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 …
Directive comes after the tribunal noted the people appointed to the body in Gujarat lacked technical or professional qualifications PANJIM: Expressing its complete displeasure over the functioning of the State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs), the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to conduct a …
The Supreme Court on Monday said that the National Green Tribunal can examine automobile manufacturers other than Volkswagen also for flouting emission norms if it deemed fit to widen the judicial scrutiny. However, it refused to interfere with the NGT’s proceedings related to Volkswagen India over allegations that the German …
The Supreme Court on Monday said that the National Green Tribunal can examine automobile manufacturers other than Volkswagen also for flouting emission norms if it deemed fit to widen the judicial scrutiny. However, it refused to interfere with the NGT’s proceedings related to Volkswagen India over allegations that the German …
Dehradun: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday directed imposition of environmental compensation on Uttarakhand government for initiating construction of a new legislative assembly building at Gairsain in Chamoli district without mandatory clearances. The penalty money will be submitted to state pollution control board within two months of decision given …
PANJIM: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Principal Bench has directed all the State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) to finalise action plans with regard to polluted industrial clusters within three months and to adopt coercive measures including recovery of compensation for the damage to the environment on the ‘Polluter Pays’ principle. …
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Union ministry of environment and forests on Thursday to examine the effect of hookah with respect to indoor air pollution and prescribe appropriate standards on the issue. A bench headed by Justice Raghuvendra S Rathore, however, said that it lacked jurisdiction to restrain …
NEW DELHI: Central Pollution Control Board has asked the Delhi Pollution Control Committee to shut down illegal dyeing units operating in southeast Delhi’s Sarita Vihar. “DPCC shall close all the dyeing industries operating without NOC/consent/licence with immediate effect and non-complying units shall be prosecuted as per laws,” states the letter …
The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday directed the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) to take action against a factory running illegally in a residential area in Laxmi Nagar within a month. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel passed the order after perusing an affidavit filed by …
Plea seeks removal of encroachments in Southern Ridge The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday summoned the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and the Delhi government’s Revenue Secretary seeking reasons behind the delay in demarcation of forest land in the Southern Ridge. A Bench headed by NGT judicial member Justice …
Climate change is certainly a matter already covered in the environmental impact assessment, the NGT said on Wednesday as it disposed of a 9-year-old girl's petition alleging inaction by the Centre to mitigate the adverse impact of climate change. The green tribunal was hearing a plea filed by a resident …
Pune: The four-member committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) is learnt to have recommended a fine of Rs 171 crore on German auto major Volkswagen (VW) for causing “health damage” through emissions in the Delhi region alone. The NGT has formed the expert committee on November 16 last …
The NGT panel was formed in the wake of the 2015 global emission scandal or ‘Dieselgate’ when the company was found guilty of intentionally programming its diesel engines with cheat devices to meet US regulatory standards but actually emit up to 40 times more Nitrous Oxides (NOx) in real-world conditions. …
n March 2015, the PMC signed an agreement with NEX to implement the project and allotted land measuring 1,494 sq m on Sus Road in Baner for segregating and crushing organic food waste into a slurry. A CITY-BASED start-up that was running a waste-to-biofuel plant on Sus Road, Baner, has …
The Tribunal also directed that the “action plan” in the matter “be furnished to the Tribunal within three months”. Earlier this week, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to recover damages from and initiate prosecution against Ansal Properties and Infrastructure Ltd., after finding it …
The Vadodara Enviro Channel limited (VECL) failed to get any relief from the Gujarat High court after it moved the judiciary in connection with the closure notice issued by the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB). In what is a big blow to the over 300 industries operating in Vadodara the …
The National Green Tribunal has directed the traffic police to look into a plea alleging that diesel vehicles were being operated inside the India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) premises at Pragati Maidan here even though only CNG vehicles are allowed. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel …
GURUGRAM: A committee, appointed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) last year to find out environmental violations in Sushant Lok 1, has confirmed 10 major violations in the area. The committee filed a comprehensive report in a hearing on Tuesday. In its report, the committee said it had found encroachments …
KOLKATA: For 10 years, the state transport department has allowed vehicles more than 15 years old to pollute the city, despite a 2008 order by the Calcutta High Court had banned plying of such vehicles in the Kolkata metropolitan area (KMA), environmentalist Subhas Dutta told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) …
Bijnor: A monitoring committee of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) checked the water quality of Ganga in Bijnor on Wednesday. This comes in the backdrop of the upcoming Kumbh mela, for which committees have been formed under the NGT to check water quality of Ganga in all districts through which …
Pollution control board to submit action plan before green tribunal by January 31 The River Rejuvenation Committee (RRC) will reduce pollution in seven rivers, the Ashwani Khud, Pabbar, Beas, Giri and the Sukhna, Markandey and Sirsa in the industrial corridor of Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh (BBN). The committee will use drones to study …
