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Wildlife board defers Vedanta's oil exploration plans in Hollongapar Gibbon SanctuaryThe National Board for Wildlife has delayed approval for Vedanta Group's oil exploration in Hollongapar Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary's eco-sen...
Centre issues draft notification for Eco-Sensitive Zone around Gir protected areaThe Centre has declared 1.84 lakh hectares around the Gir Protected Area as an Eco Sensitive Zone (ESZ) through a draft notification. This ...
Centre grants in-principle approval to oil and gas exploration in Assam's hoolock gibbon sanctuaryThe Union environment ministry has approved the diversion of 4.50 hectares of forest land in Assam for oil and gas exploration by Vedanta G...
Supreme Court wonders why PILs are filed when constructions happen in countryThe top court was hearing a petition challenging the August 2022 verdict of the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court which had dismissed a PI...
Wayanad, how much do we really care?Kerala's Wayanad faced severe rainfall and landslides, highlighting environmental mismanagement. Despite weather warnings, necessary precau...
Centre proposes ESZ for villages on fringes of Bhitarkanika National ParkBhitarkanika is known as the second largest mangrove forest in India after Sundarbans and Gahirmatha is known as the world's largest rooker...
Birla Corp shares drop up to 14% following NGT order to stop mining at ChittorgarhOn BSE, the scrip after opening on a negative note further declined 14.11 per cent.
NGT notice to government on regulating choppers flying to KedarnathA large number of pilgrims, intending to avoid the 16 km trek to visit the Kedarnath shrine in Rudraprayag district, opt for the chopper se...
CJI J S Khehar rejects idea of prior approval of eco-sensitive projectsJustice Khehar did not agree to the suggestion that there should not be a prolonged litigation after a project is either conceived or under...
- NGT asks Assam government to clear its stand on ecosensitive zone around Kaziranga
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked Assam government to clear its stand on the declaration of eco-sensitive zone and how it has per...
No illegal construction in Taj eco-sensitive zone: NGT to UPThe bench directed the state government to conduct physical demarcation of the forest area and the green belt within 500 meters of the Taj ...
UP denies tree felling in Taj eco zone, NGT directs enquiryThe National Green Tribunal has directed an inquiry into the alleged illegal felling and sale of 4,000 trees in the eco-sensitive zone near...
- Centre clears 170 eco-sensitive zones in the country
The government has cleared 170 eco-sensitive zones in the country and hopes to wrap up the entire business of such zones by the end of this...
Government to notify more than 60 eco-sensitive zones this yearLast year, around 40 sanctuaries and national parks were notified as 'eco-sensitive zones'. There are over 600 sanctuaries and national par...
Devendra Fadnavis for bigger role of states in new planning bodyAll the five regions of the country should have such an agency and be given the power to deal with issues pertaining to CRZ and eco-sensiti...
- Green tribunal stays tree-cutting in eco-sensitive Western Ghats
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has stayed the further cutting of trees and called for a halt on illegal mining on a 32-acre plot of land...
- New coastal norms could find houses, businesses at sea
Be it housing or building a factory on the shore, tighter coastal norms could be on the way.