Reply affidavit filed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Debadityo Sinha & Others Vs Union of India & Others. An application filed before the NGT said that illegal construction activities and clearing the vegetation and forest using massive earthwork and levelling the land …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajendra Prasad Gupta Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. Counsel appearing for the state of Uttar Pradesh submitted that the action plan to prevent the discharge of untreated sewage and industrial effluents in river Ganga is ready …
Additional reply by Varanasi Development Authority, Uttar Pradesh in the matter of Tushar Goswami Vs Union of India & Others dated 29/11/2023. The matter related to setting up of a Tent City project in the riverbed of Ganga at Varanasi in 100 acres for commercial purpose to the detriment of …
Report of the oversight committee with regard to management of solid waste, bio-medical waste and STP in district Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh made public on Februry 27, 2020. The committee report made some recommendations which include: New proposed "waste to energy" plant should be installed within the time frame to mitigate …
VARANASI: Varanasi is set to become the first city in UP to use cow dung cakes for cremation despite opposition from a section of wood-sellers. Nagpur-based NGO Eco-Friendly Living Foundation and Kashi Mokshadayini Seva Samiti had attempted to cremate an unclaimed body on Monday using cow dung cakes instead of …
The Ghaghra river is swelling unabated. In the last three days' flood report, it has shown a rising trend. At Elgin bridge in Barabanki the river is flowing at 106.3metres, about 23cms above the danger mark. With medium to heavy-intensity rains predicted in the Terai region in the next 24 …
The ministry of environment, forests and climate change (MoEFCC) has set up a committee to decide whether the Varanasi Turtle Sanctuary should be de-notified. It has also ordered a "third-party" evaluation of the sanctuary to determine whether it is of any importance. These decisions were taken at a meeting held …
VARANASI: After the detection of first cases of Zika virus in Gujarat, the health department in Varanasi has issued an alert suggesting dos and don'ts for preventing and controlling mosquito breeding. Chief medical officer Dr. VB Singh issued the alert for general public on Wednesday. He said that Zika virus …
VARANASI: The solid waste management (SWM) project of Varanasi will be operated by a private company, which has expertise in generating power by using solid waste as fuel. Urban development minister Suresh Khanna said that the state government has decided to engage Eco Green for SWM in Lucknow and Varanasi. …
Vinoba Bhave's demand for banning cow slaughter in Kerala & West Bental and his fast for gaining its acceptance raise three sets of issues; (a) the constitutional and legal basis of the demand, (b) its economic rationale and (c) the political implications and possible consequences. This note examines these issues. …
VARANASI: Making an ecofreindly move to utilize solar power, UP New and Renewable Energy Development Agency (UPNEDA) took the initiative to install the first 75 kw rooftop solar power plant at Vikas Bhawan here. The plant has been made functional but it will be used after the installation of meters …
It is not just the Opposition that is out to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s emotive connect with the Ganga. Statistics show very little has been done in the past two years of BJP rule — in spite of spending Rs 2,958 crore of the Rs 3,703 crore allocated — …
Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections slated for early next year and a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited his Lok Sabha constituency, Varanasi, the Expenditure Finance Committee on Monday approved projects worth nearly Rs. 3,000 crore for the government’s flagship programme, Namami Gange. This is the biggest-ever …
Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency, where he launched the Clean India Campaign on November 8, 2014, is facing the worst solid waste disposal crisis. Since the day of the festival of colours on March 24, solid waste has not been removed from garbage dumping centres of the city …
The National Green Tribunal on Monday slammed the Centre and Uttar Pradesh government over pollution in the Ganga in Varanasi and said their slogans on cleaning up the river rang hollow. “It is really very unfortunate that such things are going on. Why don't you do something about this? Your …
The India Resource Center welcomes new guidelines by the government which strengthen regulations governing use of groundwater by industries. The new guidelines by the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) - the national groundwater regulatory agency - become effective from November 16, and are significant because they will apply to industries …
'BHEL is trying to rectify the fault but the fate of the project is still uncertain.' The first unit of 500×2 MW Anpara D thermal power project in Uttar Pradesh, commissioned a few months ago, has failed to take off, owing to technical glitches. BHEL, which has erected the plant …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Krishan Kant Singh Vs. M/s Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd. & Others dated 1/08/2015 regarding the utilization of ground water by Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd., in the village of Mehdiganj, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. The Tribunal …
VARANASI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Clean Ganga Mission is getting delayed in his own parliamentary constituency of Varanasi as the protest by a group of farmers has left construction of 140 MLD sewage treatment plant at Dinapur stopped for more than three months. To end this crisis, UP Jal Nigam …
Vegetables (Beta vulgaris L., Abelmoschus esculentus L. and Brassica oleracea L.) from the production and market sites of India were tested for Cu, Cd, Zn and Pb. At market sites, the mean concentration of Cu in cauliflower, and of Zn and Cd in both palak and cauliflower had exceeded the …
The Ganga Mukti Andolan has urged the Chief Minsiers of States, through which the holy river flows, to ensure that in the process of implementing the dream project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to save the river Ganga the livelihood of millions of people living on the banks of river …
