Debadityo Sinha

Conservationist protecting India's wild spaces 15+ years; Founder @vindhyabachao; Lead-Climate & Ecosystems @Vidhi_India; Sanctuary Wildlife Service Award '19

[Debadityo Sinha @debadityo]

If @moefcc & @UpforestUp even thinking to revive the thermal power plant now owned by #Adani in the heart of the Marihan forest range which is also part of a proposed 'Sloth Bear Conservation Reserve', it will be disastrous for the entire state of #UttarPradesh & the nation.

NGT quashed its Environmental Clearance in 2016 terming it as 'tainted' with an order to restore the site. Now @AdaniOnline has applied for fresh Environment Clearance & Forest Clearance, which is pending approval of MOEFCC.

Is there any justification for reviving such ill-conceived projects that too which is not site-specific, at the cost of natural forest & last remaining wilderness of Mirzapur landscape? Why can't some other alternate site is alloted to the company?

@myogiadityanath @byadavbjp @gautam_adani

[Vindhyan Ecology & Natural History Foundation @vindhyabachao]

There's also 'Forest Clearance' pending since 2016 which appears to have revived as well based on the same. Unfortunate that a prime forest & wildlife habitat is ready to be sacrificed for ill-conceived project. Sharing a video from our camera trap from the same forest.(3/n)

[Debadityo Sinha @debadityo]

❗️❗️NGT Issues Notice to Adani Power, Centre, and Uttar Pradesh Government Over Environmental Clearance granted to 1,600 MW Mirzapur Thermal Power Project!

The Principal Bench of National Green Tribunal has issued notice in "Statutory Appeal" challenging the proposed 1,600 MW coal-based Mirzapur Thermal Power Project of Adani Power’s Mirzapur Thermal Energy UP Pvt. Ltd. The respondents include the Project Proponent, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and multiple departments of the Government of Uttar Pradesh.

The matters issued notice by the Tribunal include:

1. A petition challenging the Environmental Clearance granted by the MoEFCC on 23rd September 2025;

2. Restoration of an Execution Application originally filed in 2024 concerning alleged violations by the project company for commencing construction activities. The matter was disposed of by the NGT in 2025 following directions of a bench headed by the then Chief Justice of India in the Supreme Court of India to avoid parallel proceedings, but has now been remitted back to the NGT by the present Chief Justice for comprehensive consideration alongside the pending EC appeal; The NGT will now also hear the pending violation case.

3. A stay application relating to ongoing project activities.

The bench was chaired by Hon'ble Chairperson Justice Mr Prakash Shrivastava and Expert Member Dr Afroz Ahmad. The petitioner was represented by Advocate Parul Gupta. The order is yet to be updated on NGT website.

#ClimateJustice #EnvironmentalLaw #NGT #Mirzapur #Wildlife #Adani

[Debadityo Sinha @debadityo]

Personally, I am hurt, disappointed, and worried about the future of our natural heritage after reading this news.

With the deepest respect for an institution like the Supreme Court of India, which has actively shaped this nation’s environmental jurisprudence and environmental consciousness for decades, I believe this observation was unusual for an institution that has historically understood what is at stake and has served as one of the strongest constitutional guardians of our forests and wildlife. Such generic remarks and the characterisation of environmentalists by the Chief Justice of India are surprising and unbecoming of the Supreme Court. They risk sending the wrong signals to lower courts and tribunals, while also diluting the accountability expected from regulators and enforcement agencies.

https://t.co/LdQTcHJ95I

#SupremeCourt #EnvironmentalLaw #Conservation

[Brijendra Dubey @Mirzapuriy]

दिल्ली: देबादित्यो सिन्हा विंध्य क्षेत्र के संरक्षण के लिए एक प्रखर आवाज़ हैं। उनका काम केवल फाइलों तक सीमित नहीं है, बल्कि उन्होंने मिर्ज़ापुर के जंगलों और वहां के वन्यजीवों, विशेषकर 'स्लॉथ बियर' (रीछ) के अस्तित्व को बचाने के लिए ज़मीनी और कानूनी लड़ाई लड़ी है। उनके साथ बातचीत में मिर्ज़ापुर और विंध्‍य क्षेत्र के वन, जलधाराओं, स्लॉथ बियर और यहां की बिगड़ती जलवायु के बारे में चर्चा, पढ़िए मेरी रिपोर्ट.. @iwp_hindi
@debadityo @DM_MIRZAPUR

https://t.co/CCV73G4MZ8

[Vidhi Centre For Legal Policy @Vidhi_India]

On 12 May 2026, architects, scientists, conservationists, and industry representatives are
coming together in Delhi for India's first national symposium on Bird-Window Collisions.

