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 …
NOIDA: To avoid hurdle in pace of development due to environmental clearances, Centre has formed district-level environment impact assessment authority (DEIAA). The DEIAA, with amendment in Environment (protection) Act 1986, will be eligible to give mining clearances of plots having 50 thousand sq. feet or below. Some of states had …
Meerut: The National Green Tribunal on Thursday directed five persons "involved in illegal mining" in the Saharanpur area to pay an "environmental compensation" of Rs 50 crore, "payable by each for and on behalf of the 13 mine lease firms held by these five men". Two among the five men …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Gurpreet Singh Bagga & Ministry of Environment and Forests & Others dated 18/02/2016 regarding rampant illegal mining of minor minerals like sand, boulders in Saharanpur and more particularly on the river banks and river bed of river Yamuna. Mining activity …
BENGALURU: State govt exploring Pollution Control Board suggestion but MP claims the move will affect mobility in city central As the state government explores a suggestion from the Pollution Control Board to keep autorickshaws off the central business district (CBD), an auto driver union has threatened to move the court …
As dumping and burning of around 200 kg of bio-medical waste has led to environmental pollution at Kadamba Plateau, Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has directed the Health Department to collect and dispose the waste at the earliest, failing which legal action will be initiated. Following complaints from locals, …
The Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) has directed Old Goa police station to investigate and identify the persons involved in dumping and burning of bio-medical waste in an open space at Kadamba plateau, Bainguinim, Old Goa, which has been causing environmental pollution. GSPCB has directed Old Goa police to …
The State government seems to have got some relief with the Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA)’s decision to issue clearance for temporary capital at its 78th State-level meeting. But, former IAS officer E.A.S. Sarma raised a few pertinent issues relating to the EC. In a letter to SEIAA chairman S. …
Is the battle against emission limited to judicial activism? At least that is what claimed by the officers responsible for controlling pollution at the ground. This raises serious questions about the intention of the government in battling the growing pollution of Indian metropolitan cities including Kolkata. The Central Motor Vehicles …
Kolhapur: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) on Monday issued a public notice appealing to all clinic operators in the city to register with the biomedical waste treatment facility before March 31. The MPCB action came after the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) slapped a fine of Rs 15,000 on a …
MPCB officials said that the responses received from the BMC to the notices were on the steps they were taking to eventually control the waste being dumped at Deonar. For at least two years before the Deonar dumping ground fire, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) had sent eight notices …
The State Government has submitted before the Kerala High Court that instructions had been issued by the State Pollution Control Board to the plywood manufacturing units to take measures to minimise pollution. It also stated that steps had been initiated for preparing a comprehensive environment management plan for the Vengola …
Congress on Monday accused the Gujarat government of reducing the permissible limit for construction around Gir sanctuary to benefit business associates of the chief minister. It sought a court-monitored investigation into the allegations of land scam, and urged the SC to take suo moto cognisance of the case since it …
Last week, the BMC’s counsel sought three months to complete the task in the remaining 16 wards. The NGT granted them two months to expeditiously carry out the mapping. After the state government received a rap from the National Green Tribunal on the issue of mapping Mumbai’s silence zones, the …
Gurgaon: A year after National Green Tribunal (NGT) issued guidelines for pollution control centres (PCC) to follow while issuing Pollution Under Control certificates to vehicles, TOI has found that most PCCs in Gurgaon do not have government-approved machines to check for emissions, some making do with no more than a …
Will start taking action after Feb 15; without consent, unit liable to be sealed The Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee (CPCC) has decided to seal industrial units, hotel and restaurants running without consent. They will be doing so without issuing any notice. DanishAshraf, Member Secretary, said the action would start from …
District Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority constituted to grant EC for mining of minor minerals PANJIM: The District Collector is now the statutory authority to grant prior environmental clearance (EC) to undertake sand mining or mining of any minor minerals in the State. The powers to grant ECs for such …
In October 2015, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change released a Draft Environment Laws (Amendment) Bill 2015 proposing amendments to the Environment (Protection) Act 1986 and the National Green Tribunal Act 2010. The stated objective of the Bill is to provide ‘effective deterrent penal provisions’ and to introduce …
AGRA: Make carrying cloth bags when going for shopping a habit as carrying a polythene may draw penalty and can even result in imprisonment. Almost a month after the Uttar Pradesh government imposed the ban, the Agra Municipal Corporation (AMC) has decided to start a drive against the use of …
Real estate companies in top metros have said that local government bodies approve building plans only after the project has been granted environment clearance. This follows the Supreme Court's Friday observation that housing projects must get environment clearance before work can start. In July last year, the National Green Tribunal …
MoEF report submitted to NGT bench recommends appropriate action as deemed fit The expert team from the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), which recently inspected the project site of the proposed Bhadradri Thermal Power Station at Manuguru in Khammam district, has highlighted the existence of a water body near …
