Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Residents Welfare Association Savita Vihar Vs Irrigation & Flood Control Department & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant raised the grievance against throwing of construction debris and sewage obstruction in the Ghazipur drain. According to the applicant this drain flows behind …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Rahul Nagar Vs. Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors. dated 01/09/2014 regarding illegal and unscientific sand mining on the river banks of Yamuna. The counsel for the Applicant has produced before the Court a letter …
The Delhi government is reportedly drawing up an elaborate plan to clean the Yamuna river by relocating unauthorised colonies that cause pollution. Various studies suggest that sewer and filth that flows from the colonies situated in the Yamuna’s vicinity add up to 30 per cent of the pollution into the …
The final and interim reports on restoration of the Yamuna banks and storm water drains (SWDs) in Delhi have been submitted by two committees set up by the National Green Tribunal (NGT). The NGT is expected to issue further directions for implementation of the committees’ suggestions at the next hearing …
AGRA: Hundreds of saplings were planted on Sunday in Agra, whose green cover has increased from 9 to 11 per cent. The green buffer around Agra and in patches within have contained air pollution which once posed a threat to the Taj Mahal, according to studies conducted by the Uttar …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Raghubir Singh Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 11/08/2014 regarding the development Sports City in Sector 150, Noida and its effect on the flood plains of river Yamuna and Hindon. Previous Orders
Concerned over effluents discharged into the Ganga and the Yamuna, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) today directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) to conduct a joint inspection of "seriously polluting industries" on the bank of both the rivers. A bench, headed …
Swollen tributaries of Ganga and Yamuna have raised flood fear in the city. People have already started shifting to safer places. Farmers of low-lying areas of Phaphamau, including Phaphamau village, Morhu, Chakia, Bahamalpur Rangpura and Jaitwar, have starting making mud dams to prevent river water entering into their fields. The …
Bring River Zone In EPA Act Ambit By Declaring It Eco-Sensitive: NGT Panel An experts’ committee constituted by National Green Tribunal on restoration and beautification of Yamuna has recommended legal protection for the river zone by notifying it as an eco-sensitive area under the Environment Protection Act. The committee, headed …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Krishan Kant Singh & Others Vs. National Ganga River Basin Authority & Others dated 06/08/2014 regarding pollution caused by industries to river Ganga and Yamuna. Previous Orders
The city seems to be failing to conserve its eco-sensitive river zone. Despite repeated orders by National Green Tribunal (NGT) against dumping of any waste on the river bed, the Yamuna Riverfront Development Project site near Sarai Kale Khan is being used as a dumping ground for construction and demolition …
In the backdrop of the Ganga rejuvenation project being undertaken by the Centre, the government Monday said an action plan for the clean-up of the Ganga and Yamuna rivers may be formulated by the year-end after a consultation with the stakeholders. In reply to a question in Parliament, the Ministry …
NEW DELHI: The Centre plans to create mega reservoirs by dredging the bed of the Yamuna for which the Dutch government has agreed to facilitate an action plan. "To rejuvenate the river and meet the water requirements, a scheme has been worked out involving creation of mega reservoirs by dredging …
The National Green Tribunal directed DMRC to explain why they dumped construction waste on Yamuna floodplains and why they shouldn't be fined Rs 5 lakh for it. NGT had issued a show-cause notice to DMRC after petitioner Manoj Misra submitted several photographs of concrete dumped on the riverbed along NH- …
Even while bureaucrats prepare reports on Yamuna riverfront development amid raging debate on the suitability of the Sabarmati model, a scientist from Jamia Millia Islamia has come out with a plan to use the river's floodplains for solving the capital's water crisis. Contrary to proposals of building on them and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Ashok Mittal & Others Vs. NCT of Delhi & Others dated 17/07/2014 on the issue of natural drains in Delhi and its present status. The Tribunal has directed the Expert Committee to consider two major alternatives …
In order to curb illegal mining, Asan Conservation Reserve (ACR) has dug trenches at entry points and areas vulnerable to infiltration along with stepping up security in the reserve, forest officials said. "There have been many illegal-mining attempts in the ACR. It is difficult to keep tab in such a …
