Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
GURUGRAM: There has been a 125% increase in the number of illegal mining cases in Gurugram in the past one year, revealed the response to an RTI query. As many as nine cases of illegal mining were reported from different parts of the district in 2016-17, as against four cases …
GURGAON: In a first-of-its-kind survey on the population of wildlife in and around Gurgaon, the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has found healthy numbers of 15 species — including leopard, hyena, jackal, wolf, civet, porcupine, nilgai and chinkara — in the Aravalis. Interestingly, sources said, the survey that started in …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vivek Kamboj & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 22/12/2016 regarding leachate from Bandhwari solid waste treatment plant situated on the Gurgaon-Faridabad border.The Counsel appearing for the State of Haryana submits that the financial bid for establishment of …
GURGAON: The forest department is planning to conduct a detailed study of the movement of leopards and their habitat in the Aravalis, to prepare a comprehensive conservation and protection management plan to minimise man-animal conflict. This follows the recent thrashing to death of a leopard by a mob, after it …
A government panel has approved that all non-cultivable hill land, rocky and sandy areas in the ecologically sensitive Aravalis in the entire National Capital Region (NCR), including Gurgaon and Faridabad districts, will be treated as part of the mountain range, paving the way for its protection. This will also include …
After initially denying permission, the district forest department has reluctantly given its nod to a four-day car rally through a 30-km track in the Gurgaon-Faridabad Aravali forest. The go-ahead has been given with riders, despite the district forest officials having strong reservations against such a rally. In fact, in a …
GURGAON: In a big blow to plantation drive to increase green cover in the region as many as 3,000 saplings, planted during ongoing plantation drive of forest department, was uprooted in Mohabatabad area of Aravalli in Faridabad district. The plantation was uprooted two days back to clear around 8 acre …
GURGAON: Before finalising the definition of 'forest', which is likely to end the ambiguity whether large tracts of Aravalis are forest or not, union minister of environment and forest (MoEF) Prakash Javadekar will conduct an aerial survey of Aravali in Gurgaon, Faridabad and Mewat districts of Haryana on Monday. The …
To Issue Notification To Create 500m Shield The Haryana government on Monday announced it would issue a formal notification demarcating Mangar Bani as a no-construction area. The notification will throw a protective shield around the sacred grove in the Aravalis whose preservation environmentalists have waged a long battle for. CM …
Gurgaon: Four months after the Haryana government demarcated a large part of the Mangarbani groves as a 'no construction zone' in February this year, it has failed to come up with a gazette notification declaring Mangarbani and its buffer area as a protected 'forest'. Environmentalists on Sunday wrote a letter …
Gurgaon: Around 51,000 hectares of land in Haryana have been classified as natural conservation zones (NCZ) by the state's five NCR districts, more than double the 22,000 hectares marked in the first draft that drew criticism and was rejected. The fresh draft has also put another 11,000 hectares of land …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vivek Kamboj & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 17/05/2016 regarding disposal of waste in Aravali Hills, Haryana. Any person who is found to be throwing muck or waste in that area, the Authorities are at liberty to …
Notwithstanding the action against illegal units engaged in dyeing, washing or electroplating steel sheets, hundreds of units are reportedly operating. The number could be around 300, claimed sources in the department concerned. The Haryana Pollution Control Board (HPCB) sealed about 150 units in the past few months. “The industrial area …
The National Green Tribunal has summoned officials of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana government for their failure to curb illegal sand mining on the floodplains of river Yamuna, already banned by the green panel. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed all concerned officers of Haryana and UP, …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of State of Haryana Vs Eros City Developers Pvt. Ltd. and Others dated 19/01/2016 regarding acquisition of land measuring 129 kanals 14 marlas in village Lakarpur, District Faridabad. These appeals are directed against judgment and order dated 21.01.2008, passed by …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of National Green Tribunal Bar Association Vs. MoEF & Ors. dated 02/11/2015 regarding illegal, unauthorized and unscientific mining in the river bed of Yamuna. According to the Applicant illegal mining is occuring on both sides of River Yamuna, one falling in …
Delhi Metro services halted for 15 minutes As strong tremors jolted the national capital on Monday afternoon, the Delhi government immediately activated its disaster management teams. People frantically rushed out of their houses and offices as the tremors lasted for over a minute. The Delhi Metro services were briefly halted …
Groundwater pollution in Aravalis caused by tonnes of untreated waste lying near defunct Bandhwari waste treatment plant is leading to diseases like skin lesions, bloody diarrhoea and dermatitis among people from neighbouring villages. Meenu, a 7-year-old boy from Bandhwari village and Raju, a 23-year-old man from Dera village, have developed …
Health authorities fix Rs 600 for test at private hospitals | Release phone number for registering complaints The number of dengue positive cases in the district has risen to 45. It is just two short of the total of 47 cases registered last year. The district had the highest number …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of M/s Mahabir Stone Crushing Co. Ltd. Vs. Haryana State Pollution Control Board dated 21/07/2015 regarding stone crushing units consent to operate, Haryana. Learned Counsel appearing for Faridabad Municipal Corporation submits that there is adequate water supply …
