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: The Haryana Board of School Education (HBSE) has declared new timings for schools after air quality index (AQI) and particulate matter (PM) levels hit the 'very poor' level . The move was triggered after government school teachers unanimously wrote a letter to the director of the state elementary education …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vikrant Kumar Tongad Vs. Environment Pollution (Prevention Control) Authority & Others dated 08/11/2017 regarding the deteriorating ambient air quality index in Delhi NCR. The directions passed by the Court include the following: 1. National Green Tribunal directs Central Pollution Control …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajpal Vs. Mines and Geology Department, Govt. of Haryana & Others dated 08/11/2017 regarding mining activity in the villages Aterna and Hansapur, District Sonipat, Haryana. NGT calls for stopping of any mining activity in these areas.
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of E. R. Kumar & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 08/11/2017 regarding the state of urban homeless in the state of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. The Apex Court finds no concrete implementation of the National …
NAGPUR: With stubble burning at its peak in Punjab and Haryana after the kharif season, scientists from the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (Neeri) have started tracking pollutants from the two states. The project has been initiated to determine the impact of crop burning on Delhi's air quality. The institute …
GURGAON: With the PM2.5 level remaining at 'very poor' over the past six days, Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has asked all departments to file an action-taken report on implementation of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP). GRAP is to be implemented in the city once the pollution level …
GURUGRAM: Five new cases of dengue have been reported in the city in the past two days. The health department has been put on alert mode to deal with the situation, and intense fogging has been ordered in the district. On Tuesday, two new cases and on Wednesday, three new …
Faridabad, with 20,000 industrial units, second most polluted in NCR The ban on use of pet coke and furnace oil and a fine on six units by the NGT recently seems to have come as an eye-opener for a section of the industry, which has expressed concern over the slow …
GURGAON: Unhappy with the Supreme Court ban on usage of petroleum coke and furnace oil in the industries, city-based industrial associations on Wednesday appealed to the state government and the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) to take up the matter with the ministry of environment, forest and climate change …
A week after the Supreme Court directed the governments of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan to ban the use of pet coke and furnace oil in the industries, Bhiwadi Industrial Association on Tuesday requested the court give more time to the affected industries to comply with the order. The association’s …
A more comprehensive picture of air pollution in Delhi-NCR is likely to be available only in January when 20 new monitoring stations become operational in areas of Haryana bordering the Capital, four months behind schedule, an official said on Monday. Experts said that with more data from these stations, the …
The pollution level in industrial towns across Haryana is set to rise with the Khattar Government doing away with mandatory greenbelts around industrial colonies. “The provision of a greenbelt around an industrial colony in the agricultural zone of the development plans for high, medium and low-potential zones is deleted. However, …
According to local weather department officials, the dip in temperature and lesser wind conditions have resulted in the suspension of particulate matter in the air. WITH LITTLE chance of rain in the city, the air is likely to remain hazy in the days ahead. Officials say stubble burning was one …
GURUGRAM: The city has got four new ambient air quality monitoring stations. These machines were installed in DLF phases 1, 3, 4 and 5 on Monday for real-time monitoring of pollution in these areas — all thanks to a corporate initiative. Till now, there was only one pollution measuring station …
NEW DELHI: The level of emissions from fireworks fell by around 40 per cent during Diwali festivities this time as compared to 2016, according to the findings of a study which assume importance in the light of a region-wide ban on the sale of firecrackers by the Supreme Court. The …
A total of 55 new stations were supposed to be set up by the end of 2017. However, as per the report, only about 10 monitoring stations have been added so far, excluding the ones set up in Delhi. A Graded Response Action Plan was set up last year in …
The realisation that pollution is playing havoc with our lives continues to elude Indians. We are indeed living from moment to moment largely oblivious of the toxic air quality that we breathe day in and day out. Sadly, there is little thought over what we are bequeathing to the future …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 27/10/2017 regarding air pollution control in the NCT of Delhi and NCR including States of Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. The issue relates to Comprehensive Action Plan for air …
The bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta also fined the MoEF Rs 2 lakh for delay in drawing up pollution emission standards for industries using pet coke and furnace oil in NCR. THE SUPREME Court on Tuesday directed Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan to ban the use …
Furnace oil and pet-coke are the dirtiest by-products from the refinery process and use of these fuels was banned in Delhi in 1996. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday banned the use of petroleum coke -- a cheap but dirty fuel -- in New Delhi's neighbouring states, the latest …
