Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
The state government has extensive plans for Gomti's channelization and riverfront development but the environment experts are more concerned about constantly shrinking river-flow. Studies suggest that Gomti's flow has deteriorated almost by 50% in last 40 years. While experts fear that river is confronted with two major problems- the drying …
LUCKNOW: The groundwater level is going down alarmingly in western UP districts. Meerut has seen maximum depletion where the water table is going down by an average of 91cm annually. The groundwater atlas released by the UP groundwater department on the concluding day of the Groundwater Week on Wednesday paints …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday ordered a ban on burning of waste in this holy town in Uttar Pradesh. On a petition filed by activist Madhu Mangal Shukla, the tribunal asked the municipality to look for a land fill site and submit a report within four weeks. It …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Sunita Pandey & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 23/07/2015 regarding arsenic in the ground water of District Ballia, Uttar Pradesh.
A parliamentary panel has voiced concern over industrial pollution in the Taj Trapezium Zone Authority area "adversely" affecting the Taj Mahal and said that it was "aghast" at the lack of administrative set up and budgetary allocation in the Zone. The Taj Trapezium Zone Authority (TTZ) was set up to …
The report alleged that the former Agra DFO had allegedly felled 8,000 trees in the Babarpur area and another 4,000 trees in the 500 metre radius around the Taj Mahal — an ESZ. The National Green Tribunal has directed an inquiry into the alleged felling and sale of 4,000 trees …
LUCKNOW: Gomti, which is considered to be the lifeline of Lucknow and for its citizens, is now in grip of Arsenic contamination. And if the findings of a research article are to be believed, then the level of Arsenic toxicity in this river (in Lucknow) exceeds twice the permissible limit …
AGRA: National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday set up an independent inquiry under noted environmentalist MC Mehta into the alleged illegal felling and sale of 4,000 trees in the special eco-sensitive zone near the Taj Mahal. A former district forest officer (DFO) is allegedly responsible for the loss of these …
The PIL had alleged that polluting industrial units, factories using chemicals and brick kilns were destroying the ground water quality in Loni, Pilkhuwa and Moradnagar blocks of Ghaziabad. The Allahabad High Court has directed the District Magistrate and the top officials of the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) in …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench,New Delhi) in the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 21/07/2015 regarding dumping of construction debris belonging to DMRC lying at Mayur Vihar to Srai Kale Khan, near old Pantoon Road.
Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests present this Two Hundred and Sixty-second Report on 'Effects of Pollution on Taj'. The Committee heard the various officers of Central Government and State Government of Uttar Pradesh on the subject in its meeting held on 10th January, 2015. …
The Authority has fined 50 developers Rs 50,000 each, after they were found violating the 2010 construction guidelines of the Union ministry of environment and forest (MoEF). The authority also fined two health department officials Rs 5,000 each for not initiating action against the violators. The move follows the National …
NOIDA: In a major setback to thousands of home buyers affected by the eco-sensitive zone declared retrospectively by the NGT around Okhla Bird Sanctuary (OBS), the state stamp and registration department on Sunday said they will be unable to provide them any relief, and that home buyers will have to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Brij Mohan Yadav. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 20/07/2015 regarding illegal mechanical mining going on right in the heart of the river Ken at Raipur Village, District Banda, Uttar Pradesh.
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tribunal on its own Motion Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. dated 20/07/2015 regarding cutting of 4000 trees in the Taj Eco Zone. The Tribunal in its order requested Mr. M.C. Mehta to visit the sites in Agra and …
Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley at a NITI Aayog meeting in New Delhi. Ten big states, most of those ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its alliance partners, on Wednesday sought to unshackle themselves from the logjam over amendments to …
The Akhilesh government has landed itself in another controversy by issuing a directive to all district magistrates and chairpersons of the district road safety committees to impose a strict ban on scenes in films, commercials, or television series that show violation of road safety rules. UP transport commissioner K. Ravindra …
Pilibhit: Tuberculosis is one of the biggest killers in the country, but its numbers have been declining since the Directly Observed Treatment Short Course (DOTS) programme came into effect in 2003. However, the latest statistics provided by the health department of Pilibhit reveal that the number of TB cases reported …
The Union Government has said that the river inter-linking programme was crucial for water and food security, and sought the cooperation of the States in implementing it. The Ken-Bewta link between Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh will be the first project. Chairing the fifth meeting of the Special Committee for …
ALLAHABAD: The black buck conservation project launched in 2010 in forest around upcoming Meja Thermal Power Plant has failed to take off. Despite availability of funds, the project is still confined to only 35 hectares against proposed 200 hectares in three villages. While the forest department has failed to acquire …
