Sharavathi project : Karnataka officers to meet MoEFCC officials over denotification of forest land to benefit displaced people
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Sharavathi project : Karnataka officers to meet MoEFCC officials over denotification of forest land to benefit displaced people

The Hindu  

Senior officers of the Karnataka government will hold a meeting with senior officers of the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change in Delhi on Thursday with regard to the Union government’s clearance for the denotification of forest land, cultivated by families displaced by the Sharavathi Hydroelectric Project. Ramesh Hegde, State spokesperson of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, in Shivamogga on Wednesday, informed the media that Additional Chief Secretary Anjum Parvez, P.C. Karnataka government had denotified forest land of 9,129 acres to benefit families displaced by the dam project. The court objected that the State had not taken approval from the Union government to de-notify the forest land.

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Dereservation of forest land: Karnataka has to take Supreme Court’s approval, reiterates Centre
1 year, 1 month ago

Dereservation of forest land: Karnataka has to take Supreme Court’s approval, reiterates Centre

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has reiterated that the Karnataka government should get the Supreme Court’s approval for the dereservation of forest land released for rehabilitation of people affected by the Sharavathi Valley Hydroelectric Project in Shivamogga district. Raghavendra in the Lok Sabha, Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State for MoEF and Climate Change, replied on Monday …

Sharavathi project: Forest Minister directs officers to file interlocutory application in SC to allow grant of land to displaced families
1 year, 5 months ago

Sharavathi project: Forest Minister directs officers to file interlocutory application in SC to allow grant of land to displaced families

The Hindu  

Minister for Forests Eshwar Khandre has directed the officers to file an interlocutory application in the Supreme Court to allow the grant of land to the families who lost land for the Sharavathi reservoir project decades ago. Minister for Education Madhu Bangarappa, who is also Minister in charge of Shivamogga district, had written to the Ministers concerned to hold the …

MoEF returns State’s proposal for de-reservation of forest land in Shivamogga
1 year, 7 months ago

MoEF returns State’s proposal for de-reservation of forest land in Shivamogga

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of the Union government has sent back the State government’s proposal for de-reservation of forest land, released earlier for rehabilitation of families affected by the Sharavathi Valley Hydroelectric Project. In March this year, the State government sent a proposal to deserve 9,129 acres of forest land in Shivamogga, which was denotified by …

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