Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of S.K. Goyal Vs Ajay Tyagi, Chairperson CPCB & Others regarding railway locomotive engine emissions. Previous Orders
DIESEL has become the source of major worries for Indian Railways, which raised fares by 4.5 per cent this week on account of escalating fuel spend. On top of that is emission from the thousands of diesel engines, a matter that has gone to the National Green Tribunal. On July …
Safety measures for lions are likely to figure in the state's budgetary provisions this year. The Gujarat forest and environment department has proposed fencing along the railway tracks and construction of 23 underpasses in the coastal parts of Rajula. The death of six lions after being hit by speeding goods …
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday laid the foundation stone for the extension of metro rail from YMCA Chowk to Ballabhgarh in Faridabad. Rs.564 crore sanctioned An amount of Rs.564 crore has been sanctioned for the project. The construction will be done by March 2017. Speaking on the …
MUMBAI: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has, in a strongly worded audit report, rapped the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) and the principal secretary, state urban development department, for completing only 38 out of the city's proposed 157 infrastructure projects. The total cost of the Mumbai …
‘Poor response’ from the two Corporations to request for plan erala Monorail Corporation Ltd. (KMCL), the Special Purpose Vehicle set up to execute the Rs.5,581-crore monorail project in Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode, will rope in a multi-disciplinary consultancy to prepare the Comprehensive Mobility Plan for the two cities. The decision was …
Green activists are now considering to approach the National Green Tribunal (NGT) seeking relief from Kochi Metro agencies' decision to continue with land reclamation for the proposed Kochi Metro village at Choornikkara and adjacent villages in Aluva. As the Metro agencies go ahead with land reclamation, activists fear that it …
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has accelerated work on Peshawar Rapid Mass Transit System to ease the traffic pressure on the main thoroughfares in the provincial metropolis. The government has initiated feasibility process of the project after completion of its pre-feasibility phase. The road corridor-II via Chamkani, GT Road, Sonehri Masjid …
Hyderabad: Hyderabad Metro Rail’s “model station” in Uppal, which is in the final stages of completion, will be thrown open to the public in July to seek their feedback and suggestions and make changes accordingly. Lifts, escalators and staircases are being built at each of the 66 stations along the …
The long-awaited Metro rail link between Noida and Greater Noida has got a green signal from the urban development ministry. In a board meeting held on Wednesday, the ministry approved Delhi Metro Rail Corporation's (DMRC) appointment as a consultant for the project on a turnkey basis, sources said. The 30km …
Though the first phase of the Mumbai Metro, connecting Versova to Ghatkopar in suburban Mumbai, is ready, the route fare has still not been fixed by the project developers. Following the final safety clearance from the Chief Metro Railway Commissioner, the Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL) can open the …
The cabinet yesterday approved the draft Metro Rail Act-2014 in order to constitute a company for the operation and management of the metro rail in the capital, keeping special provisions for land accusation. The name of the company would be "Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd (MTCL)", Cabinet Secretary M Musharraf …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Dilip Bhoyar Vs State of Maharashtra & Others dated 29/04/2014 regarding three issues namely; (i) improper loading/unloading of coal in the Railway siding at Wani Railway Station, (ii) unscientific activity of storage of coal in Lalpuriya …
Kochi: The Kochi corporation has demanded that the state government revise traffic regulations imposed in the city to ease vehicle movement. At the council meeting on Tuesday, mayor Tony Chammany said that new regulations should be put in place after considering the traffic regulatory committee’s (TRC) suggestions. He noted that …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Amit Kumar Chaturvedi Vs. Union of India & Nine Ors. dated 21/04/2014 regarding rising of coal dust at the coal yard at the railway site of South Eastern Coalfields Ltd., Bijuri, Madhya Pradesh and means to …
The extensive Delhi zone of the Indian Railways, it seems, is still dependent on tubewells for its whooping water demands running into lakhs of litres and has failed to set up Rain Water Harvesting Systems (RWHS) at its stations and colonies. In an RTI reply, the Railways has stated that …
Indian Railways has installed over 2,000 bio-toilets in coaches to bring eco-friendly travel to rail passengers. “We have completed installing a total of 2,096 bio-toilets in coaches at the Rail Coach Factory (RCF) at Kapurthala till March this year,” a senior RCF official said. The bio-toilet has the advantage of …
Status check of 5 projects which could help the economy beat the slowdown blues and earn brownie points for the new government Whatever be the political coalition that comes to power at the Centre after May 16, the new government will have five ongoing projects to kick-start a sluggish economy. …
Last-mile connectivity issues delaying completion of an integrated railway station at St Thomas Mount, where MRTS, Metro Rail, Beach-Tambram suburban rail lines and long distance trains would converge, is closer to reality now. The matter pertains to Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) Phase-II extension from Velachery to St Thomas Mount. …
