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 …
Forests provide fresh water, soil protection, carbon sequestration, and other valuable resources that forest-dependent communities have relied on for millennia. Quantifying these goods and services has been the focus of considerable attention in recent years. But even if we can agree on how much they are worth, how do we …
New Delhi: The forest department on Monday dug up around 800m of a pucca road that was cutting through the Rajokri forest. The road existed as a kachcha path earlier but recently truckloads of debris had been dumped along it to make it motorable. The issue was highlighted by TOI …
New Delhi: With the National Green Tribunal having come down hard on the Delhi and UP governments for their failure to prevent dumping of debris along the Yamuna, work has started at a breakneck speed to clear the area of construction waste. Sources say several meetings have been held in …
The National Green Tribunal has sought the response of Jindal Steel and five other steel plants located in Ghaziabad after the UP Pollution Control Board informed the tribunal that they are "highly polluting industries". A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notices to Bhushan Steel, Aditya Steel …
In a bid to save river Yamuna, which is being choked by the debris indiscriminately dumped on its banks, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has demanded information on the quantity and quality of debris being generated by the NCT of Delhi every day. The order on Thursday comes in a …
Noida: In order to give a clean and green look to the surroundings of the River Yamuna, which has been polluted with filth and debris, the National Green Tribunal has entrusted a high-powered committee constituted by it to suggest measures to develop the banks of the river. A bench headed …
National Green Tribunal Hauls Up Industries For Not Having Proper Pollution Control Systems Noida: A six-member expert committee constituted by National Green Tribunal to determine ‘sources’ and ‘extent’ of pollution in Noida has taken cognizance of diesel generators operating in large numbers, due to lack of adequate power, for causing …
The National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench, on Friday ordered notices to the State government and other authorities to file replies on a residents’ welfare association’s application for closure of illegal stone-crushing units operating in residential localities in Pammal and Anakaputhur areas of Tambaram taluk, Kancheepuram district. The Bench comprising its …
Sets up a three-member panel to monitor execution of the order The National Green Tribunal has through a recent order banned construction of roads and cutting of trees in the Aravallis directing the parties concerned to restore the area to its original condition. The Tribunal also set up a three-member …
THE National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) to make certain it uploads on its website all orders on granting environment clearances within seven days of approval, enabling public to be aware of such orders and raise appropriate objections timely. The tribunal, led by …
The National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench, on Thursday directed the Chairman of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) and the Deputy Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Southern Region, to submit a detailed report on packaged drinking water units operating in and around the city, deviations and …
Relief for Pallavaram Municipality The Pallavaram Muncipality got some relief from the National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench, on Thursday on the issue of dumping garbage. The Tribunal directed the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to make a spot inspection on the new site at Venkatamangalam mooted by the municipality …
New Delhi: Taking cognizance of TOI reports on the illegal construction of three roads inside the Rajokri Forest, an application has been filed with National Green Tribunal (NGT). The environment watchdog has now sent notices to the Delhi government and other agencies concerned. Amicus curiae Raj Panjwani said, “The ridge …
Seize vehicles carrying it there, Green Tribunal directs Delhi authorities including DDA, DMRC and CPWD The National Green Tribunal has reiterated its direction to authorities to ensure that no debris of any kind, including from construction, is thrown on the banks of the Yamuna. A Bench also directed the public …
The company's order for forest clearance to transport around 1.6 lakh tonnes of bauxite mined from Kolhapur district The National Green Tribunal has dismissed Hindalco's plea challenging the Maharashtra government's refusal to grant it three more months, after expiry of its forest clearance, to transport around 1.6 lakh tonnes of …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Southern Bench, has rapped the Tirunelveli Collector and Sivagiri Tahsildar for their non-appearance in a case filed by the villagers of Nelkattumseval against the conversion of a stream into a road in Tirunelveli district. R. Sundaraiah Thevar and R.Velusamy Thevar of Nelkattumseval village, Sivagiri taluk, …
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has noted that despite orders to the Delhi and Uttar Pradesh governments, debris dumping continues unabated along the Yamuna floodplain. It has directed the government to issue show-cause notice to the managing director of DMRC, director general of CPWD and the director of the …
Noida: The National Green Tribunal on Thursday ordered for shutting down 34 packaged drinking water facilities in Noida and Greater Noida for extraction of groundwater and functioning illegally without sanctions from any authority. A bench of the tribunal passed the orders on a petition filed by an environmental activist Vikrant …
