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 …
Launched in 2014 amid much fanfare, the “Clean Ganga” project has not achieved much. However, officials claim otherwise. Insisting that a lot has gone into what is the Prime Minister’s “firm commitment” to the country, officials say results would take time as the holy river has been “neglected” for years. …
VARANASI: Environmentalists are doubtful over the findings of recently conducted Ganga Dolphin Census citing increasing pollution load in Ganga. Banaras Hindu University's environmental scientist and Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) expert member Prof BD Tripathi said, "Gangetic dolphin survives in clean water. So it is surprising that their population is …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tikaula Distillery Ltd. Vs. Krishan Kant Singh & Ors. dated 26/10/2015 regarding pollution by M/s. Tikaula Distillery, Tikaula, District Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh.
BIJNOR: To curb pollution in the Ganga, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has ordered that sugar mill owners should stop dumping waste into the river or its tributaries. Just before the commencement of the crushing season, the CPCB has passed instructions to the State Pollution Control Board, Lucknow, to …
Eminent environmentalist Suresh Bhai of the Himalayi Paryavaran Shiksha Sansthan based at Matali in Uttarkashi says both state and Union governments are playing politics and doing nothing to clean the Ganga. The pollution in the river can be witnessed right from Gangotri to Uttarkashi. Suresh says dirty water from urinals …
The National Green Tribunal today blamed both the Centre and the states of passing the buck on cleaning of the river Ganga, as it convened a high-level meeting next week to discuss implementation of the first phase of Ganga Action Plan (GAP). "After deliberation, it is clear that we will …
Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti today asserted that the Namami Gange programme of the Union Government will start delivering positive results in the coming years. Bharti was addressing a workshop on the Ganga cleanliness programme at Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh, today. She said the Union Government, led by Prime Minister …
Downtown Dehradun city lives between two rivers, Bindal and Rispana. The two rivers that are part and parcel of the city’s life are horribly polluted. A few people know that all the dirt and filth that gets collected in these two rivers finally goes into the Ganga. The two rivers …
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has reiterated the government’s intention to raise new Territorial Army battalions, comprising ex-soldiers and commanded by regular army officers, specifically for cleaning up the Ganga. This is a good move. TA battalions earmarked for ecological tasks have performed well in the past. Yet, given the sheer …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Krishan Kant Singh & Ors Vs CETP, Jajmau, Kanpur & Ors dated 12/10/2015 regarding cleaning of river Ganga. A meeting of the following officers, for Section One of Phase- 1 of cleaning of River Ganga at …
The NGT also indicated that it was ready to issue directions to close down the tanneries operating near the Ganga river in Kanpur, and "shift the total industrial complex" to a different location. Unhappy over the slow pace of work on the Ganga cleaning project, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT), which was asked to act against industrial units polluting the Ganga by the Supreme Court, today unveiled its stage-wise plan to restore the river to its pristine glory. The green panel said it intended to take the issue of the rejuvenation of the Ganga stage-wise …
Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti on Tuesday urged the environment ministry to check the ongoing unauthorised mining activities on river Ganga in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor district. In the letter sent to union Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate change Prakash Javadekar, Bharti urged …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Society for Protection of Environment & Biodiversity & Others Vs. Union of India & Others dated 07/10/2015 regarding pollution of river Hindon because of industrial discharge, indiscriminate dumping of municipal waste and even sewage. The Court noted that the chemical …
NAINITAL: A team of the Uttarakhand Human Rights Commission (UHRC), after spending three days at Gangotri near the source of the Ganga, and witnessing rampant pollution of the river there, has issued a notice to the state chief secretary, asking him to submit a report on the steps taken to …
KANPUR: The state forest department along with WWF will commence the census of the Indo-Gangetic dolphins in Ganga from Monday. This important task will witness its beginning from Ganga barrage in Kanpur. Principal Secretary (Forest), Sanjeev Saran will inaugurate the dolphin census programme at barrage which will go upto October …
Landfilling is one of the most common methods for disposal of municipal solid waste. Government regulations for pollution control and public opposition due to unacceptable conditions makes it extremely difficult for planner to find a new landfill site. Geographic information system (GIS) and multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) can be applied …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) will conduct hearing on pollution in the Ganga, specially tannery discharge, in two phases on October 6 and 13. The matter was heard in the tribunal on September 28 and the bench had decided to hear the issue in two phases, according to regional officer, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Indian Council for Enviro-Legal Action Vs. National Ganga River Basin Authority & Ors. dated 28/09/2015 regarding pollution of Ganga by the hotels, ashrams, dharamshalas in Haridwar and Rishikesh operating upstream without consent of the Board and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Krishan Kant Singh & Others Vs Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board & Others dated 28/09/2015 regarding Ganga pollution. The Tribunal has fixed 6th October, 2015 as the date for dealing with the first phase of cleaning of river Ganga.
