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CPCB report to NGT shows 80 pc environmental funds remain unutilisedThe Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has spent only 20% of the environment protection charge and environmental compensation collected...
26 Mar, 2024, 07.13 PM IST
Centre asks agencies to follow all environmental safeguards in the road, highway projects within 100 km of IB, LoCThe standard operating procedure (SOP) issued by the Union Environment ministry on February 6 stresses on mandatory disaster management pla...
14 Feb, 2023, 11.36 AM IST
Centre may allow compensatory afforestation in neighbouring states for forest land diverted in DelhiA senior DDA official said it has denied several requests by user agencies, including the National Highway Authority of India and Railways,...
15 Sep, 2022, 10.48 AM IST
9,000-hactare land available in Yamuna floodplains for plantation: Delhi forest deptThe forest department said it has conducted a detailed analysis of the land available for plantation in the Yamuna floodplains, considering...
06 Aug, 2022, 12.15 PM IST
After Ganga, Centre planning to set limits for minimum flow of water for its tributariesIn 2018, the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) released the e-flow notification for Ganga, which refers to the quality, quantity and ...
30 Oct, 2021, 02.34 PM IST
2005 & 2018 lessons: Airports near rivers prone to floodingCochin airport is expected to remain shut until August 28. The prolonged closure echoes what happened in Mumbai in 2005 and Chennai in 2015...
22 Aug, 2018, 11.16 AM IST
No construction activity within 50m from Ganga edge in hills: NGTA bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said that keeping in view the topography of mountainous regions, there was a nece...
18 Dec, 2017, 10.36 PM IST
Rs 7,000 cr spent on Ganga in 2 yrs without improvement: NGTNGT also prohibited dumping of waste within 500 metres from the river, ordering that every offender would be liable to pay a penalty of Rs ...
14 Jul, 2017, 12.14 AM IST
19 states yet to respond to Centre's river regulation planPrakash Javadekar said the government will proceed on the issue after receiving the response of states while asserting that protecting rive...
09 May, 2016, 04.16 PM IST
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik objects to river regulation zone notificationsChief Minister Naveen Patnaik says the Centre's proposed River Regulation Zone notifications will severely constraint Odisha development.
03 May, 2016, 10.16 PM IST
Government's model bill on water to stress on storage creationThe bill will recommend giving precedence to drinking water supply over allocation of the resource for agricultural and industrial purposes.
24 Apr, 2016, 05.49 PM IST
Ban on river rafting robs Delhi of weekend getawayA day after the National Green Tribunal accepted the Uttarakhand government's submission that no new licenses will be issued to rafting cam...
02 Aug, 2015, 10.35 AM IST
Ministry of Environment and Forests tells Bombay HC it is framing guidelines to manage riverbedsThe PIL sought measures for preserving riverbeds, preventing construction near the riverbeds and treated sewage being released into the riv...
08 Nov, 2014, 06.02 PM IST
Metro embroiled in green rowDelhi Metro has again drawn the ire of environmentalists over construction of a bridge parallel to the existing Nizamuddin Bridge. This is ...
26 Apr, 2012, 03.45 AM IST