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 …
Meerut: Observing that the state government has failed to provide potable water to villages in six Uttar Pradesh districts where groundwater is contaminated with toxic elements -- Ghaziabad, Baghpat, Meerut, Shamli, Muzaffarnagar and Saharanpur -- the National Green Tribunal on Tuesday directed the chief secretary to ensure supply of drinking …
SONBHADRA: At the Rohiniya Damar village in Uttar Pradesh, 100 kilometres from Sonbhadra district's main Robertsganj town, excessive flouride in the ground water has spared no one. It hasn't spared the old, most of whom walk totally bent, slowly with the help of sticks. While others like 65-year-old Shakuntala Devi …
Kolkata: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern Zone Bench, on Monday, expressed concern over the lackadaisical attitude of the West Bengal government in checking Arsenic menace in the state. On March 1, the Central Groundwater Board had submitted a report stating how several tubewells fitted with Arsenic-control kits are continuing …
Increase in cases of diarrhoea and related symptoms in district The district medical authorities have urged the public and food vendors to take precautionary measures in view of increase in the number of cases of diarrhoea and related diseases. An official press release issued by the District Medical Office here …
Agra: Pravesh Kumar, a resident of Mazra Nagla Gadaria village in Uttar Pradesh's Etah district, could not believe his eyes when a hand pump near his house suddenly started spewing a black coloured fluid, which turned out to be combustible. The discovery not only triggered a wave of excitement among …
Palakkad: Kerala Police has registered a case against multi-national soft-drink major Coca-Cola for allegedly exploiting and polluting groundwater sources of the backward Scheduled Caste community at Plachimada here. According to the case registered at Meenakshipuram police station here, Coca-Cola's unit at Plachimada, which after being operational for some years is …
Proper awareness, collective behavior change, coupled with availability of sustainable technologies for construction and usage of toilets are important aspects of SBM. There are a wide range of hydro-geological conditions in different states of India. It is challenging to make one technology applicable in all areas. Selection of on-site sanitation …
Agra: In contrast to the Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) report which stated that 126 slaughterhouses are running in Uttar Pradesh, UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB), in its report to the National Green Tribunal (NGT), said there are just 58 such units in the entire state. In a startling revelation …
According to a Central Groundwater Board report as many as 650 cities and towns lie along polluted rivers, which contaminate groundwater About half of India's groundwater is contaminated, according to a Central Groundwater Board report. As many as 276 districts have high levels of fluoride, 387 districts report nitrates above …
Fishery Dept says probe to be held, Pollution Control Dept not aware Hundreds of fish have died in local nullahs at Battal Ballian, Dudhar and Barrian in Udhampur district due to excessive water pollution allegedly caused due to discharge from some units at local Battal Ballian Industrial Area. However, the …
While Punjab is increasingly increasing using canal water for drinking on account of high toxicity in the ground water, it will now pump out this water for irrigation purposes. The new tubewell connections – 1.25 lakh - will not just deplete the state’s already depleted water table, but water pumped …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Doaba Paryavaran Samiti Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 17/05/2016 regarding groundwater pollution by industries in the Districts of Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Samli, Meerut, Bagpath and Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. A report would be submitted to the Tribunal of people …
Hydraulic fracturing frequently occurs on agricultural land. Yet the extent of sorption, transformation, and interactions among the numerous organic frac fluid and oil and gas wastewater constituents upon environmental release is hardly known. Thus, this study aims to advance our current understanding of processes that control the environmental fate and …
Delivering an important judgement in favour of the residents of Bhanpur Khanti, the National Green Tribunal on Tuesday ordered the Bhopal Municipal Corporation to restrict power supply to the borewells and handpumps within 1.5 kilometer of Bhanpur area and also paste the notice on each one of them saying that …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sampuram Singh & Others Vs. State of Punjab & Others dated 06/05/2016 regarding groundwater pollution in Punjab. The Tribunal in its Order reacted sharply againt the absence of Respondents which included the State of Punjab and noted that "these matters …
According to the new rules, buffer zones should be strictly maintained around landfill sites. The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has modified the waste management rules 2000, in the wake of the increasing pollution levels and waste mismanagement. The MoEFCC, on April 8, 2016, through a gazette …
New research from The University of Texas at Arlington demonstrates that groundwater quality changes alongside the expansion of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing but also suggests that some potentially hazardous effects may dissipate over time. The new research, published today in the journal Science of the Total Environment in the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of SUO MOTO Vs. District Collector Sivagamgai and Others dated 26/04/2016 regarding drinking water pollution in Karaikudi Municipality, Tamil Nadu. In the complaint it is stated that in spite of regulatory orders issued by the District Collector in …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sanjay Kumar Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 22/04/2016 regarding discharge of effluents by Coca Cola's Hapur plant in Uttar Pradesh into a nearby pond. The Applicant’s case is that the untreated effluents are being released by the …
Gurgaon: The Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA), in the affidavit filed on Tuesday before the National Green Tribunal (NGT), has partially agreed to the allegation in a petition that the groundwater in Aravalis is being polluted by untreated waste lying near Bandhwari waste treatment plant on Gurgaon-Faridabad Road. In its …
