Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajendra Prasad Gupta Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. Counsel appearing for the state of Uttar Pradesh submitted that the action plan to prevent the discharge of untreated sewage and industrial effluents in river Ganga is ready …
More than 80 dead bodies surfaced in the river in Uttar Pradesh las week after a drop in water levels. New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has criticised the government for its failure to curb river pollution after scores of dead bodies surfaced in the Ganga river, a lawyer …
DEHRADUN: To cater to the hill state's drinking water needs as well as other parts of the country which are fed water from its leading water bodies like the Ganga, Yamuna and other tributaries, Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Wednesday asked senior officials in the Irrigation, Forest and Rural Development …
Environment ministry files affidavit in the SC despite Ganga rejuvenation minister's objection Despite written objections from Union water resources and Ganga rejuvenation minister Uma Bharati, the Union environment ministry has done a volte face and conditionally allowed five new dams on tributaries of the Ganga in the Uttarakhand hills. In …
The National Green Tribunal on Monday slammed the Centre and Uttar Pradesh government over pollution in the Ganga in Varanasi and said their slogans on cleaning up the river rang hollow. “It is really very unfortunate that such things are going on. Why don't you do something about this? Your …
The National Green Tribunal on Monday slammed the Centre and Uttar Pradesh government over pollution in the Ganga in Varanasi and said their slogans on cleaning up the river rang hollow. “It is really very unfortunate that such things are going on. Why don't you do something about this? Your …
Expanding green cover; water conservation efforts despite constraints” Amid reports about the National Green Tribunal pulling up officials in Uttarakhand for their alleged indifference to the Ganga pollution, Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Saturday said the State makes the biggest contribution to environment conservation in the country. “We have been …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Khan Leather Finishers Vs. Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board dated 14/01/2016 regarding leather industries causing pollution to river Ganga, Jajmau Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Court find no reason to grant the relief prayed for by the Applicants at this stage. The …
The government’s ambitious “Clean Ganga” project got a jolt on Tuesday with the National Green Tribunal directing the Centre not to release funds for cleaning the river from Gomukh to Kanpur without its nod, chiding Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand for failing to identify the serious polluting locations. Irked at the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 13/01/2016 regarding illegal construction of pathway on the river bed of river Ganges in the name of river front beautification programme along the stretch of river …
The Ganges River dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica) (GRD) is classified as one of the most endangered of all cetaceans in the world and the second scarcest freshwater cetacean. The population is estimated to be less than 2,000 individuals. In Nepal’s Narayani, Sapta Koshi, and Karnali river systems, survival of GRD …
With the Union cabinet last week deciding to establish a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to speed up the ongoing clean Ganga mission, the Centre will soon set up a company for implementation of river cleaning projects under the Public Private Partnership mode which will eventually construct and operationalise sewage treatment …
All 42 rivers covered under the National River Conservation Plan (NRCP) should come under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation (MoWRRDGR) to evolve an integrated approach for conservation of water resources, the finance ministry has proposed. The Cabinet Secretariat has sought the comments …
LUCKNOW: Union water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation minister Uma Bharti on Tuesday announced projects worth Rs 78 crore to cover upgrading of STP (sewage treatment plant) and diversion of drainage at Anupshahr in Bulandshahr district. Bharti was at Anupshahr as part of her inspection of prominent ghats and …
The National Green Tribunal today took strong exception to "flagrant violation" of its order banning camping activities in the entire belt of Kaudiyala to Rishikesh on the banks of river Ganga in Uttarakhand. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson justice Swatanter Kumar directed the Uttarakhand government to file an affidavit …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Krishan Kant Singh V/s. M.H. Tanners & Others dated 06/01/2016 regarding pollution caused by leather industry Jajmau, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. NGT permit the industries to operate only for a period of three weeks. In those three weeks, the joint inspection …
DEHRADUN: In what is an apparent contravention of a recent National Green Tribunal (NGT) order banning beach camps near the Ganga, some 17 resorts have put up beach camping tents in Havel valley in Yamkeshwar block of Pauri district on the banks of the tributary of Ganga, Havel river, for …
DEHRADUN: In an important step to check river pollution, the Uttarakhand Environment Protection Pollution Control Board (UEPPCB) has issued a notice to the industries, ashrams and hotels of Haridwar not to dispose sewage into the Ganga. It directed the bodies to make their own arrangements of sewage treatment plants (STPs) …
NEW DELHI: There will be a complete ban on use of plastic of any kind from Gomukh to Haridwar along Ganga with effect from February 1, the National Green Tribunal directed today while slapping a penalty of Rs 5,000 per day on erring hotels, dharamshalas and ashrams spewing waste into …
DEHRADUN: In a big blow to beach camp owners who were hoping for a reprieve, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday upheld its ban on beach camping near the Ganga from Kaudiyala to Rishikes in Uttarakhand, an order which it had passed in March. The tribunal, which had in …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Kisan Sahakari Chini Mills Limited (In Krishan Kant Singh Case) Vs. U.P. Pollution Control Board & Ors. dated 11/12/2015 regarding sugar industry discharging their effluents in the river Ganges or its tributaries, Uttar Pradesh. The unit will not carry on …
