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 …
The ban on digging of earth for making bricks and roads without prior environment clearance (EC) by the National Green Tribunal almost two months back has raised questions about how far it is being implemented in the State in general and Dibrugarh district in particular. The Supreme Court had passed …
The state government has allotted Rs 51 crore for Aji River front development project in the city. According to Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) officials, they had made presentation about future plan of Aji River front development in the city which passe through the city. RMC officials said that they have …
Environment and forests minister Hasan Mahmud slammed Transparency International, Bangladesh for its recent investigation report on the government’s climate change trust fund utilization. Read more in this October 2013 edition of the Monthly Bangladesh State of the Environment Report published by the South Asia Environment Portal. Read and Share. ENVIRONMENT …
Gem mining in Seethawaka river has been taken over by the Sri Lankan government, National Gem and Jewellery Authority (NGJA). According to Director General Janaka Udaya Kumara, this decision was taken to prevent illegal gem mining in the Thalduwa area of Seethawaka river. Read more in this October 2013 edition …
Though, on February 27, 2012, the Supreme Court's order banned any kind of mining of minor minerals, including sand, without environmental clearance from the Union ministry for environment and forests, and the NGT has issued a restraint order on August 5, 2013, against all sand mining activity being carried out …
The Tibet Plateau is "the third-cleanest area in the world in terms of its environment," after the South Pole and North Pole, says a white paper issued on Tuesday. "It has a clean and transparent atmospheric environment, and similar contents of pollutants to the North Pole," says the white paper …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akash Vashishtha & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 23/10/2013. NGT in the order has directed all the concerned authorities, state Governments particularly, the State of UP and DDA to file an Affidavit of the Principal Secretary, Irrigation, …
Essar Steel was on Monday permitted by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to start construction for laying a portion of its 253-km long slurry pipeline to transport iron ore from its steel beneficiation plant in Keonjhar district of Odisha to another unit in Paradeep. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Brij Mohan Yadav. Vs. Union of India & Others dated 22/10/2013. NGT orders that no illegal mining is to be permitted in District Banda, Uttar Pradesh particularly in rivers Badain and Ken. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/864-2013(MApp)_22Oct2013.pdf
A three-member search committee has been formed to look for a capable chairman and four members for forming the National River Protection Commission as per the guideline of National River Protection Commission Law 2013. The convener of the search committee is Chairman of Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) Dr Qazi Khaliquzzaman …
To urge for exempting State from sand mining ban The government on Tuesday told the Goa Legislative Assembly that it will move the National Green Tribunal (NGT) next month, urging it to exempt Goa from the ban on the removal of sand from river beds. “We have decided to represent …
Chairman, State Water Resources Regulatory Authority (SWRRA) and former Chief Secretary, S S Kapoor today chaired a high level meeting of Deputy Commissioners of various districts of Jammu division to take stock of implementation of State Water Resources Regulatory Act in their respective jurisdictions. The Chairman had a detailed review …
Nearly 300 resorts/hotels in and around the forests in The Nilgiris district extract 12 lakh litres of water a day from borewells depleting sub-soil water. Also, hotels and other establishments are collecting water from rivers, streams and canals in the forest for their own use. This has been submitted in …
A total of 28 relief camps have been opened and 850 people evacuated across two rural blocks in East Singhbhum district. Water level in the Kharkai river continued to rise, submerging low-lying areas of Jamshedpur city and affecting 6,500 people. Meanwhile, rainfall continued throughout the state. There were frequent power …
Inflation in India rises to 7-month high of 6.46% due to higher onion, diesel prices Allahabad High Court Saturday relaxed the ban imposed on the immersion of idols in rivers Ganga and Yamuna for this year and refused to extend the time frame any further. It has also sought a …
Sand mining has many devastating traits. For one, it destroys the river beds, changes the course of the river, causes banks to flood as well as washes away houses that lie near its path. As such the ban on sand mining has generally been welcomed by all. However, even after …
By building dams in the Himalayas, Chinese engineers are tinkering with one of the world’s great sets of watersheds. Five great streams—the Red River, the Yangzi, the Irrawaddy, the Salween and the Mekong—flow within about 180 kilometres (110 miles) of one another from the south-eastern edge of the Tibetan plateau, …
China endures choking smog, mass destruction of habitats and food poisoned with heavy metals. But ask an environmentalist what is the country’s biggest problem, and the answer is always the same. “Water is the worst,” says Wang Tao, of the Carnegie-Tsinghua Centre in Beijing, “because of its scarcity, and because …
The Ernakulam District Expert Committee on sand mining, the official authority to control sand mining in the district, has handed over a memorandum to the Chief Minister proposing the resuming of sand mining in the district. The memorandum was submitted in the wake of the state government refusing to re-start …
Argentine citizens walk by the bridge that links Argentina and Uruguay, during a demonstration near Fray Bentos city October 6, 2013. The demonstration was called by Argentine environmentalists to protest against a decision of Uruguay's President Jose Mujica who announced on October 2 the decision to allow UPM-Kymmene to increase …
