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 …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Encroachment on Tribal Land, 04/07/2019. In so far as land related issues are concerned, the Ministry of Rural Development, Department of Land Resources (DoLR), is the nodal Ministry at the Centre, which plays a monitoring role in the field of land reforms. Land and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Deepak Vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi dated 02/07/2019 regarding illegal discharge of effluents and causing of air pollution by industrial and other units in Village Jindpur, Alipur Division, G.T. Road, Delhi. A pond has been also been encroached upon. …
CPI leader writes to Chief Minister The State council of Communist Party of India has urged the State government to take steps to restore lakes and tanks in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation jurisdiction that have been encroached. CPI State secretary Chada Venkat Reddy expressed concern over the rampancy of …
Ghaziabad: There was palpable tension at Arthala lake since Wednesday morning after a heavy posse of policemen, along with officials from the administration and the Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation (GMC), descended on the village to raze 490 illegal structures and dwelling units — built illegally over encroached land surrounding the water …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Anil Kakkar Vs State of Uttarakhand dated 16/04/2019 regarding hills being illegally cut to sell the plots at Sahastradhara, Dehradun. NGT directs Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCFF) to look into the matter and take appropriate action in accordance with …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Residents of Gramsabha Lohati Saraiya, Post Amraigaon, Janpad Ayodhya Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 16/04/2019 regarding encroachment of pond at village Lohati Sarayia, District Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. NGT directs District Magistrate, Ayodhya, UP to look into the matter, take …
Sameer Ahmed, counsel for one of the petitioners, urged the court to direct the authorities to protect Malkam Cheruvu. Hyderabad: Asking the Telangana government why the Musi river could not be revived like the Gujarat government did with the Sabarmati river and and the Rajasthan government the Bhadravathi, the Telangana …
Whoever is elected, he will have the responsibility of addressing these pressing issues and if past elections are any indication, DMK’s A Raja could have an edge. COIMBATORE : Mention of the Nilgiris evokes thoughts of cool climate, wildlife and greenery. Reality, however, is one of environmental pollution, encroachments on …
Encroachment by people into one of Africa’s most celebrated ecosystems is “squeezing the wildlife in its core”, by damaging habitation and disrupting the migration routes of animals, a major international study has concluded. Boundary areas of the Serengeti-Mara region in East Africa have seen a 400 per cent increase in …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Amarpal Singh Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 25/03/2019 regarding illegal encroachment of ponds resulting in flooding of village Sadullapur/ Chandpura Pargana-Sarava, Tehsil and District Meerut with effluents. The NGT directs the District Magistrate, Meerut to look into the matter, …
JAIPUR: A division bench of Rajasthan High Court on Monday said that chief minister of Rajasthan is expected to prepare a project aiming at recharging of water bodies, checking deforestation and illegal mining. The bench comprising Justice MN Bhandari and Justice BL Sharma while hearing suo motu petition on the …
A committee, headed by a former Delhi High Court Judge has informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that approximately 155 waterbodies have been identified across the national Capital that have been encroached upon. The committee, which had been constituted by the NGT to monitor the groundwater situation in the Capital, …
BENGALURU: Rejuvenation of 27 lakes managed by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is likely to be completed by March, taking the total number of revived water bodies under the Palike’s ambit to 92. “We have already revived 65 lakes, and work on the 27 will be over by March. …
The ongoing construction of an embankment on the Sandhya river in Barishal has sparked outrage among locals who believe the structure will damage the river crucial to their livelihoods. Locals in Banaripara told this correspondent that they depend on the river, which connects Kacha river and Kirtankhola river in the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Chandra Shekhar Gupta Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 15/11/2018 regarding encroachment on public park at Sai Puram Delhi Road, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. National Green Tribunal directs District Magistrate, Meerut to look into the matter and take appropriate action in …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sunil Kumar Pachauri Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 15/11/2018 regarding encroachment of forest park and green belt near house no. F-55, Sector - Gamma-I, Greater Noida, District Gautam Budh Nagar. The applicant approached the concerned authority on which the …
Top court asked Uttar Pradesh government to consider declaring certain portions of area surrounding Taj Mahal as heritage. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended till November 15 the time for Uttar Pradesh government to submit a vision document on protecting the Taj Mahal from pollution. The state government …
In December last year, municipal corporations in the city started a sealing drive against business establishments and sealed thousands of small shops for non-payment of conversion charges, encroachment and illegal constructions on the instructions of the Supreme Court-appointed monitoring committee. However, the missionary zeal of the civic agencies went kaput …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of K. S. Ravi Vs. State of Karnataka & Others dated 04/09/2018 regarding restraining construction activities at Kaikondrahalli Vilalge, BBMP Ward No. 150 (Bellandur Ward), Mahadevpura Zone, Bengaluru. The grievance of the applicant is that the project called ‘SJR Watermark Project’ …
Up to 2.5 billion people depend on indigenous and community lands, which make up more than half of all land globally, but they legally own just 10 percent. The right of indigenous people to land and territories is protected by international legal conventions including the United Nations' Declaration on the …
