Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike staff part of the team Members of the Regional Monitoring Committee (South) of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) and officials from Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) took stock of waste collection practices in Katpadi, Vellore district. A team of officials led by member of Regional Monitoring …
Volkswagen says its cars compliant with norms, to challenge the NGT's order before Supreme Court The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday slapped a Rs 500-crore fine on German carmaker Volkswagen for presence of cheat devices in their diesel cars plying in India. The automobile giant has been asked to …
Jodhpur: Cracking a whip on the state government, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the state government to pay an interim compensation of Rs 30 crore to the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) holding the government responsible for all the environmental devastation caused to Luni river by the textile …
AHMEDABAD: India’s largest ceramic cluster at Morbi and Wankaner has received a major blow as the National Green Tribunal, Delhi bench (NGT), on Wednesday ordered a shutdown of all ceramic units that run on coal gasifier. The NGT has ordered to dismantle the coal gasifiers and asked the ceramic units …
A Yamuna monitoring committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has informed the green panel that the State governments of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh have failed to deposit the performance guarantee of ₹10 crore which the NGT had directed earlier. In January, a Bench headed by NGT Chairperson …
The brick kilns in process of conversion or yet to start are required to pay environmental compensation on the basis of `polluter pays principle’ to the PPCB with effect from February 1, 2019, till the adoption of the induced-draft technology. Complying with a National Green Tribunal (NGT) direction to shift …
They were cut in Faridabad for project The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday reserved its order on a matter pertaining to the felling of trees in Faridabad by Bharti Land – a sister company of Airtel, for a construction project. A Bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar …
Directs State’s Chief Secretary to submit fresh action plan, compliance report The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday pulled up the Himachal Pradesh government for not filing satisfactory documents pertaining to compliance of solid waste management guidelines. The Tribunal directed the government to file a compliance reports within six months. …
A farmer burns paddy stubble at a village in Ludhiana outweighs factors like cracker burning in Diwali or high motor vehicle congestion The burning of agricultural residue — a contributor to north India’s winter pollution — increases the risk of respiratory illnesses threefold for those who experience it. It may …
Was told to pay Rs 50 crore, act against erring officials Three months after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) asked the Punjab Government to pay Rs 50 crore for polluting state rivers, the latter has failed to ensure the same. Besides, it hasn’t even penalised the officials responsible for the …
Despite the ban on the use of synthetic manja for flying of kites by the National Green Tribunal and Government of Telangana, the deadly string seems to have found its way around in Hyderabad. The heart-wrenching sight of a dead pigeon hanging on the branch of a tree by a …
Kolkata: The state finally complied with the National Green Tribunal’s 2017 order and issued a gazette notification on Thursday, banning the use of DJs, sound boxes and loudspeakers without sound-limiters. Issued by the additional chief secretary Indevar Pandey, the enactment was now actionable, said West Bengal Pollution Control Board chairman …
The Rs 411-crore project, a residential-cum-training complex at Dwarka for the elite Special Protection Group (SPG), has been red-flagged for violating environmental norms. Now, an Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) on violation under the Union Environment Ministry has given ‘go-ahead’ to the project proponent, SPG’s Cabinet Secretariat, while imposing certain conditions …
BHOPAL: As rapidly increasing pollution engulfs Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh, NGT’s ‘oversight committee’, led by Justice (retd) Rajesh Kumar, has decided to carry out a three-day inspection in the region from February 27. Industries found polluting the environment may face immediate shutdown based on this panel’s report, say sources. …
The National Green Tribunal Thursday rapped the Haryana government for extending time limit for adoption of Zig Zag technology for running of the brick kilns in the state, saying it was killing people for making money. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel slammed the state government …
A committee, headed by a former Delhi High Court Judge has informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that approximately 155 waterbodies have been identified across the national Capital that have been encroached upon. The committee, which had been constituted by the NGT to monitor the groundwater situation in the Capital, …
NGT gives Haryana official 2-month time Following a plea seeking directions to the Haryana government to specify the distance required between stone crushers and educational institutions, the National Green Tribunal has directed the Chief Secretary to finalise the same and furnish a report within two months. A Bench headed by …
Tribunal had directed NRL to demolish a wall constructed on an elephant corridor .Environmental activist Rohit Choudhury has appealed to the Assam chief secretary to take action against Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) for non-compliance with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) and the Supreme Court’s orders. The activist also sent copies …
A Committee headed by a former high court judge has suggested to the National Green Tribunal that Rs 5 lakh fine be imposed on schools and colleges where rain water harvesting systems (RWHS) are not functional. The committee headed by Justice (retd) S P Garg told a bench of NGT …
The Supreme Court has sought responses from the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh government on a plea challenging the National Green Tribunal's order which refused to declare the low lying areas in and around Surajpur reserve forest in Gautam Budh Nagar as protected wetlands. A bench of Justices A K …
