<p>The Centre has told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that the 6,000 MW nuclear power plant proposed at Mithivirdi in Gujarat will be shifted to Kovvada in Andhra Pradesh due to delay in land acquisition for the project.<br />
After the Centre&#39;s submission, the NGT bench, consisting of judicial member U D Salvi and expert member Ranjan Chatterjee, disposed of a petition filed by a group of villagers of Mithivirdi and Jaspara and NGO Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti.<br />
The petitioners had challenged the Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) clearance given to the project by the Gujarat State Coastal Zone Management Authority on March 3, 2015.<br />
The Pune bench of the NGT (Western Zone), in its order passed on May 18, said that the counsel for the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change MoEF&amp;CC submitted before it that Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited&#39;s (NPCIL) Mithivirdi project in Bhavnagar district in whose favour CRZ clearance was granted, is to be shifted to Kovadda, Andhra Pradesh on account of delay in land acquisition at village Chhaya-Mithivirdi site.<br />
It said that the counsel &quot;further submitted that in view of shifting of the project the proposal for Environment Clearance (EC) before the MoEF&amp;CC has been delisted.&quot;<br />
The MoEF placed on record before the NGT, through a letter dated March 27, 2017, that NPCIL had intimated it that the proposed WestingHouse Nuclear Power Plant of 6000-MW capacity is being shifted from Mithivirdi due to delay in land acquisition.<br />
The NGT also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 each to the MoEF and the Gujarat Pollution Control Board for unnecessary delay caused during the hearing of the case. The order was uploaded today on its website.<br />
Petitioners including villagers and the NGO termed this as a major victory and said they would tomorrow meet at Jaspar village to &quot;celebrate&quot; the judgement.<br />
The villagers had opposed the project due to environmental and safety concerns, and had staged a walkout from the environmental public hearing claiming that it was not being conducted in accordance with the set norms.<br />
Thirty villages near the project had organised agitation against the project and the high-handed manner in which it was being imposed upon them.<br />
The proposed project was subsequently recommended CRZ clearance by the state government, which was challenged at the NGT-Pune by a team of villagers including Shaktisinh Gohil and Jagrutiben Gohil of Jaspara village, Hajabhai Dihora of Mithivirdi village, and Rohit Prajapati and Krishnakant Chauhan of the NGO Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti.<br />
Reacting to the order, Krishnakant Chauhan said that while they celebrate the order, they are now preparing to extend all possible support to people in Kovvada in Andhra Pradesh.&nbsp;</p>


The 6,000 MW nuclear power plant proposed at Mithivirdi in Gujarat will be shifted to Kovvada in Andhra Pradesh due to delay in land acquisition for the project.

The Centre has told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that the 6,000 MW nuclear power plant proposed at Mithivirdi in Gujarat will be shifted to Kovvada in Andhra Pradesh due to delay in land acquisition for the project. After the Centre's submission, the NGT bench, consisting of judicial member U D Salvi and expert member Ranjan Chatterjee, disposed of a petition filed by a group of villagers of Mithivirdi and Jaspara and NGO Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti. The petitioners had challenged the Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) clearance given to the project by the Gujarat State Coastal Zone Management Authority on March 3, 2015. The Pune bench of the NGT (Western Zone), in its order passed on May 18, said that the counsel for the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change MoEF&CC submitted before it that Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited's (NPCIL) Mithivirdi project in Bhavnagar district in whose favour CRZ clearance was granted, is to be shifted to Kovadda, Andhra Pradesh on account of delay in land acquisition at village Chhaya-Mithivirdi site. It said that the counsel "further submitted that in view of shifting of the project the proposal for Environment Clearance (EC) before the MoEF&CC has been delisted." The MoEF placed on record before the NGT, through a letter dated March 27, 2017, that NPCIL had intimated it that the proposed WestingHouse Nuclear Power Plant of 6000-MW capacity is being shifted from Mithivirdi due to delay in land acquisition. The NGT also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 each to the MoEF and the Gujarat Pollution Control Board for unnecessary delay caused during the hearing of the case. The order was uploaded today on its website. Petitioners including villagers and the NGO termed this as a major victory and said they would tomorrow meet at Jaspar village to "celebrate" the judgement. The villagers had opposed the project due to environmental and safety concerns, and had staged a walkout from the environmental public hearing claiming that it was not being conducted in accordance with the set norms. Thirty villages near the project had organised agitation against the project and the high-handed manner in which it was being imposed upon them. The proposed project was subsequently recommended CRZ clearance by the state government, which was challenged at the NGT-Pune by a team of villagers including Shaktisinh Gohil and Jagrutiben Gohil of Jaspara village, Hajabhai Dihora of Mithivirdi village, and Rohit Prajapati and Krishnakant Chauhan of the NGO Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti. Reacting to the order, Krishnakant Chauhan said that while they celebrate the order, they are now preparing to extend all possible support to people in Kovvada in Andhra Pradesh.

