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Supreme Court stays MoEF's office memorandum on ex-post facto environmental clearance

Supreme Court issues notice to MoEF on plea challenging ex post facto environmental clearance. Stay imposed on office memorandum.

The Hindu

TS-Genco hopes to get additional ToR for YTPS soon

NGT orders MoEF to issue additional ToR for Yadadri Thermal Power Station in Telangana within a month. Genco had filed compliance report to MoEF within six months against NGT's nine-month time. MoEF's delay causing Genco to incur huge losses & purchase energy from exchange at high cost. Hoping MoEF will…

The Hindu

Delay in lifting clearance suspension over Yadadri Thermal Power Station after compliance of issues to cost State dearly

TSGenco is awaiting MoEF's response to lift suspension over EC for YTPS to meet energy demand. CBI case registered against lawyer of NGOs who filed petition in NGT. TSGenco complied with 3 issues raised by NGT & submitted compliance report to MoEF. No wildlife sanctuary in 10-km radius of project…

The Hindu

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PRLIS engineers shift focus on wet run of some pumps by month-end

Engineers getting ready to conduct dry run of Yellur pumping station to pump water into Anjanagiri & Veeranjaneya reservoirs. Plans to commission 5 pumps each by year-end. Construction of reservoirs 90-91% complete

The Hindu

Palamuru-RR LIS gets expert panel nod for EC, at last

MoEF expert panel recommends EC for PRLIS, asks State Govt. to submit bank guarantee of ₹153.7cr & pay ₹106cr to SPCB. Project to provide irrigation to 12.3 lakh acres & supply water for drinking & industrial needs. CM KCR announced water will be pumped into reservoirs soon.

The Hindu

63 retired IFS officers from across India write to Centre on misuse of Forest Rights Act

A group of 63 retired IFS officers from different States have written letters to the top brass at the Centre, including the Prime Minister, Union Ministers of the MoEF&CC and Ministry of Tribal Affairs, expressing concern over the alleged misuse of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) 2006.

The Hindu

Manoj Misra | The Defender of Yamuna

Though a forester by profession, Manoj Misra had a passion for rivers that was infectious, write K.J. Joy and Shashi Shekhar. Subsribe to The Hindu to read this tribute

The Hindu

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MoEF returns State’s proposal for de-reservation of forest land in Shivamogga

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF) of the Union government has sent back the State government’s proposal for de-reservation of forest land, released earlier for rehabilitation of families affected by the Sharavathi Valley Hydroelectric Project.

The Hindu

Centre calls for compliance report from pharma company near Vedanthangal bird sanctuary

The Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has called for a report from its regional office in Chennai, to ascertain whether Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Limited had violated any conditions imposed on it when it was granted environmental clearance for its plant close to Vedanthangal bird sanctuary.

The Hindu

Genco to submit report to MoEF on aspects raised by NGT on YTPS

Authorities plan to comply with tribunal directions

The Hindu

More than what meets the eye

The opposition to the draft eco-sensitive areas notification has more to do with vested interests

The Hindu

Explained | The draft notification of ESA in Western Ghats and Karnataka’s stiff resistance to it

The Kasturirangan Committee was tasked with suggesting a holistic approach for sustainable and equitable development and conservation of ecology in the Western Ghats. Why has the state government been in loggerheads with it for 10 years?

The Hindu

ESA: Growers’ federation calls for series of bandhs from Wednesday

There are apprehensions in villages about implications of the draft notification

The Hindu

Limit construction activities on Rishikonda hill: Andhra Pradesh high court to government

VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh high court on Tuesday directed the state government to limit all activities to the area permitted by Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) with regard to the constructions on Rishikonda Hill in Visakhapatnam.

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Address concerns of local communities over ESZ, says Rahul Gandhi

The Wayanad MP writes to Narendra Modi

The Hindu

NGT clears decks for inland waterway project on Ganga river from Prayagraj to Haldia

The Inland Waterways Authority told the tribunal that the Allahabad High Court, in its April 28, 2016, order, allowed the project subject to receipt of all required statutory clearances

The Hindu

Jog Falls project suffers setback as Centre asks Karnataka about impact assessment

Jog Falls development project split into smaller components to portray minimal impact in a bid to secure mandatory clearances, alleges Living Earth Foundation (LEAF)

The Hindu

MoEF panel seeks more info on Sitammasagar project

Govt. proposes 320 MW hydel unit at barrage with 36.57 tmc ft storage

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