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 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Hindalco Industries Limited Vs Union of India & Others dated 29/01/2019 regarding bauxite ore mining units of Hindalco near Radhanagari Wildlife Sanctuary, Kolhapur, Maharashtra. Supreme Court in its order dated 25/10/2018 ordered shutdown of bauxite ore mining units in Maharashtra …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Madan Singh Bisth Vs. Union of India & Others dated 27/08/2018 regarding excluding all the Revenue Village Chaks from the boundaries of the Rajaji National Park. The Application also requested for setting up a Monitoring Committee of permanent nature to …
Ahmedabad: State’s nodal maritime agency, Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) has been found guilty for causing severe air and water pollution at Bedi, Nava Bandar and associated ports in Jamnagar. The Gujarat Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) has reprimanded the GMB for gross violation of Environment Protection Act (EPA), Wildlife Protection …
Pilibhit: The Pilibhit tiger reserve lost its fifth big cat in two months when the rotten carcass of a tiger was recovered from a spot barely 200 meters away from the Barahi forest range on Sunday afternoon. Since 1 March 19 this year, five tigers have died in the reserve. …
Dehradun: The ministry of environment and forests told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday that the Uttarakhand government was responsible for management and protection of wildlife in the hill state, including the diseased blue sheep in Gangotri National Park. The submissions were made in response to a plea filed …
The Union Environment Ministry in a notification has clarified that melting of coal tar does not cause pollution of either air or water. The Impact Assessment (IA) division of the ministry said this while referring to a "number of requests" seeking clarification over the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification 2006 …
NAINITAL: Environmentalists and wildlife experts said they were alarmed by a new study which has reported 93 leopard deaths -- a very high number -- from across the country in just the first two months of 2018. Most of the big cats were felled by poachers for their skin and …
CHENNAI: Nearly one-third of the area in the country with sandalwood distribution is in Tamil Nadu with the state covering an area of 3,040sqkm spread across several districts. India has a total area of 9,000sqkm of sandalwood distribution spread across eight states with Karnataka having the maximum area of 5,245sqkm. …
The Centre will continue its freeze on recognition of rights of tribals and other forest-dwellers over forest lands, as mandated under the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006, until the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) frame rules to identify critical wildlife habitats or …
Twenty-one elephants have died due to electrocution between April last and February this year, Union Environment minister Harsh Vardhan said today. In a written reply in Rajya Sabha, he said that two tiger casualties have also been reported in 2017 due to electrocution. In 2016-17, upto February 9, 21 elephant …
NEW DELHI: The use of 'Chinese' kite strings, made of nylon or any synthetic material which is non-biodegradable, was on Tuesday banned with immediate effect by the National Green Tribunal on the grounds that it posed threat to life and the environment. The green panel directed all state governments to …
DEHRADUN: Wildlife Institute of India (WII) which is to conduct the fresh estimation of tigers in Corbett Tiger Reserve through camera trap images to find out about the numbers of tigers found missing in past two years is not getting permission from the chief wildlife warden (CWLW) to do so …
Pilibhit: People visiting the annual mela at the Siddh Baba (Lord Shiva) temple located inside the core area of Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (PTR) are destroying the forest, the ecology and are also disturbing the wildlife. Thousands of people visit the shrine every day and dump garbage, including plastic and polythene …
CHENNAI: In a huge setback to the India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO), the southern bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) here has kept the environmental clearance (EC) granted in abeyance, while directing the project proponent to apply for EC afresh from the Union Environment Ministry. INO is country’s most ambitious basic …
Since last October, Bengalureans are fighting against the proposed steel flyover project. While a lot has been spoken about the 800-odd trees that are at risk if the project takes off, little has been spoken about the animal and bird population at risk. Given Bengaluru's biodiversity, it is home to …
SHIMLA: Whether to allow non-agriculturist Himachalis to buy land in the state by making amendments in the existing land act would be decided by the Himachal Pradesh cabinet on November 28. On September 23, a division bench of the state high court had directed the government to make suitable amendments …
Twenty-nine tigers have died in poaching activities this year, the government on Tuesday said while asserting it has taken several steps for conservation and protection of the big cats. Till November 16 this year, 29 tigers have died due to poaching, 32 due to natural causes while 37 other cases …
Assam has highest number of incidents of environment-related offences among all north-eastern states, and it also figures among the top eight states across the country in this regard. As per latest data from the National Crime records Bureau (NCRB), the State recorded a total of 105 environment-related offences during 2015. …
Four suspected poachers have been arrested with body parts of a tiger and a peafowl from Garhi village in buffer zone of Kanha Tiger Reserve near Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh, an official said today. "On a tip-off, Kunwar Baiga (50), Ram Mohan Marawi (31) and Rakesh Dharbhaiayya (27) were …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sushil Raghav Vs Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change & Others dated 20/09/2016 regarding illegal constructions in Hindon bird sanctuary as also encroachments over the ponds and other water bodies, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. National Green Tribunal directs the Chief …
