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 journal Nature has this week published a comment on how China must continue the momentum it has recently generated to protect its environment. Since the Chinese policy changes have received almost no attention in India, it is worth visiting it just once. At the end of April, China amended …
Advocate appearing for the petroleum corporation listed out the short- and long-term measures taken Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) on Tuesday filed an ‘action taken’ report with the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Southern Bench, in connection with the oil leak incident in north Chennai last year. The action taken report, …
City generates about 450 metric tonnes of waste daily The Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG), assisted by some non-government organisations and citizens’ groups, now plans to rope in the hundreds of waste-collectors in the city to encourage waste segregation at source as part of its plan to de-centralise waste management. …
The new government needs to bring in second-generation reforms for environment which can strike a balance between the need for economic development and rights of a local community. This is a tough job, but necessary. At present, green issues are being handled both at the central and state levels. This …
Farmers opposed to Santos’s coal seam operations in north-western NSW have begun legal action to force the company to reveal information about alleged contamination of two water bores near exploration wells. The Mullaley Gas and Pipeline Association applied to the NSW Land and Environment Court on Wednesday to require Santos …
Santa Cruz on Tuesday became the first California county to ban fracking, the latest in a string of moves by local governments in the state to take a stand against the controversial oil and gas producing method. Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, relies on injecting water, sand and some chemicals deep …
Lead Content In CRT Sets Putting Waste Handlers At Risk As LCDs and LEDs are fast replacing the old-fashioned cathode ray tube monitors, the capital is faced with a huge health risk. Both the informal e-waste recyclers working at the CRT recycling hubs of Yamuna Vihar, Seelampur and Mustafabad and …
BARC official said that the unsafe water sample can be further tested easily, to quantify the fluoride level roughly in order to know how unsafe it is. While taking a technology to the market is considered a difficult process by scientists, four companies have taken up a cost-effective visual detection …
Plea Says Effluents In Yamuna Pollute Groundwater, Soil It's not just pesticides--a toxic mix of sewage and industrial effluents may be contaminating what's grown on the bed of the Yamuna. The quality of the fruits and vegetables--that feed most of Delhi's population--may thus stand severely compromised, according to two applications …
PUNE: The garbage dump in their backyard has polluted the ground water, forcing 80,000 residents of Phursungi and Urali Devachi villages to summon water tankers all these years. Agitations and protests for the closure of the garbage depot have yielded some results., but the stink and pollutants emanating from the …
Sonepat DC forms committee to check water pollution near Bari industrial zone Taking serious note of the complaints about contamination of sub soil water from a number of villages located near the Bari industrial zone of the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) in the district, Deputy Commissioner …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Raghunath S/o Rakhamji Lokhane Vs MPWPB & Ors dated 12/05/2014 regarding water pollution caused by in Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) area. Previous Orders
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Parminder Singh V/s Punjab PCB & Ors dated 08/05/2014 regarding pollution caused by Matharu Chemical Industries, Punjab. The Order of the NGT mentions a report submitted before the Punjab and Haryana High Court by Thapar Center …
Researchers assessing the pre-mining contamination of the environment at Nalgonda have found high levels of Uranium contamination in the groundwater and fair levels of gamma radiation, which will increase drastically once mining commences. About 41 per cent of the groundwater samples collected from sample sites in Nalgonda were found to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Sampuram Singh Vs. State of Punjab & Ors. dated 06/05/2014 regarding underground water contamination caused by industries in Punjab. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/54-2013(THC)(OA)_6May2014.pdf Previous Orders: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/e-orders.php?eid=4528
NGT Worried About Illegal Dealers Selling Packaged Water The western zone bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in Pune has passed an order prohibiting unauthorized extraction of groundwater for commercial use after it was found that the presence of large quantities of fluoride in it is affecting villagers in …
Taking serious cognizance of leakage from storage plants of Indian Oil and Bharat Petroliam at Akolner village, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered the Ahemadnagar district collector to form a fact-finding committee consisting of a regional officer of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) and any authorized senior officer …
Even as health hazards of groundwater contamination is still getting fully assessed for the people living in Keezhmadu grama panchayat, people are also concerned about the social impact of this environmental hazard on their lives. An unfavourable health status is a private matter, but since the problem of thyroid disorders …
BEIJING: Sixty% of underground water in China which is officially monitored is too polluted to drink directly, state media have reported, underlining the country's grave environmental problems. Water quality measured in 203 cities across the country last year rated "very poor" or "relatively poor" in an annual survey released by …
Thousands of residents of Kundli village and their livestock are being forced to consume chemically contaminated water for the last many years. Despite complaints to the authorities, no remedial steps have been taken so far. The village, located near the Kundli industrial zone by the side of GT road, touches …
