New Delhi, March 25 The grant of "prior" environmental clearances to projects is not merely a formality, but a substantive safeguard, and the principle of "polluter pays" must not be reduced to "pollute and pay," the Supreme Court was told on Wednesday.These submissions were made before a...
New Delhi, March 23 The Supreme Court on Monday resumed its final hearing on a batch of petitions, including review petitions, challenging its Vanashakti verdict permitting retrospective environmental clearances (EC) by the Centre and other authorities to projects found violating green norms...
Itanagar, March 5 A fact-finding committee of the Congress' Arunachal unit on Thursday alleged serious environmental, procedural, and labor welfare violations at a ferro-silicon factory in East Siang district following a site inspection and discussions with protesting villagers.At a press...
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east siang district
environmental impact assessment
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factory management
ferro-silicon industry
health problems
no objection certificate
panchayats (extension to scheduled areas) act
pollution
protests
public hearings
site inspection
tribal employment
Jammu, February 27 The Anti-Corruption Bureau continued its crackdown on illegal mining in the Reasi and Udhampur districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, seizing electronic gadgets, crucial records, and incriminating documents, officials said.The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) launched...
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corruption investigation
electronic gadgets
environmentalviolations
form-a transit documents
illegal mining
incriminating documents
jammu and kashmir
mining and ecology departments
mining block holders
mining operations
reasi district
record seizure
stone crushing facilities
udhampur district
Jammu, February 25 The ACB conducted joint surprise inspections across multiple districts of the Jammu division on Wednesday, following complaints of widespread illegal mining activities allegedly being carried out by mining block holders in connivance with certain officers and officials of the...
New Delhi, February 11 The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought a response from the Meghalaya chief secretary and others regarding the death of 18 miners in an illegally-operated rat-hole coal mine in the state's East Jaintia Hills district.The green body was hearing a matter where it had...
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