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Expert panel formed to identify sacred groves in Rajasthan: Centre to SC

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Published on Apr 29, 2025 08:21 PM IST

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Sukhna sanctuary: Supreme Court directs green ministry to finalise Punjab’s ESZ draft in 3 months

The Punjab cabinet on April 11 had approved the ESZ limit ranging between 100 metres and 3 km around different parts of the Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary sanctuary

During a hearing on Wednesday, the Punjab government informed the Supreme Court that the state cabinet had approved the ESZ limit ranging between 100 metres and 3 km around different parts of the sanctuary, as stated in the affidavit submitted during the previous hearing on March 19, 2025. (HT)

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Published on Apr 17, 2025 09:58 AM IST

ByHillary Victor, Mohali

CPCB recruiting for various vacancies; direct link and other details

Eligible and interested candidates can submit their forms through the link given at cpcb.nic.in.

CPCB Recruitment: Apply for various vacancies; direct link, eligibility and more

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Published on Apr 14, 2025 01:04 PM IST

ByHT Education Desk

NGT directs district collector to clarify status of encroached reserve forest land in Pune

The principal bench of the NGT in September 2024 took suo moto action and registered a case based on a report titled ‘Forest department struggling to regain 14,000 hectares of land in Pune’ published in Hindustan Times on August 28

In some areas, permanent buildings and slums have been set up ,and hence, it has become very difficult to obtain possession of such pa portion due to litigation. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)

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Published on Mar 06, 2025 05:52 AM IST

ByGayatri Vajpeyee

SC stays order exempting green clearance for construction sites

HT reached out to the MOEFCC for a comment but did not get a response till the time of going to print.

The pan-India impact of the notification was noted by the SC bench. (PTI)

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Published on Feb 25, 2025 07:56 AM IST

ByAbraham Thomas, New Delhi

PAAH writes to MoEFCC, CPCB raising concerns over data discrepancies in PMC’s Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan self-assessment

The Pune Air Action Hub alleges the PMC made false claims in its Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan self-assessment, urging verification of data by authorities.

Under the category of ‘abatement of road dust’ where the PMC claims that the roads are 100% pothole free, the letter mentions that citizens have been pleading for road repairs and that even President Draupadi Murmu called to attention the bad condition of roads in December 2024. (HT)

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Published on Feb 15, 2025 06:40 AM IST

ByGayatri Vajpeyee

HC strikes down Centre’s clearance of illegal constructions in coastal regulation zones

The Bombay High Court invalidated a 2021 memo allowing post-facto clearance for illegal coastal constructions, deeming it legally impermissible.

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Updated on Sep 26, 2024 08:32 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Plan to improve road through Western Ghats deferred due to eco concerns

The Uran-Panvel-Karjat-Vandre-Shrigaon-Mandoshi-Bhimashankar-Vada-Khed-Shirur Road could potentially cause extensive damage to the Western Ghats

One of the wildlife protected areas in the Western Ghats. (HT File Photo)

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Published on Aug 26, 2024 12:48 PM IST

ByYogesh Naik

Forest dept receives 16 applications seeking registration of exotic birds in last five months

Pune division forest department receives 16 applications in the last five months after MoEFCC made it compulsory for citizens to get licence to possess and breed exotic wild species in captivity

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Updated on Aug 24, 2024 07:36 AM IST

ByGayatri Vajpeyee

Ghaziabad: Environment ministry seeks ATR about degradation at city forest

The land of city forest that belongs to the Ghaziabad municipal corporation (GMC), is located adjacent to the GT Road near Hindon river.

The issue was raised by Rajendra Tyagi, a former councillor, who approached the Allahabad high court with a public interest litigation in 2012 highlighting the alleged destruction of hundreds of green trees due to an overflowing city drain passing through the city forest. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

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Updated on Jul 28, 2024 08:56 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal

Pramod Sawant asks Centre to relax 2014 restriction on ore transport

Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant also broached the subject when he called on Union environment minister Bhupenndra Yadav

Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant at the Parliament House complex in New Delhi (PTI)

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Published on Jun 25, 2024 06:16 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

NGT admits plea seeking IIMP for Mumbai “island”, seeks MoEFCC response

The tribunal has sought responses from the National and Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authorities too

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Published on Jan 24, 2024 05:29 PM IST

BySatish Nandgaonkar

Environment ministry orders probe into ‘vanishing trees’ at Surajpur wetland

Activist Tongad had written to environment minister about vanishing trees and alleged discharge of ‘effluents’ into Greater Noida’s Surajpur Wetland

Spread over 308 hectares, of which 60 hectares is a lake, the Surajpur Wetland is city’s largest reserve forest and one of three major birding hot spots. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)

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Updated on Jan 23, 2024 05:58 AM IST

ByMaria Khan

Goa CM urges Centre to drop 40 villages from list of eco-sensitive areas

The chief minister’s comments have come at a time when an expert team from the Ministry of Environment and Forests is visiting the state

Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant. (PTI File Photo)

