Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
State Records 677 Cases After Maha's 963; Stagnant Water Intensifies Problem In what is certain to cause concern among health officials, Tamil Nadu has recorded the most number of dengue cases in the country after Maharashtra between January 1 and June 30 this year. Statistics from the National Vector Borne …
Agricultural land in Uttarakhand is shrinking, a response to an RTI query has revealed, as many farmers both in the hills and in the lowlands of the state are opting to change land use and sell off their land to industry owners. The agriculture department, in response to an RTI …
The government has declared the Capital free of blue kerosene, and many have switched over to cooking gas. However, some continue to use the fuel, now overpriced and being smuggled in from other States, out of necessity Last month, the Delhi Government declared the Capital the first “kerosene-free” city in …
On 23rd June 2014, the Right to Information Act (RTI Act) stepped into its 10th year of implementation. The text of this law was published in the Official Gazette on that day in 2005 and some provisions became operational. Other provisions detailing the procedures through which people can access information …
PUNE: Green activists on Wednesday filed a complaint with the Pune municipal commissioner Vikas Deshmukh alleging that illegal felling of trees has occurred in the campus of the University of Pune (UoP) on a large scale. A right to information (RTI) application filed by Vivek Velankar and A G Bagul …
The Right to Information (RTI) Club director Dr BP Maithani demanded a CBI inquiry into the scam of illegal mining activities which occurred in February 2014. He expressed disappointment at increasing cases of illegal mining activities in the State. While interacting with media persons, Dr Maithani said that though, National …
Newly appointed surface transport and rural development minister Nitin Gadkari has drafted an ambitious green plan to plant 200 crore saplings on national highways across the country. Gadkari has been credited with the construction of the MumbaiPune Expressway and 55 flyovers in Mumbai. Prima facie, the plan may not take …
After almost more than eight years of the Right to Information Act being in force, the process of accessing information still faces impediments. The flow of information is restricted either due to various public institutions not coming within the ambit of the Act or the information being exempt under various …
As many as 130 buildings, spread over land worth hundreds of crores in the satellite city of Navi Mumbai, were built without Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) clearances, much like the controversial Adarsh tower in Mumbai. The violations were acknowledged by the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) in response to an …
Relief and rehabilitation minister Patangrao Kadam on Tuesday revealed that there had been 559 farmers’ suicides in Maharashtra in 2014. Of these, he claimed 232 farmers’ families have been given aid by the government.The figures emerged during a discussion held in the Legislative Council on the hailstorm that had hit …
Navi Mumbai: The hill reservoir site in Nerul that boasted of beautiful trees, birds and wildlife species has become a dumping ground of waste products. Activists alleged that the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) is behind this dumping of debris. They said though they had complained repeatedly to the authorities, …
PUDUCHERRY: A water users' forum has taken a strong exception to the Puducherry government's decision to provide house sites to the Scheduled Tribe people by converting lands classified as ponds, irrigation channels and community forests. An RTI query filed by the Bangaaru Vaickal Neeraadhara Koottamaippu revealed that the government had …
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notices to Central and state government on a petition seeking ban on illegal sand mining around Son Gharial Sanctuary in Sidhi district. Advocate and social activist Nithyananad Mishra had filed a complaint before NGT claiming that sand mining in and around Son river is …
Navi Mumbai: The new civic headquarter's claims of being a low-maintenance green building appears to be fast losing ground. If the electricity bill for April is anything to go by, the amount due only for power consumption is far from being modest. The civic electricity department needs to pay MSEDCL …
Following the death of two leopards in different incidents apparently due to inefficiency of Forest Department personnel, activists have requested the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) member secretary for a probe into these two deaths and an explanation from the department on the condition of leopards in the State. In …
Pimpri Chinchwad has over 4,200 unmetered water connections belonging to former corporators, educational institutions, cooperative banks, commercial establishments among others, stated the municipal corporation in response to a RTI query. Social activist Vitthal Vinod had sought information about unmetered water connections and also the recovery of water tax in the …
The BDA formed a layout on Venkataraya lake at Gubbalala near Uttarahalli. It took 11 months for the Bangalore South tahsildar to admit that the layout formed on Venkataraya lake in Gubbalala village is illegal. He has also endorsed the action against the accused Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) officers for …
Pharma companies must specify whether risk involved in testing new formulations on human beings justified by benefits expected from exercise The Supreme Court today directed the Union Health Ministry to make drug companies, which want to experiment with new formulations, to answer three queries in a format to be prepared …
Assam Government has pleaded before the National Green Tribunal that regulated movement of vehicles be allowed in the Kaziranga National Park instead of complete restriction, saying the stretch is the lifeline for North Eastern states. “Stopping of all types of vehicular movement will have cascading effect on the environment and …
The extensive Delhi zone of the Indian Railways, it seems, is still dependent on tubewells for its whooping water demands running into lakhs of litres and has failed to set up Rain Water Harvesting Systems (RWHS) at its stations and colonies. In an RTI reply, the Railways has stated that …
