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 …
Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) is likely to continue to be defunct for some time, as the ministry of environment, forests and climate change (MoEFCC) rejected the state government's plea to extend the previous body's term. Confusion and uncertainty prevails after the three-year tenure of the body expired on …
Decision came as Delhi's car dealers were beginning to take in their stride the Supreme Court ban on 2,000 cc diesel vehicles The diesel car business in the capital has taken a beating after the National Green Tribunal last month directed the transport authorities to de-register 10-year-old diesel vehicles to …
SHILLONG: After slapping closure notices on several city hotels and guest houses for failing to install Effluent Treatment Plants (ETPs) and releasing untreated polluted water directly to the rivers, the Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board has served closure notices to 79 brick kilns operating illegally in the state. During the …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday cleared the decks for registration of 10 new diesel vehicles of Delhi Fire department which are conforming to BS-IV emission norms. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar granted the relief to the fire department after it was informed that the …
AURANGABAD: The Pune bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notices to the state government and other officials over various environmental issues plaguing the Mukundnagar area in Ahmednagar. The Mukundnagar Vikas Committee in Ahmednagar had filed an environment interest litigation through advocate Asim Sarode highlighting garbage mismanagement and …
"New vehicles would be registered only after producing the proof afore-stated before the authority," the bench said. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked Delhi’s transport department to register 10 new diesel vehicles for North Delhi Municipal Corporation only after the civic body produces the certification about dismantling of its …
"Time is not far away when people will have to carry oxygen cylinder", the National Green Tribunal (NGT) today said, pulling up authorities in Himachal Pradesh for not planting a single tree after clearing a forest area for a road project. "Half of the country is facing floods and half …
Following protests from pressure groups, project has been stalled since Dec 2011 on grounds that seismic activity could pose a risk to people in downstream areas As part of its Rs 3,000 crore diversification plan to venture into solar and wind power projects, NHPC Limited (previously known as National Hydroelectric …
The National Environment Care Federation (NECF) has moved the National Green Tribunal (NGT) against unabated sand mining in the region. The petition is expected to come before the Tribunal on August 17. The move has come at a time when the Dakshina Kannada district administration is all set to implement …
CHENNAI: The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday has admitted a petition filed by former Vijayawada legislator Devineni Rajasekhar and issued notices to Andhra Pradesh government, the Director of Mines and Geology and to all District Collectors following allegations of misuse of the recently introduced Free …
National Environment Care Federation (NECF), an NGO, released on Monday a 300 page document with sting video clippings on illegal sand mining allegedly taking place in Unidivided Dakshina Kannada district. NECF convener Shashidhar Shetty said the illegal sand mining in coastal Karnataka is a multi-crore scandal of more than Rs …
ICRA Ltd Senior VP Subrata Ray said the impact of the scrappage programme could be limited owing to moderate level of incentive (8-12 per cent) being offered. The ban on registration of old diesel vehicles in Delhi-NCR and the proposed vehicle fleet modernisation programme could lead to around 3 per …
The Delhi government faces a mammoth task of de-registering about 19 lakh diesel vehicles in the national capital that are over 15 years old. The National Green Tribunal in its July 20 order had asked the transport department to immediately de-register diesel vehicles that are over 15 years old and …
Four-laning project already behind schedule due to bad weather The Parwanoo-Solan four-laning project has suffered a major setback with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) imposing a ban on the felling of trees. Against the target of 10 per cent, only 8 per cent work has been completed so far. “The …
SHILLONG: The state government has written to Union Ministry of Environment and Forest on July 28 to hold a meeting to discuss the finalization of mining plan, mining policy and mining guidelines. Moreover, the state government is also inclined to seek the intervention of NGT to extend the transportation of …
BHOPAL: Collector-appointed four teams are yet to get cracking on verification of pillars in Upper Lake, leaving them with far less time to do the job. Three days, including Sunday, would go waste, going by collector Nishant Warwade's statement that "teams will start work from Wednesday and only 5 days …
The stern directive of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) totally prohibiting use of polythene bags and plastic material as well as their sale in and around Brahma Kund, Har-ki-Pauri, is being openly flouted during the ongoing Kanwar yatra. Local traders and vendors are openly selling and using plastic material, polythene …
On December 11, 2015 the tribunal had banned registration of new diesel-run vehicles in Delhi-NCR noting that diesel was the prime source of pollution. Leading car manufacturer Toyota has moved the National Green Tribunal arguing that the idea to ban diesel vehicles across the country was like a “corporate death …
Following a tip-off that transporters were taking their vehicles to Nagaland to change the engine chassis number and fraudulently register their vehicles with the state authority. To avoid detection by Delhi Police, who have begun taking action against diesel vehicles older than 10 years following the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT’s) …
Bhopal: Nine months on, Madhya Pradesh forest department is still clueless on reasons behind movement of tigers from Ratapani wildlife sanctuary towards Bhopal instead of Singori and Khiwni sanctuaries. On November 19, 2015, National Green Tribunal (NGT) had raised concerns over possible man-animal conflict as three tigers had strayed into …
