The government has notified Construction & Demolition Waste Management Rules, 2016 for the first time.
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Minister for fast clearances of infra projects
The new Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar promised 'fast clearances' to infrastructure projects in a transparent manner and launched a process for transparent environmental clearance. After assuming charge as Minister of State (Independent) for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, he also said that he would take effective measures to conserve ecology.
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Ministry to expedite clearance for 20 rail projects
Union Ministry of Environment and Forests is coordinating with concerned state governments to expedite forest clearance for 20 railway projects, which are delayed across various zones. Minister of State for Railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said his ministry was pursuing these cases with environment ministry
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East-West Corridor project
Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Sarvey Sathyanarayana said the four laning of the entire length of East-West Corridor has been completed except 195 km under implementation and 232 km balance for award.
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Land issues of Posco project may be resolved soon
Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma expressed confidence that the issues involved in acquiring some forest land for the $12 billion steel project by South Korean steel major Posco in Odisha may be solved soon. Speaking to reporters, the minister said there have been some difficulties in acquiring certain section of land that was already either encroached or not free from encu
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MoEF proposes to set up system for granting forest approval
According to a draft policy released by the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), a technology driven system would be set up for providing forest clearances to various projects. The draft policy pertains to the inspection, verification, monitoring and overall procedure for the grant of forest clearances. The policy includes a provision to set up an independent, remote-sensing, satellite-based monitoring system to detect encroachment and unauthorised chan
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272 projects across various sectors face delay
Data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) shows 272 projects out of a total 558 projects costing at least Rs 150 crore are running late as on March 31, 2013. As many as 59 of these projects reported delays just in March 2013 (additional delay
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Panel probes charges against Krishnapatnam port
A Supreme Court-appointed committee is probing the alleged violation of environment permissions and encroachment of assigned land by Krishnapatnam port in Andhra Pradesh. The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) appointed by the apex court visited the port to inquire into the allegations against Nellore district administration and the port
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Aranmula airport project gets green nod
KGS Aranmula International Airport, which is building a Rs 2,000-crore green field airport at Pathanamthitta in Kerala, may restart construction work on the project following the verdict of the National Green Tribunal, Chennai. The tribunal dismissed a petition challenging various decisions related to the project. The decision includes indu
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Ahluwalia bats for govt penalty if approval delayed
Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia proposed that the government must pay penalty in case of delay in granting statutory clearances to infrastructure projects. This will create an incentive not to delay clearance, he said while addressing a Ficci conference. Several infrastructure projects in the country are delayed because of lack of statutory clearances like envir