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 (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 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 (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Prafulla Samantray Vs Union of India & Others dated 23/03/2022. The matter related to the grant of environmental clearance, February 2, 2021 granted by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change to M/s Neyveli Lignite …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Nabin Kisan Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 06/01/2022. A joint committee in its report to the Tribunal said that the Belpahar Municipality has not provided proper drainage, network for collection of waste water including …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Nabin Kisan Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 18/06/2021. An application was filed in the NGT by Nabin Kisan, a farmer saying that the Belpahar municipality is constructing a new sewerage line by diverting it …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ajit Kumar Dhal Vs The State of Odisha & Others dated 15/04/2021. The matter related to dumping of fly ash over land and ponds in the area (Mouza-Junarimunda, District Jharsuguda) by M/s Vedanta Limited thereby completely destroying the land and …
Between 2020 and June 2020, several ash pond accidents have been reported across India. These accidents have caused deaths, extensive pollution of the water, air, soil and loss of property. Unfortunately, the public outrage associated with coal ash pollution remains limited to big disasters. The slow poisoning of communities living …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Bijay Mishra Vs Sumitra Kumar Shah & Others dated 26/05/2020. The matter related to disposal of coal ash into the ash pond by an industrial unit – M/s. Jai Hanuman Udyog Ltd., Jharsuguda, Odisha engaged in manufacture of pig iron, …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Non Violence Again Vs Vedanta Limited & Others dated 13/11/2017 regarding illegal and unauthorized use of forest land in Jharsuguda by Vedanta Limited. The Applicant states that Vedanta Ltd. formerly known as Vedanta Alumina Ltd. used …
JHARSUGUDA: The district administration of Jharsuguda banned use of polythene carry bags below 50 microns from Sunday. In this context collector (Jharsuguda) Bibhuti Bhusan Patnaik said, "We have made people aware of the ill-effects of the use of polythene." "We also discussed with various social organisations and merchant associations and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Sundar Naik Vs Vedanta Alumina Limited & Others dated 02/01/2017 regarding pollution caused by Vedanta Alumina Limited, Jharsuguda District, Odisha. The report filed by the Odisha State PCB states that the ambient air quality with regard …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Sundar Naik Vs Vedanta Alumina Limited & Others dated 07/09/2016 regarding pollution caused by Vedanta Alumina Limited, Jharsuguda District, Odisha. National Green Tribunal directs the Odisha State PCB to study ambient air quality of the village …
Even as heavy rain and landslides force cancellation of trains between Guwahati and Silchar The mercury level remained above 40 degrees Celsius in 13 places of Odisha on Wednesday with Sonepur the hottest place at 44.2 degrees C, while the sunstroke toll remained at 14. The number of alleged sunstroke …
The coal-rich Belpahar town is facing acute water shortage. A few deep bore wells and tubewells provided by the Belpahar Municipality earlier have been the only means of drinking water for the water stressed public. The locals also get water supplied in tankers by the MCL and municipal authorities, but …
The Water Initiative Odisha (WIO) has said the Super Thermal Power Plant (STPP) being set up by the National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) at Lara on the Chhattisgarh-Odisha border would have a “devastating impact” on the Mahanadi, local ecology and people’s livelihoods in at least six gram panchayats in …
Sambalpur/Jharsuguda/BALASORE: The flood situation in Sambalpur and Jharsuguda districts remained grim even as rain stopped towards the evening on Tuesday. Traffic between Sambalpur and Rourkela was suspended after Bheden river water flowed over the SH-10 near Kherwal bridge. Jharsuguda district authorities deployed two platoons of police force to ensure no …
New rules: Govt lifts moratorium for such clearances, to "re-assess" Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index on the basis of which 43 polluted areas in the country were being identified. In a step which would certainly evoke protests from environmentalists, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has lifted a moratorium …
Newly appointed chief executive officer of Vedanta Resources Tom Albanese has told the company’s board and workforce that the fatality rates at its mining operations is “unacceptable”. In the FY14 annual report, uploaded on its website on Wednesday, Albanese said he is conducting a personal and thorough appraisal of the …
Consideration of projects for environmetnal clearance based on Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI) - reimposing of moratorium in respect of critically polluted areas and projects/activities to be allowed in critically Polluted Areas under moratorium.
New Delhi : Given the widening coal demand-supply mismatch, officials of the coal ministry have requested the new minister Piyush Goyal to pitch for the opening up commercial coal mining to the private sector. The ministry officials in a presentation for the minister, which would also be put before PM, …
