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 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Green Earth Vs Dy. Commissioner, Kurukshetra & Others dated 01/07/2022. The applicant filed the application for issuance of directions to the concerned authorities not to cut any tree standing in Jyotisar Tirth, Kurukshetra and to ensure de-concretization of roots of …
Water ATMs will be installed in gram panchayats of the Ladwa Assembly constituency of Kurukshetra district to provide cheap and clean potable water to people. There are 141 gram panchayats in the constituency and all of them would be covered in a phased manner. The resident will be able to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Suman, Sarpanch, Village Panchayat Dhola Majra, Sahabad, Markanda Vs State of Haryana dated 03/05/2019 regarding air pollution being caused by coal kilns in Gram Dhol Majara, Tehsil Shahbad, District Kurushetra, Haryana by using hard coal furnaces, adversely affecting the health …
The state government has identified nearly 1,000 acres in 10 districts to boost organised chemical-free farming. Under the project, two clusters of 50 acres have been developed to reduce the use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides in the identified fields. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will launch the project in …
Even as the Haryana Government has announced to celebrate a three-day Saraswati Mahotsav from next week, a central panel of experts has yet to furnish any scientific evidence on the river that ceased to exist more than 10,000 years ago. Union Minister Uma Bharti and Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Indian Council for Enviro-Legal Action (ICELA) Vs. Dy. Commissioner & Others dated 21/07/2015 regarding de-concretization of trees, Kurukshetra. The Applicant is seeking directions to the respondents – Deputy Commissioner Kurukshetra and Kurukshetra Development Board to deconcretize/remove …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Indian Council for Enviro-Legal Action (ICELA) Vs. Dy. Commissioner & Others dated 03/07/2015 regarding de-concretization of trees at Jyotisar part of Kurukshetra and upon such consultation have actually de-concretized the ancient holy Banyan trees removed all …
Thousands of years after the epic Kurukshetra battle, National Green Tribunal (NGT) did an Arjuna act recently to protect the mythological banyan tree under which Lord Krishna is believed to have delivered the message of Bhagavad Gita. Considered to be more than 5,000 years old, the banyan tree at Jyotisar …
Even though the government has selected 100 districts across the country where various measures are being taken to improve the child sex ratio, discrimination against the girl child still remains a matter of concern in Kurukshetra. In Haripur village, Kurukshetra, the sex ratio is a dismal 250 girls per 1,000 …
The Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday quashed the auction of various minor mineral units in Haryana and directed the state to conduct the process again after holding fresh survey and demarcation of the quarries. The auction, quashed by this order, was held in November 2013. A division bench …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Mohinder Singh & Others Vs State of Haryana dated 05/08/2014 regarding Land Acquisition Act, 1894, intending to acquire 327.52 acres in village Patti Jhambra, Shahabad in District Kurukshetra for a public purpose namely to develop and utilize the land …
Participating in the ongoing parliamentary elections is the last thing on their mind. Evicted from their land and facing continued hostility from the village panchayat, hundreds of Sikh families living in Kupian Palt, near Pehowa, in Haryana’s Kurukshetra district have decided to boycott the election on April 10. It has …
As many as 1,240 samples of drinking water in five districts-- Karnal, Kurukshetra, Panipat, Kaithal and Yamunanagar-- have failed purity tests in the last one year. They were not found safe as per the parameters. As per the report of the Intermediate Reference Laboratory (IRL), out of the 2,772 samples …
Tension prevailed at Umri village today when villagers objected to the move of the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) to acquire about 70 acres of land. HUDA officials along with the police went to the village to take possession of the land, but angry farmers stopped them. According to farmers, …
Rejects popular belief that biggest threat to the species is from mobile tower radiations Contrary to the popular notion that radiations from mobile towers are the biggest enemy of house sparrows, the species is rather being pushed towards extinction by large-scale use of pesticides. These results have been established by …
With a view to create awareness among people towards protection of wildlife, Haryana forest department will observe Wildlife Safety Week in the State from October 4. While stating this here on Thursday, an official spokesperson said that the Department will organize a State level Wildlife Week Celebrations at village Ledi …
While amending the law to allow continued possession of farm land to about 3700 farmers who faced eviction, the Haryana Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution appealing to the Gujarat Government to stop the process of displacement farmers of Punjab and Haryana origin from the Rann of Kutch. Speaking …
Sewage treatment plants require environment clearance before being set up, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) today held while halting the construction of such a unit in village Narkatari in Kurukshetra district of Haryana. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar gave the ruling saying that in order to …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Kehar Singh Vs State of Haryana dated 12/09/2013 regarding establishing a sewage treatment plant.
Attempting to ascertain whether the skewed sex ratio in three northern districts of India has led to a change in sex-selective behaviour and related practices, this study finds that a shortage of brides is associated with willingness to compromise on rules of clan exogamy, and with a reduced demand for …
