Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Kalu Ram Yadav Vs State of Rajasthan dated 12/04/2023. Grievance in the application was against illegal operation of saw mills in tehsil Shri Madhopur, district Sikar, Rajasthan. It was stated that the saw mills were fed by illegally cut trees. …
Affidavit by Chief Secretary to government of Haryana in compliance of directions of the National Green Tribunal, October 10, 2022. The matter is related to illegal mining in Aravalli hills of Gurugram, Mewat and Faridabad districts. The NGT, October 10, 2022 noted that there is lack of proper communication and …
Niger is a fragile country, marked by a poorly diversified economy and extreme poverty. Climate change, rapid demographic growth, and weak governance are major threats to Niger's growth. These changes have led to human losses, decreased soil productivity, and increased competition for access to resources. Moreover, many rural communities have …
Reply affidavit filed by TSTRANSCO before the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mahesh Mamindla & Others Vs State of Telangana & Others dated 20/03/2023. The report stated that the space available between the ORR and service lane is approximately 2 meters at Mrugvani forest area. A storm water …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT), March 13, 2023 directed a joint committee to look into the matter of the ecological destruction of Kufri, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The committee comprising Divisional Forest Officer, Shimla, Regional Officer, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Prem Prakash Prajapati Vs Project Director, PIU Sonipat and Others dated 06/03/2023. Grievance in the application is against failure of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) in complying with its environmental obligations in the course of construction of 8-lane …
The National Green Tribunal, March 3 directed a joint committee to look into the complaint of Mangalore Smart City Corporation Limited (MSCCL) proposing to cut several trees in the process of widening of road from Nandigudda to Marnimakatte. It was alleged that no consent has yet been given by the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Bhagwat Singh Dewda Vs State of Rajasthan & Others dated 13/02/2023. The matter raised in the application is violation of environmental rules through the construction of hotel/resort affecting flora and fauna in the village Raya, Kailaspuri …
Judgment of the National Green Tribual dated 07/02/2023 in the matter of Mahakar Singh Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others. Mahakar Singh of village Dujana Pargana, tehsil Dadri, district Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh in his complaint to the NGT that Wave city/Hi Tech city developed by M/s. Uppal …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of M/s Bahirubaba Mines Vs Rajasthan, SEIAA & Others. Rajasthan State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) in its order, July 15, 2022 had revoked the EC in favour of the Bahirubaba mines, tehsil Kotputali, district Jaipur, Rajasthan. …
This paper provides a method for understanding how city actions impact trees and forests outside their boundaries. The Forest Footprint for Cities methodology connects global estimates of tropical and subtropical deforestation linked to agricultural production to commodity-specific international trade and city consumption. The methods ultimately present the city’s Forest Footprint …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Prem Mohan Gaur Vs National Highway Authority of India & Others dated 11/01/2022. The matter related to construction of a road raised on a pond in village Kiranj. The applicant, Prem Mohan Gaur has said that construction of road is …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of D K Joshi Vs State of Uttarakhand dated 04/01/2023. D K Joshi an advocate by profession filed an application before the NGT against the dumping of muck, debris and illegal cutting of trees in the process of construction of Bironkhal-Kedargali-Naulapur-Khetu …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mohan Chandra Sati Vs State of Uttarakhand dated 04/01/2023. The matter related to non-construction of a protection wall from Simbalkhal to SIIDCUL for protecting flora and fauna of reserved forest of Rajaji National Park and huge illegal mining and stone …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Prof. Dr. Sanjeev Bagai & Others Vs Department of Environment, GNCTD & Others dated 20/12/2022. The matter related to illegal act of cutting, felling and pruning of trees in Vasant Vihar. The applicants have submitted that some trees were cut/felled …
Affidavit filed by the West Bengal Pollution Control Board in the matter of Bharat Prakash Rai Vs State of West Bengal dated December 16, 2022. The matter related to felling of trees in a tea estate, Darjeeling. In order to control soil erosion and stabilize landslides, land slip as well …
This report finds that of the 979 hydropower dams currently operating in the 25 cloud forest countries, more than half depend on water from cloud forests, representing billions of dollars of electricity production that take nature’s ecosystem services for granted. Figures in the report suggest that cloud forests are …
Committee Report in OA No.46/2018 (WZ) (Joint Forest Management Committee V/s The Principal Secretary, Revenue & Forest Deptt. & Ors.) There is environmental destruction caused due to dumping of debris of the rocks cut for establishment of statue of Jain Tirthankara, Rishabhanatha. The statue has been carved out of the …
The NGT directed the Divisional Forest Officer, Nagore, Rajasthan to look into the matter of illegal cutting of trees. The applicant has referred to two instances one in 2018 at Makrana to Maglana road and the other one in 2021 when trees were cut near Bus Stand Makrana and Ghati …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in the matter of Vijay Chawla Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change & Others dated 16/11/2022. For the illegal cutting of 500 trees in village Sarai Khawaja, Faridabad, Haryana, M/s SVC & Lahri was directed by the National Green Tribunal to pay …
