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 …
Follows weak enforcement of order passed last year; cars over 15 years already barred The war on pollution has come to a head with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) once again ordering diesel vehicles older than 10 years off the road, this time with immediate effect. A bench headed by …
An attempt to improve India's ranking on the ease-of-doing business list of countries has put green activists and realtors on collision course. The Urban Development Ministry had told states as early as March, that they can frame and implement their own green rules to give real estate projects quick go …
Unhindered use of pressure horns is a source of serious noise pollution, the National Green Tribunal today said while imposing ban on on them in all vehicles in the national capital. "Vehicles using pressure horns and two wheelers which have removed their silencers shall not be permitted to ply on …
Dubbing diesel as a "major cause of pollution", the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday ordered that all diesel vehicles that are 10 years old or more be banned from plying in the national capital with immediate effect. The tribunal ordered the Delhi Regional Transport Officer (RTO) to deregister all …
Additional Solicitor General Pinky Anand, appearing for Ministry of Heavy Industries, told the NGT that other fuels also cause pollution but an impression has been created that diesel is more polluting. EVEN AS the National Green Tribunal (NGT) Monday directed the Regional Transport Office (RTO) to immediately deregister all diesel …
The order is effective immediately and the NGT has also asked the Delhi RTO to share data of the vehicles that'll be de-registered. Like any sudden move, this one too brings in multiple implications for the users as well as the Indian automotive industry. While vehicle makers have reasons to …
A bench headed by NGT Chairperson directed the government to file note on the mitigating steps taken by it to notify noise-level standards for airport noise zones within two weeks. The National Green Tribunal has directed the Ministry of Civil Aviation and aviation regulator DGCA to provide data on domestic …
PANAJI: Taking cognizance of the likely impact of Mormugao Port Trust's (MPT) capital dredging on benthic (the ecological region at the lowest level of an ocean or a lake) biodiversity that sustains pelagic (open sea) and demersal (living close to the floor of the sea) fish, a committee appointed by …
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) on Saturday slapped closure notice on nine hotels here for failing to deposit the penalty amount it had imposed on it in May for violating pollution control norms. The OSPCB, acting on the direction of National Green Tribunal, had given four weeks …
The Goa government has recently filed an affidavit in the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Pune seeking three years to complete the identification of private forests. The government is monitoring the process and submits a report every quarter, said an official. The NGT had expressed anguish over the slow process of …
Punjab lost almost two lakh trees every year to development works in the past five years (2011-12 to 2015-16). This was stated by the state Forest Department in an affidavit filed with the National Green Tribunal in a case against the move to axe 96,000 trees to widen the Zirakpur-Bathinda …
Kolkata: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern Zone Bench, has sought a report from the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) on the status of two sweet water aquifers on the Puri beach. In an earlier report, CGWB had stated that anything between two and six per cent of the sweet …
PANJIM: Staying the controversial construction and repair of bund at Siolim, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) refused to grant State government authorities time for further submission, stating it will lead to further environmental damage. Water Resources Department had sought two weeks for elaborate submissions before any interim relief is granted. …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked Delhi Development Authority (DDA), NOIDA authority and other departments to furnish complete details of builders and others flouting instructions about dust emission. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed the authorities to furnish details within a week and inform it …
They were present in the court along with Chief Conservator of Forest T S K Reddy and Deputy Conservator of Forest (Nagpur) Mallikarjun. THE Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court severely rapped Principal Secretary (Forests) Vikas Kharge and Forest Force head Sarjan Bhagat Thursday for not following the court’s …
CHENNAI: INVESTIGATION into some city hospitals, including noted ones, selling bio-medical waste instead of treating and disposing of them safely as is mandatory, has zeroed in on a private firm that had bought over 200 kg waste from a leading hospital. The CB-CID team, probing the case following a direction …
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Punjab and Haryana governments to give details of total municipal solid waste generated in Mohali and Punchkula and its mode of collection and disposal. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar also sought similar details from Chandigarh's authority and asked them to …
The Supreme Court imposed ban on big diesel-powered passenger vehicles in the National Capital Region has hurt commercial vehicle makers as well, and they are unsure when they will have some clarity on the matter. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) in its ruling on December 11 had barred vehicles older …
Vadodara: Officials of the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) and the Vadodara district collectorate on Wednesday conducted a joint inspection of the area along the Vishwamitri river where a riverfront has been proposed. The inspection followed an order by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Pune. Earlier this month, NGT …
The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation today moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court against the decision of the Jaypee group to close down the city’s only garbage processing plant at Dadu Majra. The application is likely to come up for hearing tomorrow. The MC has sought directions from the court to …
