Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vinod Singh Rawat Vs State of Uttarakhand & Others dated 24/01/2025. The matter related to illegal mining on river bank of Yamuna and the operation of a stone crusher (M/s Astitwa Anantraj Enterprises) in violation of environmental laws in Uttarkashi …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vinod Singh Rawat Vs State of Uttarakhand & Others dated 24/01/2025. The matter related to illegal mining on river bank of Yamuna and the operation of a stone crusher (M/s Astitwa Anantraj Enterprises) in violation of environmental laws in Uttarkashi …
Judgment of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Dipak Mahapatra Vs West Bengal Mineral Development and Trading Corporation Ltd. (WBMDTCL) dated 04/09/2023. The NGT directed that West Bengal Mineral Development and Trading Corporation Ltd. (WBMDTCL) and Reach Dredging Limited should not carry out any …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr Lokesh Kumar Vs State of Haryana dated 02/08/2023. The applicant has asked for orders to be passed for dredging drain no 6 from Sonipat via Barota to Piau Maniyari/Kundli (Haryana) to Delhi. The applicant has submitted that drain No. …
Report by way of affidavit on behalf of district magistrate, Nainital, Uttarakhand in compliance of directions passed by the National Green Tribunal vide its order dated February 24, 2023. In compliance with the directions passed by the NGT, February 24, 2023 the District Magistrate, Nainital issued directions to the concerned …
Counter affidavit on behalf of West Bengal Mineral Development & Trading Corporation Ltd & Others dated 16/08/2022. WBMDTCL was set up with the objectives of exploring and extracting various non-coal minerals - rock phosphate, stone aggregates, fire clay, quartz, feldspars, irone ore, silica sand in West Bengal. The state government …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Dipak Mahapatra Vs West Bengal Mineral Development and Trading Corporation Ltd. & Others dated 28/07/2022. The matter related to misuse of contract meant for dredging in the river bed of Subarnarekha - by using it for …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Readiness for Empowerment through Legitimate Action (RELA) & Others Vs State of Andhra Pradesh & Others dated 24/08/2020. The issue for consideration was whether what was termed as ‘dredging’in Godavari -Krishna river beds and its tributaries in the State of …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of National Green Tribunal Bar Association Vs Dr. Sarva Bhoum Bagali dated 30/05/2017 regarding illegal sand mining in the middle river Bhima, District Sholapur, Maharashtra. The miners have invoked business and economic grounds for modification of order dated 19/04/2017(Order prohibited the …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Old Cross Fishing Canoe Owners Co-op Society Ltd. & Others Vs Mormugao Port Trust & Others dated 02/09/2016 regarding Environmental Clearance (EC), dated 9th February, 2016, granted for the capital dredging activity to Mormugoa Port Trust …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Chinnapaiyan Vs Tamil Nadu State Pollution Control Board & Others dated 26/08/2016 regarding dredging, quarrying, mining and transporting of minerals in any manner from Veppampatti Lake near Sarabanga River, Salem District, Tamil Nadu without obtaining prior Environmental …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Octavia Albuquerque & Others Vs Ministry of Agriculture & Others dated 04/05/2016 regarding Mangalore Fisheries Harbour III Stage Expansion. NGT directs that the creek will not be blocked and instead it will be well defined by providing boundaries such as …
Coral reefs on remote islands and atolls are less exposed to direct human stressors but are becoming increasingly vulnerable because of their development for geopolitical and military purposes. Here we document dredging and filling activities by countries in the South China Sea, where building new islands and channels on atolls …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Old Cross Fishing Canoe Owners Co-op Society Ltd & Others Vs. Mormugao Port Trust through its Chairman & Others dated 22/02/2016 regarding dredging of Baina Bay, Vasco da Gama, Goa. NGT is informed that Environment Clearance …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zonal Bench, Pune) in the matter of Vanashakti & Others Vs The State of Maharashtra & Ors. dated 19/02/2016 regarding the broadening and deepening the mouth of the Kiranpani section of the Terekhol creek, Maharashtra. NGT directs the State of Goa to be …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Mohammed Anabagilu Vs State of Kerala & Others dated 04/11/2015 regarding dredging activities taking place in Arikadi and Shiriya Kadavus under the jurisdiction of Kasargod Port and also illegal sand mining in these areas.
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Chinnapaiyan, Edappadi Taluk,Vs.Member Secretary, Tamil Nadu State Pollution Control Board, Chennai dated 04/09/2015 regarding illegal dredging / quarrying of Veppampatti lake having an extent of 350 acres of land (approximately 120 hectares) from which water overflows through …
DEHRADUN: The state forest department has sent a proposal to the Centre seeking permission for dredging in around 1,300 hectares in the Ganga and its tributaries at various places in the Haridwar district so that the river can be properly channelized to avoid disasters. State forest minister Dinesh Aggarwal said, …
The Uttarakhand Government has decided that the State Cabinet will pass a proposal for green felling of pine trees in the mountainous regions of Uttarakhand and then approach the Supreme Court with this to get some relaxation in the ban on green felling above 1,000 metres altitude. State Forest and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Rahul Nagar Vs. Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors dated 24/08/2015 regarding illegal sand mining on the river bank of Yamuna and its surrounding areas without proper compliance, proper permissions and particular Environmental Clearance.
On March 9th and 10th, 2015, an independent panel met for two days at Florida International University’s College of Law to discuss the likely environmental impacts associated with the proposed inter-oceanic canal through Nicaragua. The goal was to review some sections of the draft Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) …
