Netravati riverfront project: NGT takes cognisance of CRZ & environmental norm violation allegations, seeks report

National Green Tribunal takes action on Netravati waterfront promenade development project

CMZ dropped

Road open for development

Tweak in Chennai landuse to sidestep coastal norms

‘Sewage treatment plant near Rushikulya will spell doom for Olive Ridleys’

The construction of the proposed plant will also violate Coastal Regulation Zone norms

Update

Court reins in Goa coast violations

Panchayats pulled up for inaction

Fishers reject new coastal rules

CRZ, 2010 fails to protect coasts; rights of fishers  

No to shipyard

The Rs 300-crore project is being builtin Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore district

New coastal rules draft made public

Fishers say proposed CRZ notification does not recognize their rights

Backdoor democracy

Central directives on coastal zones could be used to circumvent rules

Clearance based on false claims

Panel confirms Sompeta and Bhavanapadu thermal project sites are wetlands

Ready to taxi

Push for sand mining

New Maharashtra policy ignores resident’s concerns, law

Coastal management rules under review

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 5, 2024)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

The word is management

A divided house

Bombay HC halts work at Mulund-Thane SEZ

Asks project proponent to immediately stop dumping solid waste to reclaim land 

The CMZ notification

Traditional communities can mine sand in coastal areas: MoEF

Ministry order has no provision to curb illegal sand mining in river beds

National Green Tribunal stays thermal power plant in Gujarat

Asks project proponent to obtain environmental clearances

RTI uncovers environment ministry flip-flop on Mulund-Thane SEZ

Officials obliged developer and reclassified coastal land to allow project

POSCO gets green signal

Environment ministry goes soft on South Korean steel giant POSCO

KINFRA tried to manipulate its way around CRZ rules, but failed: CAG

The Kerala state body tried to change the status of the land it acquired for a marine park near Kozhikode as it was 50 metres away from the seashore

India's only coastal protection system is being overhauled for economic interests

The recently released Draft Coastal Regulatory Zone, 2018, intends to replace the existing framework and further dilutes regulatory mechanisms …