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 Supreme Court of India in the matter of The State of Haryana, Department of Irrigation Vs The State of Punjab & Others dated 06/09/2022. "Water is a natural resource and living beings must learn to share it whether be it individuals, States or countries," the Supreme Court …
Counter affidavit on behalf of West Bengal Mineral Development & Trading Corporation Ltd & Others dated 16/08/2022. WBMDTCL was set up with the objectives of exploring and extracting various non-coal minerals - rock phosphate, stone aggregates, fire clay, quartz, feldspars, irone ore, silica sand in West Bengal. The state government …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jahangir Vs State of Haryana dated 12/08/2022. Grievance in the application is against unscientific and illegal mining obstructing the flow of Yamuna river in village Belgarh. Fifteen Pokland machines are working day and night causing huge air pollution. Mining is …
Objections to the joint committee report submitted to the National Green Tribunal, May 24, 2022 in pursuance of the National Green Tribunal order, February 18, 2022 in the matter of Ghanai Vs State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Uttar Pradesh & Others. The appellant had filed appeal before the …
Judgment of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Akshay Kumar Tripathy Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 05/08/2022. The matter related to illegal mining of sand in the sand embankment of river Baitarani near Ballipokhari Escape. Ballipokhari Escape is used for escape of …
Judgment of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Tribunal on its Own Motion Re.:- Movement of Heavy Loaded Dumpers, Trucks and Traffic Control on the roads around Shivmandir Bazar and adjoining area Vs West Bengal Pollution Control Board & Others dated 28/07/2022. This matter …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Anish Vs Union of India & Others dated 19/07/2022. Grievance in the application was against violation of environmental norms by certain sand mining companies at villages Pobari, Kohliwala and Bailgarh, district Yamuna Nagar, Haryana. The applicant (Anish) annexed photographs which …
The livelihoods of rural communities depend primarily on the availability of and access to renewable resources, including water, land and living resources. These resources are components of ecosystems with complex and dynamic relationships. Holling (1973) and Gunderson (2000) have shown that these ecosystems have their own capacity or resilience to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of All India Kaimur People’s Front Vs Ministry of Environment Forest & Climate Change & Others dated 13/07/2022. Grievance in the application is against illegal mining in villages Bhagwa, Agorikhas, Khewandha and Rediaya, tehsil Obra, and villages Korgi, tehsil Dudhi, district …
Joint Committee Report by MPCB in OA No.30/2022 (WZ) (Gaurav Ashok Dhote V/s Mining Officer, Nagpur & Ors.) The matter is about allegations against the District Authority, Nagpur for inviting tenders to carry out sand mining activities without replenishment plan, causing damage to Kanhan river ecology. The issue raised in …
Site Visit Report in OA No.185/2017 (WZ) (Cavelossim Villagers Forum V/s Village Panchayat of Cavelossim, Salcete, Goa & Ors.). The National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed a joint committee to visit M/s Ceres Hotel Pvt Ltd (The Leela Goa) regarding the complaint that the hotel was discharging its wastewater into river …
The SDG indicator 6.3.2 (SDG 632) methodology helps countries to report on ambient water quality in a consistent and straightforward manner and has undergone several iterations since conception in 2016. Gathering feedback from those tasked with reporting for their country ensures that the SDG indicators maintain their relevance and that …
Factual and action taken report in the matter of Vimla Kol Vs State of Madhya Pradesh. The matter related to sand mining, village Barach, Tehsil Jaysinghnagar, district Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh on the riverbed of Jhanpar river. The two mines have obtained NOC from Gramsabha Barachh. Environmental clearance has been issued …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Haidar Khan Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 29/04/2022. The issue for consideration is remedial action against illegal sand mining, in violation of environmental norms, by M/s. R.S.I. Stone World Limited, without requisite consent from the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control …
Rejoinder to the reply filed by the Pune Municipal Corporation & Others in I.A. No. 105/2021 in Appeal No. 12/2020 (WZ) in the matter of Sarang Yadwarkar Vs Pune Municipal Corporation dated 21/02/2022. The appellant (Sarang Yadwarkar) had sought interim stay on the execution of the activity related to Mutha …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rohit Kumar Vs State of Bihar dated 11/02/2022. Grievance in the application is against illegal sand mining on the bank of Dakhner river near Paraiya (Gaya), Gaya-Rafiganj Road, Bihar, adversely affecting the environment. The applicant has filed photographs and mentioned …
Rejoinder on behalf of Tejas S Rao Vs State of Karnataka & Others dated 18/01/2022. The appellant (Tejas S Rao) filed an application before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) challenging the order, June 17, 2021 passed by the Magadi Planning authority on the application of the appellant for the establishment …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Behari Lal Chaturvedi Vs Ministry of Jal Shakti & Others dated 10/12/2021. Grievance in the application is against alleged encroachment of Yamuna floodplain by Yamuna Mission, Mathura. It is stated that though ostensibly acting to preserve and clean river Yamuna …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shailaja Deshpande Vs State of Maharashtra dated 10/11/2021. Grievance in the application is against violation of environment norms in the course of construction of a bridge at the confluence of Mula and Ramnadi at Pune. The NGT directed the Maharashtra …
Water pollution caused by microplastics generated from land-based sources (e.g. as tire-wear particles, broken road markings, synthetic textile microfibre from washing, microbeads from personal care products, discharged domestic wastewater from households, and others) is attracting attention in many countries and regions around the world as an emerging environmental problem, not …
