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 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Panna Lal Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 22/09/2022. Chande Baba Talab in village Garhi-Chunoti, Lucknow is facing the threat of encroachment and the lake is seeing a reduction in its water level. During winter, the lake attracts …
Pollution and environmental degradation often worsen as countries develop and industrialize. The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis suggests that, initially, economic growth increases pollution up to a certain income threshold, and then it begins to decrease pollution. Pollution reduction is not inevitable, however. As one of the fastest-growing economies in …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Girja Shankar Rai & Others Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 14/09/2022. The Principal Secretary, Urban Development, Uttar Pradesh, assured the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that remedial action will be taken protection of Laxmi Tal at Jhansi by …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of T. S. Singh Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 14/09/2022. The National Green Tribunal (NGT), September 14, 2022 directed the constitution of a nine member Monitoring Committee to come up with an action plan for prevention and remediation of pollution …
Order of the Madras High Court in the matter of Kasthuribha and Indira Nagar Residents Welfare Forum Vs The Secretary, Public Works Department & Others dated 12/09/2022. The matter related to encroachments on the Canal Bank road on the stretch of Kasthuribha Nagar and Indira Nagar. According to the petitioner, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Animesh Das Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 12/09/2022. The matter related to waterbody encroachment, mouza Kotrung under Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality, district Hooghly. The court directed the constitution of a committee to look into …
Compliance cum action taken report in the matter of Swami Narhariyanand Sarovar Vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Others. The report is in response to the National Green Tribunal, July 13, 2022. The matter related to conservation of Narhariyanand talab, village Saikheda, district Narsingpur, Madhya Pradesh. The urban local body …
The NGT, August 18, 2022 expressed its displeasure with the state of Arunachal Pradesh, praying for more time for filing its reply on the matter of disposal of waste into the rivers Senki, Pachin and Dikrong. The matter has been pending in the court since November 2020 and the court …
Report filed by the Senior Environmental Engineer on behalf of Kerala State Pollution Control Board. The matter related to failure to take action for protecting Astamudi wetland and Vembanad-kol wetland, a Ramsar site in Kollam district of Kerala. The Kerala State Pollution Control Board had conducted a sanitation survey of …
Order of the High Court of Uttarakhand (Writ Petition (PIL) No. 109 of 2022) in the matter of Ratanmani Dobhal Vs State of Uttarakhand & Others dated 03/08/2022. The petitioner has highlighted three projects undertaken by the Irrigation Department, Uttarakhand namely: 1. Construction of irrigation canal for re-use of treated …
The NGT (Eastern Zone Bench), Kolkata directed the District Magistrate, Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal to take all necessary steps for removal of encroachments from waterbodies in mouza Baidyadanga, under Memari-I block, Rasulpur, within one month. The area should be restored to its original form as waterbody and steps taken for …
Action plan on behalf of the Deputy Commissioner, Bangalore Urban District on pollution of Chandrapura lake. In the matter of 'In re: News item published on November 21, 2021 in the Indian Express titled "Lakes of Bengaluru: Industrial effluents, raw sewage; stinky tale of Chandrapura lake". The report said that …
This document is part of a series of guidebooks that address various aspects of monitoring and assessment of freshwater. It describes the main features of groundwater that govern its quantity, availability and chemical quality. Understanding these features assists in the development of a monitoring programme that will provide information for …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dakshin Banga Matsyajibi Forum Vs Inland Waterways Authority of India & Others dated 27/07/2022. The National Green Tribunal (NGT), July 27, 2022 directed Inland Waterways Authority of India, Syamaprasad Mookherjee Port (SMP) and Transport Department, West Bengal to file standard …
Independent report filed by the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply in Original Application No. 145 of 2020 (Southern Zone) in the matter of 'Tribunal on its own motion - Suo Motu based on the news item in Dinamalar newspaper Chennai edition dated August 5, 2020 'Retteri lake become a sewage water …
Report of the joint committee constituted in the Original Application No. 220 of 2022 in the matter of K. Ravindran Vs State of Telangana. The matter dealt with dumping of human excreta through tankers into Musi river at Tippu Khan bridge, Rangareddy district. The joint committee in its report said …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rao Satvir Singh & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 13/07/2022. Grievance in the application is against disposal of sewage and trade effluents in the Najafgarh drain. The applicant (Rao Satvir Singh) has said that Gurugram sewage and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sarvam Ritam Khare Vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 13/07/2022. Counsel for the state of Madhya Pradesh has sought time to file the action taken report and to submit further compliance. The NGT directed the Collector, Panna and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re: News item published in the Newspaper named, The Times of India dated 05.07.2022 titled “Dead fish in Najafgarh drain, pollution could be to blame” dated 11/07/2022. Proceedings have been initiated suo-moto on the basis of captioned media report …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re: News item published in The Indian Express dated 19.03.2022 titled “STP given nod to discharge treated sewage into Thol”. Proceedings in the matter have been initiated on the basis of captioned media report to the effect that the …
