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 …
By Trust Legal The issue relating to environmental degradation arising out of sand mining was raised before the Hon’ble National Green Tribunal, New Delhi on 5th August, 2013 by the National Green Tribunal Bar Association. The Applicants, inter alia, contended that the large scale illegal and impermissible mining activity going …
The state's estimates committee has exposed another irregularity at the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) after alleging a scam in the city bus service. Even though it praised the 24X7 water supply to slum-dwellers at Kachipura, the committee pointed out that consumers with pucca houses were also provided water at the …
Wetlands, such as those of the Tana River Delta in Kenya, are vital but threatened ecosystems. The flooding characteristics of wetlands largely determine their physical, chemical and biological properties, so their quantification is crucial for wetland management. This quantification can be achieved through hydrological modelling. In addition, the analysis of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Gram Panchayats of Sanora Vs State of HP and ors. dated 30/07/2013 regarding the operation of the stone crushers on the river bed.
Mumbai : Eight years after a deluge claimed 450 lives in the city in 2005, the ambitious revival of the choked Mithi river to check floods is far from complete. The deadline for the Rs 1,700-crore two-phase project undertaken by BMC and MMRDA was 2008. While widening and deepening of …
The Chinese government will enhance monitoring of drinking water sources, control poisonous contaminants and step up early warning mechanisms to ensure drinking water safety, an environmental official told an ecological forum that concluded on Sunday. Ling Jiang, deputy director of the pollution prevention department under the Ministry of Environmental Protection, …
Adverse impact of climate change has been posing a serious threat to indigenous fish species, particularly the small ones, as most of the water bodies are now dying in Rajshahi especially in its high Barind tract. Fisheries scientists and specialists said breeding and grazing fields of the fish species have …
A few days before six members of the environment committee quit, they had made proposals to standardize guidelines for mining and quarrying, before they get environment clearance. The meeting was held on July 3 and the state level expert appraisal committee (SEAC) of the environment department had set definite guidelines …
The flash flood triggered by landsides inundated 10 shops in the Bagi bazaar and washed away 12 bighas of land in Mandah and Baha villages in the Shegli gram panchayat in the Kataula area in Drang last night. The flash flood struck a second time in 10 days, wreaking havoc …
With the fall of water level in the River Brahmaputra, erosion has taken serious turn at Kapasia union under Sundarganj upazila in Gaibandha district in last couple of days creating anxiety to the river basin people. An Ashrayan project built at Badamer char of the union in 2009 is under …
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court (HC) has banned new construction along the banks of the river Lidder in south Kashmir and directed the authorities concerned to ensure that no new construction takes place there. The directions were issued by a division Bench comprising Justice Verinder Singh and Justice Muzaffar …
The erosion of the rivers Jamuna and the Pamada has taken a serious turn due to sudden rise of water level in Shibalaya, Horirampur and Daulatpur upazilas and at some other places of the district. At least one thousand homesteads of the local area have gone into the river Padma …
Erosion by the River Jamuna took a serious turn, devouring around 200 homesteads and a vast tract of croplands at different villages in four unions under Daulatpur upazila in the last three days. The worst affected villages are Islampur, Bashail, Munshikandi, Jotkashi, Beparipara, Fakirpara and Rahatpur in Baghutia union, Chuadanga, …
In one of the first consolidated reports on Uttarakhand floods, the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) under the Union Home Ministry has said that “climatic conditions combined with haphazard human intervention” led to the disaster. The preliminary report has been prepared by a five-member team led by NIDM director …
Parliament on Sunday passed ‘National River Protection Commission Bill -- 2013’ aimed at protecting the country’s rivers from encroachers and pollution. Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan placed the bill for passage which was scrutinsed by the standing committee on shipping ministry. The Cabinet on January 7 this year gave the final …
Pune: The National Green Tribunal on Thursday gave conditional approval to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) for the construction of a2.3-km road along the Mutha river bed from Vitthalwadi to the Katraj-Dehu Road bypass on National Highway-4. The tribunal, chaired by justice Swatanter Kumar, judicial member justice U D Salvi, …
The Goa government has opposed two floating hotel projects being pushed by the Mormugao Port Trust (MPT), a central government undertaking, claiming that the projects would cause "ecological and environmental" damage. In an official statement issued Thursday, state Minister for Forests and Environment Alina Saldanha accused the MPT, which runs …
East Siang district police has temporarily shifted the police beat out post (BOP) at Ruskin to a school building due to continuous erosion by Debing river posing great threat to the existence of the outpost. Four policemen, including the in–charge of the BOP along with three other constables were presently …
The district of Chirang in lower Assam and BTC is seen continuing to be in trouble due to flood and erosion as twenty villages both in Sidli Circle and Bijni Circle have been submerged and over ten thousand people have been affected. The Rivers Aie, Thaklai, Nangal, Langkhar, Huduti and …
The massive and unabated erosion in the river Padma has been posing a serious threat to the city protection embankment, officials and others concerned here said. In the wake of rising floodwater in the mighty river, erosion is continuing at different places especially Sonaikandi, Noboganga, Bulanpur, Char Taranagar, Khidirpur and …