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Updated on Oct 18, 2023 04:45 PM IST

ByGerard de Souza

EAC puts off decision on request to greenlight Goa mining block plan

The EAC was not convinced with the plan for backfilling and the design of settling ponds as the annual rainfall was projected at 3500 mm

Vedanta Ltd won the right to exploit the Bicholim Mineral Block, the first mining block that went under the hammer in auctions held last year (sesagoaironore.com/Representative Image)

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Published on Oct 02, 2023 08:22 PM IST

ByGerard de Souza

Wildlife Bureau issues ‘red alert’ against poachers, hunters in all tiger reserves

The red alert is issued for six tiger reserves across India, including two of Madhya Pradesh and three districts of MP, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra

The red alert was issued a few days after a beheaded carcass of tiger was found in Satpura Tiger Reserve (Representative Photo)

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Updated on Jul 02, 2023 01:19 PM IST

ByShruti Tomar

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

Responding to this call, the Area Sabha Association Of Pune (ASAP), a citizens group which consists of experts and green activists, has submitted its view to the committee. (HT PHOTO)

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Updated on May 23, 2023 12:03 AM IST

ByGayatri Vajpeyee

Greens cry foul as govt maps only 1,243 wetlands in National Atlas

The 7,57,040 wetlands listed by the National Wetlands Atlas appear to have lost their significance as just 1,243 of these water bodies are added to the list mapped by the Indian Wetlands website. An RTI application for details of wetlands identified and notified has opened a pandora’s box

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Updated on May 05, 2023 07:12 PM IST

ByG Mohiuddin Jeddy

HC raps MCZMA, SEIAA for procedures in clearing Navi Mumbai Coastal Road

The coastal road will connect Panvel Creek to Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT). It will also provide connectivity between Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) junction and the airport at Navi Mumbai.

The bench noted that in view of such lacunae in the permissions of the concerned authorities, the CIDCO could not go ahead with the project and hence MCZMA and SEIAA needed to reconsider CIDCO’s proposal for the clearance. MCZMA has been asked to consider CIDCO’s proposal in the first week of May and SEIAA to decide the same by May 15. (Getty Images)

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Updated on Apr 28, 2023 11:57 PM IST

ByK A Y Dodhiya

Water sports pose fresh threat to Haiderpur Wetland

Haiderpur Wetlands is situated on the border of district Muzaffarnagar and Bijnor and it was declared a Ramsar site last year .

Haiderpur Wetland attracts tens of thousands of birds, including many migratory species, which arrive and stay here between October and February . (Representative photo)

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Updated on Apr 19, 2023 12:18 AM IST

ByS Raju

Haiderpur Wetlands: Bijnor dist admn plans water sports, raises hackles of forest dept

Kanhaiya Patel, divisional forest officer, Muzaffarnagar, raised objections on starting water sports in the core area of the wetlands

The district administration organised a trial of canoeing, kayaking and roving events, upstream, on Sunday (HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 18, 2023 11:40 PM IST

ByS Raju, Meerut

National Green Tribunal flags illegal use of groundwater by Paharganj hotels

The NGT also directed the committee to look into the legality of groundwater extraction by 536 hotels in Paharganj and similar establishments.

The petition before the NGT sought an injunction against the illegal withdrawal of groundwater by 536 hotels operating in Paharganj. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 14, 2023 11:38 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Dudhwa tiger reserve improves rating in mgmt effectiveness survey

Dudhwa Tiger Reserve in India has been awarded a "very good" rating with a score of 81.82 in the latest report on management effectiveness evaluation.

Dudhwa Tiger Reserve has been ranked under “very good” rating in the latest report on management effectiveness evaluation. (HT file)

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Updated on Apr 11, 2023 11:36 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Lakhimpur Kheri

Rules relaxed for some gene-edited plants, organisms

The changes, approved by the Union ministry of environment and forest on Wednesday, follow recommendations from the department of biotechnology and the department of agriculture, research and education.

india news

Updated on Mar 31, 2022 12:15 AM IST

ByZia Haq

Centre notifies guidelines on plastic packaging

Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav took to social media to announce the notification of the new Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2022, late on Thursday night

Plastic manufacturers say there could be some disruption in meeting the timelines. (AFP)

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Updated on Feb 19, 2022 04:54 AM IST

ByJayashree Nandi, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Centre to introduce guidelines on relocation of tigers soon

Union environment ministry officials said success with the tiger relocation could be replicated elsewhere.

The National Tiger Conservation Authority in India will soon come out with guidelines for the reintroduction of tigers that can used by other Tiger Range Countries. (HT file)

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Updated on Jan 22, 2022 03:52 AM IST

ByJayashree Nandi, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Tweaks in green laws may dilute safeguards, warn experts

The Biological Diversity Act (Amendment) Bill, 2021, tabled in Parliament on 9 December by environment minister Bhupender Yadav, provides exemptions to projects promoting Indian medicine systems, also known as Ayush.

