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: The Uttar Pradesh pollution control board has asked Samsung India to get the necessary environmental clearances for the ongoing expansion activity at its Sector 83 factory. It has advised the company to seek consent at the earliest. The notice, issued by the regional office of the UPPCB, says the …
Visakhapatnam: Environment lovers and green organisations question the pollution created by the several tonnes of plastic that is generated during political and religious gatherings in the city. Currently, yellow plastic flags and flexi boards of politicians have flooded the city. Whenever a fest, religious or political programme happens, flags, festoons, …
Over 1,100 challans have been issued for solid waste and garbage burning, of which 573 were in the corporation’s central zone, fetching over Rs 63 lakh as fines. In a bid to curb pollution in areas under its jurisdiction, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation has issued more than 3,000 challans …
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal on Thursday directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to set up an experts' panel to examine the harmful effects of petroleum coke or petcoke on human health and environment. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed the Environment Ministry …
BHOPAL : Former minister and BJP leader Kamal Patel filed a petition regarding illegal mining near Narmada river against Union of India, chief secretary of MP, secretary of MP government’s department of mining and mineral resources and 15 others on Saturday in the central bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT). …
The National Green Tribunal NGT) on Monday directed a panel from the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) to study the impact of the Tughlakabad chemical leak on the children who were affected, and submit a report. It also constituted a panel, comprising the Environment Ministry, Central Pollution Control …
The report also said that discoms are required to obtain permission from the competent authority for extraction of ground water and submitted that inadequate fire safety arrangements were found at all the premises. The National Green Tribunal has directed an inspection team headed by the Central Pollution Control Board to …
Asks as to why should they not be made liable to pay environment compensation Taking suo moto cognizance of the Tughlakabad chemical leak, the National Green Tribunal (NGT), on Monday, issued notices to a host of government agencies and the company that imported the chemicals observing that an emergency response …
They believe water purification removes all pollutants’ The people, especially the middle class, aren’t really seized of the gravity and direness of the pollution that has turned the lifeline of Ernakulam, the Periyar river, into a watery pool of toxins, maintains researcher GD Martin, whose book Periyar: Puzhayum Jeevanum Veendedukkam …
CHANDIGARH: Haryana State Pollution Control Board has challaned 296 farmers for burning wheat stubble in their fields . Haryana environment minister Vipul Goel said the action was part of the special drive carried out in the state over the past three days. Besides initiating the proceeding under the Environment Act, …
A 100-meter area of all prominent religious places, including temples, mosques, gurudwaras and churches of Guwahati city and its suburbs, have been declared as a "silent zone" A 100-meter area of all prominent religious places, including temples, mosques, gurudwaras and churches of Guwahati city and its suburbs, have been declared …
A National Green Tribunal (NGT) bench, headed by chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar, issued on Thursday notices to all state governments and Union territories on CPCB's application that plastic waste management rules 2016 were not being implemented. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has sought that the NGT impose "appropriate penalties" …
The noise pollution in the city has touched alarming levels, according to the data available with the Uttarakhand pollution control board which shows that the major intersections of Dehradun have noise levels similar to those found in industrial hubs. According to guidelines, noise level in intersections which fall under commercial …
What is required is political will to wield legal authority The mind-numbing results of a major global study released last week by the Health Effects Institute and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation highlight once again the severity of the air pollution crisis in India. The problem is not …
Jaipur: If the National Green Tribunal's (NGT) orders are enforced by the state government, the monsoon of 2017 holds hope for the dying Sambhar Salt Lake. The central zonal bench of NGT has directed the Rajasthan government to cancel allotments of salt pans in Sambhar Salt Lake that fall within …
The power ministry was seeking to let regional officials grant forest clearances for projects that have an area up to 40 hectares The environment ministry has turned down the power ministry’s proposal of letting the regional officials grant forest clearances (FCs) for hydro projects that have an area up to …
Environment Minister said that government has decided to take remedial measures including the safe disposal of identified quantity of hazardous waste of the erstwhile Union Carbide India Ltd (UCIL) in Bhopal. The government has decided to dispose of safely the hazardous waste from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal, the …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Environmental Damage due to Illegal Mining, 21/03/2017. The steps taken by the Ministry to ensure environmental stability and to offset the losses caused to environment due to illegal mining inter-alia include the notification of the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006, as amended from …
Expansion or modernisation projects that have been undertaken without obtaining prior environment clearance (EC) will be treated as violation and strict action will be taken by the government. A notification in this regard has been issued by the Environment Ministry to ensure such projects comply with the environmental laws at …
National Green Tribunal (NGT) in 2015 had directed MSRDC to get a separate environmental clearance. Mumbai: In a major boost for the proposed nine-km-long Bandra Versova Sealink (BVSL), the state environment department has granted environment clearance for construction of the Sea Link to the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC). …
