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 …
BHUBANESWAR: The industries coming under green category may soon come under pollution watch if the state government implements the recently-revised categorization guidelines of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). The green category industries are those which are less polluting. Two days ago, the state government wrote to the Odisha State …
A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notices to the Akhilesh Yadav government, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), state pollution control board and others. A plea alleging that the apex pollution monitoring body was sleeping like “Kumbhakarna” over illegal industries operating at Mathura in Uttar Pradash has …
Irked over the menace of unauthorised industrial units running in residential areas here, the National Green Tribunal has directed the Centre and Delhi Government to close all of them in an East Delhi locality with immediate effect. The green panel also ordered discom BSES and Delhi Jal Board to immediately …
Environment related crimes in the country came down by over 11% last year compared to 2014 but there was no decline in states like Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Assam where the number of such violations increased over the past year. According to data released by the National Crime Records …
Pollution is a matter of concern in cities and towns and is caused due to introduction of contaminants into the environment viz. air, water and soil that may cause adverse change in ambient conditions. The Government has taken a series of steps to address issues related to water pollution, air …
The Ministry notified and put up the draft on its website on May 10, inviting public feedback over a two-month window. More than three quarters of the Environment Ministry’s Environment Supplement Plan (ESP) — around 2,900 words of the 3,850-word draft — is a direct lift from the Supplemental Environmental …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) is likely to hear an application against the construction of truck terminals in Khalapur, off the Pune-Mumbai expressway. It is alleged that the presence of terminals is in violation of environmental norms and the enactment controlling pollution of water. A vacation bench of the tribunal …
To simplify various formalities for industrial units, the Himachal Pradesh Pollution Control Board has decided to issue them Consent to Establish for five years instead of the mandatory annual renewal. The decision was taken at the meeting of the HPSPCB chaired by Kuldeep Pathania yesterday. In case, any industrialist is …
The Centre must recall the draft notification which is bad in law and will be disastrous for the ecology. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate change (MOEF&C;) issued a new draft notification in May 2016, proposing to amend the Environment Impact Assessment Notification, 2006. The draft notification aims to …
Kendrapada: The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has issued a notice to the Visa Ferro Alloys plant at Kalinganagar in Jajpur district to show cause as to why direction under the relevant laws shall not be issued against it for polluting the nearby villages by violating environment norms. The …
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board (MPPCB) has lodged a case against current and former managing directors of Madhya Pradesh Power Generating Company (GENCO) Limited and other officials for 'illegally' running Satpura Thermal Power Station (STPS) in Betul district without required permissions. However, officials of GENCO say the works recommended …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Aswini Kumar Dhal Vs Odisha Pollution Control Board & Others dated 25/05/2016 regarding severe air and water pollution caused by a railway siding/stack yard in Jakhpura railway station Jajpur district, Odisha. NGT finds the East-Coast Railway …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Shanmuga Aqua Industries Vs Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board & Others dated 27/04/2016 regarding running of a packaged drinking water Unit without obtaining consent under Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1974 and also without obtaining …
Directions under Section 18(1) (b) of the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 to undertake environmental quality monitoring and for installation f continuous ambient air quality monitoring stations and real-time water quality monitoring stations in critically polluted areas.
NEW DELHI: The Centre is planning to take the legislative route on conservation and distribution of water by giving precedence to drinking water supply over allocation for agricultural and industrial purposes in the country. Under the plan, the water resources ministry will come out with a draft National Water Framework …
Clearly miffed with Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) in the matter of Ulhas river pollution, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked for an explanation as to why, after failure to perform its statutory functions, the state board's should not be taken over and its functions assigned to Central Pollution …
The report said that a total of 174 industries had not renewed their environment consent even after a lapse of one to 174 months The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has pointed out failures on the part of Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board (CECB) and industries to ensure compliance …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (in the matter of Manoj Misra Vs. Delhi Development Authority & Ors. And Pramod Kumar Tyagi Vs. Art of Living International Center & Ors. And Anand Arya Vs. Delhi Development Authority & Ors. And Ojasvi Party Vs. Ministry of Environment & Forest & Ors.) …
Colour codes are expected to prompt sector to adopt cleaner technologies, resulting in fewer pollutants PANJIM: Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) will re-classify all industries in the State. Non-polluting industries will be categorized as White and will not require Consent to Operate under the Air and Water pollution Acts. …
GSPCB directs authorities to identify discharge points and immediately remove them; CCP to act on sewage discharged in St Inez Creek PANJIM: In a bid to control pollution in River Mandovi, Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has directed 30 village panchayats (VPs) located along the river banks to survey …
