Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
The National Green Tribunal today imposed a ban on all illegal slaughter houses in Uttar Pradesh and directed state authorities to ensure there is proper regulation of meat shops. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said slaughter houses which do not have permission from UP Pollution Control …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Krishankant Singh Hoon & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors dated 12/05/2015 regarding slaughter houses running illegally in Uttar Pradesh and primarily relates to Gaziabad, Meerut and Hapur. It was decided that: The the State of UP, UPPCB, Nagar …
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers took to the streets in Ghaziabad on Monday to protest the anti-farmer policies of the Samajwadi Party government in UP and the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre. The demonstrations in Ghaziabad were led by UP in-charge of AAP, Sanjay Singh, along with senior party …
UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) has served show-cause notices to four industrial units in Ghaziabad, asking them to explain within 15 days why they should not be shut down for causing large-scale pollution in the vicinity. Pollution board officials said the four units - two stone-crushing units and a concrete …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Arvind Kumar Shukla Vs. Ghaziabad Development Authority & Ors. dated 27/02/2015 regarding releasing untreated sewage and garbage into the open drains and streets which ultimately join river Ganga and tributaries of Yamuna.
GHAZIABAD: First it was chromium, now it is arsenic and fluoride that are in excess in groundwater in Ghaziabad, going by an NGO's report. After hexavalent chromium levels were found to be far in excess of the maximum limit of 0.5mg per litre in various parts of the city in …
The district magistrates and five Senior Superintendents of Police in western Uttar Pradesh have been fined by the National Green Tribunal for their repeated failure to reply to its notice on polluted rivers causing cancer among villagers. The officials of Meerut, Saharanpur, Shamli, Ghaziabad, Muzaffarnagar and Baghpat have been fined …
City-based NGO Paryavaran Vahini has claimed tests commissioned by it in 2011 had established at least three areas - in both the trans- and sis- Hindon parts of the city - that had alarmingly high amounts of carcinogenic hexavalent chromium in the groundwater. Vijaypal Baghel, convenor of the NGO, claimed …
GHAZIABAD: The water table in the densely populated Trans-Hindon region of Ghaziabad has fallen to 170 feet, a plunge of over 100 feet from the levels measured in 2000 before the construction boom started. The latest figure, inferred from a study in 2014 by the Uttar Pradesh water resources department, …
The National Green Tribunal has directed the central and Uttar Pradesh pollution control boards to jointly inspect Rathi Steel and Power Ltd's plant at Ghaziabad for alleged failure to take steps to control air and water pollution. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed a team of …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Rajiv Narayan & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 13/01/2015 regarding serious air pollution and health hazards to the residents of Ghaziabad by small and big industries which are emitting black smoke in the …
Haze is not uncommon in this city, particularly in winter. But, this year's smog is worsened by the burning of industrial and bio-degradable wastes from fields, which environmentalists say have been causing large-scale air pollution. In fact, smog has affected the visibility on NH-24 also. At times, the green activists …
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Central Pollution Control Board to list on its website the criteria for classifying industries discharging effluents into the Ganga as “seriously polluting” and “not seriously polluting” and for categorising them into red, green and orange. The order comes two weeks after a penalty …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Tarun Bharat Chauhan & Others Vs. Union of India & Others dated 31/10/2014 regarding proposed Municipal Solid Waste Plant to be put up by the Government of Uttar Pradesh at Village Dundahera. The Tribunal ordered that …
Simbhaoli mills and distillery direct source of polluting the river Ganga Maintaining that it is the corporate social responsibility of the industries to ensure there is no environmental pollution as a result of their activities, the National Green Tribunal on Thursday imposed a penalty of Rs.5 crore on the Simbhaoli …
The National Green Tribunal on Thursday imposed penalties of Rs 5 crore on a sugar manufacturing unit and Rs 25 lakh on a dairy products manufacturing unit on charges of polluting the Ganga by releasing untreated effluents into it at Garhmukteswar, near Ghaziabad. The penalties were imposed under the 'polluter …
The National Green Tribunal today sought response from the UP government on a plea seeking stay on construction of Solid Waste Management Plant (SWMP) in Meerpur Hindu village in Ghaziabad. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swantanter Kumar issued notice to UP government, UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) and …
Miffed at the apathy of the Ghaziabad civic agencies towards growing concretisation of pavements and areas which are otherwise marked as ‘green belt’, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) was on Monday “compelled” to find the ground reality itself. The NGT Bench headed by its chairperson Swatanter Kumar appointed a local …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Subhas Dutta Vs MoEF & Others dated 14/08/2014 regarding petrochemical process units to obtain prior environmental clearance as per the EIA Notification issued by the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India dated 14.09.2006.
New rules: Govt lifts moratorium for such clearances, to "re-assess" Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index on the basis of which 43 polluted areas in the country were being identified. In a step which would certainly evoke protests from environmentalists, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has lifted a moratorium …
