Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Shri Rajnish Kumar Sharma & Ors. V/s. DLF Qutab Enclave Residents Welfare Association (Regd.) & Ors. dated 15/04/2014 regarding converting the green area into a religious area, Phase-II Gurgaon. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/144-2014(MApp)_15Apr2014.pdf
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Shree 1008 Raj Rajeshwari Vs Sunil Sharma Ors. dated 18/03/2014 regarding stone crushing units carrying out operations at Village Bilua, Tehsil Dabra, District Gwalior. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/judgment/57_2013(App)(CZ)_18Mar2014_final_order.pdf
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Smt. Lalita Shinde & Anr Vs. Trimbakeshwar Mun. Council & Ors dated 12/03/2014 regarding Trimbakeshwar river pollution case. NGT has asked the Collector of Nashik to provide protection to Lalita Shinde for filing an application pleading …
The Central Environmental Authority (CEA) has taken an initiative with the assistance of eight other state run institutions and the private sector to make this year’s annual Siripada Pilgrim Season a carbon free event especially considering the area’s sensitive environment. CEA Director General Dr. Saranga Alahapperuma said that their recent …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of AKhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad Ors Vs Union of India Ors. dated 25/02/2014 regarding cleanliness at Sethani Ghat in particular at the banks of the river Narmada especially in the light of the ensuing ‘Shivratri’ festival and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Smt. Lalita Shinde & Anr Vs. Trimbakeshwar Mun. Council & Ors dated 10/02/2014 regarding Godavari river's revival. The Pune Bench of the National Green Tribunal has asked the "State Government, particularly the Chief Secretary of the State of Maharashtra and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Omesh Saigal Vs Pappu Chander & Ors. dated 13/01/2014 regarding noise pollution caused by loudspeakers which is beyond the permissible limit in a religious place in NCT of Delhi.
Here’s good news for resident gods of major shrines in the Kathmandu Valley and their devotees. The Solid Waste Management Technical Support Centre plans to manage waste produced from famous temples, which number in dozens, in the valley that is home to 2.6 million people. Tonnes of garbage, including organic …
Under scanner of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the Odisha Government has notified an eight-member panel, headed by Chief Secretary JK Mohapatra, which will examine the environmental issues affecting pilgrim town Puri. The panel will shortly visit Puri and suggest strategies that need to be adopted for controlling the alarming …
Holy smoke arising from Hindu funeral pyres, Muslim cemeteries and Buddhist temples are responsible for almost a quarter of the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming on the Indian subcontinent and the melting of the Himalayan glaciers, a new study has claimed. Researchers have long suspected that the rituals of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nityanand Mishra Vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 28/10/2013 on pollution in the river Mandakini and in and around the town of Chitrakoot particularly during Deewali when there is an annual fare in which about 25 lakh piligrims …
It has been a year since Varanasi associated itself with the Green Pilgrimage Network but it is yet to start working on the project. The India chapter of the Green Pilgrimage Network (GPN) was launched on October 15, 2013 in Hyderabad, which was organized by the International Council for Local …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs. Union of India & Others dated 22/10/2013 on the issue of degradation of environment of Jagganath Puri, Temple and its precincts. The NGT order states that the report of the Orissa Pollution Control Board shows water samples …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Pradeep More & Others Vs State of Maharashtra & Others dated 04/10/2013 regarding pollution of river Chandrabhaga by industry. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/1-2013%20(WZ)(OA)_4Oct2013.pdf
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mr. Pradeep More & Others Vs State of Maharashtra & Others dated 27/08/2013 on conducting survey of all the industrial units as well as existing sugar factories which are within 10 K.M. radius from Pandharpur found discharging effluents in the …
Since Ganga river bank in Varanasi is the major tourist attraction, particularly for the heavy ornamentation of ghats and temples on the western bank of the river flowing in the reverse direction i.e., from south to north at this place, this of course depicts the base of the life & …
The BJP government has offered to conserve sites associated with the Ramayana in Sri Lanka, but has failed to stem illegal mining that has damaged sites of religious importance in its own backyard. As part of an ambitious project called Ram Vangaman Path, the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government had planned …
How does participation in a long-duration mass gathering (such as a pilgrimage event) impact well-being? There are good reasons to believe such collective events pose risks to health. There are risks associated with communicable diseases. Moreover, the physical conditions at such events (noise, crowding, harsh conditions) are often detrimental to …
A t a joint meeting of various civil society groups held on 16 August at Srinagar, some resolutions were adopted. The Amarnath Yatra should be conducted in accordance with the Environment Policy, the State Forest Policy and also the Nitish Sengupta Committee recommendations. (Letters)
