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 …
GURUGRAM: Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has missed its December 2017 deadline to set up a second ambient air quality monitoring station in the city. Officials attributed the delay to late floating of tenders for installation of the machine. Currently, there is only one pollution measuring station in Gurgaon, …
GURUGRAM: As the city witnessed the coldest day of the season so far on Thursday, the health department issued an advisory for Swine Flu. The advisory instructs all hospitals to take immediate action when a patient is suspected of being infected with Swine Flu. While, the patients have been advised …
GURUGRAM: The department of town and country planning (DTCP) has penalised two developers — Tata Housing and Signature Builders — and three individual plot owners for violation of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) and ministry of environment and forest and climate change (MoEFCC) guidelines on construction sites. After an inspection …
GURUGRAM: About 200 trees were cut down in the Raisina area of the Aravalis on Wednesday, reported green activists. The environmental violation came to light after green activists, along with members of Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI), caught some people cutting the trees in the protected area. The tree …
Gurgaon: Air pollution levels reduced nearly 39%on Wednesday as compared to that of Tuesday, with the highest levels of PM2.5 at 142.57 micrograms per cubic metre ('poor' category). The highest levels of PM2.5 recorded on Tuesday was 232 micrograms per cubic metre. The air pollution was in the 'very poor' …
Tribunal wants information on mode of utilisation of stubble The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday directed States, including Delhi and Punjab, to identify specific areas in each district where crop residue will be collected and stored. Earlier directions A Bench headed by NGT acting chairperson U.D. Salvi directed Punjab, …
In compliance to the direction of Hon’ble National Green Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi Dated: November 17, 2017 (in the matter of Vardhman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Others vide OA No. 21/2014), the compiled ambient air quality data (of each monitored parameters) of Delhi-NCR with station wise daily …
GURUGRAM: Only eight brick kilns in Gurgaon and neighbouring Mewat district have put in place eco-friendly zig-zag technology so far, after the authorities banned polluting traditional kilns in September. Officials at the regional office of Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) said they had received applications from the owners of …
With Delhi-NCR and other northern states facing severe pollution, the environment ministry on Thursday approved a regional project to tackle stubble burning, one of the major contributors to air pollution. Awareness generation and capacity building activities for farmers to adopt alternative practices and a slew of technological interventions for management …
Air quality in the Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) has been a matter of concern. In order to address air pollution, the high level task force set up under the Chairmanship of Principal Secretary to PM has submitted this action plan and welcomes suggestions from experts and citizens to make …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Air Pollution due to Crop Residue Burning, 22/12/2017. Burning of crop residue in various states can lead to higher level of pollution specially during adverse meteorological conditions in early winter in North India. Government has taken various actions to address the issue of air …
The NGT said that it would pass detailed order on ways to handle air pollution after perusing the action plans submitted by the Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh governments. The The National Green Tribunal today directed the Delhi government to consider shutting schools whenever air quality touches emergency …
The Union government has agreed to give subsidies for procuring equipment for tackling air pollution from stubble burning in the states Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab. Download to read this high level committee report on stubble burning submitted in the Supreme Court on Jan 29, 2018. The Centre today told …
Exempts cement industry in Rajasthan, Haryana, UP The Supreme Court on Wednesday relaxed its order banning use of pet coke and furnace oil in the National Capital Territory and allowed cement industry to use it as feedstock in Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. A bench headed by Justice Madan B …
The girl succumbed to dengue shock syndrome on September 15, after a 15-day stay at Fortis, Gurgaon. Her family had alleged overcharging, to the tune of Rs 16 lakh, and medical negligence. The expert committee, set up by Haryana to probe the allegation of medical negligence in the dengue death …
The NGT chairman was present in Chandigarh to attend an event on Dialogue on Environment Changes: their effect on health and economy, which was held at Judicial Academy, Sector 43, on Wednesday. “There is a lack of will, not awareness among the farmers”, said Justice Swantara Kumar, Chairman of National …
GURUGRAM: The city became the least polluted one in NCR on Wednesday and Tuesday, with the air quality index (AQI) coming down to 228 on Wednesday and 192 on Tuesday. Other cities of NCR — Delhi, Noida and Ghaziabad — on the other hand, recorded higher AQI at 270, 264 …
NEW DELHI: The Centre said it would be ready with an action plan to deal with the issue of stubble burning in next one month on Tuesday - a move which may provide farmers in the National Capital Region (NCR) a feasible alternative to dispose of their post-harvest Rabi (winter-sown) …
Less than a month after a private hospital in Gurugram billed a dead seven-year-old patient’s family more than Rs 15 lakh for dengue care, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today sought complete inquiry report from the Haryana Government. Taking up the matter, a Division Bench of the High Court …
CHANDIGARH: Burning of paddy stubble in Punjab and Haryana did not contribute to the alarmingly high levels of air pollution in Delhi on November 10 and onward. This has been established scientifically for the first time by the National Environmental Engineering Institute (NEERI) at Nagpur. This initial finding is likely …