What will it take to make our buildings safer for the birds that share them?

📍India International Centre, New Delhi
🔗More details and registration https://t.co/4Tszobt7vW

Convened by Vidhi · @IiserTirupati · @ncfindia · @FTLB_io · @RainmatterOrg
In association with @RGSustain1 · @ArchitectLive

[Ravi Chellam @RaviChellam3]

Very good analysis.

[Sid 🇮🇳 @sidduu96]

A better alternative to importing hippos into India would be to relocate them to the Congo.

The hippo population in the Congo has declined drastically, from around 29,000 in the 1970s to roughly 800 today. Perhaps Vantara could facilitate the transfer of these hippos from Colombia to the Congo, into their natural habitats, thereby contributing meaningfully to conservation efforts, in line with its stated mission.

[The Pariah Gang of India (Canis pariah) @CanisPariah]

@debadityo @pargaien They should be returned to the African continent where they belong

[Debadityo Sinha @debadityo]

https://t.co/ncEudHLJiI

[Debadityo Sinha @debadityo]

@prernabindra I wont be surprised if in some years we scrap off Project Elephant and the concept of Elephant Reserve altogether.

[prerna singh bindra 🐘🐅🐾 @prernabindra]

The National Board of Wildlife is meant to be a force for good, regulate #development & other activities in & around PAs to safegaurd #wildlife. Instead, it has cleared almost every proposal it considers, including erasing entire #sanctuaries, or submerging cores of #tigerreserves.
Most of its decisions voilate laws #SupremeCourt orders. It's functining is
An investigation by Prakriti Srivastava, retired sr. #forest officer and myself for @Article14live.
This cuts deep: I was part of the #NBWL in its earler term: What hope for wildlife if even our 'Protected' Areas are unprotected?
Read our 2 part series: https://t.co/5T0YRapIR8

[Debadityo Sinha @debadityo]

For details see my linkedin post here- https://t.co/09RSHcfvuQ

[Debadityo Sinha @debadityo]

The Parivesh portal has quietly dropped the 'Published' date of notifications from its website. Published date often differs from date mentioned in the notification, & deadlines for public comments are meant to run from the date of uploading on not the date of issue.

[Jawhar Sircar @jawharsircar]

I resigned as MP for freedom to fight Corruption & Autocracy (never spare either TMC or BJP)
— but CEC's X reveals he's not only unfit to adorn the impartial office but is abnormally uncivil, arrogant ⁦@SpokespersonECI⁩
⁦⁦@sagarikaghose⁩ https://t.co/ulh88PpoOq

[Debadityo Sinha @debadityo]

For a sec I thought its a parody account of ECI.. must be work of a hacker!

[m rajshekhar @mrajshekhar]

In fresh news on things-you-mustn't-read, this review of "Island On Edge", our book on the Great Nicobar Project, is no longer available on the Current Conservation (@ccmagazineindia, a magazine run by biologists, no less) page. https://t.co/J8wFpY7y5N
What happened, editors?

[Debadityo Sinha @debadityo]

I am quite concerned about the recent order from the Assam Government sending around 1,600 forest frontline staff on election duty. Using forest guards for elections goes completely against ECI guidelines and violates a Supreme Court order. Sharing the representation urging the Govt. of Assam to withdraw this order immediately.

If we pull our frontline staff away from the forests, endangered animals including the Indian rhino, hoolock gibbon, golden langur, tigers, elephants etc are left completely at the mercy of poachers. We just can't risk our wildlife like this and hope the order is revoked.

Kind attn:
@CMOfficeAssam @mygovassam @ECISVEEP @moefcc

#Assam #Election #Forest

[Debadityo Sinha @debadityo]

@vijayp091 @LokmatTimes_ngp @etadoba @MahaForest @ntca_india @moefcc @mytadoba @lokmat And if the tiger gets agitated and reacts to any of them, it will be the animal that is to be blamed.

[Debadityo Sinha @debadityo]

Habitat and food sources play a key role. Guwahati has been known for free-ranging goats, and dogs are always there with urbanization. Thanks to camera traps, we are now noticing these “invisible” predators that have likely always been present.
Jaipur, Mumbai, even Faridabad are other examples. Similarly, camera traps have revealed the presence of tigers around cities like Bhopal, Nagpur,... However, most of these cities are located near some better protected hills, forests, or wildlife habitats and some water bodies that function as stepping-stone landscapes for wildlife. Jhalana, Satpura, Deepor Beel & many more. Nature finds it way. Just my surface level opinion.

[arun pandey @arron_arun]

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[Debadityo Sinha @debadityo]

@protectwildlife Was this Buxa?