Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …
National Green Tribunal (NGT) chairperson Justice Swatantra Kumar came down heavily on the Uttar Pradesh government for several mismanagements in the Taj Mahal's eco-sensitive zone and Yamuna floodplain zone on Monday. The NGT bench, taking cognizance of a TOI report about an ex-DFO who allegedly ordered felling of 4,000 trees …
To tackle degradation of the Yamuna, a Parliamentary panel has recommended strengthening of solid and liquid municipal waste management infrastructure in Agra and preventing bathing of animals in the river and other water bodies around Taj Mahal "immediately". "The degradation of Yamuna bed is quite evident and is visible to …
The alleged cutting of thousands of trees in the Taj Mahal's special eco-sensitive zone and selling them off by a former DFO was raised in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. Replying to a question, Union minister for environment and forests, Prakash Javadekar, said it has sought a report from the …
The government has not carried out any specific study to identify monuments across the country with regards to their vulnerability to climate change and air pollution, the Lok Sabha was informed today. It has, however, identified world heritage icon Taj Mahal in Agra as a monument which needs to be …
AGRA: Hearing a plea against constructions on the Yamuna flood plain zone, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday directed the Agra Development Authority, the irrigation department and the Jal Nigam to file reports on buildings that have come up in the area and their distance from the river. The …
Noting that diesel generators in the area around the Taj Mahal are a major source of pollution 'adversely' affecting the monument, a parliamentary panel has urged Uttar Pradesh government to implement Supreme Court's direction for 24-hour power supply there. A parliamentary committee on science and technology, and environment and forest …
A parliamentary panel has voiced concern over industrial pollution in the Taj Trapezium Zone Authority area "adversely" affecting the Taj Mahal and said that it was "aghast" at the lack of administrative set up and budgetary allocation in the Zone. The Taj Trapezium Zone Authority (TTZ) was set up to …
The report alleged that the former Agra DFO had allegedly felled 8,000 trees in the Babarpur area and another 4,000 trees in the 500 metre radius around the Taj Mahal — an ESZ. The National Green Tribunal has directed an inquiry into the alleged felling and sale of 4,000 trees …
AGRA: National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday set up an independent inquiry under noted environmentalist MC Mehta into the alleged illegal felling and sale of 4,000 trees in the special eco-sensitive zone near the Taj Mahal. A former district forest officer (DFO) is allegedly responsible for the loss of these …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tribunal on its own Motion Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. dated 20/07/2015 regarding cutting of 4000 trees in the Taj Eco Zone. The Tribunal in its order requested Mr. M.C. Mehta to visit the sites in Agra and …
Agra: After a gap of 17 years, the UP tourism department has set about drafting a new tourism policy. The department has proposed the development of 13 heritage walks in Agra, Lucknow, Varanasi and Mathura. There is also a 10-year plan in place for the development of tourism-related projects. Tourism …
Agra: In contravention of Supreme Court's orders and ignoring repeated pleas by the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), the Taj Trapezium Zone Authority (TTZA) has not only regularized the production of several glass manufacturing units affecting the Taj Mahal, but looked the other way as production capacity went up …
Agra: Agra Municipal Corporation (AMC) authorities have been censured by a five-member committee for their ineptitude in dealing with the disposal of solid waste in the city. In their damning report, the committee - comprising councilors Ravi Bihari Mathur, Umesh Yadav, Sanjay Bhaghel, Mohan Singh Lodhi and Nawab Singh Maurya …
The U.P. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said that it has found detergent in one of the samples of milk picked from Mother Dairy’s collection centres, a claim contested by the Delhi-based company. “Results showed that the samples were sub-standard and one of the two contained detergent,” U.P. FDA …
AGRA: As many as 21 of the 41 drains (nullahs) in the city directly discharge sewage into the river Yamuna instead of being routed through a treatment plant, according to Jal Nigam officials. Moreover, the condition of the remaining 20 nullahs which are connected to a treatment plant overflow during …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of D.K. Joshi Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 08/06/2015 regarding illegal constructions on flood plain and river bed of Yamuna, Agra, Uttar Pradesh.
AGRA: In a first-of-its kind green initiative, a rain water harvesting system will be set in the premises of the Taj Mahal. Two such wells in the monument's premises are on the verge of completion, while eight more will be completed by the end of this year. The Archaeological Survey …
The National Air Quality Index (NAQI), one of the few major achievements of the environment ministry in NDA's first year, has received a timely financial boost, at a time when questions were raised about how the ministry would sustain the Rs500 crore project. The NAQI, launched by Prime Minister Narendra …
Vrindavan: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has restrained Vrindavan municipal body and the other civic departments from burning garbage and domestic waste in the holy town. Giving interim orders before vacation on a petition filed by river activist Madhumangal Shukla, the green tribunal has directed the authorities and the Mathura-Vrindavan …
Agra/Vrindavan: District officials here have been visiting the banks of the Yamuna for the past couple of days to gather information about encroachments on the river-bed. This follows a notice issued by the National Green Tribunal. The Agra Development Authority, municipal corporation and the Agra district magistrate have to respond …
