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Two meetings were to be held in March and April but were postponed due to intervention of PMO. The NCR Planning Board meeting is planned on Friday. Haryana government and the ministry of environment and forests are holding the first meeting on April 29 to work out the modalities for preparing the geo-reference of “forest [...] Continue Reading »
Over 3,000 sq km environmentally fragile land in Kerala’s Western Ghats region has been exempted by Environment Ministry from the category of Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESAs) demarcated by a high-level central government panel. Earlier, High Level Working Group on Western Ghats headed by K Kasturirangan had recommended that 13,108 sq km should be declared as [...] Continue Reading »
In highway projects, the Centre needs to re-analyse public-private partnership (PPP), such that primary spadework and the garnering of statutory approvals is done by the government, before inviting bids. Or else, the absolute uncertainty over environmental, forest and other clearances would not just incredibly delay projects, however also unnecessarily shoot up costs and, indeed, make [...] Continue Reading »
Even amidst stiff opposition from within the NCR Planning Board (NCRPB) and cautious notes from environment activists, the government went ahead to allow the construction beyond 0.5% and has given nod to tourism activities in nature conservation zones (NCZs). This was notably done only to accommodate the demand of Haryana government. It can be seen [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Koramangala say that the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) manipulated tenders to favour contractors and floated tenders to move trees after they were already moved. Between May 26 and 27, the BDA cut over 34 trees along Sarjapur Road for the signal-free corridor extending from Sirsi Circle to Agara Junction and passing through Koramangala, [...] Continue Reading »
