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 …
Sources said that the committee will request the NGT to ask the Uttar Pradesh government to address the issue. An inspection carried out by an expert committee constituted on the orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has found that the main issue of pollution with respect to the Hindon …
The Centre is now facing one of its biggest challenges in cleaning up Ganga -Kanpur's Sisamau Nala, the dirtiest open drain of the stretch. The drain discharges the highest amount of untreated sewage (138 MLD) into the river. The river also passes through one of the most populated and congested …
Madhya Pradesh government on Thursday sharply refused to release water from the Bansagar Dam to Uttar Pradesh. A meeting was held between the two state government water resources departments in the presence of Union minister Uma Bharati to resolve the issue of water sharing from the dam. A Madhya Pradesh …
Kanhar Irrigation Project was dormant for nearly 40 years before Uttar Pradesh govt set about reviving it. This has led to violent protests by villagers it will displace, police firing and opposition from two states. From Sonbhadra in UP and Jhara in Chhattisgarh, Maulshree Seth reports. Akloo Parhiya was 10 …
Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh appear to be on warpath over sharing water from the Bansagar dam across the Sone river. Last week, Madhya Pradesh flatly refused to share water with Uttar Pradesh due to the dispute over operational expenses, forcing the latter to knock at the Centre's door. Though …
LUCKNOW: The mysterious Shahi Baoli at Bara Imambara, which dried up about a decade ago, would be revived soon. The Archaeological Survey of India has engaged the hydrology department of IIT-Kanpur and Central Groundwater Board to explore possibilities of rainwater harvesting to restore water level in the baoli. "Experts from …
LUCKNOW: With payment issues between LMC and its contractor finally resolved, the latter has committed to begin operation of solid waste treatment plant in Shivri by June 20. The project, which started in 2007 under the Centre's JNNURM scheme, has been moving at snail's pace due to several procedural bottlenecks, …
NOIDA: The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday directed the Union environment and forest ministry (MoEF) to present the expert committee report on the River Regulation Zone while hearing a plea against encroachments on the floodplains of the Yamuna and Hindon. The tribunal told the government it wants the report by …
Shimla, May 20: As the Modi government has pushed 175-m-high Renukaji Dam that will supply 23 cumecs water to Delhi in deep freeze, the state government has sought Rs 1,981.35 crore assistance to start work on the project or it will cancel the land awards given to the project-affected villages, …
Agra/Vrindavan: District officials here have been visiting the banks of the Yamuna for the past couple of days to gather information about encroachments on the river-bed. This follows a notice issued by the National Green Tribunal. The Agra Development Authority, municipal corporation and the Agra district magistrate have to respond …
There is nothing one can do, except approaching a court Imagine buying a house by liquidating crucial investments and taking a huge loan. When it’s time for you to move in, the government declares it illegal. This is exactly what happened with buyers in two separate cases in Noida. In …
India plans to order 80 billion-rupees ($1.3 billion) of sewage plants before next June to clean waste water in 118 towns on the banks of the Ganges, its holiest river, according to the nation’s water ministry. The government, which is working on 50 treatment projects, will call for tenders to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter Naweda Tanners & Others Vs U.P. P.C.B. dated 19/05/2015 regarding industrial pollution of river Ganga especially by tanneries. The Tribunal also directed that " all the industries shall install the electromagnetic flow meters as indicated in the …
To save the children from the scourge of killer encephalitis the state government has decided to start a massive vaccination programme in which children up to 15 years of age would be vaccinated with ante-encephalitis vaccines. “This year we want to minimize the loss of precious lives due to encephalitis …
The National Green Tribunal today sought response from the Centre and Uttar Pradesh government on a plea seeking directions to implement an emergency plan to prevent pollution and contamination of rivers in western UP. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued the notice to the Ministry of …
Varanasi Municipal Corporation's employees flout National Green Tribunal (NGT) ban daily by burning mounds of garbage in open. While many are unaware of the ban on burning garbage in the open, a few knowledgeable ones did take up the issue with authorities. However, they soon wilted under the official indifference. …
The order comes as a relief for flat owners and builders and will impact around 65 villages of Noida and Greater Noida In a major respite to around 1.5 lakh home buyers, the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the land acquisitions made by the UP government between 2006 and 2009 …
Union culture and tourism minister Mahesh Sharma asserted in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that the Taj was not yellowing, denying such reports in the press. He said the Taj was in good state of preservation, and no international experts have been engaged for any restoration so far, as earlier …
Kanpur: The only mantra that can protect an individual during tremors is an earthquake resistant building, says IIT-K civil engineering department's Prof Durgesh Rai. Stating that around 30 multi-storey buildings situated in posh areas of the city were not earthquake resistant, the professor urged citizens to be cautious while purchasing …
Meerut: Barely two weeks after the National Green Tribunal on April 28 ordered a blanket ban on burning waste in the open to rein in rising atmospheric pollution levels in Delhi and the national capital region, sanitary workers in Meerut - barely 70km away from the national capital - were …
