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    Airport Project Advances with Forest Land Diversion

    Bhubaneswar, April 4 The Centre has given in-principle approval for Stage-1 forest clearance for the proposed Shree Jagannath International Airport in Puri, officials said on Saturday.The greenfield airport project, proposed by former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in 2021, has received...
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    10 Years of Forest Diversion: Odisha Mining Projects

    Bhubaneswar, March 24 More than 14,433 hectares of forest land have been diverted for 176 mining projects in Odisha over the past 10 years, Forest, Environment and Climate Change Minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia told the state Assembly on Tuesday.During this period, more than 11,214 hectares...
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    Eco-Friendly Highway Development: NHAI Achieves Wildlife Clearance

    Bhopal, March 24 – The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has received crucial wildlife clearance for the Betul–Khandwa–Deshgaon (Package-I) project, paving the way for enhanced connectivity in central India while prioritizing ecological safeguards in a sensitive tiger corridor.The...
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    Mumbai Road Project Continues Amidst Environmental Concerns

    New Delhi, March 20 The Supreme Court on Friday declined to interfere with the Bombay High Court order that allowed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to remove over 45,000 mangroves for the Versova-Bhayander road project in North Mumbai.A three-judge bench, comprising Chief Justice...
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    Coastal Road Project Sparks Mangrove Replanting Controversy

    Mumbai, March 18 Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray alleged on Wednesday that authorities were carrying out fake replanting and compensatory afforestation, and demanded a halt to the felling of mangroves for the Versova-Bhayandar Coastal Road in North Mumbai.Raising the issue in the...
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    Kerala's Flagship Infrastructure Project Gets Environmental Clearance

    Kozhikode (Kerala), February 24 The Centre has granted final approval for the Rs 2,134.5-crore Anakkampoyil–Kalladi–Meppadi tunnel road project in Kerala, which is considered one of the state's flagship infrastructure ventures.The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has...
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    State Report: High Animal Mortality Rates and Forest Land Diversion in Odisha

    Bhubaneswar, February 24 Over 800 animals were poached in Odisha over the last five years, state forest minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia said in the assembly on Tuesday.In a written reply to a query by BJP legislator Sanjali Murmu, the minister said that 2,836 elephants, tigers, and other wild...
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    UP Government Announces Funding for Sustainable Transport and Environment

    Lucknow, February 11 The Uttar Pradesh government has proposed Rs 800 crore for social forestry, Rs 220 crore for nursery management, and Rs 189 crore for compensatory afforestation in the budget presented in the Assembly on Wednesday.According to official details, over 242.13 crore saplings...
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