Environment and Forests gives nod for expansion, development of Hubli airportHowever, the committee has sought additional details to give environmental clearance for development of airport at Belgaum.
22 Oct, 2014, 10.50 AM IST
Western Ghats threatened by 'drinking water' projectWestern Ghats may be in danger again. This time from a "drinking water" supply project.
12 Sep, 2013, 07.17 PM IST
- Panel told to speed up green clearance for realty projects
: Illegal sand mining may have ravaged the Yamuna river bed, but the demand for sand is unlikely to go down as the capital will see an enor...
29 Aug, 2013, 02.43 AM IST
- CAG: Coal India laggs in corporate social responsibility, effluent treatment
Coal India is running 191 mines without any environmental clearance, the CAG said in a report on the company
08 Sep, 2011, 06.12 AM IST
- MoEF hears Lavasa on stop-work order
A panel comprising the top officials of MoEF heard both with Lavasa Corporation justifying its project and saying that it required no clear...
10 Dec, 2010, 08.23 AM IST
- Rajasthan to tap solar energy to power Discom
Rajasthan Discom chairman told ET that the state-owned company has ordered for the installation of 8 solar panels.
16 Nov, 2009, 04.01 PM IST
- Water harvesting must for building plans
Building plans on floor area of 100sq yards and above will get clearance from local bodies only if they install rooftop water harvesting sy...
18 Aug, 2007, 05.30 AM IST