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 move comes after the Union Environment Ministry told the Lok Sabha in a written statement last year that industrial effluents and household sewage flowing into the Powai lake had raised its pollution levels, eight times above safe standards. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has shortlisted a contractor to measure …
GANDHINAGAR: The BJP-led Gujarat government which makes tall claims about its protection of cows, told the assembly by a written submission that 2,754 villages in Gujarat have no gauchar land (community land for grazing of cows and other animals). In reply to starred questions by Congress MLAs, the revenue minister …
JOHANNESBURG - Law enforcement authorities are on high alert to deal with land invasions, Gauteng Premier David Makhura said on Tuesday. "As I have said before, there are many factors behind land invasion, these include financial gains made by those who sell land illegally as well as politically motivated land …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 13/03/2018 regarding encroachment of Pachmarhi Cantonment, Madhya Pradesh. Supreme Court notes that the matter is being extremely casually by the Ministry of Defence. Court directs the …
Government has issued a 21-day ultimatum to residents of 11 villages that have encroached on Lubigi wetland located northwest of Kampala. Lubigi wetland is one of the many wetlands facing extinction despite its critical roles of filtering, retaining and controlling floods in and around the surrounding districts of Wakiso and …
Order of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court in the matter of Molvi Peer Noor Ul Haq Vs State of Jammu & Kashmir, Srinagar bench dated 07/02/2018. The matter related to the collapse of Jhelum embankment at Lasjan. The J&K High Court was informed that the government has directed the …
GAYA: Drain effluents enter Falgu riverbed at no less than 24 points thereby aggravating subsurface water pollution. In several localities of the town, handpumps and submersible machines draw water with bad odour and higher mud content. For several years now, the proposal to channelize drain effluents and establish water treatment …
BENGALURU: The fire-spitting Bellandur Lake has once again brought into focus the plight of the city's other waterbodies like Varthur Lake which are equally polluted. Residents hope that the National Green Tribunal (NGT)'s Monday directive to the state government to come up with a time-bound action plan for both Agara …
The Lands ministry and the Nairobi county government are on the spot for allowing premises to be erected on wetlands. National Environment Complaints Committee Secretary John Chumo yesterday said wetlands have been encroached on, blocked and destroyed. “There’s need to have those who have encroached on them explain how they …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 09/01/2018 regarding encroachment of Pachmarhi cantonment land, Madhya Pradesh. It has come to the notice of the Supreme Court that the meetings being held by the Ministry of …
Adyar and Cooum are both polluted rivers, but only after they enter Chennai. According to former principal chief conservator of forests S Balaji, lack of proper sewage disposal system, especially in the suburban areas, wreaks havoc once a river enters a city. "Take the case of Cooum River. Till Maduravoyal, …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of National Institute of Medical Science University Rajasthan & Others Vs State of Rajasthan & Others dated 09/11/2017 regarding water shortage in Jaipur city and the drying up of Ramgarh Lake. The case deals with the massive encroachments in the …
The water available to each Indian in 2011 was 70% less than in 1951, and it will reduce further by 2050. Rising population is partly the reason, but dying rivers and depleted groundwater have made the situation worse. Underlining the crisis, Isha Foundation led by Sadhguru has released a detailed …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Baljeet Singh & Others Vs Delhi Development Authority & Others dated 06/11/2017 regarding encroachments on the Yamuna flood plains. Apex Court directs for final disposal of these matters on 15th January, 2018 as it involved a large number of …
The commission’s mandate is to probe efficiency of the laws, policies and processes of land registration The land probe team is demanding an environmental impact assessment (EIA) of the project for the expansion of Gulu University on 28 hectares of Gulu Central Forest Reserve, funded by African Development Bank (AfDB). …
This is considered a crucial step The State government is all set to announce the final list of Project Displaced Families (PDFs) of the Kovvada atomic power plant in couple of weeks. The final declaration will have all the details of the properties of the displaced persons. This is being …
GURGAON: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Huda, department of town and country planning (DTCP) and central groundwater authority (CGWA) to submit a detailed report on presence of illegal borewells in Sushant Lok 2 and 3, the source of water supply to the condominiums and their total consumption of …
Despite signs that numbers of giant pandas are rising, suitable habitat has shrunk, according to satellite data. The forests where the panda lives are in worse shape than in 1988, when it was first listed as endangered, scientists say. Last year, the giant panda was downgraded from endangered to vulnerable …
- Govt to remove vendors on 800m stretch Makeshift shops along Puri's Golden Beach, a 800m stretch considered to be a big tourist draw, would disappear shortly with the district administration all set to declare it as "no-vending zone" following an order of the National Green Tribunal. The tribunal's August …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Bombay Environment Action Group Vs MoEFCC & Ors. dated 11/09/2017 regarding illegal constructions in Matheran an eco-sensitive zone in Maharashtra. The Applicant - Bombay Environment Action Group has submitted that the interim submitted before the Tribunal …
