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 in the matter of Nuggehalli Jayasimha Vs Government of NCT of Delhi dated 08/07/2019 regarding non compliance of environment norms by the dairies operating in Delhi. It is alleged that solid, liquid and gas waste is generated and dumped into the drains which are …
India has opened its first specialised hydrotherapy treatment for elephants suffering from arthritis, joint pain and foot ailments near the Wildlife SOS’ Elephant Conservation and Care Centre (ECCC), which currently houses 20 rescued elephants and is run in collaboration with the Uttar Pradesh Forest Department and the NGO Wildlife SOS. …
Mining contractors have reportedly again constructed unauthorised bundhs and makeshift passages in Pobari, Gumthala and other villages of Yamunanagar district to undertake mining activities in the riverbed of the Yamuna. Illegal bundhs and makeshift passages are diverting the natural flow of the Yamuna. Sources said illegal mining was being undertaken …
Increased water volume will reduce pollution, but plans to augment river flow miss deadlines As the Yamuna passes through the Okhla barrage, the water — smelly and layered with oil at certain areas — starts to froth at its two gates. “When I was young, the river extended right till …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ajay Pandey & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 24/05/2019 regarding illegal sand mining taking place on the river bed between Etawah and Jalaun District including Auraiya District, Uttar Pradesh. According to the applicants, illegal sand mining is …
On International Biodiversity Day, Environment department of Delhi University organised a workshop to educate Delhiites about ecosystem across the world. The team lead by Professor CR Babu in Yamuna Biodiversity park explained how rivers and primary channels work. Ecosystems across the world, particularly in India, are not conducive to ensuring …
How an age old misconception about the Chambal saved it from pollution. The Chambal, India’s supposed ‘cursed’ river, winds over 800 km through central and northern India. In spite of being a river as big as the Ganga and Yamuna, it boasts of no pollution, unlike the catastrophically polluted ‘holy’ …
AGRA: In an innovative and artistic way to motivate people on keeping Yamuna clean, a group of foreigners from different South American countries have collectively built a 2.5-metre-tall statue of ‘Yamuna Maiya (mother)’ from the plastic waste taken out of the river. The group intends to install the statue on …
Report of the Joint Inspection Team in the matter of Uma Shankar Patwa Vs Union of India in compliance of order dated 11/03/2019 regarding demarcation of Yamuna river floodplain in Agra and the construction in it. During field visit it was seen that area along flood plain has changed considerably …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nagar Palika Parishad, Vrindavan & Others Vs Madhumangal Shukla & Others dated 22/04/2019 regarding unregulated dumping of municipal solid waste on the flood plain area of river Yamuna. The municipal solid waste as well as plastic waste being burnt is …
The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) will soon file a case in the special environment court, Kurukshetra, against those involved in illegal mining in Tajewala village of Yamunanagar district. Sources said a local team of the HSPCB had collected all relevant evidence related to the damage to the environment, …
CHANDIGARH: The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has directed Haryana to close down 50 industrial units directly releasing effluents into Yamuna. The board has also put on notice some 170 factories for industrial waste disposal into various drains. Acting on the direction of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the Yamuna …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of The State of Rajasthan Vs Union of India & Others dated 12/04/2019 regarding diversion of Beas water for Sidhmukh Nohar Project. Some of the issues framed by the SC are the following: 1. Whether the State of Rajasthan is …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Krishan Chander Vs Irrigation and Water Resources Department & Others dated 05/04/2019 regarding erosion of the flood plain area of river Yamuna in District Sonipat. The applicant has stated that the policy of permitting heavy vehicles in the embankments of …
Noida authority, Uttar Pradesh pollution board directed to take necessary steps Following a plea seeking directions to control pollution in storm water drains in Noida, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA) to take appropriate action. The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) …
New Delhi: The Central Pollution Control Board has issued show-cause notice to a distillery operating in Karnal, Haryana over untreated effluents being dumped in the river. A joint inspection by the apex pollution control board along with CSIR NEERI had revealed the foul quality of the effluents being discharged in …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 25/03/2019 regarding pollution in the Yamuna river due to Barapulla drain. The Apex Court directs the appelant to move the Committee which was formed to monitor the directions issued …
The National Green Tribunal on Monday asked the Director of Namami Gange and the Director General of National Institute of Hydrology to inspect the Yamuna floodplain in Agra and submit a report within four weeks on its demarcation. A bench headed by Justice R S Rathore said certain reports obtained …
A Yamuna monitoring committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has informed the green panel that the State governments of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh have failed to deposit the performance guarantee of ₹10 crore which the NGT had directed earlier. In January, a Bench headed by NGT Chairperson …
The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has cleared sewage treatment projects worth ₹1,388 crore in Uttar Pradesh towns, including Meerut and Etawah, along the Yamuna river, a major tributary of the Ganga, an official statement said on Monday. The executive committee of NMCG, which held its 20th meeting last …
