Mining companies to get 82,540 hectares of no-go zone
Published: Wednesday, Nov 24,
2010, 2:50 IST
By Sreejiraj Eluvangal | Place:New
Delhi
By Sreejiraj Eluvangal | Place:
After getting nearly 30,000
hectares (ha) of forest land from the ‘no mining’ zone, mining and power
companies can look forward to another 82,540 ha from the ‘no-go’ zone
identified by the ministry of environment and forests.
The move would mark a
complete climbdown for Jairam Ramesh, the environment minister, as the extra
declassification would take the total mineable forest area to 4.62 lakh ha —
higher than even the coal ministry’s own demand of 4.5 lakh ha.The tussle, which saw the
intervention of the prime minister, the finance minister and the power
minister, started at the beginning of the year when the coal ministry
approached the environment ministry seeking its opinion .......................................
Coal India
OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
Earlier, the coal ministry
had to revise CIL’s production target for 2011-12 to 486 million tonnes (mt)
from 512mt because the company’s 17 new projects, estimated to produce 101mt by
2011-12, could not take off in the absence of clearances.“The extension of the
moratorium period till March for project clearances in areas where the
composite environment pollution index (CEPI) is more than 70 will stall ………………………………….
As Russia
Hosts Tiger Summit , India
November 24, 2010
By Antoine Blua
Tens of millions of dollars
have been spent to try to save tigers in the wild, but their numbers have
continued to spiral downward over the past two decades.Hunted for their pelts
and bones, which are used in traditional Chinese medicine, as few as 3,200
tigers are estimated to be roaming in the wild today. They are found mostly in
isolated pockets spread across fragmented forests. Conservationists have warned
that the world’s largest cat may disappear altogether by 2022 -- the next year
of the tiger, according to the Chinese zodiac.
Russia this week is hosting
an international summit in St. Petersburg aimed
at saving the endangered wild tiger.But Ravi Chellam, the country director for
the Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) India Program in Bangalore
Anindo Dey, TNN, Nov 21,
2010, 10.53pm IST
JAIPUR: With the state forest
department waiting for the dust to settle at Sariska before
initiating any step in relocating another big cat to the reserve, it's a race
against time. For if the department is keen on relocation, a strong opposition
is building up to halt it. Sources said: "A big lobby, whose members
are into conservation and tourism, do not want more relocation. They have
always been against relocation of tigers from Ranthambore fearing it would take
away tourists from the national park. And now that they have a good enough
reason, they are not willing to let it go."
However, Union minister of forest and environment Jairam Ramesh, chief minister Ashok Gehlot and the state forest department have insisted on continuing with the relocation in a bid to re-establish a tiger population. After the death of first male tiger relocated to Sariska ST-1, the state has got into …………………………………….
However, Union minister of forest and environment Jairam Ramesh, chief minister Ashok Gehlot and the state forest department have insisted on continuing with the relocation in a bid to re-establish a tiger population. After the death of first male tiger relocated to Sariska ST-1, the state has got into …………………………………….
Royal Bengal shot in Assam
SARAT SARMA
Nagaon, Nov. 23: A Royal
Bengal tiger was shot dead today after it killed two persons and critically
injured a police officer in Assam’s Morigaon district.A forest department
worker, who had been camping in the area since Monday to capture the animal,
however, blamed security guards and “an unruly crowd” for the death of the
feline, spotted yesterday at Habi Barangabari, nearly 100km from Guwahati.
This morning, the tiger,
which had been preying on cattle in the area over the past week, fatally
attacked a 45-year-old, Rusia Khatun, who was working near a paddy field……………………
By Abhijit Roy Chowdhury - Nov
24, 2010 8:29 PM GMT+0530
A panel set up by India’s
environment ministry recommended withholding forest clearances for a planned
steel mill by South Korea’s Posco in
the eastern state of Orissa.The Forest Advisory Committee submitted its report
yesterday, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said in an interview in New Delhi
today.
An earlier committee formed
by the ministry had recommended that the project should not be given forest
clearance, citing violations of the Forest Rights Act 2006 and disruption to
the lives of the local tribal population.Posco’s project, billed as the
single-biggest investment by a foreign company in India, ………………………………………………
Update on clearance to coal projects in India
Wednesday, 24 Nov 2010
Mr Sriprakash Jaiswal
minister of state for coal of India
This is a continuous process as the coal companies expend their activities by formulating new projects to increase production. It is a fact that coal bearing areas cover less than 0.54% of land mass ofIndia
Several meetings have been held in the Planning Commission and the Prime Minister Office with concerned Ministries to resolve this issue.
This is a continuous process as the coal companies expend their activities by formulating new projects to increase production. It is a fact that coal bearing areas cover less than 0.54% of land mass of
Several meetings have been held in the Planning Commission and the Prime Minister Office with concerned Ministries to resolve this issue.
http://www.steelguru.com/raw_material_news/Update_on_clearance_to_coal_projects_in_India/177113.html
Moser Baer Power Project under court scanner
24.11.2010 | 02:59
Jabalpur
Supriya Amber
Supriya Amber
Land acquisition by State of Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh
Petitioner Buddhsen Rathore
has challenged the land acquisition for non-compliance with the provisions of
Panchayat (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act as the area comes within the 5th
schedule of the Constitution of India. The petitioner has ……………..
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