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HC allows felling of around 20,000 mangrove trees for Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train projectAs per the said order, a 50 m buffer zone must be created around the area that hosts the mangroves and no construction activity or dumping ...
Mangroves destruction, unplanned construction to blame for flooding in Mumbai: ExpertsSimilar concerns have also been raised by agencies like the Mangrove Society of India (MSI), which in its 2019 report stated that 75 cases ...
Mangrove cover grows 20% in Maharashtra in 2 yearsTen years after the Bombay high court directed the state government to declare mangroves as reserved forest, the results are showing. The m...
Mangroves protect against tsunamis, says expertMangroves are effective in pollution control and also help in controlling the 'Green House' effect by absorbing carbon dioxide.
Increase in area covered by mangroves in Mumbai: Sudhir MungantiwarThe area covered by mangroves in Mumbai has seen a substantial rise, the Maharashtra government today said.
- HC allows CIDCO to cut mangroves, clearing Navi Mumbai airport
Bombay HC allowed Maharashtra govt's town planning agency, CIDCO, to cut mangroves in an area of 108 hectares, paving way for international...
Mangroves in Maharashtra may get status of ‘reserved forests’The state government may declare mangroves as “reserved forests”. Currently, mangroves on government land are deemed “protected forests” wh...
- 50 acres of mangroves destroyed in Mumbai
Around 50 acres of mangroves were allegedly destroyed in Lokhandwala by planting "invasive species" and creating a debris path, which resid...
- Adani’s Mundra Port faces Rs 200 crore fine for damaging environment
The committee has charged Adani with being less than serious about reporting on compliance with the conditions set at the time of clearance.
- HC forms team to enquire destruction of mangroves by Adani Co
The petitioner's counsel submitted some photographs showing alleged destruction of mangroves in the coastal area of Mundra.
- Mangrove patches destroyed at Ghodbunder road
Rampant destruction of large tracts of mangroves along Ghodbunder road threatens to destroy buffer zones of the Sanjay Gandhi national park...
- Mundra Port & SEZ destroying mangroves: MoEF
The ministry of environment and forests has accused Adani Group's Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone of destruction of mangroves in Guja...
- Navi Mumbai airport project: Patel vows to address Ramesh’s concerns
On Thursday, environment minister Jairam Ramesh had met civil aviation minister Praful Patel to sort out differences over the project.
- Fire breaks out in Bhitarkanika National Park
A blaze on Friday morning broke out in parts of Bhitarkanika national park, a Ramsar wetland site, causing destruction of mangrove species ...
- MOEF can decide on mangroves removal to build new airport: HC
The Bombay High Court has made it clear that no authority, including the MOEF, has been restrained from exercising its statutory authority ...
- Adanis walk trail of thorns to success
For the Rs 30,000-crore Adani group, the road to success seems littered with litigation and activism.
- Realty boom takes a toll on mangroves
The boom in the real estate sector in Mumbai and Thane has claimed 30% of mangroves - the natural buffer between land and sea.