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 …
Chak Nirtaul residents took to streets on Thursday against the pathetic supply of potable water. Angry residents raised slogans against Jal Sansthan and accused it of turning a blind eye towards their woes. Shyam Sunder Singh Patel, who was leading the agitation, said: "We are facing water crisis in this …
One of the initial tasks in hand for the Modi government should be to restore the ecological flow of the Ganga, environmentalists say “Mujhe Ma Ganga ne bulaya hai (Mother Ganga has summoned me)” was a slogan that worked magic for the would-be prime minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi. A …
Exploring an alternative to the existing long and cumbersome process of land acquisition, the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) on Thursday invited consultants for defining a framework for a land-pooling policy. Land at present is acquired according to the provisions of the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. …
NOIDA: The National Green Tribunal has directed the district magistrate and SSP of Gautam Budh Nagar to reply to a resident's plea alleging that failure on the part of city authorities to check rising noise pollution levels in Noida has affected the health of people living in the city. The …
To bring vehicular pollution under control, the state government has made 'green tax' mandatory for all motor vehicles in Uttar Pradesh. All vehicles over 15 years old will have to pay green tax soon, officials said. The UP cabinet has given a go ahead to the amendment in the UP …
Marine Fauna Dying, Offenders Never Held Some 25 years back, Gomti had a thriving ecosystem which gave the river its special character. “The river was full of fishes, crabs, prawns and turtles with water birds and small birds feeding on its fauna and nesting on trees on its banks. But …
PM-elect Narendra Modi is yet to take Oath of Office but the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has already started making efforts to bring his promises to fruition. The National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA), functioning under the MoEF, has called a meeting of its members to review the …
Taking serious note of a Times of India report on toxic water causing health havoc in 80 villages of trans Ganga and Yamuna areas, the National Human Right Commission (NHRC) has asked the district administration and health department to submit a 'requisite report' on or before May 30. "We received …
Encroachment And Silting Biggest Problems River Faces In Madho Tanda, Pilibhit, the originating point of Gomti, at least 33 villages encroach the river. This was the situation three years back, when district administration tried to rid Gomti's banks of encroachments after Gomti yatra, an awareness march by civil society organisations, …
VARANASI: Even if all the Banarasis start to act according to the call given by Bharatiya Janata Party MP Narendra Modi, there is little chance that the holy city can get a cleaner look in near future. The reason is the failure of ambitious solid waste management (SWM) project that …
Even before he enters parliament as MP of Varanasi and India's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has already started development plans for his parliamentary constituency as well as the rest of the country. Sources in the government told TOI, Team Modi has reached out to the bureaucracy and sounded the bugle …
The river Gomti is reeling under multiple ailments which need a multi-pronged treatment. More than promises, a strong political will and sustained development plan are needed to revive the city's lifeline. Most of the river's 24 tributaries have dried up due to extensive deforestation, frequent change in land use and …
One of the dream projects of Samajwadi Party— to clean Sheesh Mahal pond and beautify its surroundings— has taken a toll on the ground water table of adjoining areas in Old City. The pond had been at the receiving end of sewage and drainage outflow from neighbouring localities because of …
Water level in the Gomti has been declining constantly with soaring heat. The situation got worse on Sunday when it reached the critical mark of 345.5 feet, beyond which it would be difficult for Jal Sansthan to run Gaughat pumping station supplying water to over 20 lakh people in the …
The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) has issued demolition notices to encroachers on the Sahibabad drain and the green belt near Vaishali Metro station, and has given them time till May 20 to reply, failing which the unauthorized constructions will be demolished. The notices have been issued in accordance with the …
The Allahabad High Court on Thursday set aside the notification dated November 9, 2009 by which the land at Hazratpur in Greater NOIDA was acquired by the state government for planned industrial development. Under this notification, 73 hectares of land was acquired by the state government through Greater NOIDA Industrial …
UPA-II had dumped the project Buoyed up with BJP’s victory in general elections, state chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said he will expedite his demand for Ken-Betwa river linking project. The UPA-II had dumped the project. The project will be on top priority once Narendra Modi takes the saddle …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Syed Fareed Husain Vs. Municipal Commissioner, Nagar Nigam, Bareilly & Ors. dated 16/05/2014 regarding municipal waste physically dumped into Nallah and burnt in open spaces, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. Previous Orders
With the onset of summer, surge in cases of diarrhea has raised concern of authorities in the state capital. Within five days there were more than 100 cases reported of people suffering from diarrhoea after consuming contaminated water. Talking to TOI, medical superintendent of Sarojninagar community health center Dr A …
The daily hassle of checking whether garbage from your locality has been lifted or not may soon end with Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) distributing GPS (global positioning system)-enabled handsets to its sanitary inspectors tracking their daily movement across localities. A GPS tracking unit is a device that helps determine precise …
