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 …
SHIMLA: Raising questions on the functioning of Himachal Pradesh Pollution Control Board (HPPCB), National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday not only directed the chairman of the board to fix responsibility on the officials for allowing the hot mix plant to run along the river and residential areas without any permission …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of K. K.Subramaniam & Others Vs Loss of Ecology (Prevention & Payment of Compensation) Authority & Others dated 26/08/2016 regarding loss of agricultural yield (Thoppampaptti Village, Thennilai keezh Bhavani Ayacut, Aravakurichi Taluk, Karur District, Tamil Nadu) due to …
The impact of the booming Chinese economy on the quality of the nation’s air and water has garnered a lot of attention recently. Now, focus is turning to another polluted realm: the very ground beneath China’s feet. Original Source
On June 9, Meenakshipuram police station in Kerala's Palakkad district registered a case against Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Ltd (HCCBL) for wilfully polluting water sources near its manufacturing plant. HCCBL makes and markets multinational giant Coca Cola's beverages in India. The Plachimada plant of the company, said to be the …
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) on Saturday slapped closure notice on nine hotels here for failing to deposit the penalty amount it had imposed on it in May for violating pollution control norms. The OSPCB, acting on the direction of National Green Tribunal, had given four weeks …
Nagpur: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has asked all power generation companies to supply fly-ash free of cost within 300 km radius of their plants. It has asked all local generators to file an affidavit in this regard and send it to MPCB head office. A meeting of power …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of R. Rajendran Vs Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board dated 05/07/2016 regarding discharge of effluents by M/s. N. Muneeba Tanning Company into the Applicants (R. Rajendran) lands. Tribunal directs the Tannery to be immediately closed and electricity disconnected.
A new study by Trucost finds the environmental cost of using plastics in consumer goods and packaging is nearly four times less than it would be if plastics were replaced with alternative materials. The study is based on natural capital accounting methods, which measure and value environmental impacts—such as consumption …
Soil pollution in Guwahati city, Assam, India has become a major concern since the last few decades. To study the impact of automobile and industrial emission, distribution patterns of 16 different polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and eight heavy metals were investigated in the soil samples collected from 15 different sites. …
KAKINADA: The villagers of Konaseema area, during a public hearing organised by the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) at Kottapakala village in Tondangi mandal of East Godavari district on Wednesday, expressed fear over pollution to be caused by the proposed bulk drug unit coming up in the village. As …
NALGONDA: The residents of four villages in Bhudanpochampally mandal are forced to migrate to other areas as seven factories manufacturing intermediatory pharma products, are releasing effluents that pollute the ground water and pose health hazard to the villagers. According to the villagers, the effluents are flowing into the agricultural lands …
An environmental status report of the Kochi Corporation which would feature air, water and sound quality levels is on the cards. The Centre for Heritage Environment and Development and the SCMS Water Institute, Karukutty, will jointly draw up the report which will be an indicator on the environment health of …
Cuncolim locals have demanded that the government carry out an inspection of the hazardous waste dumped at Cuncolim industrial estate, waste from steel factory and pollution caused by the fish meal plants. They have demanded that the authorities take care of the hazardous waste left behind in a plot by …
Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh: Farmer Bablu Chouhan is waging a daily battle to clear the constant barrage of fly ash, which is turning his 5-acre farmland in Dogalia village barren. Almost all his family members are ill. The fly ash is coming from two 500-hectare ponds, where the Shree Singaji Thermal …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) to monitor the ambient air quality, stack emission and waste water discharged from a polluting plant at Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district. Hearing a petition filed by five villagers of Udayabata in Paradip on April 27, the tribunal …
TNPL has sanctioned Rs. 49.16 lakh for conducting the study Tamil Nadu Agricultural University – Anbil Dharmalingam Agricultural College and Research Institute at Navalur Kuttapattu near here has been assigned the responsibility of ascertaining the environmental quality following the setting up of the paperboard industry at Mondipatti area near Manapparai …
Hydraulic fracturing frequently occurs on agricultural land. Yet the extent of sorption, transformation, and interactions among the numerous organic frac fluid and oil and gas wastewater constituents upon environmental release is hardly known. Thus, this study aims to advance our current understanding of processes that control the environmental fate and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Kokaram Yadav & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 27/04/2016 regarding Aril river pollution by industries, river Aril, Moradabad District, Uttar Pradesh. CPCB and UPPCB are directed to conduct a Joint Inspection to collect the soil near Aril …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s Ashok Vihar Mitra Mandel Vs. The Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors. dated 25/04/2016 regarding dumping of hazardous wastes containing heavy metals in the green belt, Delhi. CPCB has come up with a Reply dated 22nd April, 2016. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sanjay Kumar Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 22/04/2016 regarding discharge of effluents by Coca Cola's Hapur plant in Uttar Pradesh into a nearby pond. The Applicant’s case is that the untreated effluents are being released by the …
