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Stop construction of Vadhavan Port, have open discussions with local communities: Climate change activists
Arguing that the Vadhavan Port Project in Maharashtra has not emerged from the needs of the local communities, and instead threatens the livelihoods of fisher folk, Adivasi lands, agriculture and orchards, the sea, and coastal biodiversity, the NAPM has demanded that the project “should be scrapped immediately”
Gujarat’s environmental group demands cancellation of GPCL’s environmental clearance
The NGO expressed anger at the company’s lax attitude towards past tragedies that put local village-life in danger
Maharashtra’s fishing community fights to protect its ‘golden belt’ coast
Fearing a fate worse than Maharashtra’s southern sea-coast, Dahanu fishing communities demand suspension of Vadhavan port project
Central Vista Project: SC bars Centre from construction, allows paperwork and foundation stone ceremony
SG Tushar Mehta undertook that no construction, demolition or cutting of trees will be carried out
Goa: Environmental groups call on political parties to protect generational resource inheritance
The GMM manifesto aims to protect natural resources and wealth for future generations in an economically beneficial manner
Goa Foundation reconsiders its stand on the mining auction announcement: Victory at last?
After initial celebrations, environmental action group takes a step back to consider the real benefits of the auctioning of mining leases
Dahanu locals reject JNPT survey that pushes for a new port at Vadhavan
Women, children, workers, adivasis, farmers, all gathered at the shores of Shankhodar beach to oppose the biodiversity survey by the JNPT
Goa government considers auctioning 88 halted iron ore mining leases
After two years of halt, the state government finally blows the dust off the dormant mining leases and considers auctioning
Unique anti-Adani protest stops play during AUSvIND cricket match!
The cricket fans, and #StopAdani supporters have managed to catch the millions of eyeballs to against $1B loan to “Adani’s climate wrecking coal mine”
State governments discourage bursting of firecrackers for Diwali this year
Adopting different methods, Haryana government imposes a firecracker ban across the state, while Maharashtra government appeals to people’s civic sense.
Will the firecracker ban go up in smoke, come Diwali?
Delhi-NCR, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Odisha and Karnataka have banned selling, bursting firecrackers to curb severe air pollution
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