Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
KOCHI:Residents of Eloor woke up on Friday morning once again to witness the River Periyar turning ‘red’, with contaminated discharge from the factories on the banks. The discolouration of the river is no longer new for the local people, as they have been witnessing this for the quite long. The …
Mumbai: While the city's air quality deteriorates during Diwali, pollution is a cause for worry throughout the year due to constant increase in vehicles, construction projects and poor sanitation. The BMC's Environment Status Report (ESR) 2014-15 states that nitrogen dioxide and ammonia levels in the air not just exceed limits …
KOCHI: Environmentalists have alleged that some companies in the Eloor-Edayar belt released large quanity of chemical effluents to the Periyar River on Saturday, a day after an expert team from the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) completed collecting samples from the river and the company premises as per an …
Traditionally, the Kumbh Mela is held after every 12 years. As per the estimate of the state, lakhs of sadhus and devotees took the ‘holy’ bath on September 13, 2015. The Bombay High Court Thursday directed National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) to inspect and assess pollution levels in Godavari …
An expert team from the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) on Tuesday started collecting samples from the Periyar. The eleven-member team is led by Dr Tapas Nandy, chief scientist in the Waste Water Technology Division of the NEERI. The expert team started the project by collecting samples from the …
Several small floating 'oasis' of green plants have been helping Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) to clean its polluted lakes that too in an environment-friendly manner. The pilot project has been initiated in three lakes. The result is that water quality has improved and there is reduction in the foul odour …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of M/s. Chandra Blue Metal Vs Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board dated 13/10/2015 regarding stone crushing units in Siruthamur Village, Uthiramerur Taluk, Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu.
Agra: In the matter related to felling of 4,000 trees in Taj's eco sensitive zone, the National Green Tribunal ordered both the state government and environmentalist MC Mehta to file their concluding reports before the final argument on October 19. According to information, the state government on Thursday stood on …
NASHIK: Maharashtra's efforts to make the Godavari clean have earned accolades from Madhya Pradesh, the host of next year's Kumbh Mela. "I appreciate the efforts taken by the government departments for having a green Kumbh. If people bathed in the river and even drank its water, it was the duty …
Leachate From Defunct Waste Plant Creates Polluted Lake The Haryana government may end up destroying the water recharge zone for Delhi, Gurgaon and Faridabad if it goes ahead with its plan of landfilling quarry pits near Pali village in Faridabad Aravalis. Scientists and geologists TOI spoke to said the Aravalis …
MUMBAI: The city seems to be getting less livable due to consistent year-on-year increase in air pollutants. Data accessed by TOI from the BMC's yet-to-be-released Environment Status Report (ESR) 2014-15 has quantified the increase since 2012-13. Air pollution levels were monitored at three traffic junctions in the city—Worli, Wadala and …
The National Green Tribunal today directed the Uttar Pradesh government to ensure that no unauthorised construction activities are permitted and no trees cut in the eco-sensitive zone near the Taj Mahal. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed the state government to conduct physical demarcation of the …
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has appointed the National Environment Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) to monitor pollution levels at the Kanjurmarg dumping ground. The State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) in 2014 gave its environmental approval to the BMC to start the Kanjurmarg dumping ground by using bioreactor technology, which …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 31/07/2015 regarding pollution of river Yamuna. The Lawrence Road CETP plant run by DSIIDC and Okhla plant run by Okhla CETP Society is to show cause as …
AURANGABAD: The green tribunal has taken the state pollution watchdog to task for failing to explain lapses and non-compliance of its directions, especially those related to rampant pollution in Waluj MIDC area. The tribunal has asked the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) member secretary to attend the next hearing on …
The committee set up under the Pune divisional commissioner to monitor progress in curbing pollution of the Panchganga river has not submitted the mandatory quarterly reports before the Bombay high court. While hearing the public interest litigations filed by some individuals and NGOs seeking court's attention to the Panchganga pollution …
Following repeated complaints of air pollution and consequent breathing and other health problems from residents staying close to the dumping grounds of the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is planning to set up three pollution monitoring stations around the newly-opened Kanjurmarg dumping ground to keep a check on the pollution …
It was revealed that the PCMC had asked the NEERI to submit a document about buffer zone at the Punawale site. Strange as it might sound, the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) plans to take steps to reduce the buffer zone of the Punawale landfill site even before it is commissioned. …
Agra: In contravention of Supreme Court's orders and ignoring repeated pleas by the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), the Taj Trapezium Zone Authority (TTZA) has not only regularized the production of several glass manufacturing units affecting the Taj Mahal, but looked the other way as production capacity went up …
The state government’s decision to reduce the buffer zone around the landfill site of Moshi in Pimpri-Chinchwad was prompted by the report submitted by Nagpur-based National Environmental Engineering Research Limited (NEERI). However, documents accessed by The Indian Express under the Right to Information (RTI) show the decision goes against the …
