Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Salboni Apartment Owner’s Association Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 15/05/2025. The matter related to restoration of the Salboni Jheel, Kolkata, West Bengal. The NGT directed the West Bengal Pollution Control Board to place …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Anurup Panda Vs Member Secretary, WBPCB & Others dated 28/01/2020 regarding illegal brick kilns in West Bengal. The NGT directed the state and the West Bengal Pollution Control Board to ensure that all existing brick kilns convert to Zig Zag …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Debdatta Mandal Vs Pollution Control Board West Bengal & Others dated 27/01/2020 regarding sponge iron factory being run at Bonhra area of Mauza Bonhra situated under Neturia Police Station, District Purulia, West Bengal. The primary contention raised is that the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jadab Chandra Saha & Others Vs West Bengal Pollution Control Board & Others dated 27/01/2020 regarding a rice mill in village of Madanpur, Post Office Mathpalsa, District Birbhum, West Bengal. It is alleged that pollution is caused by the boiler, …
Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding Association for Protection of Democratic Rights & Others Vs The State of West Bengal & Others dated 09/01/2020 regarding felling of 356 trees, of which some are heritage trees and as old as 80 years old for the construction of railway overbridges …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Kanu Sarkar Vs West Bengal Pollution Control Board & Others dated 07/01/2020 regarding noise and air pollution caused by a husking mill at village Azadpur, District Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The NGT directed the West Bengal Pollution Control Board to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 18/12/2019 regarding dumping municipal waste at Mollar Bheri, Kolkata, West Bengal. It was alleged that Bidhan Nagar Municipal Corporation, Nabadiganta Industrial Township Authority (NDITA) and Newton Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sujoy Naskar Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 09/12/2019 regarding illegal running of brick field at village Kaobati, Kultali under Kundkhali Godabar Anchal Panchayet, District – 24 Parganas (South). The NGT directed the West Bengal State Pollution Control …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Anurup Panda Vs Member Secretary, WBPCB & Others dated 18/11/2019 regarding adoption of Zig Zag technology by brick fields in the state of West Bengal. The affidavit filed by the state shows that out of 4506 numbers of brick fields …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sonatan Biswas Vs The District Forest Officer, Allpore & Others dated 06/11/2019 regarding felling of mangrove trees on the two banks of Kanmari Natural Canal, Jharkhali, South 24-Parganas Division, West Bengal. A report submitted by the the District Forest Officer, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sailen Mishra Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 06/11/2019 regarding illegal operation of brick fields in Purulia District of West Bengal. The Tribunal directed the West Bengal Pollution Control Board to recover environmental compensation from all illegl brick …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Residents of Bhatpara Municipality Vs State of West Bengal dated 14/10/2019 regarding illegal sand mining in District North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, near Naihati Bandel Railway Bridge, Kanchrapara Bansberia Road Bridge at Jagatdal Meghna Ghat. Report submitted by the State …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Joydeep Mukherjee Vs The Chairman, Pollution Control Board & Others dated 20/09/2019 regarding Adi Ganga river pollution, West Bengal. History of the Case: The case had come up before the Tribunal on April 8, 2019 after a period of two …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Save Green Association, Konnagar, Hoogly Vs State of West Bengal dated 16/09/2019 regarding illegal filling of wetland adjacent to Hindustan Motor Factory, Hooghly, West Bengal. The NGT directs the District Magistrate, Hoogly and West Bengal Wetland Authority to look into …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 30/08/2019 regarding the proposed construction of a Medical College Hospital in Jhargram, West Midnapur District, West Bengal in a forest land measuring about 20 hectares. The land is stated to …
Springs are the most important source of water for millions of people in the mid-hills of the Himalaya. Both rural and urban communities depend on springs for meeting their drinking, domestic, and agricultural water needs. There is now increasing evidence of springs drying up or their discharge reducing, as a …
West Bengal failed to create a Green Energy Fund (GEF) under the renewable energy policy of the government, the CAG has said in its audit report. The responsibility for creation and management of the energy fund was thrust upon the state's nodal agency, West Bengal Green Energy Development Corporation Ltd …
This Standalone Audit Report on Economic Sector for the year ended March 2017 has been prepared for submission to the Governor of West Bengal under Article 151 of the Constitution of India. This Report contains significant issues arising out of the Performance Audit of Environment Department on “Pollution by Industries …
Haryana ranks at the bottom in terms of average health expenditure (2012-2017) among seven states that the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) examined to assess the progress towards attaining sustainable development goals (SDGs) as regards “good health and well being”. The average health expenditure was just 3.29 per cent of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Other dated 08/07/2019 regarding destruction caused to East Kolkata Wetlands. NGT in its Order of May 27, 2019 had directed for the constitution of a Committee to submit a report of the …
West Bengal and Sikkim are very close to achieving 100 per cent ODF coverage. Hyderabad: Telangana state along with four others have failed in reaching the ‘100 per cent open defecation-free (ODF)’ mark under the Swachh Bharat mission. All other states including Andhra Pradesh have achieved 100 per cent ODF. …
