Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
Mining stopped following National Green Tribunal sought Environment Clearance for it Mining of river sand may be resumed for six months in Kerala after obtaining the quantity of sand collected from each ghat last year. District Collectors have been asked to furnish the data in the absence of current audit …
In a joint document the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers released a proposed rule to clarify protections provided by the Clean Water Act. Following Supreme Court decisions in 2001 and 2006, there has been much confusion about definitions within the Act and applicability. The proposed clarifications will enhance …
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) and the ministry of power have yet again failed to file their replies before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday on NHPC's Lower Subansiri Hydro Electric Power (LSHEP) dam project. In the last hearing, the tribunal asked all respondents - state governments …
According to the World Resources Institute (WRI) many, if not most of the world's rivers are stressed. Determining a systems water stress is based upon measuring the ratio of total water withdrawals to the available renewable supplies within the catchment area. Rivers are an indispensible resource for our communities and …
Unscientific mining and lack of mining policy based on scientific data was creating a situation for natural disasters in Himachal Pradesh. The situation was such that on the one hand, the debris being created from infrastructure projects such as power and road constructions was being dumped in rivers, thereby raising …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Sudesh V/s Union of India & Ors dated 21/03/2014 regarding construction activity going on in the river bed of river Dohan passing through villages Pali and Jat, Haryana. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/340-2013(OA)_21Mar2014.pdf Previous Orders: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/e-orders.php?eid=6237
Though the Supreme Court has given directions to the state government to check illegal mining along riverbeds, large-scale illegal mining of sand from the Beas is going on unchecked from Jalogi to Thalot. Hundreds of JCBs and tractors have been engaged by local contractors to extract sand from the Beas …
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. …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shri. Dnyaneshwar s/o Kisanji Gadhve Vs Ministry of Environment and Forest & Others dated 14/03/2014 regarding mining of sand beds of Nagpur & Bhandra districts and Environment Clearance for mining projects in these areas. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/judgment/6_2014(App)(WZ)_14Mar2014_final_order.pdf
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Smt. Lalita Shinde & Anr Vs. Trimbakeshwar Mun. Council & Ors dated 12/03/2014 regarding Trimbakeshwar river pollution case. NGT has asked the Collector of Nashik to provide protection to Lalita Shinde for filing an application pleading …
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 …
The construction work on the 25-MW Keiu Hydro Project being executed on the Lamba Dug river in the Chhota Bhangal area of the Palampur region came to a standstill today following a massive protest by local residents. Reports reaching here said residents assembled at the project site in the morning …
Unabated encroachment, pollution threaten rivers around the capital The rivers around the capital are threatened by unabated encroachments and pollution as the government is dragging its feet in creating the long overdue national river protection commission to tackle the issues. Since July 2013, when the National River Protection Commission Act …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday decried the Assam government after the latter failed to submit report on the 2000MW Lower Subansiri Hydro Power Project. The Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Ministry of Power also failed to submit their reports when the tribunal took up the case …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has given an ultimatum of three weeks to the Assam government to file its reply on the Lower Subansiri Hydro Electric Power (LSHEP) dam on Monday. Earlier, the tribunal had asked all respondents in the case - state governments of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, ministry …
Like it or loathe it, local firm Orion Group is going to complete a furnace oil-fired power plant by occupying a portion of the Buriganga river at Kashipur point under Fatullah in Narayanganj. During a visit to the site of the power project of 102MW Digital Power and Associates Limited, …
This paper presents an assessment of the implications of climate change for global river flood risk. It is based on the estimation of flood frequency relationships at a grid resolution of 0.5 × 0.5°, using a global hydrological model with climate scenarios derived from 21 climate models, together with projections …
In a changing climate, saltwater intrusion is expected to worsen in low-lying coastal areas around the world. Understanding the physical and economic effects of salinity ingress, and planning adaptation, are key to the long-term development of countries for which sea level rise has been identified as a major risk from …
This study emphasizes the importance of rainstorm events in mobilizing carbon at the soil-stream interface from tropical rainforests. Half-hourly geochemical/isotopic records over a 13.5 h period from a 20 km tropical rainforest headwater in Guyana show an order of magnitude increase in dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentration in less than …
Before the general elections, the BJP-led Madhya Pradesh government has gifted the Malwa region India's first ever river-linking project to solve the problem of water scarcity there. As part of the Narmada-Kshipra link project, Narmada's water has been lifted to 350 metres and through pipelines spread over almost 49 kilometres …
