Action taken report in the form of affidavit on behalf of the District Magistrate and Collector, South 24 Parganas District dated February 22, 2025. The matter related to a newspaper report which appeared in the Hindu, January 15, 2024 titled "Rising sea, shrinking sands erode vibrancy of Ganga Sagar mela". …
The Central government is not in favour of complete ban on the use of firecrackers in Delhi during festival season saying there are several other factors responsible for pollution in the national capital. Filing an affidavit before the Supreme Court in response to a joint plea filed by three city-based …
Asked by the Supreme Court whether cracker bursting time could be restricted to between 5 pm and 10 pm on Diwali to curb pollution, the Centre on Tuesday diplomatically parried it, saying air pollution was a multi-dimensional problem requiring a well thought out action plan. On a petition filed by …
The Maharashtra Pol lution Control Board (MPCB) is planning to make residents aware about the illeffects of no ise pollution during the upco ming Diwali festival. The offici als are planning to record the de cibel levels of every firecracker available in the market. The MPCB plans to burst crackers …
Bursting of crackers has gone beyond Diwali. Sound and light shows are part of all joy ous occasions: from winning elections to celebrating sports victories to weddings. But the highest court of the country has now stepped in to ensure Diwali celebrations don't leave their imprint on the environment. The …
In an era when pollution has become one of the biggest public health concerns, conventional burning of Ravana effigies defeats the very purpose of Dussehra - a festival marking triumph of good over evil. DLF V residents seem to have captured the spirit of this festival by merging ecological concern …
Efforts of city-based activist Dr Mahesh Bedekar in monitoring noise norms has paid off as a US-based anthropologist, student as well as researcher Julian Lynch visited the city to study how people respond to noise pollution and law enforcement. The 31-year-old anthropologist said he has been studying about social and …
PANJIM: The Union Ministry for Environment and Forests (MoEF) has directed the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) to monitor and regulate noise pollution levels in the State during the Diwali festival and submit a compliance report. Diwali this year falls on November 11. In a letter to GSPCB, MoEF …
MUMBAI: Out of a total 722 Navratri mandaps set up across the city the BMC has found 230 that are unauthorized. The civic body is in the process of issuing notices to these unauthorized mandaps while in some cases it has demolished them. The highest number of unauthorized Navratri mandaps …
Environ, a group for environmental management for sustainable development, has appealed to all sections of people – especially the puja committees – to ensure celebration of an environment-friendly Durga Puja and to achieve the real meaning of Swachh Bharat. In this context, Dr Amarjyoti Kashyap, president of Environ, has suggested …
Inspired by Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, many residential societies in the city have decided to go cracker-free this Dussehra and Diwali. In Malibu Towne, a residential colony in Sector 48, Navaratri celebrations began with a cleanliness drive. The residents invited Anup Kumar, one of the key members of Indian Kabaddi team, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Surat Citizen Council Trust Vrs. State of Gujarat & Ors. dated 15/10/2015 regarding immersion of idols and management of sludge generated, for proper disposal, Surat, Gujarat.
OBSERVING that all religious festivals should be celebrated in a “meaningful manner” so that no inconvenience is caused to any residents, the Bombay High Court Monday further said that no religion gives permission to celebrate festivals by committing breach of law or causing nuisance. The court has now directed the …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday dismissed a petition on how bursting firecrackers is an essential part of Hindu religion and should not be regulated or banned in any manner. The Ojasvi Party, which claims to have been formed by the son of jailed Godman Asaram Bapu, had moved …
The Bombay High Court on Monday directed all municipal bodies in Maharashtra to remove illegal pandals that may come up on roads or footpaths during the forthcoming Navratri and Diwali festivals. A division bench of Justices Abhay Oka and VL Achliya said, "No religion permits the celebration of festivals by …
GUWAHATI: The Kamrup (Metro) district administration will take strict action this time against those who violate pollution norms during the Durga Puja celebrations. To encourage puja committees to adopt environment-friendly measures, the administration has also decided to award them. "Cleanliness and zero pollution have been our prime targets besides security …
Contrary to the government’s plan of banning firecrackers, traders in the Capital seem unfazed and are gearing up for the festive season. Preparations are in full swing at the city’s oldest cracker markets in Sadar Bazar and Paiwalan Bazar opposite Jama Masjid. Hundreds of traders have begun the work of …
BHUBANESWAR: Over the years, Raban Podi, the ritual of burning the effigy of demon king Raban, has become a major attraction for visitors to the pandals during the Durga Puja festival in the city. Puja pandals spend lakhs on the symbolic killing of Raban with crackers. Setting an example for …
To ban or not to ban firecrackers, that is the question before authorities. With Diwali and wedding season around the corner, Delhi’s already poor air quality will further dip as firecrackers erupt all over the city. Two ongoing cases in the Supreme Court and the National Green Tribunal are forcing …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of N. Vaidraj Vs. Union of India & Ors dated 12/10/2015 regarding the use of microphone and loudspeakers/amplifier between 10:00 pm to 06:00 am bursting of crackers during festival time particularly during Diwali.
The Supreme Court on Thursday sought responses from the Centre, Delhi government and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on three toddlers' petition seeking ban on bursting of crackers this Diwali, saying its fumes would turn the Capital's already critically polluted air poisonous. A bench of Chief Justice H L Dattu …
