Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday issued notices to the Delhi Government, Delhi Development Authority and Art of Living, on a plea seeking review of its order allowing the Art of Living group's cultural extravaganza on the Yamuna floodplains here last month. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajiv Savara Vs Darrameks Hotels & Developers Pvt. Ltd. & Others dated 21/03/2016 regarding illegal construction for commercial purposes as well as commercial activities on the river banks, the flood plains and the river bed of River Ganga in Rishikesh …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Manoj Misra Vs. Delhi Development Authority & Ors. dated 11/03/2016 regarding the holding of World Culture Festival on the banks of river Yamuna. Vyakti Vikas Kendra, India (Art of Living International Center) filed an Application M.A. No. 227/2016 giving an …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Manoj Kumar Misra & Others Vs. Union of India & Others dated 10/03/2016 regarding holding of World Culture Festival on the banks of river Yamuna by the Art of Living International Center. The DJB will not spent single penny except …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (in the matter of Manoj Misra Vs. Delhi Development Authority & Ors. And Pramod Kumar Tyagi Vs. Art of Living International Center & Ors. And Anand Arya Vs. Delhi Development Authority & Ors. And Ojasvi Party Vs. Ministry of Environment & Forest & Ors.) …
DEHRADUN: The counsel of Social Action for Forest and Environment visited areas adjoining Ganges to verify the state government's affidavit filed before NGT on January 15. The affidavit states that no permission for any beach camp was granted by the forest department nor has any company installed any rafting camp. …
Conservationists demand ‘sincere’ environmental impact assessmentof the project Though it looks altruistic, the plan to develop one lakh acres of ayacut in the eastern parts of Adilabad district, in addition to the originally proposed 56,000 acres under the Pranaita-Chevella barrage across Pranahita river at Tummidihatti in Koutala mandal, will require …
The draft proposal by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to further decentralise the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) mechanism with regard to sand and gravel mining has raised apprehensions among the environmentalists who feared that the move would give more leverage to the mining lobby. On the lines of …
State legislation seen as more appropriate for Kerala Experts and environment activists have expressed reservations about the new guidelines issued by the Central government on regulation of river sand mining, terming them impractical in saving the rivers in Kerala that have already been ravaged by mining. They feel that the …
NGT directs UP govt to seize all material and machinery used The National Green Tribunal on Monday banned sand mining on the Yamuna banks after a plea alleged that some private firms were engaged in the activity and a temporary bridge was made on the river obstructing its natural flow …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of National Green Tribunal Bar Association Vs. MoEF & Ors. dated 02/11/2015 regarding illegal, unauthorized and unscientific mining in the river bed of Yamuna. According to the Applicant illegal mining is occuring on both sides of River Yamuna, one falling in …
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notices to NTPC and Bridge and Roof Company (India) Ltd for alleged illegal excavation of sand for construction of 1,600 MW thermal power station at Gardarwara in Narsinghpur district of Madhya Pradesh. While NTPC is India's largest state-owned power producer, Bridge and Roof is …
During the course of present study, the abiotic factors investigated recorded remarkable variation at each of the three study sites. While pH, NO3-N, Total Dissolved Solids, BOD and COD recorded increasing values towards the downstream sections of the river, DO, Ca and alkalinity recorded decreasing values towards the downstream areas …
D. Padmalal, senior scientist attached to Centre for Earth Science Studies, says the mud banks in river Pampa are nothing but parts of the original riverbed and not any fresh deposit. The mud banks constitute the balance sheet of the indiscriminate illegal sand mining from the river over the past …
KOLKATA: The Hooghly riverfront in Kolkata will get a makeover with World Bank sanctioning funds under the National Ganga River Basin Project scheme. The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) is in the process of engaging a reputed consulting agency that will make profile the riverfront development in the Kolkata Metropolitan …
In a scathing letter to the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC), environmentalists and former senior bureaucrats have exposed inadequacies in the environment impact assessment (EIA) of the ambitious Ken-Betwa river link project. The South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People (SANDRP), who have authored the letter, …
The 163-MW Athirappilly hydroelectric project, proposed across the Chalakudy river, has received the go-ahead from the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) for River Valley and Hydroelectric Projects. Proposed by the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) a decade ago, the project stirred political controversies and agitations with various environmental groups opposing it. …
KOLKATA: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), on Monday, directed the Bakreswar Thermal Power Project (BkTPP) to show cause why it should not be penalized for polluting the Chandrabhaga and Bakreswar Rivers in Birbhum. The NGT's Eastern Zone bench was hearing a petition by environment activist Subhas Datta against damage caused …
With sand mining being a contentious issue in many states, the Centre has said that it will soon unveil a national policy on “sustainable” sand mining. The Centre said that the policy will aim to ensure that the ecology of rivers is maintained, besides curbing instances of flooding. Union minister …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Kashinath Jairam Shetye & Others Vs Dempo Towers & Others dated 29/05/2015 regarding stay of all commercial activities like restaurant, wine shop, lubricant shop and any other commercial activities in the Chalta No.1/PTS no.10 of Panjim …
