The Supreme Court struck down the 2021 Office Memorandum allowing retrospective environmental clearances for projects started without approval. The verdict applies prospectively, protecting existing projects, while ruling that future post-facto clearances require valid statutory notifications under the Environment Protection Act
Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy has asked officials to expedite environmental clearances for the Sitarama Lift Irrigation Project in Khammam district.
The Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) has received preliminary environmental clearance from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change for its ambitious Ramagundam Coal Mine Project. Coal output will primarily supply NTPC Ramagundam and other industries, marking a milestone in SCCL’s history.
The Environment Ministry’s Expert Appraisal Committee has cleared Andhra Pradesh to prepare Terms of Reference for seven proposed water aerodromes, including Visakhapatnam. The state must obtain multiple NoCs, including from Defence, before seeking environmental clearance, with public hearings planned within a month
According to TSGenco officials, the State government took measures to address all concerns of the petitioners and conducted studies asked by the NGT within nine months and submitted the report to the Centre.
In a major development, the centre has on Friday granted environmental clearance to Chanaka-Korata barrage on Penganga river inter state Irrigation Project situated in Adilabad district.
Interestingly, the highest number of proposals pending, 15, are from BJP-ruled Karnataka and BJP-supported Maharashtra governments, followed by 12 in BJP-ruled Gujarat.
At a time when global concerns are growing over climate change and man-made environmental degradation, the NDA government’s move to incentivise the States, through a star rating system, for speedy green clearance to projects appears flawed and ill-conceived. Any attempt to unduly hasten up clearances is bound to lead to dilution of the environment protection […]