Mithivirdi nuclear plant to be shifted to Andhra Pradesh: Centre to NGT

<p>India&#39;s National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday said that charges of a biased report on damage to the Yamuna riverbed leveled by spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on them is &#39;shocking&#39;.</p>

<p>Speaking on the issue, the green panel slammed the Art of Living (AOL) and said that the organisation has no sense of responsibility.</p>

<p>&quot;You have no sense of responsibility. Do you think you have the liberty to say whatever you want?&quot; said the NGT to the Art Of Living (AOL).&nbsp;</p>

<p>The NGT bench asked the petitioner Manoj Mishra to file an application with details of the statement so that the court can take the issue on record.</p>

<p>The next date of hearing has been scheduled for May 9.</p>

<p>Earlier in the month, after the NGT stated that spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar&#39;s Art of Living (AOL) was responsible for destroying the Yamuna floodplain during the &#39;World Culture Festival&#39;, the foundation cried foul while terming it to be a &#39;conspiracy.&#39;</p>

<p>The foundation also asserted that its legal team will study the NGT report and decide on the future course of action.</p>

<p>&quot;The report has been leaked to the media once again even as we were getting hold of our copy. This was expected from them as their mala fide intentions to malign us, has been evident since the beginning,&quot; said Kedar Desai, the spokesperson of The Art of Living.</p>

<p>In a statement, Desai also said that the NGT&#39;s expert committee, which was supposed to be non-interested parties to the case and was to act as the eyes and ears of the judges, have given biased interviews in public while the case is sub-judice.</p>

<p>&quot;How come Shri CR Babu who is one of the senior-most members of the Committee gave a media interview maligning The Art of Living by concluding that WCF had caused damage even before any assessment was done. This shows bias beyond doubt,&quot; he added.</p>

<p>The NGT appointed Committee of Experts earlier found the AOL foundation responsible for destroying the entire Yamuna floodplain area used by the foundation for its event during the &#39;World Culture Festival&#39; earlier in March 2016.</p>

<p>The expert panel told the NGT that the rehabilitation of Yamuna floodplains destroyed by AOL&#39;s &#39;World Culture Festival&#39; will cost Rs. 13.29 crores and take almost 10 years.</p>

<p>The green panel had last year allowed the AOL to hold the three-day &#39; World Culture Festival&#39; on the Yamuna floodplains but following the event, the former slapped a fine of Rs. 5 crores as interim environment compensation on the foundation for damaging biodiversity of the ecologically sensitive floodplains.</p>

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An NGT appointed committee earlier found Sri Sri's foundation responsible for destroying the Yamuna floodplain used by the foundation for its ?'World Culture Festival' last year

