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Sumedha Pal
Chhattisgarh: Protests Against Sponge Iron Plant in Jashpur by Tribal Communities Continue
30 Jul 2021
'We don't need iron or power; we need agriculture and forest produce-based industries. There should not be a factory that destroys agriculture and forest produce...'
Ayaskant Das
How Modi Govt is Using a Disputed Rule to Exempt Highway Projects from Environmental Clearance
25 Jul 2021
The Supreme Court had directed MoEF&CC in January 2021 to review the exemption rule through an expert committee but any update on that front is not yet known.
Sumedha Pal
25 Years of PESA: Violations and Attempts at Dilution
25 Jun 2021
The Act, which aimed to decentralise power and empower indegneous communities, has completed 25 years in existence, but faces glaring incompetence, gross violations and structural loopholes
Ayaskant Das
Did Haryana Government Allow Illegal Chemical Units to Operate under Industrial Lobby Pressure ?
19 Jun 2021
The National Green Tribunal has decided that the government has no power to allow operations of industries that do not have mandatory Environmental Clearances.
Tikender Singh Panwar
For Central Vista, Govt Violates Law with Impunity
14 Jun 2021
The government has allegedly been made to understand by ‘Vaastu’ architects that unless it shifts from the round-shaped Parliament building, the BJP will not be able to retain power in the 2024…
Rashme Sehgal
Modi Government’s Grand, Flawed, Expensive Waterway Project
05 Jun 2021
"With no legally-binding environment clearance requirement, the monitoring of impacts is being done by the very same authority that is in charge of developing the waterways. Which project promoter…
Seema Sharma
Tamil Nadu: Protest Rages Against Reducing ESZ Area of Pulicat Bird Sanctuary
02 Apr 2021
Local fishermen and environmentalists in Tamil Nadu are opposing the state government’s proposal to reduce the eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) around the Pulicat Bird Sanctuary from 10 kms to 500 meters.
Ayaskant Das
Locals’ Issues Ignored in Clearance to New International Airport in Andhra Pradesh?
18 Mar 2021
Fertile agricultural land was allegedly acquired in an unfair manner for the Bhogapuram International Airport near Visakhapatnam.
Ayaskant Das
Is Modi Government Planning on Selling State Govt. Owned Mineral Resources to Corporates?
17 Feb 2021
A draft notification by the Ministry of Mines says mineral blocks not auctioned by state governments can be auctioned by the Centre.
Ayaskant Das
NITI Aayog Studying How Judges Can Help Economics Beat Environmental Concerns
13 Feb 2021
The government think-tank has commissioned a study to examine the “unintended economic consequences” of certain verdicts in order to review “if the objective of the judicial decision was (has been)…