New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Days after the Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi’s visit to the Great Nicobar island, where he underlined the grave and serious implications of the project, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday penned a letter to the Union Minister for Environment and Forest Bhupendra Yadav and demanded that the project be shelved for protecting the island’s unique and distinct bio-diversity. Jairam Ramesh, Congress MP and the party’s Communications in-charge, countered ma…
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New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav on Tuesday reaffirmed the government’s strong commitment to protecting the Aravalli Range while responding to a discussion in the Rajya Sabha. During the debate on the functioning of his ministry, Yadav said that the Supreme Court of India had positively acknowledged the ministry’s Green Aravalli Project in its recent decision.He noted that the initial paragraphs of the court’s judgment pra…