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 …
NEW DELHI: A breath of fresh, clean air remains a dream for most Mundka residents, thanks to toxic industrial units burning their waste in the open. A day after the National Green Tribunal slapped a fine of Rs 25 crore on the Delhi government for doing precious little to address …
A contempt plea has been filed in the National Green Tribunal, Eastern Bench, urging it to take action over the pollution caused to Rabindra Sarobar lake in Kolkata during last month's Chhath puja, which the petitioners said was organised in violation of an NGT order. The petition, filed by Sumita …
The green panel said there was need to assess carrying capacity of the area to allow such events in respect of number of vehicles, generation and disposal of municipal solid waste, safety hazards, noise pollution, emergency response etc. Social and commercial functions in public parks in residential colonies in the …
Vedanta Limited on Monday filed a caveat before the Supreme Court requesting it to not pass any order in connection with the Sterlite plant in Thoothukudi without hearing its arguments. CHENNAI: Vedanta Limited on Monday filed a caveat before the Supreme Court requesting it to not pass any order in …
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal on Monday asked the Delhi government to deposit Rs 25 crore with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for their failure to curb the problem of pollution in the city. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel also asked the AAP …
The convenor of the new six-member committee is to be headed with the Principal Secretary of Ecology and Environment. BENGALURU: Following a directive issued by the National Green Tribunal to set up a committee, to bring down the rising levels of air pollution in the state, the Karnataka State Pollution …
A committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to carry out an “independent probe” into the closure of the Sterlite Copper plant in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday said that the closure was not sustainable and “against principles of natural justice”. “The impugned orders cannot be sustained as it is …
A Pune-based petitioner has filed an application before the principal bench of National Green Tribunal in New Delhi challenging the Environment Ministry’s recent notification easing environmental norms for realtors. The November 14 notification, issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF& CC) empowers local bodies like the …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has constituted a joint committee comprising officials from the Delhi government and Centre to prepare a scrapping policy for the Capital, following reports that highlighted absence of a policy to deal with old vehicles. Noting that the Delhi government has deregistered 40 lakh vehicles, including …
In 2016, the tribunal’s expert committee had submitted a report with a series of recommendations to counter increasing air pollution levels in the city. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Tuesday fined the state government Rs 5 crore for failing to comply with its two-year-old directive to combat air pollution in …
Unfavourable meteorological conditions that slowed down dispersion of pollutants kept Delhi's air quality in the 'very poor' category for the third consecutive day on Wednesday as a thick haze engulfed the city, authorities said. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has come out with a list of nearly six lakh …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday expressed concern over the wastage of water during the filling of the tankers for supply in different areas and directed the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to look into the issue. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Adarsh Kumar Goel directed the applicant to …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday directed the ministry of environment, forests and climate change (MoEF&CC;) to submit the final report on the status of a 52-acre Aravali land where trees were felled allegedly by a realty firm, within three weeks. The ministry had been asked by the tribunal …
KOLKATA: Various government departments have shrugged off responsibility for the spike in the city’s air pollution and lack of demonstrative action to control it. Instead, they indulged in a blame game, pointing to the others’ failure to act on issues, like failure to phase out old commercial vehicles, check vehicular …
The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed a National Green Tribunal (NGT) direction allowing the regularisation of unauthorised structures in Kasauli, a popular tourist destination in the state, after paying environmental compensation. A Bench of Justices MB Lokur, S Abdul Nazeer and Deepak Gupta said the October 5 direction of the …
The NGT order had instructed the authorities concerned to prepare an action plan to reduce the impact of industrial effluents in water bodies at Eloor and Edayar industrial area in Kochi. KOCHI: In the wake of the order issued by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on the pollution in the …
The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea by Tamil Nadu government seeking review of its September 10 order by which it has asked National Green Tribunal (NGT) to decide on merits and maintainability of the issue raised by the TN on Vedanta's petition challenging closure of its Sterlite plant at …
The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Centre's response as to why it should not stay the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order clearing the ambitious Chardham project, which proposes to provide all-weather connectivity to the four holy towns of Uttarakhand. A bench of Justices R F Nariman and Navin Sinha …
Panel formed I Will prepare action plan to regulate number of vehicles, construction The government today constituted the Air Quality Monitoring Committee (AQMC) to check the high pollution levels in the seven towns of Baddi, Damtal, Kala Amb, Nalagarh, Poanta Sahib, Parwanoo and Sundernagar. The committee will prepare an action …
MOHALI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) during the resumed hearing did not give relief to 54 factory owners of Derabassi and deferred the hearing till December 3. The owners of the factories have alleged that the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) failed submit the compliance report affidavits with the NGT …
