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NHAI refutes reports of irregularities in forest clearance for NH projects
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has strongly refuted reports alleging irregularities in obtaining forest clearances for national highway projects in Himachal Pradesh, calling them "misleading and factually incorrect."
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Himachal Pradesh PWD Minister Vikramaditya Singh chairs Special Task Force
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The meeting covered a wide range of agenda items crucial to the timely completion of ongoing and upcoming national highway projects. These included land acquisition, tree felling, and forest clearances, as well as environmental concerns such as the dredging of the Beas River, the shifting of
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Arunachal CM Pema Khandu reviews hydropower projects in state
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Tuesday reviewed the status of hydropower projects in the state, focussing on forest clearance, techno-economic clearance, land acquisition and environmental clearance.
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Odisha government land transfer for Singareni mines will boost Telangana p
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
A Coal Ministry release said that the mine was facing abnormal delay in handing over of forest land after receipt of Stage-II forest clearance in October 2022 which has delayed the operationalization of the mine
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Congress attacks Modi government over policies concerning environmental pr
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Congress on Monday attacked the BJP-led central government over its policies concerning environmental protection and said the Forest Conservation Amendment Act undermines the Forest Rights Act of 2006, doing away with provisions for the consent of local communities and other statutory requir
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Bhuntar Airport gets forest clearance for expansion: CM Sukhvinder Singh S
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, announced on Friday that Bhuntar Airport has successfully obtained forest clearance, marking a significant milestone for its expansion.
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Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah directs officials to create Single Window system
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
While speaking at the review meeting of the Forests and Mines and Geology departments here on Tuesday, he said that separate meetings of Mines and Geology, Revenue and Forest Department should be held by its Ministers and the officials to resolve the forest clearance and other permissions fr
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Govt plans to develop Chhattisgarh's Gevra coal mine as largest in Asia
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Coal Secretary Amrit Lal Meena during his two-day visit to Chhattisgarh held high-level review meeting with the top officials of the Chhattisgarh government in Raipur.
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Centre grants forest clearance for PGI Satellite Centre at Una: Himachal C
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
"The state government had been taking up forest clearance cases of various ambitious projects with the Central Government on a priority basis. To speed up the process of clearance in the cases of FCA and FRA, the State Government has decided to provide handholding to the user agencies throug
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Research: Companies' 'deforestation-free' supply chain pledges have barely
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
More companies must make and implement zero-deforestation supply chain commitments in order to significantly reduce deforestation and protect diverse ecosystems, say researchers. Corporate pledges not to buy soybeans produced on land deforested after 2006 have reduced tree clearance in the B
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SC expresses displeasure over mining activities continuing without forest
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday expressed its displeasure at some companies continuing illegal mining of minerals in Odisha without obtaining forest clearance (FCs) from authorities under the garb of "status quo" orders.
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SC adjourns matter related to Delhi Dehradun expressway
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned the petitions challenging the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order which upheld the validity of the forest clearances granted to the part of the larger Delhi-Dehradun Economic corridor project.
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