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 Sumitra Devi Vs. CPCB & Ors. dated 19/11/2015 regarding regarding pollution caused by the 11 industrial clusters located in Bhiwadi and around. NGT directs the Secretary Environment, Urban Development of Rajasthan and Haryana, to hold a meeting and submit the …
Waste problem is a problem of finding solutions - approaches and technologies - that can match our pockets and our regulatory and governance abilities India has a huge waste problem - from untreated sewage that is defiling rivers and waterbodies to growing quantities of chemical waste that is seeping into …
The upcoming capital city of Amaravati is likely to face a severe shortage of potable water. Though the city will come up on the right bank of the river Krishna, the groundwater in the designated capital area is highly polluted. Indiscriminate use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides in horticultural and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Baldev Singh & Ors. Vs. State of Punjab & Ors. dated 30/10/2015 regarding ground water contamination in the State of Punjab. In the State of Punjab ground water is the main source of water supply either for agricultural or even …
The island nation of Kiribati is one of the world's most vulnerable to rising sea levels. But residents may have to leave well before the ocean claims their homes. Original Source
The NGT, in its first hearing of a petition filed by city-based environmentalist Vivek Kamboj and Amit Chaudhery on groundwater contamination at Bandhwari on Wednesday, ordered the municipal corporations of Gurgaon and Faridabad to ensure proper dumping of waste, maintenance and collection of already dumped waste while ensuring that it …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vivek Kamboj & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 28/10/2015 regarding dumping of garbage in Gurgaon and Faridabad, Haryana. NGT directs the State of Haryana and all the concerned Authorities and Corporations that is Gurgaon and Faridabad to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Doaba Paryavaran Samiti Vs. State of U.P. & Ors. dated 27/10/2015 regarding ground water pollution by industries in the Districts of Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Samli, Meerut, Bagpath and Ghaziabad in the State of Uttar Pradesh. Previous Order
A petition on groundwater contamination at Bandhwari, the site of a waste treatment plant that has been lying defunct for almost two years and now virtually a landfill with thousands of tonnes of garbage, will come up for hearing in the National Green Tribunal on October 28. The petition has …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of S. Muthu Vs The District Collector, Tirupur District & Others dated 14/10/2015 regarding coir fibre industry causing pollution of ground water by soaking coconut shell with the fibre in the water.
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of M. Kumaravel Vs The Collector, Kancheepuram District dated 10/10/2015 regarding environmental degradation caused due to open defecation by the fishermen community at Muttukadu Tsunami relief tenements located in S.F.No.97/3, Muttukadu Village, Kancheepuram District and to construct an …
The Tribunal had constituted a core committee to monitor the potential hazards of industrial development in Singrauli area and five sub-committees for quantification of industrial pollution and impact assessment of water, air, soil and health in and around Singrauli. The committee informed the bench that ground water in the villages …
Order of the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming in the matter of State of Wyoming & Others Vs United States Department of the Interior & Others dated 30/09/2015 regarding regulations applying to hydraulic fracturing on federal and Indian lands. Know More
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. A. Kishan Rao & Ors. Vs. Union of India & Ors dated 30/09/2015 regarding pollution caused by M/s. Sri Chaitanya Chlorides Pvt. Ltd., Patancheru, Hyderabad.
Groundwater pollution in Aravalis caused by tonnes of untreated waste lying near defunct Bandhwari waste treatment plant is leading to diseases like skin lesions, bloody diarrhoea and dermatitis among people from neighbouring villages. Meenu, a 7-year-old boy from Bandhwari village and Raju, a 23-year-old man from Dera village, have developed …
Groundwater in south Delhi, Gurgaon and Faridabad risks contamination by decaying municipal waste being stashed at a landfill site in the Aravalli hill area of Gurgaon. A petition filed before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) by Gurgaon residents Vivek Kamboj and Amit Chaudhery on Tuesday claimed that the Bandhwari waste …
The protest against dumping of garbage at the 90-year-old yard at Sadupperi continued as villagers along with Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) cadre staged a demonstration on Wednesday. As a threat, a few villagers doused themselves with kerosene. There are nearly 18 villages around Sadupperi where the Vellore Corporation has been …
Environmental activists have approached the National Green Tribunal (NGT) over severe damage to the Aravali forests, particularly along the Gurgaon-Faridabad and Gurgaon-Delhi roads. They have listed indiscriminate dumping of waste, as well as destruction of the groundwater table and its poisoning at the Bandhwari sewage treatment plant as causes. Environmentalist …
The National Green Tribunal today sought the government's response from on a plea seeking relocation of a waste treatment plant and landfill site from Aravalli hill area in Gurgaon, claiming it has led to water contamination in the area. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notices …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Parminder Singh Vs. Punjab PCB & Ors dated 23/09/2015 regarding pollution caused by M/S Matharu Chemical Industries, Sangrur District, Punjab. According to the petitioners the said unit was manufacturing H-acid, i.e. Sodium Salt, which is highly …
