Thiruvananthapuram: State govt has constituted an expert committee to investigate the July 7 landslip at the construction site of the Anakkampoyil-Kalladi-Meppadi twin-tunnel road project in Wayanad. The committee will also inquire into the environmental and forest clearances granted for the project, including the environmental clearances issued by state and central govts and forest clearance granted…
Thiruvananthapuram: State govt has constituted an expert committee to investigate the July 7 landslip at Kalladi in Wayanad. The committee, comprising geologist C P Rajendran, ecologist Vishnudas, chief wildlife warden P Pugazhendi, the secretary of the public works department and secretary of revenue and disaster management department (convener), has been asked to submit its report…
Seven trees were cut down in Beguvalli near Mandagadde for the Shivamogga–Thirthahalli National Highway (NH-169) expansion project Shivamogga: A wave of public resentment has erupted against the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and forest department officials following the felling of seven trees at Beguvalli near Mandagadde for the Shivamogga–Thirthahalli National Highway (NH-169) expansion project.The…
The project was conceived to decongest DME and other expressways Ghaziabad: With the annual kanwar yatra set to commence next month, the fate of a project pertaining to it hangs in the balance. National Green Tribunal (NGT) is seized with the kanwar road project — which was conceived in 2018 by chief minister Yogi Adityanath…
Kakkayam Dam in Kozhikode T’puram: KSEB is actively exploring the opportunity to set up a pumped storage facility at Kakkayam in Kozhikode. The board has signed an agreement with Tata Consulting Engineers to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) for the same. Kakkayam pumped storage project, designed around Kakkayam and Kuttiady dams in Kozhikode, aims…
Pic for representation only Belagavi: A recommendation by the deputy conservator of forests (DCF), Belagavi division, to divert 0.0642 hectares of forest land in Kanakumbi village of Khanapur taluk for constructing a durable approach road and installing poles for electricity supply to a private resort has triggered a controversy over alleged double standards in forest…
Jamshedpur: After Union minister Satish Chandra Dubey attributed delays in the NH-33 elevated corridor project to pending forest land transfer, the Jamshedpur forest division has clarified that the Mango Municipal Corporation (MMC) has not completed procedural formalities in the issue.Saba Alam, divisional forest officer (DFO), said, “The department is ready to transfer the required forest…
CM Mohan Charan Majhi with Union minister G Kishan Reddy in Bhubaneswar on Monday Bhubaneswar: CM Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday urged Union coal and mines minister G Kishan Reddy to allocate the Sasubohumali bauxite block in Rayagada and Thakurani iron ore block in Keonjhar to state-run Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC), a govt statement said.Sasubohumali,…
CM Mohan Charan Majhi with Union minister G Kishan Reddy in Bhubaneswar on Monday Bhubaneswar: CM Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday urged Union coal and mines minister G Kishan Reddy to allocate the Sasubohumali bauxite block in Rayagada and Thakurani iron ore block in Keonjhar to state-run Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC), a govt statement said.Sasubohumali,…
The HC said with such disclosure and undertaking by the state and the NHAI, it was no longer necessary to continue with this PIL Guwahati: Assam govt told Gauhati high court that no trees in the Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary would be felled before an impact study is conducted for the execution of the proposed Guwahati…
