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 …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The law department has recommended the government to go ahead with the construction of the Indian Oil Corporation's (IOC) proposed LNG terminal at Puthuvype in Ernakulam in the wake of recent order of the Chennai bench of the National Green Tribunal. Law secretary B G Harindranath, in his legal …
GURUGRAM: Gurgaon has lost as many as 389 water bodies in the past 60 years, a study has revealed. The study report, compiled by the district administration, has been submitted in the National Green Tribunal (NGT). While the NGT on Monday directed the Haryana government to protect all existing water …
Begins outreach programme involving people along the river In an effort to rejuvenate the Tamirabharani river that plays a critical role in the livelihood, culture and the economy of south Tamil Nadu, the Environmentalist Foundation of India (EFI) has begun an extensive outreach programme involving the communities living along the …
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) to not grant environmental clearance for any new thermal power plant unless it complies with emission standards notified in 2015. The NGT was hearing a petition by environmental activist Sunil Dahiya …
The MoEF had on December 7, 2015 issued a notification revising the standards for coal-based thermal power plants across the country that aimed to reduce emissions such as sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter, and regulate the amount of water consumption The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday directed the …
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal has asked the Pune-based Automotive Research Association of India to explain the details about the tests carried out on diesel cars produced by German auto major Volkswagen. A bench headed by acting Chairperson Justice U D Salvi summoned ARAI Director Rashmi Urdhwareshe to appear …
SHIMLA: Considering threat to sustainable development with unplanned, unregulated and illegal expansion of hospitality industry in Kullu and Manali, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Himachal Pradesh government to include a scientist from GB Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, Mohal, in Kullu as a member in …
The matter will now be heard on February 28 The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has lifted its stay on the construction of a waste treatment plant in the catchment area of the Basai wetland in Gurgaon. The bench headed by acting Chairperson Justice U D Salvi passed the order after …
Meerut: Alarmed over “disturbingly high” levels of toxic metals in rivers passing through Western Uttar Pradesh, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday formed a committee of four experts to carry out an “intensive” survey of all the 316 factories located near their banks. The green panel’s move comes close …
Work at BMC's environment cell that had been set up for speedier processing of project proposals has come to a standstill. Since its formation in July last year, it could give green signal to only four projects despite receiving 32 files. The functioning of the cell was crippled after the …
PUNE: The lead applicant in the Pune Metro Rail matter before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) bench in Pune has raised a strong exception to a three-member expert committee's final report on the impact of the Metro's construction on the Mutha river bed. The green tribunal had constituted the committee …
PANJIM: Goa Tourism projects to create public utility facilities at 30 places along the coastal stretch have been hit by the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) country-wide order halting construction activities pending finalisation of coastal zone management plans. NGT, last November, had passed the order directing all States not to grant …
Meerut: In a victory of sorts for a six-year-old student, who had approached the National Green Tribunal (NGT) against a poultry farm situated close to his school, the green panel on Monday trashed a stay petition filed by its owner and directed the administration in UP’s Shamli district to shut …
Harsh Shah, an animal welfare officer nominated by the Environment Ministry validates these claims. Shah, who also conducts rescue operations in south Mumbai, received at least 40 to 50 cases of bird injuries through the day. Despite a nationwide ban on sale of nylon manja by the National Green Tribunal …
The Delhi government has informed the National Green Tribunal that steel pickling units fall under the prohibited list of industrial activity according to the Delhi Master Plan (DMP), 2021 and cannot operate in residential areas. The AAP government told a bench headed by acting NGT Chairperson Justice U D Salvi …
The National Green Tribunal has disposed of a plea challenging the forest clearance granted for construction of the 302-km-long Agra-Lucknow Expressway. A bench headed by acting Chairperson Justice UD Salvi passed the order after it was informed that the final approval under Forest Conservation Act has been granted to the …
In a relief to public sector oil companies, the National Green Tribunal has allowed registration of new diesel vehicles conforming to BS-IV norms to be used for transporting petrol or petroleum products. A bench headed by acting Chairperson Justice U D Salvi directed the Commissioner of Transport Department of Delhi …
Patna: Construction work of the Virat Ramayan Mandir, coming up near Kesariya in East Champaran district around 130km north of Patna and billed as the world's largest Hindu temple, has not yet started for lack of clearance from the National Green Tribunal (NGT). Kishore Kunal, secretary of the Mahavir Mandir …
Environment ministry bats for real estate exemption Calcutta: The Union environment ministry is planning to move the Supreme Court against a recent National Green Tribunal verdict that quashed its notification allowing exemptions to the real estate sector from environmental laws. "We are contemplating moving the Supreme Court.... After all, the …
The tribunal was hearing a plea seeking execution of the NGT's October 31, 2017 order which had directed the UP pollution control board to take appropriate action against poultry farms which are operating without the consent of the Board. A six-year-old boy’s plea that swarms of flies and foul smell …
