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 …
RTI-cum-environment activist Rohit Choudhury has alleged violation of the order issued by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and the Central Information Commission (CIC) in regards to uploading the matters related to the grant of environment clearance (EC) to development or industrial projects on the official …
The National Green Tribunal has directed inspection of 'kolhus' used for crushing sugarcane in Uttar Pradesh after a plea alleged that these "unregulated" units were major contributors to air and water pollution. Sugarcane is processed in bullock-driven 'kolhus' for crushing cane for manufacturing sugar. A bench headed by Justice Jawad …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone Chennai) in the matter of Bhaskaran V.A Vs State Environment Impact Assessment Authority & Others dated 09/02/2017 regarding environmental clearance (EC) to stone quarry covering an area of 3.9947 Ha in Thiruvaniyoor Village and Panchayat, Kunnathunad Taluk, Ernakulam District, Kerala. NGT dismisses …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Narayana Manjunatha Hegde & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 08/02/2017 regarding Environment Clearance (EC) granted by the State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Karnataka dated 17/02/2011 for establishing Municipal Solid Waste Plant (MSW …
Petitioner had raised concerns relating to impact on environment The National Green Tribunal (Eastern Bench) has issued notice to the Union Ministry of Water Resources, the Chhattisgarh government, the Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board, the Chhattisgarh State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority and the Odisha government with regards to usage of …
Pune: The National Green Tribunal bench here has directed a show-cause notice to be issued to the state-level expert appraisal committee (SEAC) for withholding environment clearance (EC) proposals of 20 mine owners in Sindhudurg district despite its order on August 17, 2015 to decide the same on merit. The SEAC …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Pawan Kumar Somani Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 05/01/2017. The applicant (Pawan Kumar Somani) has prayed for issuance of a direction upon the respondents to first quantify the area of wet land/marshy land/low …
A GAS CHAMBER? Citizen group says an apartment complex is barely 20 metres from the site of the proposed power unit More trouble is brewing for the Kar nataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL) as a citizen group from Yelahanka is taking legal recourse to question the construction of a gas …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Ananta Kumar Das Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 03/01/2017 regarding sand mining in Baitarani river near Sanala village, Jajpur District, Odisha. NGT in its Order makes it clear that the mining based on the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Umesh Prasad Singh Vs Union of India & Others dated 21/12/2016 regarding illegal sand mining /soil mining operations in the district of Patna, Bihar, on the river bed of Ganga in between Digha Railway Bridge to …
Leading Hotels asked to get fresh Environment Clearances for Rs 1300 tourism & villa project; fraudulent procedures followed by environmental committees in granting EC, reason for decision PANJIM: The National Green Tribunal has kept in abeyance the Environmental Clearance granted to Leading Hotels for the controversial Golf Course and Villa …
NOIDA: The district magistrate on Saturday issued a notice to all brick kilns operating in Gautam Budh Nagar, warning them of serious consequences if they continue to operate without mandatory environmental clearances. The DM's notice follows the order of National Green Tribunal on November 23 where it had directed 21 …
BENGALURU: Karnataka's Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) has put on hold environmental clearance for a mega housing project of the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) on the outskirts of the city, which is apparently coming up on a no-construction zone. The BDA has proposed construction of 1,068 units of 2-BHK flats …
After reports of alleged violation of environment norms by more than 100 brick kilns in Jammu district, the district administration has decided to tighten the noose by setting up the District Expert Appraisal Committee (DEAC) and the District Environment Impact Assessment Authority (DEIAA) for processing and granting environmental clearance to …
The State-level Environmental Impact Assessment Agency – Andhra Pradesh (SEIAA-AP) was not empowered to grant environmental clearance for the construction of Amaravati city as it was Category A Project, Sanjay Parikh, counsel of Satya Bolisetti, at the National Green Tribunal (NGT) hearing held in New Delhi. Mr. Bolisetti filed a …
Patna: In a major embarrassment to the state government, the State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) has charged Bihar State Road Development Corporation Ltd (BSRDCL) -- an execution wing of Road Construction Department (RCD) -- with submitting a ‘fake’ environment impact assessment (EIA) report while applying for environmental clearance …
A report filed by local commissioners appointed by National Green Tribunal (NGT) to check the extent of illegal quarrying around Yamuna Nagar in Haryana have found evidence of large scale illegal mining and quarrying on Yamuna riverbed. The report has highlighted that massive illegal mining may have affected the course …
KOCHI: To tackle the mounting biomedical waste crisis in Southern Kerala, especially in Kochi, the Kerala Enviro Infrastructure Ltd (KEIL) has proposed a treatment plant at Puthencruz in Ernakulam. The project, estimated to cost Rs 4.9 crore, has received the government nod and is waiting for environmental clearance. The plant …
The affidavit has put the onus on the unit operators of the 107 stone quarries of villages Wagholi, Bhavadi, Lonikand and Perne. RESIDENTS OF Wagholi and the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) will have to await the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) order on October 20 to take a decision on …
Share Sand extraction in rivers within the coastal regulatory zone (CRZ) in the district finally resumed on Saturday amidst claims and counter claims about compliance to environment clearance norms. Though the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and the State-level Environment Impact Assessment Authority-Karnataka (SLEIA), had clearly indicated that …
