People displaced by Sharavathi project will get relief soon, says BSY
1 year, 11 months ago

People displaced by Sharavathi project will get relief soon, says BSY

The Hindu  

The State Government will send a proposal to clear the grant of forest land to those who lost their land for Sharavathi project in the 1960s, former Chief Minister and Shikaripur MLA B.S. Following a High Court order, the State Government had withdrawn orders that de-notified forest lands. The court had noted that the government had not taken clearance from the Ministry of Forest and Environment before granting forest land. The State Government ordered for a survey of the forest land, which was earlier granted to the land losers.

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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 …

Illegal Allocation of Podu Land Raises Concerns Over Forest Rights Act Implementation
1 year, 4 months ago

Illegal Allocation of Podu Land Raises Concerns Over Forest Rights Act Implementation

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The issues caused by the state government issuing pattas for podu land continues to raise concerns with doubts being expressed if the process under the RoFR Act Act, 2006) was exploited to grant housing plots illegally in forest land. The forest department is learnt to have sought this information as it “needed to know where and how much land …

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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