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Nandi Hills ropeway gets forest nod, foundation stone to be laid in May
The total cost of the project is pegged at ₹93.40 crore, and construction is expected to take 24 months once all approvals are in place.
Published on Apr 11, 2025 12:24 PM IST
MoEF panel defers decision on Goa’s stalled rail doubling project
The Goa government has sought revocation of an abeyance order on the diversion of 15.6 hectares of forest land along the Kulem-Kalem section of the railway track
Published on Feb 26, 2025 09:45 PM IST
Gerard de Souza
Streamline approvals for exploratory drilling, states told
The Union environment ministry has streamlined forest survey approvals to boost mineral exploration, exempting certain projects from prior clearance.
Updated on Dec 10, 2024 06:46 AM IST
Jayashree Nandi, New Delhi
Green nod for Parsa obtained with fake documents: ST Panel
The Chhattisgarh ST Commission has found that the process of obtaining forest clearance (FC) for the Parsa coal block in Surguja district was tainted with multiple irregularities and fabricated entries.
Updated on Nov 06, 2024 06:42 AM IST
Ritesh Mishra, Raipur
FAC defers decision on police battalions in Assam’s forests
The Forest Advisory Committee has decided to defer its decision on ex-post facto forest clearance to police battalions being constructed in violation of the Forest Conservation Act in Hailakandi.
Updated on Sep 14, 2024 07:22 AM IST
Jayashree Nandi, New Delhi
Locals protest BRO’s green nod for Char Dham road widening project
Residents of Uttarkashi have flagged concerns with the BRO’s forest clearance application submitted to the Centre, for the widening of the Char Dham road.
Updated on Aug 29, 2024 05:07 AM IST
Jayashree Nandi, New Delhi
Wildlife Board will now take 1st call on clearance to projects in protected area: MoEFCC
All project proponents can apply for all environmental clearances, including forest and wildlife simultaneously, on Union environment ministry’s Parivesh 2.0 website
Published on Jul 11, 2024 09:39 AM IST
Jayashree Nandi
Assam CM urged Union minister to allow commando camp in protected forest
An Assam forest official allowed construction of a commando battalion unit in a protected forest to purportedly stop encroachments by the Mizo people.
Updated on May 24, 2024 05:07 AM IST
Jayashree Nandi, New Delhi
Wildlife clearance for projects only after green nod, says panel
Some experts, however, warned that granting forest clearance before wildlife clearance could create a fait accompli situation, as forest clearance itself is a major screening step in eco-sensitive zones
Updated on Mar 22, 2024 07:28 AM IST
Jayashree Nandi, New Delhi
Green nod for Karnataka illegal mines to be transferred to new lessees
The Forest Advisory Committee has allowed forest clearance of category ‘C’ mines to be transferred to new lessees following auctions
Updated on Sep 20, 2023 11:59 PM IST
Jayashree Nandi
Yamuna riverbed mining rules tweaked in Himachal district despite guidelines
Structural changes to rivers due to mining of sand and aggregate apart from hydropower projects are harming the environment
Published on Sep 19, 2023 04:32 PM IST
Jayashree Nandi
Centre exempts extended reach drilling from forest clearance
The nod came a year after the Union environment ministry granted a conditional in-principal approval to the proposal by the Directorate General of Hydrocarbon
Published on Sep 15, 2023 11:35 AM IST
Jayashree Nandi
Forest bill report likely to be tabled in monsoon session
The Joint Committee of parliament reviewing the Forest (Conservation) Amendment bill 2023 is set to table its report during the upcoming monsoon session starting on July 20
Updated on Jul 04, 2023 12:08 AM IST
Jayashree Nandi, New Delhi
‘Uninterrupted’ mining can be carried out following partial nod: Centre
The ministry stated that provisions are available in the Handbook of Forest (Conservation) Act 1980 General Approval section to continue mining activity.
Updated on Jun 07, 2023 04:56 AM IST
Jayashree Nandi
Business-friendly green clearances must be eliminated: Citizens write to environment ministry
The citizens demanded that MoEFCC must eliminate business-friendly forest clearance, to safeguard the forest area in the country
Updated on May 23, 2023 12:03 AM IST
Gayatri Vajpeyee
SC allows NHAI to restart widening of Pataudi-Rewari-Gurgaon Expressway
Already, 12,000 trees have been chopped for the project, but no compensatory afforestation has been carried out, said environmentalists
Updated on Apr 14, 2023 11:55 PM IST
NGT panel to review green nod for Greater Nicobar project
NGT acknowledged that part of the project is in CRZ 1a areas where construction of a port is prohibited
Updated on Apr 07, 2023 12:02 AM IST
Jayashree Nandi
Gadkari seeks forest clearance for infra projects, nudges ministries
Nitin Gadkari, the road transport and highways minister, raised the issue of outstanding forest clearance for 187 highway projects.
Updated on Jul 07, 2020 10:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent | Edited by AshutoshTripathi
Scrap Dibang Valley project: Activists
Conservation India, a non-profit website on wildlife and nature conservation, sent a memorandum with 4,305 signatures to the ministry, asking it to deny environmental clearance for the project.
Updated on Apr 30, 2020 11:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Jayashree Nandi
No green clearance for Polavaram project-linked lift-schemes invites NGT red card
In a series of setbacks to Polavaram major irrigation project, the National Green Tribunal has halted linked-projects. Polavaram project was close to former Andhra chief minister Chandrababu Naidu.
Updated on Aug 13, 2019 09:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
Thane bullet train station reworked to save mangroves: Authority
Earlier, Maharashtra Transport Minister had said as many as 54,000 mangroves spread over 13.36 hectares will be affected because of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor.
Updated on Jun 29, 2019 02:07 PM IST
New Delhi | Press Trust of India
Udyog Vihar roads remain dug up, area faces threat of waterlogging
The three roads that are to be widened are Shankar Chowk Road, Shyam Chowk Road and Atlas Chowk Road.
Updated on Jun 20, 2019 07:40 AM IST
Gurugram | Dhananjay Jha
Centre’s nod for mining in 170,000 hectares of forest in Chhattisgarh
Hasdeo Arand is one of the largest contiguous stretches of very dense forest in central India, spanning about 170,000 hectares.
Updated on Mar 21, 2019 09:20 AM IST
New Delhi | Jayashree Nandi
Adani closer to mining in green zone in Chhattisgarh
In 2009, the environment ministry categorised Hasdeo Arand a so-called “no-go” area for mining because of its rich forest cover
Updated on Feb 10, 2019 02:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Jayashree Nandi
‘Complete tendering process for STP at Haldwani in 8 weeks’
The Uttarakhand high court on Wednesday directed authorities concerned to complete tendering process for setting up a solid waste treatment plant in Haldwani within eight weeks
Published on Jul 18, 2018 09:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Nainital | Neeraj Santoshi
Provide land for STP in 24 hrs: HC to Uttarakhand forest dept
The Uttarakhand high court on Tuesday directed the forest department to provide details with 24 hours of a suitable land available for building a solid waste treatment plant in Haldwani where solid waste could be disposed of on scientific lines and forest clearance is provided for the same at the earliest
Published on Jul 17, 2018 09:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Nainital | HT Correspondent
Centre approves 13 more detailed project reports for Chardham road
Thirteen more detailed project reports (DPRs) for works related to the Chardham all-weather road project have been approved by the Centre, chief secretary Utpal Kumar Singh said here on Thursday
Published on Apr 12, 2018 10:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deep Joshi