Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu announced he will ride a bicycle in Visakhapatnam on World Environment Day to promote environmental awareness. He urged citizens to plant saplings, use bicycles and e-bicycles, and work together to conserve natural resources
The Supreme Court sought the Centre’s response on a plea challenging the Wetlands Rules, 2017, over the allegedly vague definition of “wetland”. Petitioners argued the rules weakened environmental safeguards by excluding several ecologically sensitive water bodies from legal protection under constitutional and environmental principles
Supreme Court directed that the expert committee on defining Aravalli hills must be small, consult stakeholders and domain experts, and ensure public participation. The court stressed manageability and halted mining activity pending final scientific clarity on classification criteria
The Supreme Court has refused to grant relief to mining lease holders in the Aravalli range, citing "disturbing" feedback. A bench led by CJI Surya Kant emphasized that no activity will be permitted until ecological concerns and the technical definition of the hills are fully resolved
Deputy CM Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka announced that Telangana will set up a compressed biogas plant in Gambhiraopet mandal to curb pollution from paddy straw burning and boost farmers’ income.
The Environment Ministry has no objection to the Supreme Court’s proposed 10-member expert committee to define the Aravalli hills. Headed by Kanchan Devi, the committee includes forest, geological, and academic experts to examine ecological and policy aspects comprehensively
The fact that the SC felt it necessary to constitute a new expert committee to review not only the findings of the earlier panel but also to clarify other issues suggests that the report was prepared in haste
With focus on environmental protection, E Venkanna has created about 140 paintings, depicting animals, birds and forms of pollution, driving a message to save the water, trees, energy and earth
