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 …
The Allahabad high court has restrained the state government from felling 8,000 trees in the name of developing 'Lohia Botanical Garden' at Ganga Barrage in Kanpur Nagar. The court also directed the state government to maintain status quo on the project. Hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Dost …
The Central government is as serious in cleaning river Yamuna as it serious for rejuvenation of river Ganga, Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharati today said. "Yamuna Shuddhikaran Abhiyan is bound to get successful because the Union government is as serious on cleaning river Yamuna as it is serious on …
Troops of border guarding force of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) will undertake a massive 2,350 km ‘Swachh Ganga’ river rafting expedition next month as part of efforts to contribute to the government’s mission of cleaning the river. The expedition is expected to be flagged off on Gandhi Jayanti on …
"Deeply unsatisfied" at the manner in which the National Green Tribunal's (NGT) order to enforce a plastic ban near the Ganga in Haridwar was being implemented, NGT chairman Swantanter Kumar on Wednesday announced he would be making a surprise visit to Haridwar next week to personally ensure the order's implementation. …
A team of the Forest Department and the police was allegedly attacked by the quarrying mafia when it had gone to inspect the Kotawali riverbed of the Ganga in the Shyampur area here. Two employees of the Forest Department were injured in stone throwing by the fleeing quarrying mafia while …
Kanpur Development Authority (KDA) will take an initiative to save river Pandu, a tributary of Ganga, from pollution. A resolution to this effect may be placed in the KDA board meeting slated to be held on September 8. According to sources, KDA is considering to ban all types of constructions …
HARIDWAR: Taking a stern view of the non-implementation of the plastic ban order by the Haridwar district administration, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) during a hearing on Tuesday told the administration authorities, "If you cannot bring things under your control, the tribunal will do it." Expressing displeasure over the non-compliance …
This is the first time any river in state will be cleaned The state is all set to initiate ‘Operation Sutlej clean-up’ on the pattern of the Ganga project. This is the first time that any river in the state would be cleaned. The accumulation of silt and sand on …
Nodal officers and resource persons from five stakeholder States have presented their proposed models along with costs to be included in the final detailed project report for forestry interventions in the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG). The proposed models were submitted at the start of the two-day meeting of …
National Green Tribunal chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar has reportedly expressed displeasure over the "slow pace of work being done" in the implementation of its order of complete plastic ban in Haridwar. Elaborating on the reasons for the tribunal chief's displeasure, NGT's local commissioner Shariq Zaidi told TOI on Wednesday that …
In a bid to ensure that Ganga ghats are clean, the Haridwar municipal corporation, which had been rapped sometime back for not implementing the NGT-enforced plastic ban near the river, is now roping in private companies for the task. Haridwar municipal corporation (HMC) commissioner Vipra Trivedi said on Monday that …
Activists of the Maa Ganga Aahwan Akhada have urged National Green Tribunal (NGT) local Commissioner S Jaidi to take stringent action against those violating its order regarding ban on polythene bags at Har-ki-Pauri. Coordinator of the weekly cleanliness drive Rameshwar Gaur said they had submitted documents, newspaper reports and photographs …
DEHRADUN: The state forest department has sent a proposal to the Centre seeking permission for dredging in around 1,300 hectares in the Ganga and its tributaries at various places in the Haridwar district so that the river can be properly channelized to avoid disasters. State forest minister Dinesh Aggarwal said, …
Varanasi: Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti has said efforts are on to clean the River Ganga by 2018. Bharti told media here on Sunday that a technical committee is preparing a report on the quality of water in the Ganga and will submit …
As India stares at the mammoth task of cleaning the Ganga and looks for inspiration outside the country , it is the Rhine river of western Europe which has caught the attention of policy-makers here due to its record of rejuvenation despite once being one of the most polluted river …
HARIDWAR: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) saw heated arguments at its hearing convened on Tuesday in New Delhi pertaining to the ban on the use of plastic and polythene in Haridwar, which was openly flouted during the recently concluded kanwar yatra. Sparks flew as NGT's local commissioner Shariq Zaidi, who …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Gram Sarai Vikas Samiti (Regd.) Vs. MoEF & Ors. And Indian Council for Enviro-Legal Action Vs. National Ganga River Basin Authority & Ors. dated 19/08/2015. The Tribunal directed the State Pollution Control Board to file an …
HARIDWAR: Apprehending a fresh cracking of the whip by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Haridwar Municipal Corporation (HMC) is making renewed efforts to implement the ban on plastic and polythene imposed in the city on July 2. In view of the tone of the report submitted by its local commissioner …
River rafting camps in Uttarakhand have come under the scanner due to a petition filed by a non-profit organization, Social Action for Forest and Environment (SAFE), before the National Green Tribunal (NGT). SAFE has demanded action against camps along the Shivpuri to Rishikesh stretch that which do not follow regulations. …
India and Israel will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cooperation in the fields of water conservation, water use efficiency, waste water treatment and river rejuvenation ahead of the President Pranab Mukherjee's visit to Tel Aviv in October. Israel's deputy chief of mission in New Delhi, Dana Kursh, on …
