Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of Container Corporation of India Ltd. Vs Ajay Khera & Others dated 11/01/2024. The Supreme Court (SC), January 11, 2024 directed the Union of India to formulate a policy of phasing out heavy duty diesel vehicles and replacing them with BSVI vehicles. …
The daily Covid-19 biomedical waste generation in Delhi increased by 15 times in June as compared to the previous month, and the city is presently producing more refuse than its common biomedical waste treatment facilities (CBWTF) can treat, data shared with the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) shows. …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 21/07/2020 regarding biomedical waste management. The matter relates to dumping of biomedical waste in open areas in Delhi. It was pointed out, that biomedical waste of the corona patients …
On October 15, 2019 the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) came into force in Delhi-NCR. This is being monitored by the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA). To further enhance the impact of GRAP this year EPCA has decided to put extra focus on controlling air pollution in air …
On 4.2.2019, the Hon’ble Supreme Court directed EPCA to consider the issues in the application No 176097 of Bajaj Auto Ltd of December 12, 2018 seeking that the cap on number of 3-wheeler registration, imposed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court vide its order of 16.12.1997, should be removed as these …
This matter is regarding the placement of stickers on all vehicles in NCR, which would be colour coded based on the fuel used. This colour-coding of vehicles would then be used to identify vehicles that run on diesel fuel and during high pollution days, these vehicles could be asked to …
Proper assessment of the parking needs and the requisite parking facilities for the next 25 years should be taken into consideration while granting permission to build any structures, the Supreme Court (SC) directed the Government of Delhi in its order of September 2, 2019. Further, the municipal corporations of Delhi …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 26/08/2019 regarding the removal of cap on the number of three wheeler permits issued in Delhi. The transport department of Delhi has been directed to submit documents to support …
The North Delhi Municipal Corporation has applied to the Hon’ble Supreme Court for permission to register 25 backhoe loaders, Heman BSIII Diesel Vehicles. This is because, as per its application, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) vide its order dated December 11, 2015 had directed that no new diesel vehicles would …
On 8.7.2019, the Hon’ble Supreme Court directed EPCA to file a report with respect to IA No 77914/2019 (Rain CII Carbon Vizag Ltd). In the matter of IA 90305 and 90306 (Guwahati Carbon Ltd and others), the Hon’ble Court directed that liberty is granted to the applicant (s) as prayed …
The Hon’ble Supreme Court on 15.7.2019 directed the Amicus to file a reply on the IAs No 150789, 150783, 150785 and 150786/2018 (applications for impleadment, clarification/ modification of orders and to argue in person on behalf of Baljinder Singh). EPCA has examined this matter in compliance with the directions of …
In the context of the on-going deliberations on the potential application of remote sensing technology for monitoring on-road vehicular emissions, the Hon’ble Supreme Court has directed Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) as follow: “With respect to remote sensing technology a report has been filed by International Centre for …
In the context of the ongoing deliberation on Draft Parking Rules and Guidelines framed by the Delhi Government, the Hon’ble Supreme Court in its order dated 8.7.2019 has directed Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) to “submit opinion/proposal/report within two weeks. A copy of the opinion/proposal/report be furnished to …
The Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority has sought the “urgent intervention” of the Supreme Court in resolving the deadlock between the Delhi government and the Centre, which is holding up Metro Phase IV project and enhancement of the city’s bus fleet. Advertising Submitting a special report in the apex …
Spot checks across Delhi reveal CPCB norms being flouted by govt. agencies; dust control measures not being enforced On the morning of June 11, the city’s pollution levels touched ‘severe’ category for a while and at 3 p.m., a message by a government pollution monitoring agency read: “Delhi is experiencing …
NEW DELHI: A former NHAI chairman has suggested to the Supreme Court-appointed environment watchdog, EPCA, that agencies should collect environmental compensation charge (ECC) from heavy commercial vehicles at junction points of the entry roads to National Capital Region rather than at Delhi borders. Track the pollution level in your city …
The Hon’ble Supreme Court directed on 6.3.2019 that a joint meeting of EPCA, Municipal bodies, secretaries of the transport department and Delhi Police and other incumbents/functionaries be convened to prepare a parking plan for providing both residential and commercial parking and to find out as to what kind of parking …
NEW DELHI: Incentivising RFID tags has finally started reaping dividends. Data released by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation — the nodal agency for toll collection among civic bodies — shows that there has been a three-fold jump in overall number of vehicles registering for the radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag since …
The Environment Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority on Monday blamed Delhi government for delaying construction of Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) by not providing its share of funds even though only Rs 686 crore was required for the project, to be paid over 4-5 years. Countering Delhi government's claim …
The Hon’ble Supreme Court directed EPCA on 4.2.2019 to consider the issues in the application No 176097 of 2018 and to submit its opinion within four weeks. This report is being submitted in compliance with these directions of the Hon’ble Supreme Court. The IA No 176097 has been filed by …
