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 …
NAINITAL: In an illustration of how fast HIV is spreading in Uttarakhand despite the government spending crores in AIDS-control measures, a query by a Haldwani-based RTI activist has revealed that the state spent almost Rs 5 crore in curbing the disease and spreading awareness in last 10 years, while 652 …
Is the Centre under NDA dispensation preparing to change its long-held position that Asiatic lions need a second home outside Gujarat's Gir sanctuary, and instead tilting towards the view of the state government which has steadfastly opposed the idea? Sources in the ministry of environment and forests said the Union …
Mumbai : The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sent a show cause notice to the Principal Secretary of the state government as the authorities have not complied with the directions issued by the NGT about the use of amplifiers during religious or cultural programmes and festivals in the state. If …
JAIPUR: Wildlife lovers, who claim that T-24 was shifted from Ranthambore National Park following pressure from the hotel lobby and demanding that it be brought back from captivity in Sajjangarh biological park, have now dug out a RTI reply from 2011 from the forest department. In response to the RTI, …
HYDERABAD: In a major victory for environmentalists, revenue authorities in a pre-dawn operation demolished around 150 under-construction houses by pressing a dozen heavy earth movers at Shetti Kunta Lake in Patancheru mandal. The demolition drive in the presence of 300 policemen comes barely four days after TOI reported in these …
SHIMLA: It was the concern for melting glaciers and blacking of snow that forced National Green Tribunal (NGT) to order banning of commercial activity at Rohtang Pass. But an RTI query has revealed that there is no glacier at the top of Rohtang Pass and the ministry of environment and …
With work on the artificial lake on the Tawi getting delayed due to repeated political interference, the government has set a new target date to complete the project — March 31, 2016. The project was taken up in 2010 and has missed nearly five deadlines. Recently, it landed into a …
NAINITAL: Ajay Singh Rawat (68), a noted environmentalist, shares most of the credit in his crusade to save Naini lake from human activities, as he continues his legal battle. Reminiscing about the beginning of the struggle, he says, "It was the Supreme Court's intervention in 1995, followed by that of …
It was revealed that the PCMC had asked the NEERI to submit a document about buffer zone at the Punawale site. Strange as it might sound, the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) plans to take steps to reduce the buffer zone of the Punawale landfill site even before it is commissioned. …
This second State of the World’s Volunteerism Report on volunteerism and governance argues that volunteerism and placing people at the centre of development policy and investment offer untapped potential for sustainable development. The State of the World’s Volunteerism Report 2015 is the first global review of the power of volunteer …
Nagpur: Taking serious cognisance of various violations, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board's (MPCB) Nagpur Regional office has recommended snapping power and water connections to one of the biggest housing schemes - Anandam World City Project. MPCB has gone on to name the developer of the project, Goldbricks Infrastructure Private Limited, as …
On a recent domestic flight, Ramachandra TV, a senior IISc professor, was given a water bottle by the air hostess. The professor got curious seeing the manufacturing label that gave a Jigani address in Bengaluru. He brought the bottle to his lab and tested for quality. To his shock, he …
Aim to set up real-time air quality monitoring stations defeated: Draft audit inspection report. Needless delays in executing projects have led to the worsening of air quality across several cities in the country and a new draft audit inspection report shows that the purpose of setting up continuous real time …
The Orissa State Pollution Control Board on Sunday decided to seal 60 hotels in Puri for allegedly violating pollution norms laid down by the National Green Tribunal. OSPCB regional officer (Bhubaneswar) Hadibandhu Panigrahi said the board was asked by the NGT to slap closure notice on the hotels on May …
Illegal sand, gravel mining goes on despite public protests Illegal mining has been continuing unabated in Ropar district despite a hue and cry by the public here. The involvement of huge money, vested interests of a section of local people and political patronage proved stronger than any measure taken up …
Mookkunnimala might not be the lone casualty of unregulated mining in Thiruvananthapuram. The department of mining and geology issued 719 permits for quarrying in Thiruvananthapuram in the last five years and has rejected only four applications in the same period, according to data obtained through Right to Information (RTI) act. …
But government has no plans to table orders in Parliament The period for identification of households eligible for coverage under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) has been extended up to September 30, 2015 through an order issued by the Department of Food and Public Distribution on March 24. Though …
The government has refused RTI requests for information on the decision-making process on amendments to Land Acquisition Bill. On January 17, Chitrangada Choudhury, a Fellow with the Open Society Institute, filed an RTI request with the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), seeking documents, file notings and correspondence between the MoRD …
The Gujarat government’s ambitious ‘Statue of Unity’ project now faces a legal hurdle as a group of activists from Gujarat has moved the National Green Tribunal (NGT), demanding a stay on the construction of the project, claiming that it does not have environmental clearance. The construction for the 180-metre statue …
`National Green Tribunal (NGT) has expressed concern over illegal sand mining in Madhya Pradesh following death of a cop, who was mowed down by a dumper carrying illegally-quarried sand in Morena. NGT has asked state government to furnish its reply on what is being done to curb illegal mining. NGT …
