Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Kamal Tiwari Vs Union of India & Others dated 27/05/2025. The Principal Chief Conservator of Forest and Chief Wildlife Warden, Rajasthan stated that a high level meeting to review the progress on the demarcation of Nahargarh …
Jaipur: If the National Green Tribunal's (NGT) orders are enforced by the state government, the monsoon of 2017 holds hope for the dying Sambhar Salt Lake. The central zonal bench of NGT has directed the Rajasthan government to cancel allotments of salt pans in Sambhar Salt Lake that fall within …
Jaipur: Scrutiny of records of mining department by Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) validated the rampant corruption existing in the department. Findings indicated that officials in cahoots with mine owners in flouting norms and giving undue benefits to them. In the audit, it was observed that applicants were …
Power Minister Piyush Goyal today squarely held human beings responsible for the climate challenge, saying they can address it ultimately. "It is time that human beings understood that climate change is a challenge caused by humans only and ultimately it is humans who can address it," Goyal said while addressing …
JAISALMER: The Census on Schedule I species, including Godawan (Great Indian Bustard), began on Sunday at the Desert National Park (DNP) and other areas of Barmer, Jaisalmer and Jodhpur. The survey will be marked by mammoth efforts by volunteers and frontline staff to systematically collect data by covering over 20,000 …
Jaipur/Jodhpur: Swine flu claimed one more in the state taking the toll to six since January so far. Health department has issued alert on H1N1 influenza as deaths have reported from different districts too. Besides, a 40-year-old person was tested positive for swine flu in Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sumitra Devi Vs. CPCB & Others dated 17/03/2017 regarding pollution at the industrial complex at Bhiwadi, Rajasthan. Central Pollution Control Board submits that the 10 industries which were referred in their Report and the Order of the Tribunal are not …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Villagers of Village Korna & Ors. Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors. dated 16/03/2017 regarding proposed power substation in Korna village, Pachpadra tehsil, Barmer district, Rajasthan. NGT directs the Forest Department to submit its views on …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Bharat Kumar Jain & Others Vs. Union of India & Others dated 14/03/2017 regarding pollution of Nakki lake, Mount Abu, Rajasthan. National Green Tribunal directs a team to be constituted which shall submit a report with …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Santosh Mittal & Ors Vs. State of Rajasthan & Others dated 14/03/2017 regarding illegal mining in Alwar, Rajasthan. The stone crushers in Harayana had been receiving illegal raw material in the form of mineral from Rajasthan. …
The Sardar Samand Lake in Pali district will now be developed as a conservation reserve. In a recent judgment, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has restrained RIICO from proceeding with the industrial park development work around Sardar Samand Lake and directed the state government to preserve the lake and remove …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vikrant Kumar Tongad Vs. Environment Pollution (Prevention Control) Authority & Others dated 07/03/2017 regarding crop residue burning in the states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan and NCT Delhi.The states would take clear instructions and place on record the effective …
It is widely acknowledged that top-down support is essential for bottom-up participatory projects to be effectively implemented at scale. However, which level of government, national or sub-national, should be given the responsibility to implement such projects is an open question, with wide variations in practice. This paper analyzes qualitative and …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 06/03/2017 regarding pet coke and furnace oil causing pollution in Delhi NCR. Supreme Court points out that the Report prepared by EPCA in consultation with the representatives of the …
Scrub typhus, a potentially fatal rickettsial infection, is common in India. It usually presents with acute febrile illness along with multi-organ involvement caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi. As there was an outbreak of scrub typhus in the Hadoti region of Rajasthan and there is a paucity of data from this region, …
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 15 of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (Central Act No. 67 of 1957), the State Government hereby makes the following rules for regulating the grant of quarry licence, mining lease and other mineral concessions in respect of minor …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s Rahul Texo Print Vs. Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board & Ors dated 27/02/2017 regarding pollution caused by the printing industry - M/s Rahul Texo Print in Balotra, Rajasthan.
In another step towards reducing carbon footprints, three more stations, Falna, Rani and Marwar, of North Western Railway's (NWR) Ajmer division will get solar plants from Thursday which will generate 210kw energy by saving electricity of Rs 21.3 lakh. Currently, Ajmer and other railway stations have been solar powered. In …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Tilok Ram Vs State of Rajasthan dated 20/02/2017 regarding illegal mining in the catchment area of the Sardar Samand Lake in Distric Pali, Rajasthan. National Green Tribunal in the Judgement directs that mining/ stone crusher or …
Rajasthan has only 31 MW approved/sanctioned projects under Grid connected roof-top and small solar power plants programme. Rajasthan has lagged behind neighbours like Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Gujarat in new and renewable energy despite holding a huge potential in the sector. According to Union ministry of new and renewable energy …
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the governments of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) to chalk out a comprehensive plan to check air pollution in the Capital. A bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur asked them …
