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 …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Child Labour in Hazardous Occupations, 08/07/2019. The details of occupations/industries including processes which are hazardous for child labour are at Annexure-I and Annexure-II.
2.78 million workers die from occupational accidents and work-related diseases each year warns this new report released by International Labour Organisation (ILO). It attributes stress, excessively-long working hours and disease to worker casualties every year. According to recent estimates released by the International Labour Organization (ILO), each year 2.78 million …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Arvind Kumar Baliyan Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 05/12/2018 regarding Indian Potash Limited, Titavi Sugar Complex, Titavi, Muzzafarnagar discharging effluents, polluting the water, affecting public health and health of the animals. National Green Tribunal directs District Magistrate Muzzafarnagar, Uttar …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Urmila Vs Govt. NCT of Delhi dated 28/11/2018 regarding a godown of inflammable chemicals being run in Rana Complex, Village Rithala, Rohini, Delhi, which has potential of impacting public health. National Green Tribunal directs DPCC to furnish a report within …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Social Action for Forest & Environment (SAFE) Vs. Union of India & Others dated 24/07/2018. The prayer in this Application is for enforcement of regulatory mechanism for handling absolute Alcohol or Ethanol which are highly inflammable liquids. NGT while disposing …
The government has formed a committee comprising officials of the environment ministry, experts from NEERI, IITs and various other forums to look into the issue of industrial pollution around the iconic Taj Mahal, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said today. The committee will be headed by C K Mishra, Secretary, Ministry …
Top court questions delay in ban on import of petcoke “Let’s be clear about something, the people of this country are more important for us than anything,” the Supreme Court lashed out at the Union Ministry of Environment on Monday. The Supreme Court’s Green Bench of Justices Madan B. Lokur …
Agitated Cuncolkars are now planning to come out with all force to close all polluting fish meal plants in Cuncolim Industrial Estate. Recently, an international organisation had listed Cuncolim Industrial Estate as one of the most polluted industrial estate in India. For the past thirty years, Cuncolkars have been bearing …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Biswajit Mukherjee Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2018 regarding fire cracker units operating in West Bengal. An affidavit filed in NGT gives information that the State Government is taking steps to establish clusters for …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Biswajit Mukherjee Vs Union of India & Others dated 21/09/2017 regarding grant of licence for setting up fire cracker manufacturing units in the State of West Bengal. Tribunal directs the Addl. Chief Secretary, in-charge of Industry, …
‘They generate about 7.80 lakh tonnes of such waste annually’ The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has identified 3,550 units generating hazardous waste, said K.C. Karuppanan, Minister for Environment. In the policy note, the Minister said these units generate about 7.80 lakh tonnes of hazardous waste annually, out of …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jan Sahyog Manch Vs Ministry of Environment and Forest & Others dated 25/05/2017 regarding environment and ecological damage caused by the use of lead in manufacturing of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) pipes and other products. The Applicant Jan Sahyog Manch has …
There was a vertical division at a public hearing here on Tuesday over the establishment of a paint and copolymer plant by JSW Group at Musinayakanahalli in Sandur taluk of the district, with people expressing themselves for and against it. The public hearing was organised by the regional office of …
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) investigated the 17 April 2013 explosion at the West Fertilizer Company (WFC) that resulted in 15 fatalities, more than 260 injuries, and damage to more than 150 buildings. Among these structures were four nearby school buildings cumulatively housing children in grades …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s Ashok Vihar Mitra Mandel Vs. The Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Others dated 22/09/2016 regarding hazardous waste being generated by the CETP, Ashok Vihar, New Delhi which is causing environmental hazards and the hazardous waste is being dumped …
Bhopal: Activists working for the rights of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy victims on Tuesday requested Bhopal court to allow them to take the responsibility of serving the notice to US giant Dow Chemical through email. Counsel for Bhopal Group for Information & Action (BGIA), a volunteer organisation working for …
Surat: Residents of Jiav-Budia village in Choriyasi taluka are up in arms against the city's leading chemical and dye manufacturing company for allegedly disposing hazardous chemical waste and violating the environmental laws. Over 200 villagers from Jiav-Budia village led by Kantha Vibhag Yuva Koli Samaj Parivartan Trust submitted a memorandum …
Cuncolim locals have demanded that the government carry out an inspection of the hazardous waste dumped at Cuncolim industrial estate, waste from steel factory and pollution caused by the fish meal plants. They have demanded that the authorities take care of the hazardous waste left behind in a plot by …
The ministry of environment, forest and climate change recently redesignated the electronic waste disposal business as a red-category industry. According to the ministry, red-category industries pose the biggest threat to the environment because they generate the highest pollution load in the sector. This re-categorisation, however, has not stopped the illegal …
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat high court on Monday asked the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) to file an affidavit on its stand pertaining to the operation of jewellery manufacturing units in the walled city, particularly in the Manekchowk area. This was after the GBCB counsel submitted that these units do not fall …
