Thursday, August 13, 2009
Adani Mines issue - PCCF slams forest officials
A report in TOI today cites PCCF Maharashtra who recently rejected the proposal to clear mines for Adani corp slamming lower rung officials in the state wildlife dept forhaving cleared the project in the first place. It is no surprise that large corporates in India are capable of getting rulings invariably in their favour esp when it comes to cases involving government officials. With the PCCF rejecting to clear the mining proposal there is now hope that the project will be killed for good.
Tiger cubs Satpura Park in MP
In a welcome news for conservationists, a report in Hindu says officials in the Satpura Tiger reserve in MP recently sighted 9 tiger cubs. This comes on teh back of recent disaster in Panna where despite years of evidence the govt finally conceeded that the reserve had lost all its tigers probably to poaching. The challenge for the govts both state and centre is to ensure protection of these new cubs lest they go they same was as some of their unfortunate precedssesors.
Nine tiger cubs sighted in Satpur Reserve
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