Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mahanoy River Safety Society Vs State of Bihar & Others dated 11/03/2019 regarding construction on the Mahanoy river, Munger, Bihar. NGT had given the State of Bihar 10 days for submitting Government Notification prescribing the criteria for maintenance of distance …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs Union of India dated 01/03/2019. This application seeks to permit construction of elevated road along the right bank (on the extreme end edge of bund km-0.0 to km 2.90) of Yamuna River for the proposed project of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ashish Rohidas Shinde & Others Vs Lonavala Municipal Council & Others dated 27/02/2019 regarding construction within the impermissible area of the bank of river Indrayani, Lonavla, Maharashtra. Also disposal of the soil on banks of the river. NGT notes that …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Saidas R. Khorjuvekar Vs Directorate of Mines & Geology dated 26/02/2019 regarding illegal mining in the river Chapora situated in the north District of Goa. The case was instituted in the year 2015 and during the course of proceedings various …
Since the terrorist attack in Uri in 2016, India has worked to ensure it utilises its full claim under the Indus Waters Treaty. Several stalled projects have been revived, and many have been put on the fast track. Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari recently tweeted that the government had decided …
Nature-based Solutions (NBS) that strategically conserve or restore nature to support conventionally built infrastructure systems (also referred to as gray infrastructure) can reduce disaster risk and produce more resilient and lower-cost services in developing countries. In the disaster risk management (DRM) and water security sectors, NBS can be applied as …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mahanoy River Safety Society Vs State of Bihar & Others dated 25/02/2019 regarding construction on the Mahanoy river, Munger, Bihar. The State of Bihar had been directed to submit a report on Government Notification prescribing the criteria for maintenance of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Surinder Singh Vs State of Haryana dated 19/02/2019 regarding illegal mining on the river bed in Pinjore belt, Chandimandir, Kalka, District Panchkula in the State of Haryana. The Tribunal had directed the District Magistrate, Panchkula to furnish a report which …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Majhi Paragana Abhen Baisi Vs Aligarh Muslim University, Kishanganj & Others dated 18/02/2019 regarding construction of a centre of the Aligarh Muslim University proposed on the banks of river Mahananda, Kishanganj district in the State of Bihar. It is alleged …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sandeep Kumar Singh Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 14/02/2019 regarding illegal sand mining in rivers Kane, Yamuna, Bangey in Banda district, Uttar Pradesh. The mining is allegedly being done without the Environment Clearance by splitting the lease …
Glaciers in the Satluj river basin in western Himalaya are likely to lose 33% of their area by 2050 and 81% by the end of the century, under Representative Concentration Pathway - RCP 8.5 scenario, based on the output from CNRM-CM5 and GFDL-CM3 climate models respectively. Original Source
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Polluted stretches of the rivers, 11/02/2019. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in association with the State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs)/Pollution Control Committees (PCCs) monitors the water quality of rivers across the country through a network of monitoring stations under the National Water Quality …
The Bombay High Court on Thursday suggested to the state government that it lay out an interim policy to protect rivers in Maharashtra till the Centre comes up with a river regulation policy that would protect any kind of encroachment along the river bed. A division bench of Chief Justice …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ranjit Kumar Dora Vs District Collector Jajpur & Others dated 28/01/2019 regarding illegal sand mining in the Brahmani river in Dharmasala Tehsil, Jajpur District, Odisha. It is contended that there is rampant use of excavators while permission has been granted …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s. DLF Ltd. Bangalore Vs The Chairman, KSPCB & Others dated 25/01/2019 regarding grant of consent to establish to DLF for a housing colony on the banks of Arkavati River near Tippagondanahalli Water Reservoir, Bangalore, Karnataka. The KSPCB under the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Birendra Kumar Pegwal Vs State of Uttarakhand dated 24/01/2019 regarding illegal mining along Song River, Suswa River and Jakhan River at Doiwala, District Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The report submitted by a Joint Committee of State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) and the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jammula Choudharaiah & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 21/01/2019 regarding the construction activities undertaken by the State of Andhra Pradesh by way of Purushothapatnam Lift Irrigation Scheme without Environmental Clearance. The project is located at the Akhanda …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Chandan Sinha Vs State of Jharkhand dated 16/01/2019 regarding encroachment of River Usri, Giridih in district Ramgarh, Jharkhand and also there is illegal sand mining. The bridge has given way. NGT directs District Magistrate, Ramgarh, and Jharkhand State Pollution Control …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sunil Rawat Vs State of Uttarakhand dated 15/01/2019 regarding illegal construction within 100 mtrs. of Chandrabhaga river at Rishikesh, Uttarakhand. NGT disposes of the application after going through the action taken report received from the Uttarakhand Environment Protection and Pollution …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sudarsan Das Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 10/01/2019 regarding illegal sand mining on the banks of river Subarnarekha on borders of West Bengal and Odisha. NGT directs the Jharkhand Pollution Control Board (JPCB) to coordinate the functioning …
