Order of the National Green Tribunal the matter of Krishna Das KV Vs State of Kerala dated 07/01/2025. The matter is related to pollution in in Ashtamudi lake, Kollam district, Kerala. The NGT received a report from Justice A V Ramakrishna Pillai, Chairman, State Level Monitoring Committee, Kerala reporting massive …
Order of the National Green Tribunal the matter of Krishna Das KV Vs State of Kerala dated 07/01/2025. The matter is related to pollution in in Ashtamudi lake, Kollam district, Kerala. The NGT received a report from Justice A V Ramakrishna Pillai, Chairman, State Level Monitoring Committee, Kerala reporting massive …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Jagrat Agarwal & Others Vs MoEF&CC & Others dated 19/11/2024. The issue of discharge of untreated water into the waterbody, encroachment on the waterbody and dumping of the municipal solid waste was raised in the application …
The National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal), November 9 issued a slew of directions for protection of Sambhar lake, a Ramsar site. Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary, Environment Rajasthan was directed to ensure demarcation of lake area, delineation of core and buffer area of Sambhar lake wetland within 3 months. …
Report filed by the government of Rajasthan, Department of Environment and Climate Change dated 16/02/2023. The Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal, February 15, 2023 in the matter of Dr Abid Ali Khan Vs State of Rajasthan & Others had directed the Chief Secretary, Rajasthan to file a report …
Joint committee report in the matter of Daram Govinda Rajan Vs State of Andhra Pradesh dated 17/11/2022. Daram Govinda Rajan resident of Chataparru, Eluru mandal, Eluru district, Andhra Pradesh filed an application before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) regarding massive illegal encroachments by construction of ponds leading to ecological destruction …
The present report provides the information requested under Article 8.2 of the Convention concerning changes to the List of Wetlands of International Importance (the “Ramsar List”) and changes to the character of listed wetlands since 21 June 2018. (The period up to June 2018 was covered by document COP13 Doc.12). …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai in the matter of Puducherry Environment Protection Association Vs Union of India and Others dated 26/05/2020. The matter related to plan for withdrawal of water from Ousuddu lake a wetland in Puducherry. The NGT in its order of February 4, 2020 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rohit Chowdhury Vs Union of India & Others dated 11/02/2020 regarding identification of sites for setting up of the Integrated Solid Waste Management Facility and the issue pertaining to protection of elephant corridor by Northern alignment of the railway track …
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC;) has notified Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2017 (hereinafter Wetlands Rules) under the provisions of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 as regulatory framework for conservation and management of wetlands in India. These guidelines have been drafted to support the State Governments …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Raja Muzaffar Bhat Vs State of Jammu and Kashmir & Others dated 16/12/2019. The issue for consideration is prevention of unscientific dumping of waste and encroachment of Hokersar Wetland, Wular Lake and Kreentchoo-Chandhara Wetland in the Union Territory of Jammu …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Indian National Trust for Art & Cultural Heritage Vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Others dated 10/10/2019 regarding declaring a water body falling partly in NCT Delhi and partly in Haryana as a wetland. Application filed by Indian National …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rohit Chowdhury Vs Union of India & Others dated 19/08/2019. The issues discussed were shifting of the solid waste mangement plant near Deepor Beel and encroachment of the wetland, Guwahati, Assam. Nalin Kohli, Additional Advocate General for the State of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Other dated 08/07/2019 regarding destruction caused to East Kolkata Wetlands. NGT in its Order of May 27, 2019 had directed for the constitution of a Committee to submit a report of the …
A large mineral sands mine in southeastern Madagascar has trespassed into a “sensitive zone,” violating national law and raising the possibility that radionuclide-enriched tailings could enter a lake that local people use for drinking water. There is no evidence that radioactive elements or mine tailings have entered the lake so …
In a last-minute move, the government is attempting a new strategy to push through a coal mine in a formally protected Mpumalanga wetland area. This week, the Pretoria High Court was to have heard an application to review the government's hush-hush 2016 approval of a coal mine in the Mabola …
