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 …
The green panel directed the municipal corporation to ensure that these factories do not operate till they obtain clearance from the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC). The National Green Tribunal has directed the AAP government and the North Delhi Municipal Corporation to shut down unauthorised industrial units located in residential …
State government had appealed against the NGT order in favour of Vedanta The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear on January 8 the appeal filed by Tamil Nadu government against the decision of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to reopen the Sterlite Copper plant at Thoothukudi, which was ordered …
According to an order issued by General Administration Department (GAD), the monitoring committee shall function under the overall supervision and coordination of Administrative Secretary Forest, Environment and Ecology Department. Following directions issued by the National Green Tribunal in New Delhi, the Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday ordered constitution of …
GURUGRAM: The Haryana government may be backtracking from its commitment to declare the Najafgarh lake and its influence area a wetland. Last week, state forest minister Rao Narbir Singh rolled out a proposal to build a bund on a portion of the marshes to reclaim land belonging to local farmers …
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on Wednesday rejected Vedanta-owned Sterlite Copper plant's application seeking issuance of the renewal of consent to operate and to open the seal of the premises to carry out "urgent care and maintenance work". Pointing to various letters from Vedanta requesting renewal of consent …
NAVI MUMBAI: Citing the slow progress in cases of environmental crime, particularly the destruction of mangroves, three ecology-focused groups have appealed to CM Devendra Fadnavis to set up a specialised green police. Recent days have seen a series of violations of Bombay high court orders and environmental and CRZ laws …
Over 50 concerned citizens comprising river ecologists, environmental activists and academicians, have appealed to Union Environment Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, to submit before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that inland waterways projects should be brought under the ambit of environmental clearance (EC). The letter sent to the minister on Tuesday …
Preliminary report says operations of 15-20 units in Solan to be shut In the wake of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) orders, officials are having a tough time assessing the accurate distance of a stone crusher from a water body. The green tribunal, in its orders issued in October, had …
Shimla: With seven river stretches- Sukhana, Markanda, Sirsa, Ashwani, stretches of Beas, Giri and Pabbar-in Himachal Pradesh found to be polluted and identified as “critically polluted” , the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in a recent order has directed the state pollution board among others to submit revised action plan to …
This interim report has been prepared by the Monitoring Committee mainly focusing raison d’etre of Committee vide orders dated 30/7/2018 of the Hon’ble Tribunal in the matter of Original Application No. 804/2017: Rajiv Narayan & Anr. Vs Union of India & Ors. The following aspects have been covered in this …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought action taken report from the Chandigarh-based Regional Officer (North) of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, regarding compliance of the statutory procedures while allowing felling of trees for development projects in Punjab. While hearing various petitions filed in this regard, including …
CHANDIGARH: Sangrur based environment activist Amandeep Aggarwal feels disillusioned that his grit and perseverance in exposing the alleged rampant tree felling and misplaced compensatory afforestation in Punjab before National Green Tribunal (NGT) lost to achieve the desired end results. He felt that the case lost its trajectory amid the sensational …
The Delhi government must do more to fight pollution. It is difficult to see why the Delhi government continues to rely on episodic solutions to curb air pollution when it should have worked, along with the Centre and the government of neighbouring states, on sustainable, long-term solutions. With the national …
Residents of 11 villages say mining affecting irrigation, ask govt to make its stand clear in a week. Led by former MLA Kanu Kalsariya and Congress MLA from Talaja, Kanu Baraiya, around 1,000 farmers of 11 villages of Talaja and Mahuva talukas of Bhavnagar district forced UltraTech Cement Limited to …
An appeal has been filed in the Supreme Court against the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT’s) decision to uphold the environmental clearance granted by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF) on March 26 to the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research for the construction of the India-based Neutrino Observatory …
Four years after the National Green Tribunal ordered a ban on coal mining in Meghalaya, illegal practices continue unabated in the state, putting lives at risk every day. There seems to be no hope at the end of the tunnel for the 15 labourers trapped in a coal mine a …
Jaisinghpur residents demand special teams for demarcation Despite NGT orders to shut down all stone crushers on the 100-metre radius of rivers and rivulets in the state, no steps have been initiated for the implementation of the orders. The deadline fixed by the NGT for implementation of its order will …
PANJIM: Observing that 15 States including Goa have failed to draft action plan for restoration of polluted river stretches, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has given a last opportunity by extending the time for preparing the plan by January 31, next year. Any delay after that, State government would be …
LUCKNOW: A committee of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday expressed dissatisfaction over the state government’s preparations for solid waste management at upcoming Kumbh in Allahabad. Uttar Pradesh Solid Waste Management Monitoring Committee (UPSWMMC) said the government’s plans were neither sufficient, not at par with the norms of waste …
New Delhi: Delhi high court on Tuesday said the central government will have to explain if a traffic plan was a pre-requisite to seek environment clearances and if such an exercise was carried out for the project to redevelop the seven south Delhi colonies. A new bench of justices Sanjiv …
