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 National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Noida Authority to submit a detailed report on current water use for construction activities in the city. The NGT order comes as part of an ongoing case on dewatering and groundwater misuse by builders in Noida. The green court has asked the …
Assuring a brighter tomorrow, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday announced that all districts of the Bundelkhand region would have solar power plants to cope with the prevailing power crisis in the region.Addressing a function after inaugurating the first large-scale solar plant of 10 megawatt under the Uttar Pradesh Solar …
BAREILLY: The city's health-conscious and environment-friendly citizens have a reason to cheer as the first cycle track in Bareilly is set to come up between Satellite and Shamatganj areas as part of a new four-lane road. The Bareilly Development Authority (BDA) has decided to build the track along with a …
Gairaha is not a place that usually attracts media attention. But something unusual was under way as the new year entered its second week. On January 8, the village in Bangra in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi district saw more than 10,000 farmers protesting at the local intermediate college. Incensed over the …
Vehicles more than 15 years old will now have to pay green tax if they ply on roads, and the money will be used for the protection of environment, the UP government has said. After giving a nod to the amendments in the Motor Vehicles Act in May 2014, the …
The district administration snapped power supply to 98 tanneries in Jajmau amidst tight security on the orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT). In a high-level meeting held in Lucknow on Saturday, chief secretary Alok Ranjan had cleared the decks for the action. President of Small Tanners Accociation Hafiz-Ur-Rehman said …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Vikrant Kumar Tongad Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 02/02/2015 regarding groundwater being used for construction purposes. The Tribunal also directed NOIDA Authority to submit an Affidavit before the Tribunal as to what is the …
After a recent study by IIT Kanpur revealed that carbon pollution around the Taj was causing the famed white marble of the monument to yellow, the Taj Trapezium Zone Authority has given a deadline of July 31 this year to all commercial vehicles operating around the Taj to convert to …
An RTI filed by a Greater Noida-based NGO, Social Action for Environment and Forest (SAFE), revealed that more than 27,000 trees would be axed for the construction of the 302.22 km Agra-Lucknow Greenfield expressway. It also revealed that the nodal authority responsible for the project has already started construction but …
IIHMR Dean Prof Ashok K Agarwal said the institute was willing to train government medical professionals and administrators in waste disposal management in the state Delhi-based International Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR) has offered to partner with the Uttar Pradesh government in waste disposal management for government hospitals. IIHMR …
Project Can Be Fast-Tracked As River Leg Is Shortest Government is likely to take up cleaning and rejuvenation of Ganga in Jharkhand as a “priority stretch“ since the total length passing through the stretch is shorter than the other four states -Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar and Uttarakhand.This has been …
Agra: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sent notices to Agra and seven other cities over the sharp surge in air pollution levels due to increase in number of privately-owned petrol and diesel-run vehicles. Concerned over the unbridled rise in air pollution levels in the city, the environmental protection agency …
GHAZIABAD: The water table in the densely populated Trans-Hindon region of Ghaziabad has fallen to 170 feet, a plunge of over 100 feet from the levels measured in 2000 before the construction boom started. The latest figure, inferred from a study in 2014 by the Uttar Pradesh water resources department, …
LUCKNOW: A gang of eight poachers was held from forest range in Pilibhit district in an operation lasting 48 hours. Tiger bones, teeth and meat were recovered from the gang members who had been active in Pilibhit Tiger Reserve for the past 15 months. As some strong leads about international …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Mohamd Asif Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 27/01/2015 regarding illegal mining/quarrying of earth in district Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh.
All registered cycle rickshaws will soon be replaced with electric rickshaws, under the free 'e-rickshaw' scheme of the state government. Some 407 registered rickshaw pullers of the district will benefit, officials said on Thursday. "It has been eight months since the state government issued an order to replace all registered …
Cash transfers, devolution of procurement & stocking burden, changes in MSP policy, full ops computerisation The committee constituted by the government on how to reform the Food Corporation of India (FCI) — it gave its report this week — suggested limiting foodgrain distribution under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) …
Noting that the 700 tanneries in Kanpur on the banks of Ganga were “one of the highest sources of pollution” in the river, the National Green Tribunal Tuesday (NGT) warned that it will be “compelled” to order the closure of each one of these units if all concerned do not …
The Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam (GNN) has come up with an innovative plan to encourage people to pay their house tax on time - it is mulling to provide free parking in the city for a year to residents who pay property tax. For instance, if the free parking is implemented …
The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday that it had not found any carcinogenic substance in groundwater samples taken from villages in and around Chhapraula, where a high number of cancer cases have been reported. Though the Lucknow-based Indian Institute of Toxicology …
