The National Green Tribunal has set aside the Tamil Nadu Government’s order closing down the Vedanta-owned Sterlite Copper factory in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu.
The Tribunal has also directed the state pollution control board to renew a key licence, Consent To Operate, and remove other hurdles subject to fulfilment of certain conditions, within three weeks from now. Read more
Courtesy: The Economic Times
The feasibility report for the 435 km Chennai-Arakkonam-Bengaluru-Mysore route was submitted to Railway Board Chairman Ashwani Lohani by German Ambassador Martin Ney yesterday. According to report, the route will be 85% elevated and will boast 11 per cent tunnels, and by travelling at a maximum speed of around 320 kmph the proposed train could significantly cut down travel time from the current seven hours. Read more
Courtesy: Business today
“These notified areas were neither demarcated on the ground nor transferred & mutated in the name of the State Forest Department in the revenue records. Therefore, these areas shall be considered for the purpose of compensatory afforestation (CA) under Forest Conservation Act 1980,” the letter says. Read more
Courtesy: Down to earth
The Maharashtra government on Thursday agreed to reassess at least 7,000 claims for land rights to be made out to farmers under the Forest Rights Act, hours after around 20,000 farmers reached Azad Maidan in South Mumbai, a rally organiser said. The protestors, most of them Adivasis, had walked to the city from the adjoining district of Thane over two days. Read more
Courtesy: Scroll.in
The Union Law Ministry has reportedly advised the Union Ministry of Mines that the central government should reject Goa’s request for an amendment to the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act (MMDR Act) for the resumption of mining in the state. Read more
Courtesy: Nav hind times
