Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
Order of the Supreme Court in the matter of Bhopal Municipal Corporation Vs Subhash C Pandey & Others dated 07/04/2025. The affidavit of compliance was filed by the Bhopal Municipal Corporation regarding implementation of the suggestions of the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI). The SC granted time to the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of H. C. Arora Vs State of Punjab & Others dated 02/01/2024. In original application 169/2021, issue raised was in respect of inaction of the state authorities to take remedial action against contamination of ground water in village Aloarakh, block Bhiwanigarh, …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Amravati Municipal Corporation Vs Ganesh Dadarao Anasane & Others dated 31/07/2023. The Supreme Court directed National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) to verify whether Amravati Municipal Corporation has made "substantial compliance" with the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 and …
Joint Committee report in the matter of O.A. No 109/2020 (Ramesh Agarwal Vs Union of India & Others) in compliance of National Green Tribunal (NGT) order, March 16, 2021. The court had directed the constitution of a Joint Committee to look into the matter of violation of environmental norms against …
Status report report filed by the CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute to the NGT on the rejuvenation of the water bodies in Delhi. CSIR-NEERI is working on two projects related to rejuvenation of water bodies in Delhi: A. Preparation of Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) for the Rejuvenation of 83 Sewage …
Final report of the Joint Committee of CPCB, Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) and CSIR-NEERI in compliance of National Green Tribunal order of November 26, 2019 in the matter of OA No. 738 of 2018 in the matter of Satpal Singh, Sarpanch, Gram Panchayat Singhpura Sithana, Panipat Vs Indian …
Affidavit filed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change dated 30/01/2020 regarding implementation of Monitoring Action Plan (MAP) for augmenting compliance monitoring in the country. Simultaneous action has also been initiated to strengthen the legal provision on monitoring as part of EIA Notification 2006 - which at present …
Interim report by board could not identify the source of around one-fifth of Calcutta’s PM2.5 pollution Environmentalists have raised questions about an ongoing study ordered by the state pollution control board to measure various pollutants in Calcutta’s air and the board’s claim that roadside eateries and ironer units contribute more …
The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by the Anil Diggikar, principal secretary (environment) on Monday After Supreme Court held State environment department reponsible for not taking enough measures to reduce pollution in Ulhas and Waldhuni rivers, they have now blamed the concerned municipal corporation and planned an inspection …
A study commissioned by the Union Water Resources Ministry to probe the “unique properties” of the Ganga found that the river water contains a significantly higher proportion of organisms with antibacterial properties. Other Indian rivers also contain these organisms but the Ganga — particularly in its upper Himalayan stretches — …
Nagpur: While making plans for redeveloping the historic Futala lake and constructing a road through the lush green PDKV land in Bharat Nagar, the civic authorities seem to have missed out on evaluating the detrimental impacts that the project can cause to the environment. Replying to a Right to Information …
A long-drawn battle between the residents of Whitefield and Graphite India Ltd. (GI) has finally come to an end with the company announcing the closure of operations of its Bengaluru plant. In a letter dated April 3 to the Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd. (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange, which …
New Delhi: The Central Pollution Control Board has issued show-cause notice to a distillery operating in Karnal, Haryana over untreated effluents being dumped in the river. A joint inspection by the apex pollution control board along with CSIR NEERI had revealed the foul quality of the effluents being discharged in …
The appeal was sent on behalf of Clean Energy Access Network (CLEAN), which is an all-India representative organisation with a mandate to improve rural livelihoods and promote economic growth and jobs through the deployment of decentralised renewable energy. "India is already doing better than many other countries in fighting climate …
As in the case of noise emission The Tamil Nadu Fireworks and Amorces Manufacturers Association (TANFAMA) has sought a defined standards to measure emission on bursting of firecrackers to enable compliance by makers while experimenting with new products. At a recent meeting with Additional Secretary of Department for Promotion of …
AHMEDABAD: India’s largest ceramic cluster at Morbi and Wankaner has received a major blow as the National Green Tribunal, Delhi bench (NGT), on Wednesday ordered a shutdown of all ceramic units that run on coal gasifier. The NGT has ordered to dismantle the coal gasifiers and asked the ceramic units …
NEW DELHI: The chemical formulation of 'green crackers' has now been finalised and its bulk manufacturing could start from May after getting approval from government agency. This comes almost four months after manufacturing of polluting firecrackers was banned and only green firecrackers allowed by the Supreme Court. Council of Scientific …
NEW DELHI: Four months after banning polluting firecrackers, Supreme Court found that government agencies are yet to decide what is a “green cracker”, leading the court to consider a balance between the need to check pollution and protect jobs of the workforce in the business. “We have to find some …
According to the Delhi Jal Board, creation of district metering areas will be crucial to the decision. The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) is looking at round-the-clock water supply for all its residents, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is also the chairperson of the board, giving the proposal a green …
Residents have accused the 50-year-old plant of violations A decade-long legal struggle by Whitefield residents against Graphite India Limited has taken a significant step forward after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) restored a 2012 pollution control board order to close the 50-year-old plant for violations. While NGT’s Principal Bench in …
