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 Sakkarakottai bird sanctuary is basically an irrigation tank that is used for storing water for agriculture, recharged by northeast monsoon from October to January. CHENNAI: The Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has considered the proposal of the State forest department and notified two-km area around Sakkarakottai …
Directs UHBVN to disconnect power supplies to industries The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has ordered the closure of eight industrial units in the district for violating norms. The CPCB directed the UHBVN to disconnect power connections of these units. Sources said that teams of the CPCB had raided various …
CHENNAI: The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has issued an ultimatum to Tangedco: Retrofit five thermal units in Tuticorin on or before December 31, 2020, or be prepared to shut them down permanently. The CPCB has sent a copy of the letter to Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board chairman as …
The Central Government makes the following rules further to amend the Environment (Protection) Rules. 1986. namely: These rules may be called the Environment (Protection) Amendment Rules, 2018.
Ministry says the PSU did not have green clearance for expansion. HYDERABAD: The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of Ministry of Environment and Forests(MoEF) has directed the Telangana State Pollution Control Board (TSPCB) to take action against Singareni Collieries in five cases for violating environmental norms. All five cases are pertaining …
Coming as a boost to conservation efforts, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change is planning to notify 500 metres around Udhayamarthandapuram Bird Sanctuary. CHENNAI: Coming as a boost to conservation efforts, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change is planning to notify 500 metres around …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With June 16 set as the last date to receive public comments and suggestions on the Draft Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification- 2018 released by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change (MoEF&CC;) on April 18 this year in the public domain, the fishers continue their nation-wide …
Noida: Noida may have flouted green rules on several counts, claim environmental lawyers. By continuing production and usage of plastic in the city, it has contravened Section 15 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. By non-segregating waste, it has flouted the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016. Further, by going ahead …
PANJIM: National Fishworkers Forum (NFF), along with its affiliated union, Goenchea Raponkarancho Ekvott (GRE), on Monday protested the draft CRZ notification 2018 claiming that it is scaling back on safeguards for the coastlines. The forum also submitted a memorandum to Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) member secretary objecting to …
Nagpur: The Channaka-Korta barrage, an inter-state irrigation project between Telangana and Maharashtra being constructed on Painganga River, is a classic case of how environment rules are tossed to the wind. With 50% work on the project completed, shockingly, no environment impact assessment (EIA) has been done by the Telangana irrigation …
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has pushed back its deadline for red-category air polluting industries in Delhi-NCR districts to instal online pollution tracking devices to June 30, almost two months after the original March 31 deadline. In a letter issued to state pollution control boards of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan …
CHANDIGARH: Taking cognizance of a petition seeking directions to ban construction in the Aravalis by defining it as forest area, the Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday issued notice to the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change and the Haryana government. The Haryana wildlife department has also …
The National Green Tribunal has slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 on the Uttar Pradesh government for the inordinate delay in filing a report on the status of distilleries and sugar mills manufacturing, storing and transporting ethanol without obtaining permission from the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO). A bench …
HYDERABAD: The Central Pollution Control Board has directed 21 companies in Telangana and 30 companies in Andhra Pradesh to comply with new emission norms on captive power plants by December 31, 2018, or face action as per Environment Protection Act. And this may also include closure. The list comprises cement, …
JAIPUR: Rajasthan High Court has asked the district collectors and the local bodies about the efforts made by them in enforcing the notification of 2010 that banned use of plastic bags. The court has asked them to file an affidavit about the steps taken so far within 10 days. The …
PUDUCHERRY: The Puducherry administration on Tuesday proposed to map water tables in the Union territory using satellite images and evolve comprehensive schemes to protect and replenish aquifer beds. They have also planned to revive the scheme to tap surface water of Ousteri Lake to meet drinking water needs. The officials …
For lowering the din of celebrations, the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) on Monday made it mandatory for the marriage palaces to limit the music volume to the precincts of its palaces. Taking into consideration the matter relating to the noise generated by the playing of DJ system and other …
Regarding planned ‘beautification’ of the pond in Defence Colony, a group of concerned residents of nearby localities have come together to demand that the original form of the water body should not be tampered with. Apart from holding demonstrations near the pond, the citizens also wrote to the Mussoorie Dehradun …
The National Green Tribunal has sought a detailed list of various industries of Ghaziabad and Hapur districts on a plea alleging that incessant extraction of groundwater has led to severe depletion of water table in the area. A bench of Justice Raghuvendra S Rathore ordered the respective District Industries Corporations …
The government projects include three sites of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, four of the National Highway Authority of India, seven under the Delhi Public Works Department, two Delhi Development Authority sites and one each under the Delhi Jal Board and MTNL. The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has …
