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 …
Governor Vohra tells Transport Department to invite comments from stakeholders Governor NN Vohra today approved the Road Safety Policy draft of the state and directed Chief Secretary BR Sharma to put the document in public domain for reviews. The last date to receive comments and views from various stakeholders and …
Official functions marked World Wetlands Day today to commemorate signing of an international treaty to save water bodies. Five wetlands in the Jammu region have vanished in the last three decades, courtesy the failure of the Revenue Department and the wildlife authorities to demarcate wetlands ofthe region. Except a small …
JAMMU: Governor N.N Vohra has directed the Irrigation & Flood Control Department to ensure high speed work and completion of all dredging which is required to be carried out on river Jhelum. He was reviewing the progress in this regard at the Raj Bhavan here today. Under the Prime Minister’s …
Environmentalists and naturalists decry a key-hole view of conserving wetlands. Protection of any major wetland is possible only if the health of buffer wetlands around it is taken into consideration. Similarly, the pollution levels in the whole region and threat from encroachments have to be factored in. “There is no …
Study says 17mangrove areas in five districts in Malabar are on the verge of extinction n spite of the frequent alerts by various environmental organisations and results of field studies conducted by approved government agencies on the threat being faced by the major wetlands in north Kerala, the situation remains …
The Delhi high court has given a verdict that parking cars in common areas of a residential society amounts to encroachment. Unless permitted, a flat owner can only park one vehicle in the designated parking allotted under the rules by a housing society, the court added, clarifying the legal position …
Bijnor: Despite district administration's decision to teach farmers about organic farming, especially along the banks of the Ganga, cultivators and land mafia groups have already started farming with pesticides and other artificial methods along the riverbanks, including on encroached government land. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had declared his commitment to …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken strong exception to Uttar Pradesh government’s non-compliance of the Supreme Court order directing eviction of residents from colonies of Kalagarh, which lie within the most sensitive core area of the Corbett Tiger Reserve. The apex court, in December 2013, had directed the Uttar …
An NGO has moved the National Green Tribunal alleging indiscriminate dumping of waste including plastic bags in a green belt in Ghaziabad's Vasundhara area, prompting the green panel to seek response from the Uttar Pradesh government on the issue. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notices …
The Salem Citizens’ Forum on Thursday launched a novel campaign to highlight the importance of removal of encroachments from the water bodies and preventing water from getting polluted. The Forum members took out a tricycle displaying the photos explaining the serious consequences of the encroachments in water bodies and need …
MUMBAI: The battle over mangroves in Kandivli shows why Mumbai is losing the bigger war to protect its environment; slumlords have encroached on mangroves in Kandivali West and residents said that government agencies have just turning a blind eye towards it. On Wednesday, the BMC carried out a demolition drive …
Gurgaon: Around 20 big and small water bodies in Old Gurgaon that once were not only the main source of supply for surrounding villages but also helped recharge groundwater were allowed to die due to the apathetic attitude of civic authorities. According to a response to an RTI reply, there …
Industries that are releasing effluents into the Hindon River will be sent notices and fined by authorities in Gautam Budh Nagar district, which decided on Thursday to crack down on polluters. At a meeting called by District Magistrate N.P. Singh, representatives of the pollution control board, the Noida Authority and …
The lakes in Koramangala-Challaghatta (KC) valley are the most polluted than the ones in Vrishabavathi and Hebbal valleys, says an IISc study. The study , Wetlands: Treasure of Bangalore (abused, polluted, encroached and vanishing), released on Wednesday by Prof TV Ramachandra and his team, reveals the KC valley receives more …
Wetlands (and lakes) constitute the most productive ecosystems with a wide array of goods and services. Wetlands provide a low-cost way to treat the community's waste water, while simultaneously functioning as wild fauna sanctuary, with public access. Despite these services, wetlands of Bengaluru have been abused (encroachments by mafia) and …
The National Green Tribunal has directed the state government to file its status report on stone mining in Meghalaya and encroachment by way of illegal constructions in Balpakram National Park . State Counsel for the state government Ranjan Mukherjee said that the two applications filed in the Supreme Court were …
The concerned authority has remained mute though locals have been openly encroaching land of the community forest in Khalanga, Jajarkot, of late. Locals have cleared the forest and constructed shanties near the district headquarters. Though hundreds of shanties have been built on forest land, the District Administration, Forest Office and …
Kondoa — Human encroachment and poaching are denying the government of revenue at Swagaswaga Game Reserve in Kondoa District, Dodoma Region. Covering about 871 square kilometres between Kondoa and Chemba districts, the international hunting block could have generated lucrative cash in terms of foreign currencies, but it has never received …
1.86 lakh trees felled, over 600 structures removed from the river banks, say authorities To free the Jhelum banks from illegal encroachments, the authorities concerned have so far felled 1.86 lakh trees and removed over 600 structures from south Kashmir up to the Line of Control in Uri, where the …
The Madras High Court has passed an interim order directing the State government not to allow construction on water bodies in the State. A Division Bench of Justices SK Agnihotri and P Devadass gave the direction, while passing an interim order on a public interest writ petition from Iyarkai Valam …
