Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 1, 2024)

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

Simply put: Bird migration hit by no-fly zone declaration

Pong dam eco-sensitive zone: Awaiting rehabilitation for over 50 years, not consulted for policy decision, say locals

Union environment ministry has created a draft policy to declare region eco-sensitive zone

Learning from past mistakes: It’s time to save urban rivers

Poorly designed, costly interventions need to be avoided to save river ecology 

Odisha tribals allege illegal mining survey in community forest area, demand action by Centre

Government officials threatened and intimidated them, allege villagers

Uttarakhand chief minister bans construction along riverbanks

Construction to be 200 m from river; hoteliers welcome move, but demand compensation

Western Ghats: lessons in protection

Breaking the impasse of 2013

Temporary relief as plan for Etalin hydel in Arunachal junked

Arunachal Pradesh government told to submit plan for controversial project again

Eco-sensitive zones subverted

States exclude ecologically rich areas around parks from regulation to allow industries

Plan that isn’t

NCR Planning Board dilutes environmental safeguards to promote towns, industries

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