India's National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday said that charges of a biased report on damage to the Yamuna riverbed leveled by spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on them is 'shocking'. Speaking on the issue, the green panel slammed the Art of Living (AOL) and said that the organisation has no sense of responsibility. "You have no sense of responsibility. Do you think you have the liberty to say whatever you want?" said the NGT to the Art Of Living (AOL). The NGT bench asked the petitioner Manoj Mishra to file an application with details of the statement so that the court can take the issue on record. The next date of hearing has been scheduled for May 9. Earlier in the month, after the NGT stated that spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living (AOL) was responsible for destroying the Yamuna floodplain during the 'World Culture Festival', the foundation cried foul while terming it to be a 'conspiracy.' The foundation also asserted that its legal team will study the NGT report and decide on the future course of action. "The report has been leaked to the media once again even as we were getting hold of our copy. This was expected from them as their mala fide intentions to malign us, has been evident since the beginning," said Kedar Desai, the spokesperson of The Art of Living. In a statement, Desai also said that the NGT's expert committee, which was supposed to be non-interested parties to the case and was to act as the eyes and ears of the judges, have given biased interviews in public while the case is sub-judice. "How come Shri CR Babu who is one of the senior-most members of the Committee gave a media interview maligning The Art of Living by concluding that WCF had caused damage even before any assessment was done. This shows bias beyond doubt," he added. The NGT appointed Committee of Experts earlier found the AOL foundation responsible for destroying the entire Yamuna floodplain area used by the foundation for its event during the 'World Culture Festival' earlier in March 2016. The expert panel told the NGT that the rehabilitation of Yamuna floodplains destroyed by AOL's 'World Culture Festival' will cost Rs. 13.29 crores and take almost 10 years. The green panel had last year allowed the AOL to hold the three-day ' World Culture Festival' on the Yamuna floodplains but following the event, the former slapped a fine of Rs. 5 crores as interim environment compensation on the foundation for damaging biodiversity of the ecologically sensitive floodplains. (ANI)

India: NGT rebukes Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, says 'your organisation has no sense of responsibility'

<p>Here&rsquo;s some good news for all those iPhone users who often find themselves shrugging a lot - be it during a chat or in comments on social networks. Because your iPhone is soon going to have a dedicated emoji to represent the same.</p>

<p>Apple has released a developer preview of iOS 10.2 which includes new emoji such as Shrug and Fingers Crossed.</p>

<p>Here&rsquo;s how the Shrug emoji will look on your iPhone after it is updated to iOS 10.2:</p>

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<p>Besides, the new iOS update will bring along all those 72 emoji which were approved in June 2016 by the Unicode Consortium, a body which standardises emoji and sets other language standards for the computing industry.</p>

<p>Some of the popular additions in the new list include Fox Face, Selfie, Black Heart, Avocado and Owl.</p>
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<p>In addition, new emoji representing different professions have also been included in the new iOS 10.2 release. The list includes professions such as Firefighter and Judge, with female and male versions of each (in all skin tones). In total, the new iOS update includes emoji support for 16 new professions - which appear as 32 emoji on the keyboard - one female and one male.</p>

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<p>Apple has also updated the appearance of all those existing emoji which were not updated in the last release back in September.</p>

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<p>While a developer preview of iOS 10.2 is out, it is still not known as to when Apple will roll out the new software update to the public. But it is expected to be released only this month.</p>

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Here’s some good news for all those iPhone users who often find themselves shrugging a lot - be it during a chat or in comments on social networks. Because your iPhone is soon going to have a dedicated emoji to represent the same. Apple has released a developer preview of iOS 10.2 which includes new emoji such as Shrug and Fingers Crossed. Here’s how the Shrug emoji will look on your iPhone after it is updated to iOS 10.2: The new iOS 10.2 update includes new emoji including the much-awaited shrug emoji. (WION) × Besides, the new iOS update will bring along all those 72 emoji which were approved in June 2016 by the Unicode Consortium, a body which standardises emoji and sets other language standards for the computing industry. Some of the popular additions in the new list include Fox Face, Selfie, Black Heart, Avocado and Owl. In addition, new emoji representing different professions have also been included in the new iOS 10.2 release. The list includes professions such as Firefighter and Judge, with female and male versions of each (in all skin tones). In total, the new iOS update includes emoji support for 16 new professions - which appear as 32 emoji on the keyboard - one female and one male. A range of professions on the emoji keyboard in iOS 10.2. (WION) × Apple has also updated the appearance of all those existing emoji which were not updated in the last release back in September. Brand new emoji designs in iOS 10.2. (WION) × While a developer preview of iOS 10.2 is out, it is still not known as to when Apple will roll out the new software update to the public. But it is expected to be released only this month.

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