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) on Wednesday restrained Uttam Steels and Associates (Consortium) and Shiv Nadar University from any construction or reclaiming of land in the Dadri wetlands and its catchment area in Greater Noida. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed the Uttar Pradesh Environment Directorate, …
Dependence on rashly-driven and overloaded tempos is set to reduce significantly with the state government deciding to deploy 300 city buses in Kanpur to strengthen the public transport in the city. The transport authority will simultaneously convert tempo permits into auto permits after the sanction of buses. Regional transport officer …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vikrant Kumar Tongad Vs Union of India & Others dated 22/08/2013 regarding indiscriminate extraction of underground water in Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
Venturing into thermal power generation, state-owned iron ore miner National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) will set up a 500MW power plant at UP's Gonda district. The company plans to invest about Rs 3,016 crore on the project. It has roped in IL&FS; Energy Development Company (IEDCL) as a partner for …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Gaur Green City Residents Welfare Association Vs The State of U.P. Others dated 21/08/2013 regarding installation of a 400 KV Gas Insulated Power Sub-station (for short, GIS) over Green Belt running parallel to NH-24.
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akash Vashishtha & Others Vs. Union of India & Others dated 21/08/2013 regarding property located allegedly in the flood plain of Yamuna, Uttar Pradesh.
The National Green Tribunal on Monday asked the UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) to produce an exhaustive list of polluting industries in Noida so that liabilities can be fixed on them for damaging the environment. A period of two weeks has been granted to the pollution board to prepare and …
The National Green Tribunal on Monday appointed local commissioners to conduct surprise inspections of real estate developers' sites in Noida and Greater Noida to ascertain if there are any violations of the ban imposed on builders for extracting groundwater in the district. The surprise checks at construction sites in the …
There has been an increase of 569 cases of deaths due to diseases caused because of drinking contaminated water in 2012, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday. In 2012, a total of 3,883 people died due to diseases caused because of drinking of contaminated water as compared to 3,314 …
The high court has sought from UP government details of FIRs and status of probes in connection with the raids conducted in Gautam Budh Nagar after suspension of Durga Nagpal. The order came from a division bench of Chief Justice Shiva Kirti Singh and Justice DK Upadhyay on a PIL, …
Showcause notices have been issued to 3,585 defaulting health care facilities (HCsF) and common bio-medical waste treatment facilities (CBMWTFs) across the country for violating norms related to handling of bio-medical waste, Environment Ministry said today. Also 17 hospitals out of the 33 inspected were found to be violating the Bio-Medical …
In exercise of powers conferred by sub section (1) of section 181 and clauses (zd), (ze) and (zf) of sub section (2) of section 181, read with sections 61, 62, and 86, of the Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003) and all other powers enabling it in that behalf, the …
Rain-related incidents claimed eight lives in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday with moderate to heavy showers lashing most parts of North India. It was a pleasant day in the national Capital with cloud covers keeping the temperatures within the normal level. During the past 24 hours ending at 8-30 a.m. in …
Install Pipes To Empty Groundwater; Green Brigade Furious Several real estate developers in Noida continue to extract groundwater despite a blanket ban imposed on it by the National Green Tribunal as well as the Supreme Court. Developers have installed long pipelines to empty groundwater, which is extracted from their sites, …
Several real estate developers in Noida continue to extract groundwater despite a blanket ban imposed on it by the National Green Tribunal as well as the Supreme Court. Developers have installed long pipelines to empty groundwater, which is extracted from their sites, at other locations. Environmentalists are up in arms …
Uttar Pradesh has fared badly in utilising the financial assistance received under the Bundelkhand Package managing to spend only 43.89 per cent of the money allocated to it as Additional Central Assistance (ACA) by the Planning Commission. Of the Rs 1,695.76 crore allocated to it as ACA for seven districts …
Illegal mining in Uttar Pradesh between 2005-11 caused a loss of Rs 1,400 crore to the exchequer, says a draft report of the comptroller & auditor general. The report, prepared on the activities of state geology and mining directorate, belies state government's claims on checking illegal mining and indicates that …
Inclusive growth and providing basic amenities to people living in rural areas dominates political discourse but recent government data shows that over 67% of rural households don't have access to toilets while members of at least 22% rural households have to trudge more than half a kilometer to fetch drinking …
In a major setback to realty projects in Noida, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday ordered the Noida Authority to stop construction work of all projects which do not have requisite environmental clearances within 10km radius of Okhla bird sanctuary. The tribunal has also directed Noida Authority to conduct …
Bypassing Supreme Court directions to declare a 10km radius around Okhla bird sanctuary as eco-sensitive, the Uttar Pradesh forest department has moved a proposal to reduce it to just one kilometre. The proposal will be put before the Centre through the UP government for final approval. Shocked at this move, …
