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Centre's Response Sought Over Environmental Clearance To Polavaram Project
The Supreme Court has sought the response of the Centre and others on a plea alleging violations in environmental clearance granted to the Polavaram multi-purpose irrigation project.
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Green Activists, Realtors On Collision Course Over Environmental Clearances
An attempt to improve India's ranking on the ease-of-doing business list of countries has put green activists and realtors on collision course. The Urban Development Ministry had told states as early as March, that they can frame and implement their own green rules to give real estate projects quick go ahead. But the Environment Ministry says it st...
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No Environmental Clearance Given To Projects On Ganga In 2 Years: Government
No environmental clearance has been granted to any project on river Ganga in the last two years, government told Rajya Sabha today.
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Green Nod For 900 Projects In 20 Months, Says Prakash Javadekar
Environmental clearance has been given to 900 projects worth Rs 6 lakh crore in the last 20 months, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said today, seeking to counter criticism that several projects have been bogged down due to lack of green nod.
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Green Panel to Hear Plea Challenging Fine on Akshardham on October 5
The National Green Tribunal will hear on October 5 a plea challenging its order in which it had quashed two office memoranda of the Environment and Forests Ministry and imposed a fine on Akshardham Temple for carrying out expansion without prior environmental clearance.
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19 States Launch Online Platform for Environment Clearances
Nineteen states today introduced online submission of applications for environment clearance, a minister said.
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National Green Tribunal Orders Environmental Clearance for Delhi's Iconic Signature Bridge
The National Green Tribunal on Thursday ordered the Delhi Tourism and Transport Department to get an environmental clearance for the ambitious "Signature Bridge" over the Yamuna river in the national capital.
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POSCO stalled again: Green clearance cancelled
The National Green Tribunal has suspended the environmental clearance given to South Korean steel giant Pohang Steel Corporation's (POSCO) mega steel project in Odisha in January 2011.
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Environment Ministry gives conditional clearance to Lavasa
Lavasa - the massive township that's being built at a cost of Rs 3000 crore near Pune in Maharashtra - has received a conditional clearance from the Ministry of Environment in Delhi . The housing project - being built over 25, 000 acres - confronts court cases for alleged violation of the Environmental Protection Act. Those cases will continue, but...
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Maharashtra government to file case against Lavasa for violating environmental norms
The Maharashtra government will move the magistrate court on Wednesday against Lavasa for environmental violation. The Union Environment Ministry said it had had not granted Lavasa any environmental clearance and as a result the state government had told the Bombay High court that they will take action against Lavasa. This ensures another court bat...
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Games village shouldn't have been cleared, says Jairam
The Commonwealth Games village on the banks of the Yamuna in New Delhi continues to be in the news for all the wrong reasons. First, there was the entire games fiasco and now, according to the Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, the Games village shouldn't have been there in the first place. "If your question is did the Games Village get enviornmen...
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What the new airport means for Mumbai
The clearance to Navi Mumbai airport had been dragging on for long but it has finally got the green signal and work will start soon on this much-awaited second airport in Mumbai.Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel on Monday said that the Navi Mumabai airport is not only important for Mumbai and Maharashtra state but also for the country. (Watch)Wh...
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Adarsh Society: No green clearance?
The controversial Adarsh Housing Society in Mumbai is now in the eye of another storm. The society falls within the coastal regulation zone, where construction is restricted. It seems rules were bent at every stage and environment clearances bypassed.However, Brigadier (Retd) MM Wanchu, President, Adarsh Housing Society says, "We have got the Coast...
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Centre's Response Sought Over Environmental Clearance To Polavaram Project
The Supreme Court has sought the response of the Centre and others on a plea alleging violations in environmental clearance granted to the Polavaram multi-purpose irrigation project.
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Green Activists, Realtors On Collision Course Over Environmental Clearances
An attempt to improve India's ranking on the ease-of-doing business list of countries has put green activists and realtors on collision course. The Urban Development Ministry had told states as early as March, that they can frame and implement their own green rules to give real estate projects quick go ahead. But the Environment Ministry says it st...
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No Environmental Clearance Given To Projects On Ganga In 2 Years: Government
No environmental clearance has been granted to any project on river Ganga in the last two years, government told Rajya Sabha today.
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Green Nod For 900 Projects In 20 Months, Says Prakash Javadekar
Environmental clearance has been given to 900 projects worth Rs 6 lakh crore in the last 20 months, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said today, seeking to counter criticism that several projects have been bogged down due to lack of green nod.
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Green Panel to Hear Plea Challenging Fine on Akshardham on October 5
The National Green Tribunal will hear on October 5 a plea challenging its order in which it had quashed two office memoranda of the Environment and Forests Ministry and imposed a fine on Akshardham Temple for carrying out expansion without prior environmental clearance.
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19 States Launch Online Platform for Environment Clearances
Nineteen states today introduced online submission of applications for environment clearance, a minister said.
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National Green Tribunal Orders Environmental Clearance for Delhi's Iconic Signature Bridge
The National Green Tribunal on Thursday ordered the Delhi Tourism and Transport Department to get an environmental clearance for the ambitious "Signature Bridge" over the Yamuna river in the national capital.
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POSCO stalled again: Green clearance cancelled
The National Green Tribunal has suspended the environmental clearance given to South Korean steel giant Pohang Steel Corporation's (POSCO) mega steel project in Odisha in January 2011.
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Environment Ministry gives conditional clearance to Lavasa
Lavasa - the massive township that's being built at a cost of Rs 3000 crore near Pune in Maharashtra - has received a conditional clearance from the Ministry of Environment in Delhi . The housing project - being built over 25, 000 acres - confronts court cases for alleged violation of the Environmental Protection Act. Those cases will continue, but...
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Maharashtra government to file case against Lavasa for violating environmental norms
The Maharashtra government will move the magistrate court on Wednesday against Lavasa for environmental violation. The Union Environment Ministry said it had had not granted Lavasa any environmental clearance and as a result the state government had told the Bombay High court that they will take action against Lavasa. This ensures another court bat...
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Games village shouldn't have been cleared, says Jairam
The Commonwealth Games village on the banks of the Yamuna in New Delhi continues to be in the news for all the wrong reasons. First, there was the entire games fiasco and now, according to the Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, the Games village shouldn't have been there in the first place. "If your question is did the Games Village get enviornmen...
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What the new airport means for Mumbai
The clearance to Navi Mumbai airport had been dragging on for long but it has finally got the green signal and work will start soon on this much-awaited second airport in Mumbai.Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel on Monday said that the Navi Mumabai airport is not only important for Mumbai and Maharashtra state but also for the country. (Watch)Wh...
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Adarsh Society: No green clearance?
The controversial Adarsh Housing Society in Mumbai is now in the eye of another storm. The society falls within the coastal regulation zone, where construction is restricted. It seems rules were bent at every stage and environment clearances bypassed.However, Brigadier (Retd) MM Wanchu, President, Adarsh Housing Society says, "We have got the Coast...
