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 …
Raps CPCB for incomplete report on assessment of environmental compensation The National Green Tribunal (NGT) pulled up the Union Environment Ministry for failing to provide a report sought by the tribunal earlier, on the remedial steps to be taken to curb depletion of groundwater. Noting that the NGT had earlier …
The NGT in March had ordered Volkswagen to pay a fine of Rs 500 crore for causing damage to the environment by programming its diesel engines with cheat devices. In a relief to German car manufacturer Volkswagen, the Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear its plea against National Green Tribunal’s …
Atmabodhanand broke his fast in the presence of the ashram's inmates, officials of NMCG and Uttarakhand police On a fast for 194 days — over six months — to protect river Ganga from mining and a glut of dams, Swami Atmabodhanand (26) of Matri Sadan Ashram in Haridwar finally broke …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Compliance of Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 (State of Manipur) dated 03/05/2019 regarding solid waste management and allied issues in Manipur. The compliance report submitted by Manipur indicates some of the steps taken for solid waste management, which banning …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jubair & Other Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 03/05/2019 regarding a slaughter house of Meem Agro Foods Pvt. Ltd. in District Shamli, State of Uttar Pradesh. The application was for either sealing the unit or shifting the …
Nainital: Uttarakhand high court (HC) on Monday directed the state pollution control board to inspect 180 ‘red category’ industries and file a report by June 10 about the measures being taken to shut these units in the hill state. On February 14, after Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) submitted to …
Undoubtedly, generators have become indispensable in the present times. Generators are applicable almost everywhere from homes, offices to industries. However, most of the generators are accompanied by a noise that is produced due to its operation. This noise can be detrimental for the human ear and lead to several problems. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Amit Jain Vs Union of India dated 30/04/2019 regarding import of cheap waste paper and road sweep waste for firing of brick kilns. The applicant states that 900,000 tons of waste is imported which is hazardous. The report submitted by …
Later, the Collector directed the officials to come up with an action plan on proper maintenance of Polavaram dump yard. Rajahmundry: A four member team of experts inspected Polavaram dump based on directions from the National Green Tribunal and took stock of implementation of its earlier directions to avoid environmental …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vivek Kamboj & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 23/04/2019 regarding solid waste management in Gurgaon, Haryana. The NGT expressed its displeasure at the "incapacity, incompetence and unwillingness of the Municipal Corporation, Gurgaon to perform its duty to …
NEW DELHI: The Union ministry of environment forest and climate change has issued a show-cause notice to the Okhla waste-to-energy plant for violation of the environmental clearance. Last month, residents of Sukhdev Vihar, Ishwar Nagar, New Friends Colony, Jasola, Sarita Vihar and Haji Colony took out a rally to protest …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nagar Palika Parishad, Vrindavan & Others Vs Madhumangal Shukla & Others dated 22/04/2019 regarding unregulated dumping of municipal solid waste on the flood plain area of river Yamuna. The municipal solid waste as well as plastic waste being burnt is …
AURANGABAD: Industries in Latur are significantly contributing to air pollution and are one of the major factors that have earned the city the title of being one of the most polluted cities in Maharashtra, as is evident from an online portal of Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB). In a bid …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to submit a report on the environmental damage caused due to illegal sand mining in Rampur district of Uttar Pradesh. A bench headed by Justice Raghuvendra S Rathore ordered the apex pollution monitoring body to submit the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajiv Narayan & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 12/04/2019 regarding non-compliance of the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016. A Monitoring Committee was constituted by CPCB which furnished its interim report on aspects …
NEW DELHI: Acoustic cameras at busy intersections may help catch honking drivers by alerting authorities and locating the source. Purpose, a Delhi-based NGO, on Wednesday conducted a trial run of the cameras at the busy stretch near AIIMS. “As part of the Hands Off The Horn (HOTH) campaign, we conducted …
On climate change, the Congress has used all the right words and promised an action agenda to combat global warming. The BJP, on the other hand, is largely silent on the issue of climate change apart from the promise of achieving the goal of 175 GW renewable energy by 2022. …
The Madras High Court Tuesday granted an interim stay on the Rs 100-crore penalty imposed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), south zone, on the Tamil Nadu government for its failure to restore Adyar and Cooum rivers and the Buckingham canal. Directing the government to pay the penalty to the …
NEW DELHI: Asking the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to expand its noise monitoring mechanism beyond seven cities, the NGT has directed it to prepare 'noise pollution map' of the entire country and identify city-specific hotspots for remedial action plan by June 15. Currently, noise monitoring mechanism is functional in …
The green panel said it is the duty of the government to provide complete protection to the natural resources as a trustee of the public at large The tribunal directed the state government to deposit Rs 100 crore 'environment compensation' with the Central Pollution Control Board within a month The …
