environmental clearance
Environment minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday said online submission of applications for environmental and forest clearances and online monitoring has helped ease the process a lot, cutting delays to a great extent. Outlining the ministry’s achievements in the first 100 days of his being at the helm, the minister said powers would be delegated to [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL) has been formally accorded the environmental clearance for the second stage expansion of its Kempegowda International Airport. The expansion will include the construction of a new terminal along with a second runway, taxiways, aprons, aircraft parking and all aviation facilities and structures. The expansion is envisaged to accommodate the future [...] Continue Reading »
An upcoming housing project, Sports City, in Sector 150 of Noida will have to obtain Environmental Clearance (EC) before the commencement of any work. This was directed by the National Green Tribunal today and the developers of an upcoming housing project, Sports City have to strictly follow that. A green bench headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar [...] Continue Reading »
398 special economic zones (SEZz) have not yet started the operations despite getting the needed approvals. The aforesaid was stated by the Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Rajya Sabha last day. While giving a reply to the supplementaries during the Question Hour, she stated that setting up of SEZs has been a long [...] Continue Reading »
Environment and other coastal clearances have been granted to Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) for its special economic zone (SEZ) to be spread across an 8,481-hectare area in Mundra — a project which had been halted because approvals were pending for the last many years. With environmental and coastal regulator zone (CRZ) clearances [...] Continue Reading »
There have been many violations and deviations on the green needs, which now the esteemed BMC has been asked to check for. BMC would have to do the necessary and mandatory checks before issuing commencement certificates for the revised plans of MIG(BLOCKII) located at Bandra East. According to sources from the State Environment Appraisal Committee [...] Continue Reading »
New Delhi: The environment ministry will soon decide on a second set of major reforms in the green norms meant for SEZs, roads and the real estate sector, especially multi-storey buildings. Following strong pressure from industry lobbies as well as pressure from within the government to have a more “industry-friendly” green norms, the ministry had [...] Continue Reading »
Environmental Clearance (EC), mandatory as per court order, made all construction work at Greater Noida region into a halt. The plots less than 20,000 square metrs are also included in the order criteria. State officials feels, developers are confused about the exact procedure; hence they have stopped the activity. Many projects in the region is [...] Continue Reading »
The builders have expressed their displeasure over the delay they have to face while getting environmental clearance. Developers body, Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI), says that the environment clearance delays projects by almost two years. While developers’ body is pushing for a practical approach by the environment ministry, so that the [...] Continue Reading »
Builders’ Association of India (BAI) has expressed concerns over issues of land acquisition, environmental clearance and labour laws, affecting real estate industry. Delay in land acquisition and environmental clearances are taking a toll on construction projects and acting as the main protagonist behind escalating their prices. 700 builders from 265 branches of BAI from across [...] Continue Reading »
