environmental conservation

The National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) recent directive to reassess the environmental impact of the Kanwar Marg project underscores a critical issue in India’s development narrative: the delicate balance between infrastructure growth and environmental conservation. The tribunal’s order for a fresh report based on satellite images to ascertain the extent of tree felling beyond the permitted […]

The recent violent clashes in Chhattisgarh’s Hasdeo Aranya forest, where tribal communities are fiercely opposing coal mining projects, highlight a critical conflict between environmental conservation and economic development. This situation, involving the allocation of coal mining projects by the government to the state of Rajasthan, underscores the complex dynamics at play when indigenous rights, environmental […]