Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Better Ludhiana: water pollution Being an industrial hub, Ludhiana is flooded with various kinds of industries, which have provided bread and butter to lakhs of people not only from Punjab but also from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. At the same time, certain industries have proven to be the bane of …
With Kochi corporation failing to improve the conditions at Kaloor slaughterhouse, Pollution Control Board (PCB), Ernakulam, is on the verge of sending a report to its headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram demanding its closure, said PCB sources. PCB had on January 4 inspected the abattoir and found the place devoid of adequate …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Smt. Lalita Shinde & Anr Vs. Trimbakeshwar Mun. Council & Ors dated 12/03/2014 regarding Trimbakeshwar river pollution case. NGT has asked the Collector of Nashik to provide protection to Lalita Shinde for filing an application pleading …
Freshwater dolphins, popularly known as shusuk, are disappearing fast from the country’s rivers due to illegal catching and the loss of their habitats caused by reduced river level and water contamination, reports UNB. Terming the navigability loss of rivers the key reason behind the fall in dolphin population, Dr Anwar …
Mumbai: Every Indian has a fundamental right to live in a pollution-fee environment and at the same time every citizen has a fundamental duty to protect and conserve nature, the Bombay high court has said. Hearing a public interest litigation to save Godavari river in Nashik—considered to be sacred, a …
Spots like Swapna Nagiri, which is often used as a popular fair ground and a public event venue, can be seen with piles of decomposed garbage dredged out from the bottom of the canal A Rs. 2.41-crore Water Resources Department project to clean up the Canoly Canal is turning out …
The Himachal Environment and Scientific Technology Department has taken note of alleged violation of the Environment Protection Act by promoters of Maharshi Markendeshwar University (MMU) near Kumarhatti (Solan) and asked them to stop work. After it was noticed that large-scale constructions were being done at the 47-acre site, the MMU …
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court has formed a committee headed by a divisional commissioner to monitor works of authorities concerned who are responsible to check pollution of Godavari river in the pilgrim town of Nashik, which is to host Kumbh festival in July-September next year. The order was passed by …
Unabated encroachment, pollution threaten rivers around the capital The rivers around the capital are threatened by unabated encroachments and pollution as the government is dragging its feet in creating the long overdue national river protection commission to tackle the issues. Since July 2013, when the National River Protection Commission Act …
China will strengthen environmental-protection laws this year to ensure that polluters are held accountable for the damage they cause, the head of the nation’s legislature said. Laws will be revised so as to enforce “the strictest systems for protecting the environment,” Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the National People’s Congress, told …
Out of the 74 cities that Beijing monitored, 71 had various degrees of problems, Wu Xiaoqing said at a news conference on the sidelines of the annual parliament session in Beijing. Only Haikou in the island province of Hainan, the Tibetan capital Llasa and the coastal resort city of Zhoushan …
The expert committee in the Trimbakeshwar river pollution case on Sunday visited the place to study the situation to suggest solutions. The committee, appointed by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, consists of Mahesh Shindekar, Mahadev Randive, Ravindra Thanedar and Suhas Pathkar from the College of Engineering, Pune. Lalita Shinde, a …
Vadodara’s Sindhi community that has for the past several years been trying to get VMC to clean and renovate the Sindhu Sagar in Warasiya in the city, has now shot out a legal notice to the Municipal Commissioner demanding that the civic body carried out an immediate clean-up work in …
The National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) Jodhpur bench has ordered to suspend the functioning of all those textile (dyeing and printing) units in Pali district, which are operating without Consent to Operate from the Rajasthan Pollution Control Board (RPCB). The court has also sought the compliance report of the order on …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of M/s Maruti Mills Pvt. Ltd. Vs Balotra Water Pollution Control Board Ors. dated 07/03/2014 regarding pollution caused by textile industries in Balotra, Rajasthan’s Barmer district. This matter has been received upon transfer from the High Court …
National Green Tribunal bench has asked civic body not to ignore media reports about dismal condition of lakes and its conservation work in a bid to improve their status. Also, a special inspection team comprising a NGT nominee, petitioner, lake conservation in charge and EPCO scientist will visit various point …
China on Wednesday declared a war against chronic pollution choking the booming nation, allocating about $35 billion for environmental protection this year to combat toxic smog that frequently engulfs Chinese cities. The government will take strong measures to prevent and control pollution with the focus on mega cities and regions …
The LGRD and cooperatives minister, Syed Ashraful Islam, told the parliament on Tuesday athat Tk 23.50 crore had been allocated for mosquito control for Dhaka city corporations this year. Of the total allocation, Tk 14.50 was given to the Dhaka North City Corporation and Tk 9 crore to the Dhaka …
BP Plc (BP/) was told by a federal appeals court to abide by terms of a $9.2 billion settlement with victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill after failing to satisfy judges that a claims administrator is misinterpreting the deal. BP, Europe’s second-largest oil company, must resume paying millions …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi - Circuit Bench, Jodhpur) in the matter of Kishan Paryavaran Sangaharsh Samiti, Jaipur Vs State of Rajasthan Ors. dated 05/03/2014) regarding pollution caused by industries which are operating and are carrying on business of dying and printing in the industrial …
