Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS), an organization spearheading peasants' rights in the state, has threatened to approach the National Green Tribunal if the state government fails to close down three cement factories located within a 10-km radius of Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary here. The area has been declared as an …
The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) said on Wednesday that it would move the National Green Tribunal if the Assam government does not implement the order of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest to close down three cement factories in the State. At a press meet in Guwahati, KMSS …
If emissions keep rising, then biodiversity hotspots and poorest countries hit earliest as climate shifts IF you live in Brisbane, Perth or Darwin, then the year 2042 could be the year when your climate is shoved beyond anything humans there have ever likely experienced before. From that point onwards, at …
Hardly a fortnight after the Madhya Pradesh government scuttled the Jal Satyagraha against submergence by dams, it has again come down hard on activists in Sidhi protesting against diversion of forest land for a cement factory. On the intervening night of September 30 and October 1, 22 protesters in Sidhi …
"Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis" is the contribution of Working Group I to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This comprehensive assessment of the physical aspects of climate change puts a focus on those elements that are relevant to understand past, document current, …
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Tuesday approved the much-awaited coal block auction policy for private companies that for the first time will allow companies in the power, cement and steel sectors to bid for captive coal mining rights. Under the new policy, the winning bidder will be …
With rupee depreciating, companies feel they can compete with local companies abroad. At a time when the market in the South has slowed down, resulting in poor offtake of cement, rupee depreciation has opened the doors for exports by cement firms. Industry representatives say the recent rupee depreciation has pushed …
Taking notice of a news report published in The Hindu which highlighted the illegal dumping of cement waste into Adyar river, the National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench on Monday granted interim injunction against anyone dumping waste cement/ other waste materials at any point in the course of the river. The …
China unveiled comprehensive new measures to tackle air pollution on Thursday, with plans to close old polluting steel mills, cement factories and aluminium smelters, as well as slash coal consumption and boost nuclear power and natural gas use. China has been under heavy pressure to address the causes of air …
A two-member expert committee of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has visited the proposed cement plant site of Nirma in Mahuva taluka of Bhavnagar district and reportedly sought data regarding a so-called water body there. The NGT expert team of Gopal Pandey and Devendra Agrawal visited Samadhiyala Bandhara on Saturday, …
The State Pollution Control Board has filed a case against unit-I of Jaypee Cement Plant in a local court for undertaking expansion without obtaining the environmental clearance and other approvals. Even as the Chief Minister directed the officials to review the expansion proposal of Jaypee Cement Plant of its unit-I …
With a view to keeping environment evergreen and pollution free, country's leading business conglomerate Bashundhara Group has launched afforestation programme in Bancharampur Upazila of the district. The programme started with distribution of 3,000 trees among the people of Durgarampur village on Tuesday. Bashundhara Foundation organized a discussion programme titled 'Sabuje …
Jaipur: A Banswara-based mining businessman, Fakhruddin Ali, has sent a legal notice to Rajasthan government accusing it of selective interpretation of mining norms in the state. In his notice, Fakhruddin has alleged that while the state government cancelled the mining lease allotted to him after he transferred the lease in …
Pollution Control Board also initiates action against four more factories in Kadapa district The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board has ordered closure of India Cements Limited factory at Yerraguntla and initiated action against four more cement factories in Kadapa district, for non-compliance of the Board directions and standards and causing …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nirma Limited Vs. MoEF & Others dated 23/08/2013 regarding whether the lands in questions are wet land, water bodies, bund, Bandharas etc. and as to whether they are having adverse effects due to the proposed Project of the Project Proponent …
The Himachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board (HPSPCB) has filed a case against Bagha-based JP Cements plant for having undertaken expansion of its plant without the mandatory environmental clearance in violation of the Environment Protection Act, Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, and Water (Prevention and Control of …
The coal ministry has started groundwork to auction coal blocks after receiving provisional clearance from the ministry of environment and forests, a senior ministry official said. The environment ministry has issued a ‘comfort letter’, which gives provisional green clearance for the coal blocks but does not guarantee the same. “We …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Raza Ahmad Vs State of Chhatisgarh & Others dated 02/08/2013 regarding environmental clearance given to Bhilai Jaypee Cement Ltd.
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Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vajubhai Arsibhai Dodiya & Ors. Vs Gujarat PCB & Ors. regarding the accident in Gujarat Ambuja Cement Ltd. dated 18/07/2013.
