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 …
The National Green Tribunal has sought the Centre's response on "unregulated" operation of rafting camps on the banks of Ganga from Shivpuri to Rishikesh in Uttarakhand. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notice to Environment Ministry (MoEF), Ministry of Water Resources, Uttarakhand government and others on …
The government will hold a two-day national conference next week as a final step of consultations before bringing amendments in existing green laws, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today said. The conference, to be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will be attended by Chief Ministers and Environment Ministers from across …
HARIDWAR: Matri Sadan's Swami Shivanand on Tuesday went ahead with his threat, which he made on Sunday, to sit on an indefinite hunger strike against mining along the Ganga. This is the second such protest by seers of the Haridwar ashram in the last month and a half. "The state …
The Environment Ministry will meet the Chief Ministers and State Environment Ministers on April 6-7 for final consultations on the proposed changes in the existing green laws to help link them with country’s development and economic growth agenda. The two-day meeting will be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. According …
The Ministry of Environment & Forests has said the National Green Tribunal cannot settle the issue or any application on climate change as it is a subject of international conventions and protocols. The MoEF has in a short affidavit filed in response to an application on climate change said, “The …
After the high court too suo motu cognizance of TOI report 'Burning garbage waste in open poses health hazards' and treated it as public interest litigation, Nagpur Municipal Corporation has decided to increase supervision in all 10 zones. NMC's deputy director (health) Dr Milind Ganvir said that all zonal officers …
Mathura: After staging a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, the "nirmal aur aviral" (clean and uninterrupted flow) campaigners are back in Braj. The leaders of the movement hope that the central government will soon issue a notification under the Environment Protection Act to release water into the river …
After assurances from the Centre, thousands of Yamuna Muktikaran Abhiyan (YMA) protesters, who had been camping in Delhi since Friday, were on their way back to Mathura and other parts of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. The Centre has promised that the "ecological flow" in Yamuna downstream of Delhi will be …
The government has promised to bring the Yamuna river under the the Environment Protection Act within two months to ensure "free flow of the river". Union Minister Ravishankar Prasad gave this assurance to the members of Yamuna Muktikaran Padyatra, undertaken for making Yamuna pollution free, here today, said Ravi Monga, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Sailen Mondal Vs Howrah Municipal Corporation & Ors. dated 23/03/2015. It is alleged by the applicant that so many ponds, which are recorded for use by general public in the record of rights of Land Revenue …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Prateek Singh & Others Vs. Secretary, State of Madhya Pradesh Mining Department & Others on whether in the garb of obtaining temporary quarry permit under Rule 68 of the Minor Mineral Rules, 1996 of the State …
Order of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay in the matter of Dr. Mahesh Vijay Bedekar Vs The State of Maharashtra dated 13/03/2015 regarding nuisance created in various cities by organization of various festivals such as Ganesh Utsav, Navaratri Utsav, Dahi Handi, etc. The issue raised relates to various …
Impact assessments are conducted with the objective of safeguarding human health and the environment. The Environmental Impact Assessment notification of 2006, subsequent amendments and associated guidelines provide the framework to document untoward effects of proposed industrial and developmental projects on the environment, and to manage them. It is also implicitly …
Environment Ministry has initiated steps to implement some of the key recommendations made by a high-level committee constituted by it to review laws related to forests, wildlife, water and air. Sources said the ministry has decided to carry out the process for selection of a technical consultant, for supporting the …
However, they do not have a veto Surajbai, 80, hailing from Barkutta village, “repents” giving birth to four girls. Owner of six acres near the Kusmunda opencast coal mine, Surajbai has five children. Her son, Kumhar Singh, suffering from a deleterious mental illness, is bed-ridden and could not be employed …
The Pune bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has accepted the action plan of the district collector on the usage of fly ash bricks. The tribunal bench comprising Justices VR Kingaonkar and Ajay Deshpande accepted the plan while hearing the application of Nashik Fly Bricks Association against the ministry …
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has told ET that the recent permissions given to industries to set up plants within two kilometres of River Regulatory Zones ( RRZ) are in accordance with the central environment protection act and the projects would not damage the environment along rivers in the state …
The district forest department on Monday organized a number of seminars, exhibitions and awareness drives at the Nandur Madhyameshwar bird sanctuary to mark the World Wetlands Day. Environment activists, experts and forest officials who attended the programme emphasized the need to protect the wetlands and the birds residing there. The …
The National Green Tribunal on Monday directed that no person or company will be allowed to carry out stone quarrying or mining of any sort without the requisite environmental clearance near the Sariska Tiger reserve in Rajasthan. It was hearing a petition by Khayali Ram Chattiram, a resident of Alwar …
It may sound strange, but the central government is seriously considering a river regulation zone (RRZ) policy like Maharashtra's to save rivers, while the state government has scrapped the 15-year-old policy for being 'bad in law'. Another reason cited was that the RRZ policy was against the constitution, though the …
