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#India- Tribal affairs ministry against MoEF move to dilute forest rights Act #CSR

  MoEF notification on 5 February says linear projects such as roads, canals wouldn’t require gram sabha consent Liz Mathew   |  Neha Sethi  ,           First Published: Fri, Mar 29 2013. 10 28 PM IST, livemint.com… Continue Reading →

Vedanta-Sterlite – Dangerous by Design #CSR #Humanrightsviolations

 Nityanand Jayaraman MARCH 28, 2013  at kafila.org Guest Post by  NITYANAND JAYARAMAN  A toxic hotspot in the backyard of a house in Therkuveerapandiapuram, a village adjoining the Sterlite factory.  Dangerous levels of iron and arsenic were found in the soil here. (Picture… Continue Reading →

Public walk out of hearing for Mithi Virdi nuclear power project

Ankur Paliwal down to earth 2013-3-5 Residents say public hearing was illegal and organised without a proper rehabilitation plan for the project-affected Photo: Ankur Paliwal People of villages to be affected by the proposed Mithi Virdi nuclear power project in… Continue Reading →

Activists send notice to Union forest minister over public hearing

Indian Express, Ahmedabad, 5 March 2013 Activists have sent legal notices to various authorities, including Minister of Environment & Forests Jayanthi Natarajan, for proceeding with the public hearing for the Mithi Virdi nuclear power plant even as the consultant for… Continue Reading →

GPCB did not verify envt impact of Mithi Virdi, say activists

DNA,  March 2013 Activists protesting the Environmental Public Hearing (EPH) to be conducted by Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) in connection with the 6,000 MW nuclear power plant at Mithi Virdi in Bhavnagar district met GPCB officials on Saturday. The… Continue Reading →

#Karnataka -MoEF closes Gogi mines file

By Ramkrishna Badseshi & Bhimashankar Kakalwara | ENS – GULBARGA 15th February 2013 The Ministry of Environment & Forests has closed the project file relating to uranium mining plant at Gogi village in Shahpur taluk and has delisted it from the… Continue Reading →

Goa ‘beats’ Karnataka in illegal mining

By Dhananjay Mahapatra, TNN  and PTI | Dec 8, 2012, The apex court’s high-powered environment panel said that the illegal mining was carried out allegedly with the “tacit” approval of the previous Digambar Kamat government. NEW DELHI: Rampant illegal iron… Continue Reading →

Green tribunal asks environment ministry to make info on projects public

PTI | May 27, 2012, 11.23AM IST NEW DELHI: Stressing on greater transparency, the National Green Tribunal has asked the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to bring in public domain the relevant information regarding ventures in eco- fragile zones.”We also feel there is… Continue Reading →

Green Tribunal rejects plea against Jaitapur Nuclear project

May 25, 2012 03:43 PM The Tribunal dismissed the plea of Janahit Seva Samiti saying the petition was filed after a delay of 294 days New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has refused to entertain a petition challenging the environment clearance… Continue Reading →

Koyna oustees face displacement again, thanks to Balganga project

Moreshwarwadi (Maharashtra), May 21, 2012 Meena Menon, The Hindu Krishna Ganpat More and his family in Moreshwarwadi. Photo: Meena Menon Now we have to move again, but where to go, asks a resident Krishna Ganpat More came to Pen taluka in… Continue Reading →

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