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 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ram Milan Sahani Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 30/01/2024. The applicant, Ram Milan Sahani complained that on an average 500 tonnes of garbage is being dumped on embankment of river Rapti at "nausad Akla Baudha/Kalani" which is reaching main …
Reply by Municipal Corporation, Gorakhpur in Original Application No 613 of 2022 in the matter of Ram Milan Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 28/08/2023. The matter related to waste management in the city of Gorakhpur. For the remediation of legacy waste management of Ekla Bandha site, two trommel machines …
Submission of comppliance report by Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam in the matter of Original Application 116/2014 in the matter of Meera Shukla Vs Municipal Corporation, Gorakhpur & Others dated June 15, 2020. The matter related to pollution of Ramgarh lake, Ami river, Rapti river and Rohani river, District Gorakhpur, Uttar …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Meera Shukla Vs. Municipal Corporation, Gorakhpur & Others dated 22/03/2018 regarding municipal solid waste, sewage and trade effluent management in the city of Gaurakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. NGT notes that despite grant of Environmental Clearance to the Gaurakhpur Nagar Nigam with …
The National Green Tribunal today rapped Uttar Pradesh government and the civic authorities for not submitting a complete action plan on collection and disposal of municipal solid waste in Gorakhpur district of the state. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar came down heavily on the Gorakhpur municipal …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Meera Shukla Vs. Municipal Corporation, Gorakhpur & Ors dated 15/07/2015 regarding the pollution of water bodies and river in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Counsel appearing for the Applicant contends that entire city of Gorakhpur does not …
Increasing urbanisation and the accompanying changes in land-use patterns are leading to a silent crisis through the destruction of ecosystems and the services they provide to support the poor, as well as affecting the resilience of urban areas. Using the example of Gorakhpur City in India’s Uttar Pradesh, this paper …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Meera Shukla Vs. Municipal Corporation, Gorakhpur & Ors. dated 22/12/2014 regarding discharge of sewage in the Ramgarh Lake and Rapti River, Gorakhpur. The Tribunal noted that the ratio of discharge of sewage in the Ramgarh Lake …
The Sheltering From a Gathering Storm project aims to improve understanding of the costs and benefits of climate resilient housing and contribute to the transformative change necessary to make communities more resilient to future disasters. Using cost-benefit analysis, this applied research project aims to provide insights into the economic and …
Cities across the world have started recognising the need to address urban climate vulnerabilities. In Asia, the role of the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN), a nine-year initiative (2008-2017) supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, has been significant. Over the years, ACCCRN has worked in ten cities in four …
This synthesis report covers the key findings from the ACCCRN project work in India from 2008 through 2013. This report summarizes research done as a part of ACCCRN in the areas of urbanisation and risk, future scenarios for urban areas in India, and climate change challenges. It also summarizes case …
This paper considers how resilience thinking and, in particular, its emphasis on learning has been applied in 10 cities in Vietnam, India, Thailand and Indonesia. Applying a “shared learning” approach in the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) has helped to create or strengthen networks, build appreciation for complexity …
Owing to stiff opposition from farmers whose land has been acquired, officials of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) could not start pre-construction work for the proposed nuclear power plant at Gorakhpur today. TR Arora, Project Director of the NPCIL for the Gorakhpur project, who had gone to the …
Resilient/Adaptive Agriculture in Flood Affected Areas and Urban Climate Change Resilience by Dr. Shiraz Wajih, GEAG at CSE Climate change adaptation workshop: Towards Climate Resilient Communities in South Asia: Emerging Policies and Practices (New Delhi, December 13 - 14, 2012).
This study, which uses a resilience strategy document developed for Gorakhpur as a baseline, suggests potential entry points for climate adaptation in the existing policy and regulatory framework. It also identifies specific action points that may be taken up at the city and state level to mainstream climate resilience.
Fatehabad, March 30: Voices against the proposed nuclear power plant at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad grew louder today as farmers from 29 villages held a demonstration and demanded shifting of the project from here. Leaders of all major opposition parties of the state, including the INLD, HJC, BJP and the CPM, …
Asian cities are especially susceptible to unpredictable environmental change, as these cities are expected to account for more than 60 percent of global population growth in the next 30 years. Measures that help the urban poor in Asian cities adapt to the changing climate and build their resilience and capacity …
