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PTI | Jammu | Updated: 21-02-2021 21:10 IST | Created: 21-02-2021 21:10 IST A Grievances Redressal Committee (GRC) on Sunday visited the site of 624 MW Keru Hydro Electricity Project (HEP) in Jammu and Kashmirs Kishtwar district to resolve the issues of locals, an official spokesman said. The residents raised several grievances like seeking preference to local youths during recruitment in the project, payment of pending compensation under Resettlement and Rehabilitation (R&R) Plan, water suppl...

The sloth bear is endemic to the Indian subcontinent. | Rudraksha Chodankar/Wikimedia Commons On November 11, 2020, the Union Ministry of Environment Forests and Climate Change notified the limits of an eco-sensitive zone around the Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary in Rajasthan, bordering the state of Gujarat. An eco-sensitive zone is meant to serve as a “shock absorber” between the sanctuary and its adjoining areas, protecting the animals and restricting human activity close...

NGT directs Centre, states to install Bird Diverters on existing solar and wind powerlines ANI | Updated: Dec 23, 2020 13:35 IST New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday directed the Centre through the Ministry of Environment Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and other states to install Bird Diverters on existing solar and wind powerlines as soon as possible and preferably within four months. A bench of the NGT,...

As regards the highway expansion project between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the NGT order to the extent it required the NHAI to first procure the Environmental Clearance from the Union MoEF, change the alignment to avoid loss to water bodies and construct a flyover for the entire stretch of the reserved forest, on account of which the project to widen NH-844 stood halted. Issuing notice on the NHAIs appeal against the October 9, 2019 order of the NGT and s...