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 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Meera Shukla Vs. Municipal Corporation, Gorakhpur & Ors dated 15/07/2015 regarding the pollution of water bodies and river in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Counsel appearing for the Applicant contends that entire city of Gorakhpur does not …
Agra: After a gap of 17 years, the UP tourism department has set about drafting a new tourism policy. The department has proposed the development of 13 heritage walks in Agra, Lucknow, Varanasi and Mathura. There is also a 10-year plan in place for the development of tourism-related projects. Tourism …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs. Union of India & Ors dated 14/07/2015 regarding cleaning and restoring the water in river Yamuna to its pristine form. The Tribunal in its order said that "we see no reason as to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 14/07/2015 regarding growing air pollution in the entire NCT, Delhi. The Tribunal also directed all the Corporations, Forests Department, NOIDA Authority, NCT Delhi, Ghaziabad Development Authority, State …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Nityanand Mishra Vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors. dated 14/07/2015 regarding Mandakini river conservation plan. The Tribunal also asked for the latest report with regard to the water sample of Saryu Nallah entering from the …
At least 11 persons were killed after incessant rain lashed north India on Sunday, triggering landslides and damaging houses in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. Several rivers are flowing close to the danger mark. While seven persons were killed in house collapse in Uttar Pradesh, three …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Krishan Kant Singh Vs. M/s Dhampur Sugar Mills Ltd. (Unit Distillery) Dhampur Dist. Bijnor UP dated 13/07/2015 regarding discharge of industrial effluent into the Ikra Nallah, Bijnour, Uttar Pradesh leading to Ganga pollution.
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Sunita Pandey & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 13/07/2015 regarding arsenic in the ground water of District Ballia and Lakhimpur, Uttar Pradesh.
NOIDA: Across Noida, residents are complaining they are being denied potable Ganga water supply, allegedly because of silt deposits in the pipeline. This despite official claims that supply had been normalized across sectors since Tuesday. "We've normalized Ganga Jal supply since Tuesday. Almost all sectors are covered," said Samakant Srivastava, …
Madhya Pradesh is home to second largest number of manual scavengers in the country with about 23,000 people still making a living out of it according to census data of 2011 released recently. Only Maharashtra has a larger number of scavengers. This is contrary to claims of state government which …
Nearly a year after the Narendra Modi government increased the solar power target five-fold to 100 gigawatt (GW) by 2022, the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) has finalised a scheme for achieving the target through rooftop installations and solar parks housing large solar units. The solar power development …
LUCKNOW: If it was Bhagirath who brought the Ganga on the earth in the mythological era, local 'bhagiraths' are restoring the Gomti to its pristine glory in the villages along the river's course. On Sunday, the conservation of the Gomti started in Hardoi with the cleaning of wells in Tulsipur, …
NOIDA: In a statement that will surely raise a few eyebrows, Noida Authority chairman and CEO Rama Raman on Sunday said, with over 50% green cover, Noida has become India's greenest city. He added that meticulous planning has converted 10,000 out of Noida's total 20,000 hectare area green. Despite massive …
The National Green Tribunal has sought the Centre's response on a plea of an environmentalist seeking demolition of alleged constructions raised in the Hindon Bird Sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district. A bench headed by Justice U D Salvi issued notices to the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Tiger Protection Group Vs. U.O.I. & Ors. dated 03/07/2015 regarding direction to regulate the sand mining, stone quarrying and agricultural as well as fishing activity in the National Chambal Sanctuary which according to the Applicant has …
The glass industries in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad district today came under the scanner of the National Green Tribunal which sought response from the Centre and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on a plea seeking their closure. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notice to Uttar Pradesh …
AGRA: Environmentalists and activists in the Taj city on Wednesday protested against state government's move to reduce the eco-sensitive zone area limits of the Soor Sarovar lake and forest from 10km to just 250 metres. At a conference held at Youth Hostel hall here, the activists vehemently opposed the "suicidal" …
GHAZIABAD: The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday issued notices to the Union and state governments and five others regarding a wetland of 48 acres in Vasundhara, notified as Hindon Bird Sanctuary, which was allegedly sold to private builders by civic agencies. The notice was issued to the Union ministry of …
Meerut: To prevent pollution of Kali river, Meerut Cantonment Board (MCB) officials reviewed functioning of the solid waste management unit set up on its banks on Tuesday. The MCB had removed encroachments from Parikshitgarh Road in 2013 and later developed it as a trenching ground. The civic body later set …
Union minister for water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation Uma Bharati announced that an amount of Rs 20,000 crore has been sanctioned for making the Ganga pollution-free. While launching the 'Namami Gange Project' in the city for holistic cleaning of the Ganga on Monday, Uma said: "Under the project, …
