Centre issues draft notification on Western Ghats after Kerala tragedyThe Centre issued a draft notification identifying 56,800 square kilometres of the Western Ghats as Ecologically Sensitive Areas across six...
03 Aug, 2024, 12.56 AM IST
Fresh draft notification on Western GhatsThe government has issued a fresh draft notification on Western Ghats which addresses all the concerns expressed by the six states falling ...
21 Dec, 2015, 03.59 PM IST
Government declares 56,827 sq km of Western Ghats across 6 states eco-sensitiveAll existing mines will be phased out in 5 years of the final notification or on the expiry of mining lease. It has also banned new thermal...
14 Sep, 2015, 11.13 AM IST
- Demarcation of eco-sensitive area within Western Ghats gets delayed for two more months
The Center has extended the date for issuing final notification on earmarking Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA) in Western Ghats by two mor...
09 Sep, 2015, 10.49 PM IST
Government issues fresh notification to declare ESZ in Western GhatsThe government has come out with a fresh draft notification to declare Eco-Sensitive Zones (ESZ) in Western Ghats by superseding the earlie...
09 Sep, 2015, 09.58 PM IST
Environment minister Prakash Javadekar to meet MPs to decide fate of western ghatsEnvironment minister Prakash Javadekar will chair a meeting with the MPs from the Western Ghats states on August 3 in the Parliament to get...
31 Jul, 2015, 05.22 AM IST
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...
07 Jul, 2015, 10.02 PM IST
Karnataka Speaker Kagodu Thimappa to discuss Kasturirangan report tomorrowBJP members including Opposition Leader Jagadish Shettar demanded that the Chair allow adjournment motion to discuss the report.
10 Dec, 2014, 05.01 PM IST
Population density may have hit Western Ghats ecosystem: Government"The transformation of the landscape may have affected the ecosystems of the Western Ghats," Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said.
17 Jul, 2014, 08.53 PM IST
Western Ghats manifesto seeks public hearings on Gadgil, Kasturirangan reports to avoid politicizationNadu.The activists of Save Western Ghats will campaign in these.
03 Apr, 2014, 08.03 PM IST
- Centre lukewarm to Kerala’s concerns on Western Ghats issue
In a move that could have damaging political fallout for the UDF leadership, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has categorical...
28 Feb, 2014, 01.21 AM IST
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...
06 Feb, 2014, 07.11 PM IST
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...
06 Feb, 2014, 05.10 PM IST
Kasturirangan report not legally maintainable: V S VijayanV S Vijayan, today claimed that the Kasturirangan report on the Western Ghats was not legally maintainable and asked authorities to reject ...
02 Jan, 2014, 11.33 PM IST
- Goa has resident tigers, says green Oscar awardee Mike Pandey
Goa's forests do not just have a transit population of tigers, but the Western Ghats in the state are new settlement grounds for families o...
24 Nov, 2012, 03.19 AM IST
Kerala rejects Western Ghats panel reportKerala today termed as "impractical to implement" the suggestions made by an expert panel on Western Ghats and sought PM Manmohan Singh's i...
04 Jul, 2012, 03.12 PM IST
Green Tribunal seeks govt response on plea on Western GhatsNational Green Tribunal has sought the reply of Union Ministry of Environment and Forests on a plea against grant of any clearance to any n...
31 May, 2012, 02.46 PM IST