Legal experts are concerned that large-scale reforms will sidestep environmental concerns. (AFP)

india news

Updated on Dec 27, 2021 09:08 AM IST

ByJayashree Nandi, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Govt committed to ensure clean air, healthy life to all: Bhupender Yadav

Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav said since different cities have a different set of factors contributing to air pollution, focusing on the airshed is important.

“Chaired the first meeting of the Apex Committee of the National Clean Air Programme. India has been at the forefront of taking up policy approaches that give paramount importance to conserving ecology,” Union minister Bhupender Yadav tweeted.(Twitter/@byadavbjp)

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Published on Dec 17, 2021 08:53 PM IST

PTI | , New Delhi

Government panel approves mining on non-forest land without lease clearance

According to minutes of a FAC meeting dated October 28, which was uploaded on the ministry’s Parivesh website earlier this month and seen by HT, the committee approved commencing of mining in non-forest land but also imposed certain conditions.

The panel ruled that plans for mining in non-forest areas of a coal block will not involve any forest area (Agencies/Representative use.)

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Updated on Nov 20, 2021 03:36 AM IST

ByJayashree Nandi, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Centre says no to e-rickshaws in Matheran

This means tourists will have to continue using horses and hand-drawn rickshaws.

The ministry of environment, forest and climate change turned down the state’s request citing a pending petition before the SC.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Jul 16, 2018 01:33 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByFaisal Malik, Mumbai

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Expert panel formed to identify sacred groves in Rajasthan: Centre to SC

The Punjab cabinet on April 11 had approved the ESZ limit ranging between 100 metres and 3 km around different parts of the Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary sanctuary

Eligible and interested candidates can submit their forms through the link given at cpcb.nic.in.

The principal bench of the NGT in September 2024 took suo moto action and registered a case based on a report titled ‘Forest department struggling to regain 14,000 hectares of land in Pune’ published in Hindustan Times on August 28

HT reached out to the MOEFCC for a comment but did not get a response till the time of going to print.

The Pune Air Action Hub alleges the PMC made false claims in its Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan self-assessment, urging verification of data by authorities.

The Bombay High Court invalidated a 2021 memo allowing post-facto clearance for illegal coastal constructions, deeming it legally impermissible.

The Uran-Panvel-Karjat-Vandre-Shrigaon-Mandoshi-Bhimashankar-Vada-Khed-Shirur Road could potentially cause extensive damage to the Western Ghats

Pune division forest department receives 16 applications in the last five months after MoEFCC made it compulsory for citizens to get licence to possess and breed exotic wild species in captivity

The land of city forest that belongs to the Ghaziabad municipal corporation (GMC), is located adjacent to the GT Road near Hindon river.

Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant also broached the subject when he called on Union environment minister Bhupenndra Yadav

The tribunal has sought responses from the National and Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authorities too

Activist Tongad had written to environment minister about vanishing trees and alleged discharge of ‘effluents’ into Greater Noida’s Surajpur Wetland

The chief minister’s comments have come at a time when an expert team from the Ministry of Environment and Forests is visiting the state

The EAC was not convinced with the plan for backfilling and the design of settling ponds as the annual rainfall was projected at 3500 mm

The red alert is issued for six tiger reserves across India, including two of Madhya Pradesh and three districts of MP, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra

The citizens demanded that MoEFCC must eliminate business-friendly forest clearance, to safeguard the forest area in the country

The 7,57,040 wetlands listed by the National Wetlands Atlas appear to have lost their significance as just 1,243 of these water bodies are added to the list mapped by the Indian Wetlands website. An RTI application for details of wetlands identified and notified has opened a pandora’s box

The coastal road will connect Panvel Creek to Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT). It will also provide connectivity between Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) junction and the airport at Navi Mumbai.

Haiderpur Wetlands is situated on the border of district Muzaffarnagar and Bijnor and it was declared a Ramsar site last year .

Kanhaiya Patel, divisional forest officer, Muzaffarnagar, raised objections on starting water sports in the core area of the wetlands

The NGT also directed the committee to look into the legality of groundwater extraction by 536 hotels in Paharganj and similar establishments.

Dudhwa Tiger Reserve in India has been awarded a "very good" rating with a score of 81.82 in the latest report on management effectiveness evaluation.

The changes, approved by the Union ministry of environment and forest on Wednesday, follow recommendations from the department of biotechnology and the department of agriculture, research and education.

Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav took to social media to announce the notification of the new Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2022, late on Thursday night

Union environment ministry officials said success with the tiger relocation could be replicated elsewhere.

The Biological Diversity Act (Amendment) Bill, 2021, tabled in Parliament on 9 December by environment minister Bhupender Yadav, provides exemptions to projects promoting Indian medicine systems, also known as Ayush.

Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav said since different cities have a different set of factors contributing to air pollution, focusing on the airshed is important.

According to minutes of a FAC meeting dated October 28, which was uploaded on the ministry’s Parivesh website earlier this month and seen by HT, the committee approved commencing of mining in non-forest land but also imposed certain conditions.

This means tourists will have to continue using horses and hand-drawn rickshaws.

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