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 …
Once a beautiful water body that attracted scores of visitors, Badkhal Lake is now only a piece of dry land, dependent completely on rainwater.Dry and dirty - the Capital's water bodies are dying. With encroachments, sewage and concrete constructions all over them, these reservoirs portray yet another picture of ineptitude …
Twenty-one environmental and rights organisations on Monday sought Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s direct interference to save the rivers around the capital from grabbers and pollution. In a joint statement, the leaders of the organisations said though the government has formed inter-ministerial task force in line with verdict of High Court, …
Four years since report on encroachments in Attappady. Though it has been four years since the High Power Committee headed by the Chief Secretary found that 85.21 acres of tribal land was encroached upon at Attappady and sold to windmill companies, action has not been initiated either against the officials …
Environment protection groups, Save Bangalore Lakes Trust (SBLT) and Namma Bengaluru Foundation (NBF), have brought out a report on the encroachment of lakes in the City. The 209-page report, titled ‘Phase 1-Lake Encroachment Report,’ has been compiled after surveying 43 lakes. It essentially contains information on the total area, encroachment, …
The development authorities of Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway seem to have turned a blind eye to illegal construction of farmhouses and concrete structures going on unabated along the Yamuna and Hindon riverbeds in the district. With the authorities taking no concrete action against the encroachers, sale of unauthorized …
Residents of Kambar Street in Ezhilnagar, Vellore, numbering about 400 have decided to boycott the parliamentary elections on April 24 in protest against the “failure” of the authorities to take action on their petition to remove the encroachment, an office which has been constructed by a private person, across the …
Five years ago, the High Court ordered the government to dredge and clean the four rivers around Dhaka and remove illegal structures from their banks, in efforts to save these lifelines of the capital. A series of government actions followed, but not for long. The consequences have been terrible -- …
The state government has submitted an affidavit to the Supreme Court that raps the Sree Padmanabhaswamy authorities for their failure to evict the encroachers at the Pathrakulam inside the complex and also the delay in cleaning the temple ponds. The affidavit is in response to the report submitted by Amicus …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Sarang Yadwadkar & Ors. Vs. Commissioner Pune Municipal Corporation & Ors. dated 16/04/2014 regarding dumping of debris and other materials and/or construction on the river bank and causing pollution and changing the course of the river …
Thiruvananthapuram: The state government has submitted an affidavit to the Supreme Court that raps the Sree Padmanabhaswamy authorities for their failure to evict the encroachers at the Pathrakulam inside the complex and also the delay in cleaning the temple ponds. The affidavit is in response to the report submitted by …
One of the Asia's largest freshwater lakes, Wular in north Kashmir, is fast losing its grandeur to extensive pollution, siltation and encroachments. Belying tall claims of the state government of launching an ambitious project to salvage the famed water body, there is no trace of conservation measures on the ground. …
Residents' movement pays off as BDA gets on to beautify water body in focus: The Vibhutipura Lake will be beautified at a cost of Rs 2.7 crore in two months. Vibhutipura Lake, in LB Shastri Nagar, near HAL Airport, which was full of water hyacinth, is springing back to life …
Legal hurdles coming in the way of the under-construction 16-lane expressway from the Delhi-Gurgaon border to Sector 55-56 seems to have been resolved with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) giving its approval to resume the construction work. The residents of the National Media Centre had approached NGT asking it to …
Vanishing act Two weeks ago, 400 tree were poisoned at Suruchi Baugh in Vasai; locals suspect involvement of encroachers, land mafia Activists say many illegal resorts have come up using land grabbed by destroying trees Attempts are being made to encroach land by systematically dismantling green patches along the Arabian …
New Delhi: Environmentalists have been warning about growing encroachments on the Yamuna floodplains being a recipe for disaster. Now, the latest UN panel report on climate change echoes these fears, putting Delhi among three of world’s mega cities that are at high risk of floods. The other two cities facing …
Environment protection groups, Save Bangalore Lakes Trust (SBLT) and Namma Bengaluru Foundation (NBF), have brought out a report on the encroachment of lakes in the City. The report, titled ‘Phase 1-Lake Encroachment Report,’ has been compiled after surveying 43 lakes. It essentially contains information on the total area, encroachment, BBMP …
Pune: Concerned citizens, organisations and environmentalists want political parties to come out with an agenda for environment protection in their Lok Sabha election manifesto. The Green Pune Movement has objected to the scrapping of the biodiversity park (BDP) proposal, as it will open up the hilltops and slopes for construction. …
New Gazipur training centre driving away locals, hurting livelihoods Elite force Rapid Action Battalion is constructing a training centre, destroying a part of the reserve forest in Gazipur. To pave the way, the government in a gazette notification earlier this month cancelled declaration of the allocated 20 acre land. Due …
The Gadbijala Tal, a pond located at Dekhatbhuli in Kanchanpur district, is shrinking every year. The area of the pond started reducing after people living around the pond started cultivation by encroaching on the land in the area, said Madan Nepali, a local. The pond was originally spread over 50 …
BHOPAL: National Green Tribunal (NGT) Central zone bench has issued warrant against a woman BJP leader for her repeated failure to appear before it in connection with construction of a private bridge over Mandakani river in Madhya Pradesh's Satna district. The river has been encroached upon by three private bridges …
