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 Supreme Court on Wednesday sought a report from the Secretary Water and Power in Manchar Lake water pollution case. A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry comprising Justice Jawwad S Khuwaja and Justice Gulzar Ahmed heard the case. The Secretary Water and Power, Secretary Irrigation Sindh, …
Despite all the hue and cry about eco-friendly idol immersions, especially during the last two years, the people and municipal corporation have failed to save their lakes. The dissolved oxygen (DO) levels of the two major city lakes, Telangkhedi (Futala) and Gandhi Sagar have gone down dangerously for the second …
Six major lakes face a serious threat from pollution and rapid development, as a directive of Bombay high court at Goa to prepare a detailed plan for their protection has been relegated to the backburner. The government had constituted a task force in 2003 after the court issued a few …
Notwithstanding claims of the Punjab Government and the state Pollution Control Board (PPCB) that emphasis is being laid on ensuring clean and green environment in the state, the practice of discharging domestic waste and untreated industrial effluents into drains, rivulets and water channels continues unabated in Jalandhar and Kapurthala. The …
NAGPUR: Almost a hundred students from Centre Point School (Wardhaman Nagar) volunteered to do their bit in cleaning up banks of Telangkhedi lake on Friday morning. A part of the global movement called International Coastal Cleanup (ICC), the local initiative focuses on natural water bodies that get polluted due to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Neel Choudhary Vs. State of M.P. & Ors dated 30/09/2013 regarding pollution control measures for incorporating in the conditions for granting the permission to the owners of marriage gardens, restaurants, hotels as well as to the hawkers who are selling …
The green panel has rapped housing and environment department principal secretary for failure to provide a list of encroachments and buildings in catchment area of the Upper Lake even after four-and-a-half months' time. The department was asked to reply in 14 days. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) recently issued a …
Leachate flowing with rain water contaminates Mavallipura's lifeline Good rains after two years of drought are always a welcome proposition, but not for the residents of Mavallipura as the showers have only brought miseries to them. Reason: Highly toxic leachate continue to flow from the mountains of garbage from the …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Kamta Saini Vs Union of India & Others dated 25/09/2013 regarding establishment of a petrol pump adjoining a tank by the name “Adhartal” in the city of Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh and that in case the aforesaid petrol pump is …
To restore the renowned Khajiar lake in Chamba to its original shape, principal bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) at Shimla on Tuesday formed a seven members team headed by Principal Chief Conservator of Forests with the direction to file a report within four weeks suggesting steps to save the …
Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) has launched a campaign against dumping sugar mill waste in irrigation canals, lakes and natural waterways, a major cause of contamination. Currently, 17 sugar mills in Badin, Tando Mohammad Khan and Mirpurkhas districts are releasing their effluent into the Nareri Lake, damaging not just its ecosystem, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Court on its own Motion Vs State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 17/09/2013 regarding the condition of the Khajjiar Lake.
Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority, which is supposed to protect lakes and water bodies from pollution, has itself choked up a twoacre lake located inside Sanjeevaiah Park. The water body is currently a “danger zone” because the HMDA, with no identified site in hand, has been dumping toxic waste material flowing …
Tanker operators in Thiruneermalai dispose of piles of cement waste in water body The Adyar river, once a source of pristine water, has now become a convenient dump site for cement waste. Over the last couple of weeks, several tanker operators have dumped lorry-loads of a ready mix of cement …
A Division Bench of the AP High Court, comprising Chief Justice Kalyan Jyothi Sengupta and Justice K.C. Bhanu, on Tuesday made it clear that all materials left in the Hussainsagar lake during the Ganesh idol immersion shall be cleared within 24 hours. The Bench was disposing of a batch of …
The state government has decided to stop issuing licence to new houseboats from December 31. The chief minister has taken this decision after holding a meeting with the houseboat operators, district administration officials and the tourism department. District collector N Padmakumar said, "A meeting was held on September 7 in …
Hyderabad: With the city’s Ganesh associations targeting one lakh pandals this year, Hyderabad’s lakes are in grave danger. Last year 48,333 idols were immersed only in Hussainsagar, of which 29,391 (more than 60 per cent) had chemicals and metallic colours, while just 18,942 idols had natural and vegetable colours. To …
The dissolved oxygen (DO) level in Telangkhedi Lake has gone down even as the immersions of only Janmashtami have taken place till now. The average DO on the banks of the lake has come down to about 3 mg/L. If it goes below 2 mg/L, it might prove dangerous for …
A legal notice was served in May by ESG asking Ranganath to comply with the HC directions In a significant decision, a division bench of the Karnataka High Court has ordered the issuance of notice on S V Ranganath, Chief Secretary of the Government of Karnataka. A division bench of …
In a significant decision, a Division Bench of the Hon'ble High Court of Karnataka constituted by Mr. Justice Mohan Shantanagoudar & Mr. Justice B. Sreenivase Gowda ordered notice today on Mr. S. V. Ranganath, IAS, Chief Secretary of the Government of Karnataka on why action should not be initiated per …
