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 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone, Kolkata) in the matter of Ashish Kumar Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 24/02/2025. The report of the Fact Finding Committee imposed a penalty of Rs 12,75,000 on Bengal Shristi Infrastructure Development Limited for environmental damage. The District Magistrate, Paschim …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Rasulpur Dana Welfare Society Vs West Bengal Pollution Control Board & Others dated 22/03/2022. The matter related to encroachment of a waterbody in plot no. 463 of Mouza-Baidyadanga, Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal. The NGT said that …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Rasulpur Dana Welfare Society Vs West Bengal Pollution Control Board dated 18/11/2021. The matter related to destruction of two ponds in the Dag No. 463 and Dag No. 25, J.L. No. 135, Mouza-Baidyadanga under Memari-1 Block, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Debasish Das Vs West Bengal Pollution Control Board & Others dated 10/08/2021. The matter related to illegal sand mining in Paschim Bardhaman. The NGT, June 30, 2021 had directed the District Magistrate, Paschim Bardhaman to file …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Debashis Das Vs West Bengal Pollution Control Board & Others dated 16/04/2021. The matter related to illegal sand mining carried on in the river bed of river Ajay within the blocks, namely Jamuria and Barbabniin the district of Paschim Bardhaman, …
Affidavit on behalf of the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) in the matter of Suryaprakash Rawat Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 06/11/2019. The issue relates to pollution by M/s Saraf Silicates located at Nimakalali Road, village and P.O. Barakar, P.S. Kulti, District Paschim Bardhaman, Pin - …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Joyanto Banerjee Vs State of Jharkhand dated 07/05/2019 regarding illegal sand mining on the river bed of Putulia (Runakura Ghat) Barabani, Paschim Burdwan, West Bengal. NGT expressed its dissatisfaction with the report furnished by the District Magistrate, Burdwan which had …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Joyanto Banerjee Vs State of Jharkhand dated 31/01/2019 regarding illegal sand mining in District Paschim Burdwan in the State of West Bengal. The District Magistrate, Burdwan alongwith representatives from the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) and the District Environment Impact …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ashis Thakur & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 20/11/2018 regarding Steel Authority of India carrying on coal mining activities in Ramnagar Colliery and there have been earth cutting and and blasting of dynamites within hundred metres of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Sunil Mondal Vs West Bengal Pollution Control Board & Others dated 12/10/2017 regarding hotels in Burdwan town not complying with pollution norms. NGT has asked for a list of non-compliant hotels along with the names of …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Biswanath Maji & Others Vs Pollution Control Board, West Bengal & Others dated 06/05/2016 regarding the establishment of the blast furnace at the site of the village Namopara, District-Burdwan, West Bengal by Indian Iron and Steel …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of North Kolkata Tree Plantation Welfare Society & Others Vs W.B. Pollution Control Board & Others dated 15/02/2016 regarding illegal cutting and felling of the trees by the saw mill owners in the District Burdwan, West Bengal. …
The public sector Eastern Coalfields Ltd has issued a notice for suspending work at its J.K. Nagar plant near Ranigunj in the State’s Bardhaman district. The decision follows an assault on a manager of the mine by an employee on Wednesday. Confirming the development a senior official told The Hindu …
The Central government's mines safety arm has cautioned West Bengal that construction of an airport city in the state's Burdwan district can be in trouble if the government allows simultaneous underground mining of coal at the same location. Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Limited, in collaboration with Changhi Airport International, Singapore, is …
In a move that could give a fillip to India's unconventional gas production, the ministry of environment and forests has given the phase-III clearance for Essar Oil's Raniganj block in West Bengal. The company will now be able to drill up to 650 wells, compared with the current 135. The …
As part of its corporate makeover agenda, the Rs 7,000-crore Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) is considering a handholding relationship with the World Bank. DVC is currently a statutory organisation jointly held by West Bengal, Jharkhand and the Union Government by virtue of the DVC Act, 1948. Apart from its chain …
BURDWAN, 25 SEPT: Burdwan district has developed a special software to help ascertain the movement of sand lifted from the Damodar and the Ajoy riverbeds throughout the year. Mrs Reena Venkatraman, Divisional Commissioner of Burdwan today inaugurated the software for administrative use. The software titled ‘LTML Management Software’ has been …
BURDWAN, 6 JULY: At a time when the expert committee set up by the environment department has just released a draft policy on wetlands prohibiting filling up of water bodies, allegations of Burdwan university flouting the norms for water body preservation are flying thick and fast. The local residents in …
RANIGANJ, JUNE 28: A devastating fire broke out in a mine due to underground coal seam heating today and has started spreading to adjoining areas. It has destroyed heavy machines deployed for dozing operations. A security personnel of Eastern Coalfields Limited’s Kunustoria Area went into the mine when flames engulfed …
JHANJRA (Burdwan), 26 JUNE: In the midst of the Singur Land Act, farmers deprived of their own lands for the past 14 years have intensified their struggle against the Eastern Coalfields Limited. The land losers have given the Coal India subsidiary an ultimatum for a week to rehabilitate them. The …
