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MLA Sunil Shelke alleges MNCs being cheated in Pune by PMRDA officials, brokers
December 09, 2025 10:18 pm
MLA Sunil Shelke has accused local brokers and PMRDA officials of cheating MNCs by selling them land in restricted afforestation and agricultural zones using fake maps and altered documents.
Felling of trees in Delhi’s Ridge area: SC holds DDA officials guilty of contempt, criticises ‘administrative overreach’
May 29, 2025 3:09 am
The Supreme Court directed the guilty officials to pay Rs 25,000 each as environmental fee, but closed the contempt proceedings against former DDA vice-chairman Subhashish Panda.
After CAG flagged ‘irregularities’ in fund management, Uttarakhand’s afforestation body says 'beg to differ'
February 27, 2025 5:18 am
The CAG report, which covers the period from 2019-20 to 2021-22, flagged “inadmissible expenditure” made from the total allocated funds of Rs 753.89 crore in 43 forest divisions of the state.
Knowledge Nugget: What UPSC aspirants must know about 'CAMPA' and compensatory afforestation
February 27, 2025 10:27 am
CAG recently flagged the misuse of ₹13.86 crore in CAMPA. In today’s ‘Knowledge Nugget,’ decode compensatory afforestation, understand CAMPA’s purpose, and go beyond the nugget to learn about the Forest Rights Act.
Delhi High Court to physically inspect Central, Southern Ridge forest to assess afforestation, trees felling
July 02, 2024 5:48 pm
The High Court last year restrained the forest department from holding ‘Walk with Wildlife’ inside the city’s Asola Bhatti Wildlife, located in the Southern Ridge.
Pune tree cutting: First public hearing sparks heat, people object to presence of consultant on dais
May 09, 2023 3:58 am
PMC has proposed to cut down over 6,000 trees alongside Mula and Mutha rivers as part of the riverfront development project. Activists said that the project will destroy riparian zone.
Afforestation funds worth Rs 1,484 crore unutilised, says Congress
April 19, 2023 4:49 am
Around Rs 1,484 crore given by the Centre to the state as CAMPA funds in 2019 “remained unutilised in 2020-21 and 2021-22," the party said.
Ludhiana DC inaugurates Miyawaki forest project
January 27, 2023 8:41 pm
Surabhi Malik said that the move was aimed to make Ludhiana greener and 8,200 trees of 33 native species of the state were planted in this forest project.
Man-elephant conflict: Karnataka conservationists, forest officials apprehensive of task force
November 25, 2022 5:25 pm
A forest officer points to the Karnataka Land Grabbing Prohibition (Amendment) Bill 2022, ‘which seeks to avoid criminal proceedings against farmers who have encroached on government land in rural areas’.
Eco-entrepreneur Shubhendu Sharma on why planting an urban forest is the need of the hour
August 13, 2022 10:55 am
World Nature Conservation Day: "We need some natural methods to mitigate the heat that is being generated in the cities. Most of this heat is generated because of a lack of green infrastructure," he said
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