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 …
BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) and the district administration will down shutters of 12 hotels along Puri beach on Thursday for violating pollution control norms. The hotels were found discharging waste water of restaurants, including kitchens and toilets, to the sea near Bankimuhan without treating it. In …
A high-level committee has been constituted by the government to review various environment laws in order to bring them in line with "current requirements", an official said Wednesday. The committee has been set up in the backdrop of the government taking serious measures to speed up the environmental clearance process …
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 …
PANAJI: More than 200 roadside concrete block manufacturing units will be closed down by the Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) for creating nuisance and environmental pollution in the area. GSPCB chairman Jose Manuel Noronha said that board has already issued closure notices to 30 concrete block manufacturing units in …
Shut-down notices issued to 30 units The illegal cement brick units mushrooming along the roadside have finally come under the scanner of Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB), which has issued shut-down notices to nearly 30 units. The Board has identified over 200 such units operating without consent to operate …
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, …
After labour law reforms, the Narendra Modi Government plans to fast-track changes in key environment laws and has set up a high-level committee to draft the proposed amendments within two months. The committee, to be headed by former Cabinet Secretary TSR Subramanain, will review the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, the …
A High Level Committee (HLC) has been constituted vide OM 22-15/2014-IA-III, dated 29.08.2014 to review the following Acts administered by Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change: Environment (Protection) Act, 1986; Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980; Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972; The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974; and The …
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has set up a mechanism under its environmental surveillance squad programme to carry out surprise inspections and assessment of pollution levels of industrial units, the Lok Sabha was informed today. Environment minister Prakash Javadekar told the Lok Sabha in a written reply that based …
Violating the laid norms, the Punjab Effluent Treatment Society has been operating a common effluent treatment plant at the Leather Complex here without having requisite permission from the pollution authorities. Inquiries made by The Tribune found out that the sanction by the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) to operate the …
The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has taken to legal recourse against tanneries operating from the Leather Complex here. Sources said the PPCB had filed a criminal case against the Punjab Effluent Treatment Society (PETS), its directors, secretary and two others in the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate. The …
Environmentalist Mahendra Pandey, on Monday, filed a petition with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) against an upcoming 'group housing scheme' in the Sector 150 'Sports City', promoted by Noida Authorities, claiming that it disregards the Authorities' own Noida Masterplan 20 31. Pandey claimed the plot falls under a "Recreational Green …
KOLHAPUR: The western zone of National Green Tribunal (NGT) in Pune is going hear the Top quarry case on Tuesday. The case was filed by local residents against the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC), opposing the dumping of the garbage in a quarry located near the Top village, around 11 km …
AURANGABAD: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) issued closure notice to two major industries operating in Waluj industrial area on Monday. The industries were found to be repeatedly violating pollution norms. The notices were issued to Endurance Technologies Pvt Ltd and Midas Care Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd for releasing effluents outside …
The State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) has asked hospitals having more than 100 beds to adhere to guidelines on discharge of waste water. “As per a decision taken in a SPCB meeting, in the initial phase, the health care establishments (HCEs) having 100 beds and above are required to take …
Though the Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) and Nagpur Municipal Corporation continue to ignore the many violations in Poonam Mall constructed by N Kumar Projects and Infrastructure Pvt Ltd at Alankar Talkies square, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has taken stern action against the builder. The board has ordered that …
The environment in Punjab continues to be a casualty as the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) — the State’s nodal agency to control pollution — has neither formulated required environmental standards, nor prepared a comprehensive programme to check water pollution in the State. Even the interrupted flow of funds left …
The National Green Tribunal has ordered for examination of 956 industrial units in Uttar Pradesh discharging effluents in the Ganges. They had been served with notices by UP State Pollution Control Board. An expenditure of Rs 838.76 crore has been reported till March, 2014 for implementation of the Ganges cleaning …
Most in Puri are contributing to water pollution flouting norms, officials of Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) here said. The board has listed 325 hotels for violating the Water (prevention and control of pollution) Act, 1974 and served show cause notices to all of them. The board said the …
The government on Wednesday informed Parliament that it had identified 3,266 highly polluting industries and 150 polluted stretches along various rivers across the country in the past couple of years and had taken measures to deal with it. "The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has identified 3,266 highly polluting industries …
