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 Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), which released its report to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) recently, states that Uttar Pradesh is home to 817 grossly polluting industrial units on or along the river Ganga. After the NGT directed the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) in April this year …
Following an order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has uploaded a list of 972 industrial units polluting river Ganga and its tributaries on its website, government said today. "A list of 972 polluting industries has been uploaded on the CPCB website," Minister of …
New rules: Govt lifts moratorium for such clearances, to "re-assess" Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index on the basis of which 43 polluted areas in the country were being identified. In a step which would certainly evoke protests from environmentalists, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has lifted a moratorium …
The National Green Tribunal has ordered for examination of 956 industrial units in Uttar Pradesh discharging effluents in the Ganges. They had been served with notices by UP State Pollution Control Board. An expenditure of Rs 838.76 crore has been reported till March, 2014 for implementation of the Ganges cleaning …
NEW DELHI: Concerned over rampant air pollution caused by industrial units in Uttarakhand, the National Green Tribunal has constituted an expert committee to look into violation of prescribed standards for emission by iron industries in the state. A bench headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar pulled up the Uttarakhand State Pollution …
The environment ministry has identified 150 polluted stretches of rivers across India which need conservation work but interestingly nearly 1/3rd of those polluted river stretches are in Maharashtra and Gujarat alone. These 150 polluted stretches along various rivers were identified by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), India's apex body …
The government on Wednesday informed Parliament that it had identified 3,266 highly polluting industries and 150 polluted stretches along various rivers across the country in the past couple of years and had taken measures to deal with it. "The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has identified 3,266 highly polluting industries …
Directions have been issued to about 48 industrial units polluting River Ganga to close down, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday. The Ministry of Environment & Forests has identified 764 grossly polluting industries discharging 501 million litres per day of waste water into Ganga and its major tributaries, Minister …
Every year the state and union budgets raise hopes that the Yamuna may after all soon get a new lease of life. In fact, the Delhi government's budget has been making the exact same promise for seven years. Providing sewerage in urban villages and unauthorized colonies and laying interceptor sewers …
INDORE: Good news! Indore, which was earlier declared the second most polluted city of the country by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), has now been cleared of the 'Red Zone' tag. After a year-and-a-half ban on setting up of industries, the CPCB has announced Indore as a 'sensitive free zone'. …
Untreated sewage, open defecation from project sites and townships, dissolved solids and faecal coliforms (bacteria) have emerged as the largest polluters contributing to the deterioration of the Sutlej river water quality, a recent study has revealed. The study has also raised a question mark on the proposed Rs 515-crore lift …
Gadkari says govt may provide around 30% of cost Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious plan for “aviral aur nirmal (continuous and clean)” Ganga may cost a Rs 80,000 crore, Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari said here on Monday. The government may provide around 30 per …
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
SURAT: Chorus is growing for permanent closure of Geo Hybrid Industrial Solution Pvt Limited (GSPL) plant located in Gujarat Eco Textile Park (GETP) in Palsana. The clamour has grown among residents of as many as 50 villages in the adjoining areas of Palsana taluka following the death of two workers …
In its first step to clean the Ganga, the National Democratic Alliance government on Tuesday cleared three sewage-treatment plants in Bihar and West Bengal. Together, the plants will entail investment of Rs 290 crore. Two sewage plants in Patna and one sewage integration and treatment plant at Budge Budge, West …
Compliance statement on behalf of Central Pollution Control Board, Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board and National Ganga River Basin Authority with regard to Krishan Kant Singh & Others Vs National Ganga River Basin Authority & Others. In compliance of the order passed by the National Green Tribunal dated 06/05/2014 a …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Sureshbhai Keshavbhai Waghvankar & Ors. Vs. State of Gujarat & Ors. dated 01/07/2014 regarding immersion of idols and Tazias in the waterbodies. 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 …
