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 …
Social activist Jacqueline Lundquist tells Madhur Tankha that “in the U.S., people get drinking water even in their bathrooms” Jacqueline Lundquist, a social activist and the wife of the former United States Ambassador to India Richard Celeste, is now on an ambitious mission to provide unadulterated water to people living …
Air and water pollution is posing great health risk to the people residing in colonies near the industrial zone in Sectors I9 and I10, Islamabad. The residents of the area have demanded the authorities to shift the industrial zone to an alternative place for protecting their health. Many factories were …
Residents and activists have alleged that industries in MIDC are polluting the Kasardi river in Kharghar. They have written to the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to investigate their allegations. They will also protest at the MPCB offices on Monday. Fishermen and residents noticed that the river in Kharghar was …
The second phase of concrete-lining project of Kalingarayan Canal is at tender stage. Civil works of the project for which the State Government has sanctioned Rs. 41 crore were likely to commence during February. The project envisages concrete lining of the canal to a distance of three miles and three …
New Delhi: National Green Tribunal has allowed All-India Lokadhikar Sangathan, an NGO, to file a list of factories other than steel pickling units discharging harmful effluents into Yamuna. A bench of NGT members—justices U D Salvi and M S Nambiar—asked them to file the list of polluting factories located in …
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has taken a serious notice of water contamination in Manchhar Lake. He said that the polluted water coming from Balochistan and Punjab was causing contamination. He further said the matter of early completion of Right Bank Outfall Drain (RBOD) project would be taken …
Contaminated ground water has been a major health hazard in Chitradurga, Tumkur and Kolar districts and needs to be addressed on a priority basis, said R B Sinha, Joint Secretary, Department of Agriculture. At a press conference at Hanagal village of Molakalmuru taluk, he said people are facing severe health …
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was criticized in an internal report for dropping charges that Range Resources Corp was polluting drinking water while "fracking" for natural gas. Range is using the hydraulic fracturing technique in Parker County, Texas where one homeowner complained in August 2010 that he could set his …
The National Green Tribunal has allowed an NGO, opposing dumping of industrial waste into the river Yamuna, to file a list of any unit other than steel pickling factories which are discharging harmful effluents. A bench of NGT judicial members -- justices U D Salvi and M S Nambiar -- …
Supreme Court issues notice to Centre, MoEF, 19 States The Supreme Court has issued notices to the Centre, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests, the Central Pollution Control Board and Chief Secretaries of as many as 19 States, including Gujarat, on an industrial pollution public interest litigation petition filed …
After bifurcation of the State the new state formed from the present Seemandhra region will have surplus power and can reduce pollution by shelving the proposed expansion of the Narla Tatarao Thermal Power Station (NTTPS), said scientist and convenor of the National Alliance of People’s Movements Andhra Pradesh (NAPM-AP) chapter …
Vadodara: The Supreme Court (SC) has issued notices to the Union government, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and 19 other states including Gujarat on a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by the Farmers Action Group (FAG) and the Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti (PSS). The organisations had sought implementation of pollution norms …
The Tripura government will be preparing a master plan to provide drinking water to all localities of the State. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting to review the water and sanitation situation in remote habitations. Officials said 134 localities, mostly tribal-dominated and remote, had no source of drinking …
A good number of brick kilns have come up in different parts of Assam. With some of these brick kilns located close to the city and the towns, many concerns have been raised over the pollution emanating from them. Pollution Control Board (PCB), Assam sources said that the State has …
Turkey has started constructing what will be the world's longest undersea water pipeline. The 107 kilometer pipe will draw water from the Dragon River and unite the Turkish mainland with northern Cyprus in the Mediterranean Sea. Proponents are hoping it will unify the island, divided for the past 39 years. …
Cities are choking because of their own construction and demolition (C&D) waste with serious environmental consequences warned the sustainable building experts at the conference organised by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) & Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA). While construction necessitates enormous amount of construction material that accounts for about …
Different skin and abdominal diseases are on the rise in several areas of the city as the inhabitants are forced to drink contaminated water due to obsolete and rusty pipelines. Several residents of Boring Road, Dhoke Mangtal, Farooqia Mohala, Fauji Colony, Mehar Colony, Dhoke Hassu, Dhoke Chiragh Din, Galli Lohaaran …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vitthal Gopichand Bhungase Vs The Ganga Sugar Energy Ltd. Ors dated 20/12/2013 regarding industrial pollution of Mannat Lake by Gangakhed Sugar Factory situated in Gangakhed Taluka,District Parbhani, Maharashtra. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/judgment/37_2013(MA)_20Dec2013_final_order.pdf
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Paryavaran Mitra (Janvikas) Ors. Vs Gujarat State Pollution Control Board Ors dated 20/12/2013 regarding air and water pollution caused by the Rajkot Municipal Solid Waste disposal and landfill management site at village Nakravadi, managed by Rajkot Municipal Corporation and M/s …
NASHIK: NGO Godavari Gatarikaran Virodhi Manch and an environmental activist moved the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday for restoring the original state of Godavari river which originates from Trimbakeshwar. The petitioners have asked the respondents - Trimbakeshwar Municipal Council, district collector, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, state government and Union …
