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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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    Water Disputes and Irrigation: Karnataka MPs Seek PM's Attention

    New Delhi, March 17 A meeting of all-party MPs from Karnataka on Tuesday decided to form a joint delegation to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding long-standing water and irrigation projects, Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar said.Shivakumar, who also holds the Water Resources...
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    Forest Conservation Norms Amended: Changes to Land Diversion Process

    New Delhi, March 13 The Environment Ministry has amended forest conservation norms by removing the mandatory requirement of having a nodal officer conduct a field inspection for every project involving more than 100 hectares of forest land diversion.With this move, it has now allowed...
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    Wayanad Tunnel Road Project Receives Key Approval, Starts Blasting Phase

    Kozhikode (Kerala), March 6 Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday conducted the "first blast" ceremony for the Wayanad twin tunnel road project at Maripuzha here.Vijayan, accompanied by Ministers P A Muhammad Riyas and A K Saseendran, MLA Linto Joseph, and Syro-Malabar Bishop Remigiose...
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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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