Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajendra Tyagi Vs Union of India & Others dated 02/04/2024. The applicant has raised a grievance that unauthorized and illegal construction of houses, shops and other commercial establishments on a large scale are in progress in Greater Noida and Noida …
NEW DELHI: Diesel generator sets will be banned in the capital and the Badarpur thermal power plant shut down from Monday as the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) to combat air pollution comes into force in Delhi-NCR. The ban on DG sets hasn't been extended beyond Delhi for logistical reasons, …
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Uttar Pradesh environment authority SEIAA to submit report on a mall in Noida following a plea alleging that no valid environmental clearance has been taken for its construction. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel directed the UP State Environment …
NOIDA: There could not be a worse time for going on a construction spree for public toilets in the city, environmentalists have flagged a concern, citing the bad air quality of Noida because of dust pollution. According to data sourced from the ministry of earth sciences, both the AQI and …
NOIDA/GHAZIABAD: Swachh Survekshan 2019 is not far away and Noida will be participating in it. However, the city continues to violate construction norms laid down by the National Green Tribunal in one form or the other, leading to atmospheric pollution. Though the regional office of Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board …
GREATER NOIDA: Electricity has taken 71 years from India’s Independence to reach a village just 5km from a plant of the National Thermal Power Corporation in Dadri. But by the time lights turned on and table fans whirred in Ladhipura, more than half its residents had left it in search …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) to look into the alleged cutting of 100 trees in a park at the Tyagraj Nagar market here during the construction of the second phase of the Barapullah elevated corridor. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice …
Noida: Noida may have flouted green rules on several counts, claim environmental lawyers. By continuing production and usage of plastic in the city, it has contravened Section 15 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. By non-segregating waste, it has flouted the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016. Further, by going ahead …
NOIDA: The National Green Tribunal had temporarily allowed the Noida Authority to dump waste at the site in Sector 123, the Authority clarified on Tuesday by releasing a copy of the tribunal order dated May 29. The order, which was passed in a case filed by the RWAs of sectors …
Five months after the Noida Authority relaunched its anti-plastic drive to implement the ban on plastics in the city, shop-keepers and residents are flouting the guidelines. "We hardly make any profit in our business, how do they expect us to spend money on expensive cloth bags?" said a local cloth …
NOIDA: A two-day conference on curbing air pollution will be organised by National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) from May 8 to 9 in Noida. The conference will be inaugurated by R K Singh, Union minister of state (independent charge, power and new and renewable energy). According to sources at …
Noida: The district administration on Thursday issued notices to owners or managers of 14 plots in Gautam Budh Nagar who were found to be violating National Green Tribunal (NGT) norms to check pollution. Apart from Noida Authority and the power department, other violators include institutions, industries and private plot owners …
Worlds cleanest petrol and diesel are now being supplied in Delhi after state-owned oil firms advanced rollout of Euro-VI grade fuel by two years in a bid to combat alarming levels of air pollution. Since yesterday, Delhi has become the first city in the country to leapfrog from Euro-IV grade …
The theoretical concepts “urban informality,” “periphery,” and “everyday state,” primarily emerging from the “new geographies” of the Global South, are used to make sense of the complicated state–society interactions leading to the transformation of land at the rural–urban interface of the postcolonial metropolitan capital of Delhi. The history of land …
Noida: Three more fully-automated machines will be installed in Noida over the next six months to monitor air quality in the two cities. This will take the total number of machines to six. Three such devices are already monitoring air quality in two cities. The central pollution control board (CPCB) …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s. Sidhi Vinayak Engineers Vs Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board & Others dated 23/02/2018 regarding . It is pointed out by the NOIDA Development Authority that M/s. Sidhi Vinayak Engineers shift the industrial unit and upon such information being furnished …
NOIDA: The Union environment ministry has asked Noida Authority to adopt immediate measures to mitigate pollution. These include cleaning the city’s streets mechanically and establishing a permanent helpline number to receive pollution-related complaints. Officials said Noida Authority has also been asked to submit an action plan to alleviate pollution levels …
GURUGRAM: After carrying out 'Do Not Honk' campaigns in Gurugram and other cities of NCR, over 100 Gurugrammers are going to Mumbai to participate in a similar campaign there. The campaign, which will be held at Bandra toll gate on February 3, has been inspired from the Gurugram model. The …
Gurgaon: The air quality in the city remained in the "poor" category on Wednesday, even as it was an improvement over the "very poor" reported earlier this month. The air quality index (AQI) was at 263 while the PM2.5 level hovered between 120g/m³ and 130g/m³ in the day. The data …
NOIDA: A proposal by the Noida Authority that RWAs should bear 25% of the cost of solid waste management through compost machines was rejected by the latter who questioned why they should share the funds when they were already paying taxes. The proposal was made at a meeting between the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vikrant Kumar Tongad Vs. Union of India & Others dated 04/12/2017 regarding extraction of groundwater by constructions projects in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. CGWA in the report submitted before the Tribunal states that the information about the quantity of water extraction …
