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 …
Environment activist SubhasDatta has moved the National Green Tribunal on pollution at Puri, eastern India's biggest pilgrimage and tourist site. The town with a population of about 2 lakh and rudimentary civic and other support infrastructure, caters to more than 1.5 million tourists. In the petition made on April 5, …
The National Green Tribunal has granted “one final opportunity” to authorities in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, including the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and the Delhi Development Authority, to file comprehensive affidavits on the extent of debris deposited on the banks of the Yamuna. A Bench headed by NGT chairperson Swatanter …
A committee set up by National Green Tribunal to inspect Delhi hospitals for biomedical waste disposal practices has found serious lapses at three government hospitals and some minor issues at two private hospitals. The NGT has served a showcause notice to the hospitals. The hospitals that have been served notice …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has given "one last opportunity" to authorities in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, including DMRC, to come clean as to who is dumping rubble in the river Yamuna. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Swatanter Kumar observed that the affidavits filed by the authorities of the …
Five hospitals in the city have not been strictly adhering to prescribed standards of collection and disposal of bio-medical waste according to the Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998, a Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) inspection team has revealed. The inspection report submitted at the National Green Tribunal named …
Lakhs of trees in Delhi are in grave risk of dying due to concretisation around their trunks and though the Delhi High Court had way back in 2007 directed the various public utility department to comply with the guidelines issued by the Central Government for greening of urban areas and …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has served notices to 14 authorities directing them to remove all boards, nails and advertisements from trees falling under their jurisdictions and has directed the authorities to de-concretise the trees. Following a petition filed by Aditya N. Prasad and others, the Tribunal issued notices to …
Sarvodaya enclave residents carrying out a tree survey in their vicinity. It started with a simple motto: trees need an identity. Two years later it forms the basis of the notice served by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to various departments directing them to do their bit in protecting the …
Even as the demand for setting up a Bench of the National Green Tribunal with filing facility in the State is mounting, Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court Manjula Chellur has been urged not to refer all environment-related cases to the tribunal. The demand has been raised in the …
A team of experts from IIT Madras and the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board officials have begun inspecting the copper smelter unit of Sterlite Industries on a direction from the National Green Tribunal following an alleged noxious gas leak last month, causing health problems among locals. Officials said the copper …
The National Green Tribunal, which had directed for the closure of 34 packaged water plants in Noida and Greater Noida, has now directed for the formulation of methods by which the industries can operate without adversely impacting the environment. The tribunal passed the directions on Tuesday after a number of …
Already facing flak from cross sections of the society for shoddy works and mismanagement, IndoreBRTS is in dock yet again for purchasing diesel buses thereby violating the environmental norms for public transport. Bhopal bench of National Green Tribunal has issued notice to collector Indore, RTO, IG and AICTSL on Tuesday. …
The south bench of the National Green Tribunal ordered the constitution of a two-member expert committee to inspect Sterlite Industries's controversial copper plant in Tuticorin, which was closed as per the orders of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) after the public complained of gas leak from the plant on …
New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Tuesday referred to National Green Tribunal (NGT) a batch of petitions alleging that noise pollution generated by aircrafts at the IGI airport is affecting health of the residents of nearby areas. “Considering the provisions of the Environment Protection Act, the Environment Protection Rules …
BHUBANESWAR: A high-level committee set up by the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to review the mega Posco steel project in the state has spelled fresh trouble for the much-hyped project. The committee headed by K Roy Paul was constituted as per the March 30, 2012 order of …
Environment Clearance (EC) for setting up a coal-based Thermal Power Plant in Chhattisgarh has been quashed by National Green Tribunal (NGT) on 16 April 2013.
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal on environmental clearance dated 18-01-2010 granted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests to M/s Dheeru Powergen Pvt. Ltd for the setting up of a 3 x 350 MW coal-fired thermal power plant in Korba, Chhattisgarh
The National Green Tribunal has sought responses of the Centre and DMRC on a plea alleging that around 6.37 crore litres of water is lost every year due to the failure to implement rain water harvesting measures. A bench of NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar also issued notices to the …
Five days after the National Green Tribunal issued a bailable warrant against the chief executive engineer of the PWD for failing to appear in court in the matter of illegal tree felling along the Andheria Mod-Mahipalpur stretch for a road widening project, residents of Vasant Kunj claimed that some more …
Rampant use of diesel-powered backup systems are not only burning holes in the pockets of residents, but excessive use of generator sets has resulted in massive noise and air pollution in the city. Heavy duty generator sets have been posing a health hazard. While generator sets with low-height chimneys emit …
