Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rafhat Naeem Siddiqui Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 25/02/2025. Rafhat Naeem Siddiqui, resident of village Ajupura Rani, block and tehsil Nagina, district Bijnor has sent present letter petition which has been treated and registered as an original …
Divisional Forest Officer (Rural), district Shimla, Himachal Pradesh in its report to the National Green Tribunal (NGT), September 15, 2022 said that the land of Gurdayal Singh, village Kothi, tehsil Sunni, district Shimla suffering from the effects of unscientific mining and quarrying has been restored. The miner, Ramesh Verma had …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Animesh Das Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 12/09/2022. The matter related to waterbody encroachment, mouza Kotrung under Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality, district Hooghly. The court directed the constitution of a committee to look into …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Krishan Chandra Santra & Others Vs Pollution Control Board, West Bengal & Others dated 17/06/2021. The matter related to illegal construction and filling the construction material in a waterbody in Baruipara Paltagarh Panchayat which is connected …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mirza Abid Beg Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 25/07/2019 regarding water bodies being filled to convert the land into residential/ commercial plots by Nagar Palika Nagina, District Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh. NGT asks for a factual and action …
Judgement of the High Court of Bombay in the matter of Worli Koliwada Nakhwa & Others Vs Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai & Others dated 16/07/2019 regarding construction of a coastal road on the western coast of Mumbai from Princess Street Flyover to the Worli end of the Borivali– Worli …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Essar Bulk Terminal Limited & Others Vs The State of Gujarat & Others dated 29/03/2019 regarding expansion of port limits in Hazira. Supreme Court directs that “Out of 195 hectares of reclaimed land, 140 hectares will be further leased …
Bangladesh government is firmly committed to the implementation of national-level strategic plans such as the Five Year Plans and Perspective Plan and also highly committed to meet the targets under SDGs. Integration of these sectoral, national and global targets and plans into long term coherent strategies taking climate change and …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Essar Bulk Terminal Limited & Others Vs State of Gujarat & Others dated 22/02/2018 regarding the expansion of the port limits of Adani's Hazira port. Essar Bulk Terminal Limited have argued before the Court that they have spent huge …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Kerala State Coastal Management Authority Vs DLF Universal Limited & Others dated 10/01/2018 regarding construction of a multi-storey residential complex on the eastern bank of Chilavannurkayal (backwaters) in Kerala. Supreme Court directs that in future, wherever permissions are required …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 13/09/2017 regarding construction work being undertaken in the name of Ganga river bank development towards Kolkata and Howrah side thereby encroaching upon the river Hoogly. The …
For more than two months, the 376 households (about 2050 people) of Ago-Egun, a fishing community outside Bariga, a sprawling town in Lagos have had their means of livelihood cut off. Their fishing canoes sit on the shallow shores as the men of the community wander around unable to sail …
Panaji: The site allegedly being reclaimed in khazan land in coastal regulations zone (CRZ) I zone on Zuari river bank for the mini-India project at Quelossim was inspected by Goa coastal zone management authority (GCZMA) officials and others on Wednesday. The project has been issued approval in-principle by investment promotion …
Government has started the process of reclaiming an estimated 1.5 per cent of the country’s land surface which has allegedly been degraded by illegal mining and other bad environmental activities. The country’s land space is estimated at about 238,000 square kilometers. Out of this, between 50,000 and 60,000sq km, representing …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Sunit Kumar Mallick Chowdhury Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 07/02/2017 regarding filling up of a waterbody (Ukil Bheri) by a housing society in Kolkata to construct a building. NGT directs the Additional District …
The Earth has gained coastal land equivalent to the size of Jamaica in the past 30 years with man-made construction outpacing erosion caused by rising sea levels, mapping data showed on Thursday. Expansion of ports off China, construction of luxury resorts off Dubai or land reclamation in the Netherlands were …
Earth's surface gained 115,000 km2 of water and 173,000 km2 of land over the past 30 years, including 20,135 km2 of water and 33,700 km2 of land in coastal areas. Here, we analyse the gains and losses through the Deltares Aqua Monitor — an open tool that detects land and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Dhrubo Mukherjee Vs Pollution Control Board, West Bengal & Others dated 22/08/2016 regarding water bodies/low lands which are located on the west side of the Makardah village (Howrah District, West Bengal) stretching upto Ankurhati village which …
Forest land near South Delhi’s Neb Sarai, which has become a dumping ground over the years, will be reclaimed and its greenery restored by the Environment and Forest Department. On Saturday, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Environment and Forest Minister Imran Hussain inaugurated the programme to restore the forest …
Allegations of bribery and corruption will further mire controversial land reclamation projects across Indonesia, already hotly contested by locals and environmentalists. Jakarta City councillor Muhammad Sanusi and two employees from property developer PT Agung Podomoro Land - president director Ariesman Widjaja and staffer Trinanda Prihantoro have been named suspects by …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Prakash Chander Kapur & Others Vs Union of India Rep. by its Chief Secretary Union Territory of Puducherry & Others regarding Karuvadikuppam Muncipal Sold Waste (MSW) dumping site in Puducherry dated 05/04/2016. It is stated that dumping …
