Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT), while hearing a petition on unauthorised hot mix plants on November 21 took suo motu cognizance of a 'TOI Citizen Report' published on the same day. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar took note of TOI Citizen Reporter Anurag Singh's picture highlighting …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sanjay Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/11/2016 regarding burning of municipal solid waste, Noida, Uttar Pradesh. According to the Applicant Sanjay Kumar there are 21 hot mix /ready mix concrete plants operating illegally and without consent …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sanjay Kumar Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 21/11/2016 regarding dozens of hot mixed plants operating in the Village Wazirpur, Nagli Nagla and Chak Basant Pur of District Gautam Buddha Nagar in the State of Uttar Pradesh. The …
This policy brief analyses whether the provisions of EC will improve small-scale mining governance and prevent illegal mining. To this end, a detailed case study of Gautam Budh Nagar of Uttar Pradesh, a key sand mining district, was carried out and is presented here. In the end, we arrive at …
Noida: The Noida Authority will impose heavy penalties - to the extent of cancelling the lease deeds of developers who have used space allotted for car parking spacess for other purposes, and have encroached upon public spaces around their offices and other commercial projects for parking. This they did to …
Noida: The district administration of Gautam Budh Nagar has submitted an action plan for the revival of the Hindon, to the UP state government. The report, which was submitted last week, includes photographs of the river bed of the Hindon, including 36 ponds in GB Nagar and settlements alongside the …
Divisional commissioner of Meerut Alok Sinha has asked the district administration to launch a crackdown on the use of pressure horns in heavy vehicle. The direction, which has been given to the district magistrate, has come almost five months after environment pollution control authority (EPCA) had asked the DM to …
Noida: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday ordered an immediate halt to all construction activities on the Surajpur wetland in the reserved forests in Gautam Budh Nagar forest division, effectively stalling the work of an eco-park proposed in the area by UP government. The order was issued by a …
The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board's initiative to curb air pollution from brick kilns is "half-baked" and not likely to succeed, the CSE said on Monday. The Board has directed the brick kiln industry to change technology from natural draft to induced draft within 90 days. It has issued a …
With dissolved oxygen levels as low as 0.4 milligram per litre, Hindon river, a tributary of Yamuna, is not in a good condition and efforts are on to revive the dying river, the government said on Thursday. "The assessment of the water quality of Hindon by Central Pollution Control Board …
City-based industrialists have decided to plant 6,000 saplings across the industrial sectors over the next six months. "We have decided to undertake the green drive after a discussion with the district magistrate of Gautam Budh Nagar. As industrialists, we do have a responsibility to protect the environment for future generations. …
Noida: Gautam Budh Nagar district is all set to get greener. An additional 3.25 lakh trees will be planted in the district in keeping with the directions of UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav. According to officials, even though the state government had directed the administration to plant 6.5 lakh trees, …
The forest department in Gautam Budh Nagar is in a spot over the felling of a 30-year-old tree in Noida's Sector 21. Monica, a resident of A-42, Sector 21, has lodged a complaint with the forest department on a tree being cut to the root on the premises of her …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of MukeshYadav Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 29/02/2016 regarding illegal digging of the land area up to 40 feet deep for the purpose of construction near village Bishrakh, Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The Case of the Applicant …
NOIDA: To avoid hurdle in pace of development due to environmental clearances, Centre has formed district-level environment impact assessment authority (DEIAA). The DEIAA, with amendment in Environment (protection) Act 1986, will be eligible to give mining clearances of plots having 50 thousand sq. feet or below. Some of states had …
The National Green Tribunal has summoned officials of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana government for their failure to curb illegal sand mining on the floodplains of river Yamuna, already banned by the green panel. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed all concerned officers of Haryana and UP, …
Industries that are releasing effluents into the Hindon River will be sent notices and fined by authorities in Gautam Budh Nagar district, which decided on Thursday to crack down on polluters. At a meeting called by District Magistrate N.P. Singh, representatives of the pollution control board, the Noida Authority and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of National Green Tribunal Bar Association Vs. MoEF dated 23/12/2015 regarding illegal and unauthorized mining going on either side of the river Yamuna. According to the counsel appearing for the State of Uttar Pradesh the illegal mining was being done from …
The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) has urged people to curb bursting of crackers this Diwali. Officers from the pollution control office in Gautam Budh Nagar said they have been spreading messages about adverse effect of crackers on the environment and how firecrackers pollute the air. "Both noise and …
The counsel for Haryana, on the other hand, claimed there was no illegal mining in the area and all firms engaged in sand mining have necessary environmental clearances. Irked by allegations that “legal” permits were being shown by sand miners for conducting “illegal” work, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) Monday …
