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Billions of years of evolutionary history, including of Western Ghats at risk

Billions of years of evolutionary history, including of Western Ghats at risk

September 9, 2021 at 9:24 am 0 comments

Picture Credit: Imperial College London

Research led by ZSL and Imperial College London warns that more than 50 billion years of unique evolutionary history is at risk.

Draft EIA 2020 will toll the death knell for Western Ghats, say experts

Draft EIA 2020 will toll the death knell for Western Ghats, say experts

September 9, 2021 at 9:09 am 0 comments

The EIA 2020 draft notification encourages further pollution with diluted regulations over industrial and development practices opine experts.

Twin-tunnel link roads infrastructural project near Mumbai exempt from precautionary EIA study

Twin-tunnel link roads infrastructural project near Mumbai exempt from precautionary EIA study

September 6, 2021 at 5:31 pm 0 comments

Two key infrastructure projects – the twin-tunnel link roads between Goregaon-Mulund and Thane-Borivli – which will pass under the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), are expected to begin construction within the next year. Both the projects have been exempted from carrying out a precautionary environmental impact assessment (EIA) study.