The Tamil Nadu government should submit to the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change a revised plan for the proposed protective zone around the Anamalai Tiger Reserve, said K. Annamalai, State president of the Bharatiya Janata Party, in Coimbatore on Tuesday. The draft proposal for the Eco Sensitive Zone, which was released by the Ministry recently, covered the …
The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that if an area falls under eco sensitive zone then neither the Centre nor the state government will have the right to mine it. The remark was made by the top court which was hearing Jharkhand government's pleas challenging the Centre's decision to auction coal blocks for commercial mining. On July 14, the top …