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 …
Panaji: The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has approved a 10-point guideline for units located outside the area of industrial estates while issuing 'consent to establish' under the Air and Water Acts in the state. The guidelines state that all activities must be carried out in an enclosed shed …
CHENNAI: THE southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to start criminal prosecution against the officer in-charge of Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Ltd (TANGEDCO) for failing to stop the discharge of toxic fly ash from the North Chennai …
A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notices to the Akhilesh Yadav government, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), state pollution control board and others. A plea alleging that the apex pollution monitoring body was sleeping like “Kumbhakarna” over illegal industries operating at Mathura in Uttar Pradash has …
Agra: In a startling revelation that indicates the extent of violation of pollution norms in Uttar Pradesh, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has informed National Green Tribunal (NGT) that only one out of 126 slaughter houses in the state is operating with valid permission. Moreover, only 21 have effluent …
CHENNAI: Indian Oil Corporation's LPG bottling project can begin only after obtaining clearance from the union ministry of environment and wildlife board, said the National Green Tribunal's Southern bench on Wednesday. The project is expected to clear the backlog of over 2.7 lakh pending LPG connections in the southern districts …
Visakhapatnam: The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) issued an order to Deccan Fine Chemicals on Monday to stop production following the inspection and report submitted by its officers. The development comes in the wake of a fire that took place in its warehouse on Sunday in which chemical material …
New Delhi: In a bid to to combat rising air pollution, the Centre is contemplating issuing directions to the state governments in NCR under section 18 of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act. This makes it legally binding for the states to follow the Centre's orders. According to …
The Delhi government’s environment department is considering introducing certain measures to bring down air and noise pollution levels If the AAP government’s environment department has its way, Delhi may witness a markedly different Diwali next year, one that won’t be such a noisy and polluted affair. The Delhi government’s environment …
Even as a Parliamentary panel recommended in July that the TSR Subramanian report on revising and amending environment laws be scrapped, the ministry of environment, forests and climate change (MoEFCC) is pushing ahead with creation of a framework on the report's recommendations. Documents accessed by dna revealed that the MoEFCC …
Union Environment Ministry is likely to finalise the amendments to the six green laws by October this year after consultations with legal experts and stakeholders. Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today said the recommendations of the High Level Committee (HLC) which was constituted to review the six environmental laws was …
Commenting on the government’s decision to give subdivision survey numbers to forest land encroachments, poet B Sugathakumari said that no Ministry’s decision, including that of Oommen Chandy’s, is above law. She was inaugurating a seminar on TSR Subramanian Committee report at the State Central Library Hall. She said that the …
The parliamentary committee finds force in view of experts The controversial High Level Committee report that reviewed the green laws in 2014 has been junked by a Parliamentary Standing Committee (PSC). It found force in views of environmental experts who feared its implementation would result in unnecessary dilution of the …
Administration has gone soft on marriage gardens owing to marriage season. None of 23 marriage gardens that were served notices by civic body has been shut down as directed by National Green Tribunal (NGT). This is not only case of non-compliance of NGT orders. Of the 38 errant marriage gardens …
Congress today said it will oppose "tooth and nail" any move by the NDA government to bring new environment law by diluting the existing provisions. "In case, the government does choose to bring in law, in our opinion dilutes the existing provisions, will certainly say so on behalf of my …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Pune directed the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) to inspect all illegal animal slaughter houses in the state and initiate action to curb air and water pollution. The directions were issued following a hearing on an application filed by the Animal Rescue Squad and …
An RTI enquiry has found that a high-level committee, formed by the ministry of earth sciences and climate change to review environmental laws, was not constituted according to requisite administrative procedure. The committee, headed by former cabinet secretary T S R Subramaniam, was tasked to review six environmental, forest and …
The ministry of environment and forests has asked for the public's comments on reviewing five crucial environmental laws, including the Air and Water (prevention and control of pollution) Acts-any amendment to which will impact the city massively. Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), the pollution watchdog that implements these acts in …
The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) on Monday issued a closure notice to well-known hospital in Mapusa, for causing water pollution in the vicinity. The board has received repeated complaints from residents of Peddem, Mapusa, alleging that the hospital discharges sullage in the open drain and burns medical waste …
A high-level committee has been set up by the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to review environmental laws.Activists have decried the move, claiming it is nothing but an attempt to dilute these laws to fast-track the so-called “development projects“. The Acts to be reviewed include Environment Protection Act, …
Puducherry government flayed for showing scant regard to environment matters The Union Territory administration and the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests have been flayed by environmental activists for not constituting a separate appellate authority to decide the appeals against consent given by Puducherry Pollution Control Committee and showing scant …
