Affidavit by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Sisir Kumar Panda Vs Union of India & Others dated 20/05/2025. The issue pertained to the removal of illegal construction/obstruction caused by the state authorities as well as the private persons in the ecological sensitive zone …
Affidavit by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Sisir Kumar Panda Vs Union of India & Others dated 20/05/2025. The issue pertained to the removal of illegal construction/obstruction caused by the state authorities as well as the private persons in the ecological sensitive zone …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Swarup Kumar Rath Vs Union of India & Others dated 15/05/2025. Additional Government Advocate appearing for the state of Odisha stated that the work of restoration of Suka Paika canal is almost nearing completion and is expected to be completed …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Nabin Kisan Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 15/05/2025. The matter related to discharge of wastewater by the municipality of Belpahar on the applicants land. The affidavit filed by the District Magistrate, Jharsuguda, May 14, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Giri Gobardhan Forest Committee Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 15/05/2025. The Applicant Giri Gobardhan Forest Committee has filed the application alleging illegal felling of trees over an area of around 5 acres within the …
Reply filed by the Director, Environment-cum-Special Secretary, Forest, Environment and Climate Change Department, Odisha and Member Secretary, Odisha Coastal Zone Management Authority, May 1, 2025. NGT, had registered suo motu in response to the news item in the Hindu, May 4, 2024 titled "Swell waves likely to strike coastal areas …
Compliance affidavit by Tahasildar, Jaleswar, District Balasore dated April 22, 2025 in the matter of news item titled "Odisha erection of sand walls in Subarnarekha worries villagers in Jaleswar" which appeared in the New Indian Express dated May 16, 2024. The matter related to erecting of walls in the Subarnarekha …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Haripriya Patel Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 24/03/2025. The matter related to the dumping yard at Baliapanda which is situated 50-100 meter away from Puri sea beach and a few km away from Puri …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Madanmohan Rout Vs Nilakanteswar Dev & Others dated 05/12/2024. The matter related to encroachment of a water body, Chandan Polchari situated in village Gopinathpur, district Puri, Odisha. It was alleged that the water body has started …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Santanu Kumar Bhukta Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 29/04/2024. The matter is related to illegal mining of metal quarry-1 in village Nihalprasad, tahasil Gondia, district Dhenkanal. Additional Government Advocate appearing on behalf of the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Pradip Kumar Pattnaik Vs Union of India & Others dated 24/04/2024. The applicant, Pradip Kumar Pattnaik challenged the creation of an artificial concrete island which was obstructing the free flow of perennial water source of river …
As India’s clean energy transition gathers pace, declining revenue from fossil fuels could disproportionately affect its coal-producing states. At the same time, state governments that depend on fossil fuel revenue will face increased budgetary pressures to ensure an equitable and just transition. This briefing note assesses the potential fiscal implications …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Bhagabat Sahoo & Others Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 20/03/2024. The matter related to illegally extracting sand without valid EC, CTO and mining plan in Dhamnagar tahasil, Bhadrak district, Odisha. According to the application …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Chinmay Das Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 18/03/2024. The matter related to contamination of groundwater around the dump site at Baliapanda, Puri, Odisha. The NGT said that the report of the Central Ground Water …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Youth United for Sustainable Environmental Trust Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 12/03/2024. The matter related to illegal sand mining in Brahmani river at Gopinathpur. Approach road has been constructed which is obstructing the free …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Akash Kalo Vs M/s JSW Bhushan Power and Steel Limited & Others dated 12/03/2024. The allegation of the applicant is that M/s JSW Bhushan Power and Steel Limited, is causing illegal deposition of raw iron dust …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Sridhar Samal Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 06/03/2024. The matter related to pollution caused by Talcher Coalfield under Mahanadi Coalfields Limited in the course of its operation. It was said that on a daily …
The implementation of the Forest Rights Act has largely overlooked claims for community forest rights and is fraught with exclusionary practices due to misconceptions about its applicability, according to a new report. The report was published in March and conducted by Delhi-based NGO Call for Justice, with a committee chaired …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Maa Durga Primary Fisherman Co. Operative Society Ltd. Vs Ministry of Fisheries Animal Husbandary and Dairying dated 06/02/2024. The applicant, a cooperative Society has filed the application seeking issuance of directions to respondents inter alia to frame concrete guidelines to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Jitendra Kumar Pradhan Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 05/02/2024. The matter related to an infrastructure company (Aditya Construction) engaged in various construction works and extracting earth/morrum from various places. It was alleged that the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Bibhu Dash & Others Vs Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation & Others dated 05/02/2024. The affidavit of the Odisha State Pollution Control Board stated that the STP cannot be constructed because the sewage outflow of Manorama Estates Welfare Society to their …
