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 …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday asked the Karnataka government and its various agencies to submit within two weeks affidavits on the recent outbreak of fire in Bellandur lake in Bengaluru and the steps taken to rejuvenate the waterbody. While the Karnataka Lake Conservation and Development Authority (KLCDA) filed …
NAINITAL: In an unprecedented order, the first of its kind in the country, Uttarakhand high court (HC) on Monday decreed that therivers Ganga and Yamuna as well as their tributaries and sister bodies be declared as "legal and living entities having the status of a legal person with all corresponding …
NASHIK: Godavari pollution case petitioner Rajesh Pandit has alleged that the civic administration has not complied with nearly 50% of HC orders based on Neeri guidelines. The Bombay high court had asked the petitioner to prepare a report on the court's directions from 2012 till present. Apart from this, the …
The green panel had earlier issued notices to the West Bengal government, state pollution control board, Siliguri Municipal Corporation and its Deputy Commissioner in the case. The National Green Tribunal has transferred a case relating to the indiscriminate dumping of municipal waste in the picturesque Darjeeling and pollution in Mahananda …
The amount is a part of the Rs 990 crore project – Pollution Abatement of River Mula-Mutha As per the Maharashtra State Budget 2017-18, an assistance of Rs 100 crore will be provided from the central government for reducing the pollution level on Mula and Mutha rivers. The amount is …
Hussainsagar is polluted. And nothing is being done about it. However, with a Hyderbad-based company now coming forward with a Canadian technology to take up the challenge of cleaning the lake, things are set to change, or so it seems. Matrix Environment, having expertise in removing pollutants and sediments from …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Cleaning of Ganga and Yamuna River, 16/03/2017. Government has launched Namami Gange Programme. Namami Gange programme consists of 2 major components, namely, Component A : Comprise of all the ongoing programme (including existing projects sanctioned under NGRBA programme and Component B : Comprise of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tribunal on its own motion on the News item reported in “the Hindu” dated 25.10.2013 about beach at Adyar Estuary with trash, rubble Vs Environment and Forests, Government of Tamil Nadu & Others dated 15/03/2017 regarding the progress of the …
The Karnataka high court on Monday directed the counsels representing both the state as well central government to ascertain by Wednesday the steps taken in the matter of implementation of the directions issued by the apex court in the MC Mehta case in 1987. Justice A N Vengugopala Gowda also …
BJP's victory in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand comes as a boost for the Ganga cleaning mission. It will give the Centre a firm grip on implementation of ongoing projects as three of the five states on the main stem of the river are now under BJP rule. It is expected …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Dr. Shailendra Kumar Modi Vs. Bhopal Sahkari Dugdh Sangh Maryadit & Others dated 14/03/2017 regarding pollution of both air and water being caused by the plant of Bhopal Sahkari Dugdh Sangh Maryadit at Habibganj Railway Station, …
Uncontrolled and unregulated pollution of water bodies in India is a matter of grave concern, and the Supreme Court’s direction to the State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) to initiate stringent action against polluting industrial units across the country, has not come a day too soon. The court was acting on …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Rohit Choudhury Vs Union of India & Others dated 10/03/2017 regarding garbage dumping in Deepor Beel, Kamrup District, Assam. Advocate General for the State of Assam submitted before NGT that a Management Plan is being prepared …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Discharge of Sewage into Ganga River, 09/03/2017. As per data available from Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the total sewage generation in Ganga basin states from all the Class-I and Class-II cities is 11386.60 Million Liters per Day (MLD). The total industrial effluent generation …
Six companies pledge Rs 62 crore to save seven waterbodies Infosys has evinced interest in rejuvenating Hebbal lake in Mysuru while Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) has stepped in to protect Bagundi lake in the port city. At least six private entities, including IT major Wipro, have stepped in …
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will inspect adherence to environment protection regulations at 520 production and business establishments, industrial, export processing and hi-tech zones. These establishments could potentially cause serious environmental pollution this year. They are located in 21 cities and provinces, including Nghệ An, Hà Tĩnh, Hải …
The government is unlikely to be able to clean the Ganga by 2018, a target set by Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti. Key reasons, according to sources in the Water Ministry, include “unreasonable” directions by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) questioning the operating capacity of sewage treatment plants in Uttar …
Days after Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar questioned the Centre's approach towards cleaning the Ganga, the water resources ministry announced on Wednesday its move of awarding projects worth Rs 1,050 crore to private companies for setting up sewage treatment infrastructure in Patna in the next two to three years. The …
Elections may come and go, but Tiwaritola’s fate seems cast in stone There is little to distinguish Tiwaritola from other hamlets in the backward region of eastern Uttar Pradesh. Awful roads, poor sanitation, unreliable power supply, river embankment woes, unbridled poverty and unemployment scar its infrastructure and social landscape. But …
In this first of a three-part series on the impacts of artisanal mining on rural communities we report on how this form of mining is polluting natural sources of safe drinking water in Lofa Bridge, its implications on the health and safety of mineworkers, and the gradual fizzling of the …
