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 has directed the Delhi government to send its proposal for an eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) around the Okhla bird sanctuary within 15 days to the ministry of environment and forests. The ministry will then consult the Delhi and UP governments and will give its decision to the …
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine a plea for maintaining a minimum water flow in Yamuna and Ganga so as to ensure adequate drinking water to residents in Delhi. Admitting an application for directions, a bench led by Chief Justice P Sathasivam sought replies from the Centre, Uttar …
Order of the Allahabad High Court in the matter of Northern India Glass Manufacturers Association Vs. Union of India & Ors. on the use of natural gas as an industrial fuel by glass manufacturers, Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ), 26/02/2014.
Order of the High Court of Uttar Pradesh on damage to Taj Mahal by polluting industries particularly glass, 26/02/2014 in the matter of Northern India Glass Manufacturers Association Vs. Union of India & Ors.
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Amit Kumar V/s Union of India & Ors. dated 25/02/2014 regarding fixing the limits of Eco-Sensitive Area in respect of Okhla Bird Sanctuary. The NGT order notes that Uttar Pradesh Government has sent its proposal recommending …
The Uttar Pradesh government has put on fast-track, proposed coal-fired energy projects totalling 5,280 Mw to tide over the persistent power crisis. These projects include, Bara (1,980 Mw), Meja (1,320 Mw) and Ghatampur (1,980 Mw) thermal power projects scheduled for commissioning during 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2017-18 respectively. UP chief secretary …
AGRA: After hundreds of petha (sweetmeat) units were forced to shut down in Agra last fortnight, Uttar Pradesh's pollution control body has now shifted its focus to pollution causing leather shoe units here. The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board has issued notice to 74 pollution causing leather shoe units, many …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday asked 49 people accused of illegal sand mining in Gautam Budh Nagar to justify why they should not be penalized for degrading ecology. Police had caught them for illegal mining on the Yamuna riverbed in the district. The principal bench of the tribunal …
The Government today decided to convert 7,200 km of state highways into national highways. “The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has given nod for declaring 7,200 km of state highways as national highways,” a senior minister said after the meeting here. With this, the total length of the state …
Proposing a new “empowerment line” that aims to measure the minimum economic cost for a household to fulfil eight most basic needs, a global research organisation has estimated that 680 million Indians, or 56 per cent of the population, lacks the means to meet their essential needs. Health care, drinking …
Lucknow: Residents of Rajajipuram are struggling with inadequate and contaminated water supply. Last week’s water crisis in block-C in which a population of over 15,000 didn’t receive water for 3-4 days in a row has brought the problem back to the fore. With summers approaching, the crisis is sure to …
The high-level expert panel formed to ascertain levels of toxic pollutants released by industries into the Simbhaoli drain near Ghaziabad that empties into the Ganga, submitted its report to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday. The inspection report has highlighted instances of discharge of untreated and toxic effluents by …
Release of excessive water from various dams and barrages for bathing during Magh Mela at Allahabad and unseasonal rainfall in the region have affected the nesting of hard-shell turtles and birds in Ganga, Yamuna and Chambal rivers. Stretches of these rivers are widely known for nesting of hard-shell turtles during …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of National Green Tribunal Bar Association Vs. Ministry of Environment & Forests & Ors. dated 19/02/2014 regarding illegal mining in Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The NGT order also states that "proceedings in this Application shall be …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Gurpreet Singh Bagga Vs. MoEF Vs. Ors. dated 19/02/2014 regarding illegal mining in the state of Uttar Pradesh particularly in the District of Saharanpur.
AGRA: Around 100 nilgais have died in Saurai, Agra district, after allegedly drinking the highly contaminated water of the Karvan river. Panic-stricken villagers, who said the water has turned poisonous due to effluents being discharged by factories in Hathras and Aligarh, added that their heath and crops, too, have been …
A team of surveyors from the state forest department and Wetlands International South Asia (WISA) has spotted several species of birds-including seven classified as endangered in National Chambal Ghariyal Sanctuary this year.Spread in an area of 5,000 sq km, the sanctuary that falls in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Sanjay Agnihotri V/s Union of India & Ors. dated 18/02/2014 regarding abatement of pollution in NOIDA area. The order also states that UPPCB has filed an inspection report wherein it is stated that one of the …
The National Green Tribunal has directed the agriculture ministry to hold a meeting with Punjab, Haryana, UP and Delhi to prepare “composite” guidelines to prevent pollution caused by straw burning. A bench headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar directed the agriculture ministry to also specify the manner and time frame required …
