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 …
CHITTAGONG: The national river taskforce took a decision to free all the canals of Chittagong from encroachers through demolishing the illegal structures on their banks within one month. The taskforce made the decision in its 26th meeting held at the Chittagong Circuit House in the port city on Wednesday. Shipping …
Thirteen rivers of Jhenidah are at the edge of disappearance, all of them face increasingly lower navigability and grabbing by encroachers. The grabbers are cultivating different crops and excavating ponds, and, as a result, they are filling up the banks of the river with soil. Jhenidah Water Development Board (WDB) …
The government yesterday asked the administration to take stern action against river grabbing and pollution and not to bow to any pressure from politicians. In 2009, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had made commitments to save the country's rivers and her government undertook multiple projects involving several hundred crores of taka. …
Comptroller and Auditor General of India has rapped successive governments in Kerala over irregularities by the promoters in acquiring land for the private airport project at Aranmula, work on which has been halted recently by Chennai bench of National Green Tribunal on environmental grounds. In its report presented in the …
CAG has questioned the need for Aranmula airport in Kerala and has recommended an in-depth study on environmental impact of the project on this ecologically-sensitive region based on reports submitted by the legislature committee on environment, Kerala State Biodiversity Board and the Expert Appraisal committee of Airport Authority of India …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Sudesh V/s Union of India & Ors dated 01/07/2014 regarding raising construction in the river bed of the river Dohan near Village Jat & Pali, District Narnaul in Haryana by the Central University of Haryana and …
Mirpur lawmaker Elias Uddin Molla and his business partner Saidur Rahman Sajal have allegedly grabbed a part of Turag river at Rupnagar thana in the capital. They are now filling the grabbed river. At least, three acres of land on the south of Birolia-Savar bridge over Mirpur embankments are being …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Raghubir Singh Vs Union of India Ors. dated 25/06/2014 on whether the proposed site of a complex falls within the catchment area of the rivers Yamuna or Hindon.
KCZMA handed over details of over 10,000 ‘land modifications’ to local bodies in February. Weakening the Supreme Court’s drive against encroachments and Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) violations along the banks of the Vembanad, the local bodies of Kochi, Kottayam and Alappuzha are sitting on a project for pinning down violators. …
Judgement of the High Court of Gujarat in the matter of Kharai Juth Gram Panchayat & Others Vs State of Gujarat & Others dated 20/06/2014 regarding the encroachment of the Gauchar land, water bodies, lake and also upon the private lands of various agriculturists by Jaypee Cement Ltd in Village …
MUMBAI: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has, in a strongly worded audit report, rapped the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) and the principal secretary, state urban development department, for completing only 38 out of the city's proposed 157 infrastructure projects. The total cost of the Mumbai …
HYDERABAD: And yet another day begins to a sunny morning and no rainfall despite the southwest monsoon having hit the west coast. Which makes today an even more important day to mark as it points to serious issues that need to be addressed. The World Day to Combat Desertification, as …
The Chennai Corporation is aiming for a clean sweep to tackle problems of female hygiene and access to sanitation -special `She Toilets' have been planned for women in 348 locations across the city and will be opened by the end of the year. They will also be the first etoilets …
BALASORE: The rampant filling of ponds and water bodies by the builders and private house owners has threatened the eco-system in the flood prone areas of Balasore. The district has been witnessing high temperature and acute drinking water shortage during summer and frequent floods during monsoon. Environmentalists have raised concern …
The Deputy Director of Land Records (DDLR) has seemingly given an “easy passage” to land grabbers near Narasipura lake in Vidyaranyapura in the City by regularising the encroached area. A new survey sketch prepared by the DDLR, a copy of which is with Deccan Herald, shows that there is no …
Members of Tamil Nadu Vivasaayigal Sangam staged a demonstration here on Tuesday urging the State Government to initiate immediate steps to protect the Tamirabharani from rampant pollution and provide drought relief to farmers of the district. The protestors said the Tamirabharani, lifeline of three southern districts, should be protected from …
The national taskforce on river protection has decided to conduct mobile courts against river encroachers and polluters. The decision was taken at a meeting of the taskforce yesterday. “Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) from now on will conduct mobile courts during eviction drives to hand down financial penalty or …
On the eve of World Environment Day, the Capital does not score very high on the environmental report card going by the views of environmentalists and conservationists based in the city. While successive governments have long debated on what needs to be done to clean the Yamuna, the river has …
Pollution levels and state of drains to be studied Hearing two petitions relating to dumping of waste and debris into the Yamuna and encroachments on storm water drains (SWDs), the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday considered the technical advice submitted by the Civil Engineering Department of IIT-Delhi and set …
