The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
The state-level environment impact assessment authority of the Ministry of Environment and Forests has recommended its expert appraisal committee to grant environmental clearance to the Municipal Council, Ferozepur, for establishing an integrated municipal solid waste management facility at plant at Bir Chahal village in the Faridkot district. The recommendation was …
The Centre is all set to take a stringent view on rampant hill-cutting in the states and may come out with strictures regarding such acts. With Maharashtra government’s State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) having submitted their recommendations regarding hill-cutting, the environment minister Prakash Javadekar said that he will look …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Himmat Singh Shekhawat & Others Vs State of Rajasthan & Others dated 13/01/2015 regarding rampant illegal sand mining in the Yamuna riverbed going on in violation of law, without taking prior Environmental Clearance.
The city’s 9,400 tonne of municipal solid waste, generated per day, can soon be diverted to the Kanjurmarg dumping site as the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) has approved change in technology for processing waste at the Kanjurmarg plant, a proposal that was stuck for the past five years. …
The city’s 9,400 tonne of municipal solid waste, generated per day, can soon be diverted to the Kanjurmarg dumping site as the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) has approved change in technology for processing waste at the Kanjurmarg plant, a proposal that was stuck for the past five years. …
Cutting of trees for production of charcoal which on burning causes further environmental hazards, led the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday to order an interim ban on cutting of trees without clearance from the Centre and competent authorities. A Bench headed by Justice P. Jyothmani issued directions to “restrain …
The state government has submitted before the Kerala High Court that environment clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF)is not mandatory for the grant and renewal of short-term quarrying permit of minor minerals and quarrying operations for a period of less than one year. The government made it …
The Bombay high court, in an interim order on Wednesday , said the National Green Tribunal should not proceed with the Kanjurmarg dumping ground issue. Earlier this year, the tribunal had restricted all dumping and reclamation activity at the proposed dumping ground located along Thane creek. A bench, comprising Chief …
After the controversy-hit Lavasa and Aamby Valley, construction of Maharashtra’s next new lakeside hill township could begin soon in Pune’s Mulshi taluka, with the state environment authority granting environmental clearances. The State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) recently gave clearance for land and infrastructure development for the new hill station, …
To check the pollution emanating from brick kilns, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) and the office of the Deputy Commissioner to close kilns running without the Environmental Clearance Certificate. The directive followed a petition Suresh Kumar Sharma. The court observed that …
High Court (HC) directed Chairman Jammu & Kashmir Pollution Control Board (JKPCB) for closure of brick kilns operating without obtaining ‘Environment Clearance Certificate’. Justice Tashi Rabstan of J&K; High Court directed Chairman JKPCB for closure of all brick kilns in J&K; operating without obtaining ‘Environmental Clearance Certificate’ from the authority. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Tarun Bharat Chauhan & Others Vs. Union of India & Others dated 31/10/2014 regarding proposed Municipal Solid Waste Plant to be put up by the Government of Uttar Pradesh at Village Dundahera. The Tribunal ordered that …
The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) is groping in the dark about the total number of stone quarries operating on Jagannath Temple land in Khurda district. The board on Monday alleged that the temple administration was not giving it the list of quarries despite several reminders. The stone quarries …
One of the members of the now defunct Team Anna, Mufti Shamoon Qasmi has addressed a memorandum to Uttarakhand Governor Aziz Qureshi accusing the State -Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) of trying to legitimise the illegal mining activities currently underway in the Doon Valley and within 10 kilometres of …
PIL petitioners today pleaded with the Delhi High Court to quash the environmental clearance given to the proposed Tata Camelot’s high-rise project in Mohali district, contending a state-level committee had approved it hastily without collecting and analysing necessary data. Arguing before a Bench comprising Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice …
Around 400 projects across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) are awaiting appraisal for environment clearances since July since the regulatory body has remained non-functional for two months. These projects not only pertain to real estate development, but also to information technology parks, commercial hubs, college expansion and hospital revamp plans. …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday revoked the stay on the expansion plans of Hindu College and the construction of a new building at Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies. The order came after the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) informed the bench that both projects do not fall …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Mahendra Pandey Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 09/09/2014 regarding Environmental Clearance granted for construction of building complex for Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies at PSP Area – IV, Sector – 16, Rohini and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Anil Tharthare Vs. The Secretary Environment Department Govt. of Maharashtra & Others dated 09/09/2014 regarding environment clearance granted to Rustomjee Oriana project at the MHADA Gandhi Nagar Layout, at Kala Nagar at Bandra East, Mumbai.
The Delhi High Court today maintained its restraint on Haryana's plea to prosecute leading Indian car maker Maruti for not having prior Environment Clearance (EC) for its Rohtak unit. A bench headed by Chief Justice G Rohini said that orders with respect to the appeal by Haryana State Environment Impact …
