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Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu), March 27 The debate over industrial development versus livelihood protection and environmental safety has intensified in Tamil Nadu’s coastal district of Thoothukudi ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections, with the lingering Sterlite Copper Plant controversy...

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...

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...

Mumbai, March 8 Maharashtra will plant 300 trees to increase the state's forest cover to 33 percent, and will incorporate arboriculture into government policy to ensure the conservation of trees, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Sunday.The CM was speaking at the ‘Vriksh Vardhan: 2nd...

Chennai, March 5 – Tamil Nadu is set to undertake an ambitious scientific effort to precisely map its coastal “blue carbon” ecosystems, including mangroves, seagrass meadows, and tidal marshlands, using drones, Artificial Intelligence, and cloud computing.The initiative aims to generate...