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 …
Terming a sugar mill and distillery in Ghaziabad “serious polluter” churning out tonnes of untreated sulphurous effluent in the Ganga, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday directed the Centre, the Uttar Pradesh Government and the National Ganga River Basin Authority to hold a meeting within a week to work …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday directed the UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) to issue notices to all industries within the state located on the banks of the Ganga, that are polluting the river by discharging untreated effluents into its waters. The list of these industries had been submitted …
A two-day workshop on "Simulation modelling and climate change: Issues and challenges" organized by Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University (BHU) began on Monday. Speaking on the occasion, RD Singh, director, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee said that adaptation to the climate change is really a big …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Giriraj Parikrama Sanrakshan Sansthan & Ors. Vs. Department of Environment & Forests & Ors. dated 22/04/2014 regarding cutting of trees in the town of Govardhan in Mathura district. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/194-2014(MApp)_22Apr2014.pdf
KANPUR: The municipal corporation is planning to introduce capsules made of fibre to collect garbage. "We are introducing clean green capsule for collecting the garbage. We had been asked to develop clean green houses so that garbage could not be spread on the roads," municipal commissioner RN Bajpai said. Giving …
Sometimes, a shard of reality can raise serious doubts about what looks like a grand feat. A small study of water samples from urban and rural households declared as getting drinking water from "improved" sources has shown that about 42% of urban and 60% of rural households were actually getting …
The Allahabad High Court on Thursday deferred till May 1 the hearing of a PIL seeking stopping of construction within 200 meters on the both the banks of the Ganga in Varanasi. Earlier, as per the direction of the court, social activist Vrinda Dar, who is appearing in this case …
Located deep in the Dudhwa National Tiger Reserve, barely 10 km west of the Gauri-Phanta checkpost along the India-Nepal border, Nijhota village has little relevance on the political map of Uttar Pradesh. The last village on Indian soil along the international borders, Nijhota has seen little political activity this poll …
KANPUR: Short supply of water from lower Ganga canal has worried the officials of Jal Sansthan and they have asked the irrigation department to maintain proper supply, otherwise water scarcity would deepen. In a letter to irrigation department secretary, Jal Sansthan had urged to maintain proper water supply round-the-clock. Irrigation …
KANPUR: Jal Sansthan will soon take action against those citizens who are disposing off their sewer and waste in open drain. The organization issued a warning ordering residents to connect their home sewer line with main line. Disposal of sewer water in open drain was an offence and punishable. BK …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Amit Kumar V/s U.O.I. & Ors. dated 17/04/2014 regarding illegal and unauthorized construction works undertaken within 10 KM radius of the Okhla Bird Sanctuary. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/158-2013(OA)_17Apr2014.pdf
The Jal Kal department has responded to an RTI query that the water supply in city is pure and fit for drinking and that people use RO and filters only for their satisfaction, though it is not required. The response has raised many eyebrows as complaints of contaminated supply have …
Environmental activists in Gautam Budh Nagar have written to the Uttar Pradesh chief secretary to stop rampant concretization of public spaces in Noida and Greater Noida. In a letter to the chief secretary, activists of social action for forests & environment (SAFE) highlighted instances of large-scale concretization underway in Delta …
Every day, the district produces 300 tonnes of municipal waste. The Greater Noida Authority is planning to built a waste-to-energy plant — the district’s first solid waste management plant — in the Sector-123 area of Greater Noida. Every day, the district produces over 300 tonnes of municipal waste. But in …
Farmers in the district are now up against the UP government for not redressing their land disputes even though the chief minister had formed a committee under the jail minister, Rajender Chowdhary, to resolve the matter. They allege that the committee was hurriedly formed keeping in mind the Lok Sabha …
AGRA: Around 20,000 residents of the Yadav-dominated Budhana village, 15km from Agra, have decided to boycott polls over the lack of development in their area. The village has around 2,500 families. Budhana goes to the polls on April 24. The villagers, who burnt an effigy of CM Akhilesh Yadav as …
The drastic decline in bird population at the Okhla Bird Sanctuary here due to high water level, cattle grazing and habitat disturbance is a cause of worry for policymakers, bird lovers and ornithologists. Noted conservationist T.K. Roy, who has been making frequent visits to the sanctuary to monitor resident and …
Lucknow: The city’s vulnerability to vector-borne diseases is high. On one hand, there is ample breeding ground for the mosquitoes, while on the other hand the mechanism to check the population of mosquitoes is frail. Health risk of vector-borne diseases has been highlighted in 2014's World Health Day theme ‘small …
Piqued over false promises of political parties seven villages in Hardoi district have decided to boycott election saying if political parties are not concerned about their problems why should they vote for them. “This year we will not get swayed by the false promises by the political parties and their …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the Union environment ministry for failing to appoint an expert to a panel constituted to examine environmental issues in Ghaziabad. Apart from slapping the fine, the tribunal has also given the ministry a deadline of one …
