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 …
Even as the Centre released another instalment of Rs.431.5 crore for implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Act in Uttar Pradesh, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has once again drawn Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s attention towards the need to improve the State’s performance. In another letter written …
Taking a strict view of the increasing pollution in major rivers, the Allahabad High Court has refused permission for immersion of idols in the Ganga and the Yamuna. In a decision of far reaching significance, a division bench comprising Justice Arun Tandon and Justice Ashok Bhushan yesterday denied permission to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of National Green Tribunal Bar Association Vs Ministry of Environment & Forests & Others dated 09/10/2013 on heavy illegal mining activity in the city Banjarwala and Bopara in District Haridwar and Gautam Budh Nagar. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/739-2013(MApp)_9Oct2013.pdf
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has ordered a vigilance probe into “mining mafia” operating in parts of Haryana. Issuing the directions, the Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Augustine Georga Masih made it clear that the matter was being handed over to the vigilance, and not …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) restrained industries, including Essar, Hindalco and Reliance' Sasan Ultra Mega Power project, from cutting trees without consent from competent authorities in Singrauli and Sonebhadra districts of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar also issued bailable warrants against …
Hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) concerning pollution in river Ganga, the Allahabad high court on Monday did not modify its earlier order by, which it had directed that no idol would be immersed in the river Ganga and Yamuna at Allahabad. While issuing the above directive, the court made …
The geology and mines directorate of UP has earned a revenue of about Rs 128 crore more than last year, simply by “plugging the loopholes”. After the Durga Sakthi Nagpal episode, the increased revenue of the mining directorate is another proof that all was not well with the mining sector …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nirankar Singh Vs Government of India & Others dated 08/10/2013 in respect of granting Environmental Clearance (EC) for the proposed sand mining at Village Semrahavan, District Sidharthnagar, State of Uttar Pradesh. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/805-2013(MApp)_8Oct2013.pdf
The National Green Tribunal has told three Noida-based industries that they would have to pay a daily fine of Rs 5,000 each if their pollution control devices are not in working order soon following inspections in the near future. The industries were among those which had been allowed to operate …
Even as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) under the jurisdiction of Supreme Court (SC) investigates the multi-crore Coalgate scam, the union power ministry (MoP) has found out that many private power companies were violating the terms and conditions of coal block allocation. These companies had been allocated coal blocks …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today restrained industries, including Essar, Hindalco and Reliance' Sasan Ultra Mega Power project, from cutting trees without consent from competent authorities in Singrauli and Sonebhadra districts of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar also issued bailable warrants …
India will soon be better armed to combat Japanese encephalitis (JE), a viral disease that affects the brain. Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad will launch the first ever indigenous JE vaccine on Friday. Produced under PPP by Bharat Biotech with Pune’s National Institute of Virology (NIV), the vaccine is …
The region is grip of dengue as more than 114 cases have reported in September alone. Last year, more than 2,000 dengue cases were reported and more than 300 people died till September. This year, more than 280 people died of the disease so far. A medical student also became …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Bhagwati Singh & Others Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 04/10/2013 regarding Environment Clearance (EC) for brick clay/soil mining which is pending before the Department of Environment, Government of UP from 08.11.2012 till date.
Gurgaon district has emerged as a high-risk area in Haryana with the maximum number of dengue cases reported there so far this year. Considering an “alarming rise in dengue cases” in neighbouring states including Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, the Haryana Health department has further strengthened its operations to control …
With the Central Government issuing numerous instructions with regard to the implementation of the National Food Security Programme under the provisions of the National Food Security Act, it will not be an easy task for the states to handle. In fact, the Centre, after taking the credit of enacting the …
Newly released census data shows families living in slums have a far better child sex ratio than the urban Indian average. Over a third of India’s slum dwellers live in unrecognised slums. Over 65 million people live in slums, up from 52 million in 2001, but slum populations have grown …
Green activists on Sunday walked along the Yamuna to the Taj Corridor to highlight the plight of the river burdened by human waste and industrial pollutants. The 'Walk for Yamuna' was undertaken on World Rivers Day, to draw attention to rivers facing severe and increasing threats associated with climate change, …
SC Order Only On Paper As Vehicles Going To Other States Not Turned Away From Borders As you wait to pass the toll gates at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border near Ghaziabad, the long line of trucks waiting to get entry is visible from miles away. Most are on their way …
The National Green Tribunal on Friday issued directions upon all states and UTs to ensure brick kiln owners indulging in brick-earth quarrying must obtain environmental clearances from the Union environment ministry. The tribunal also restrained any person, company or authority from carrying out any such digging activities of brick earth …
