Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Abhishek Panwar Vs Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board & Others dated 20/05/2025. The miscellaneous application was registered on the basis of the report of the joint committee dated July 20, 2024 filed by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) …
South African gold producers have reached a settlement with lawyers representing thousands of miners who contracted fatal lung disease, in the country's largest-ever class action suit. Officials said the six mining companies involved agreed to the 5bn rand ($395m) settlement on Thursday, Reuters news agency reported. The lawsuit was filed …
Activists hailed a Kenyan court for ordering that almost 5,000 fishermen at a 14th century World Heritage Site receive millions in compensation for the loss of traditional fishing rights due to the construction of a major port. The fishermen in Lamu, the oldest Swahili settlement in East Africa, won 1.76 …
The Supreme Court has restored the environment clearance granted to Adani Hazira Port Pvt Ltd, a unit of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ), setting aside a January 2016 order by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) cancelling the clearance. The apex court has also ordered refund of ₹25 …
The Government has been ordered to pay 5,000 fishermen Sh1.7 billion for failing to consider the environmental harm caused by the Lamu Port, South Sudan, Ethiopia Transport Corridor project in Lamu. In a verdict that could portend a big win for Lamu Island residents, the High Court also ordered the …
MANALI: The green tax barrier of Manali, where all vehicles from outside Himachal Pradesh are required to pay fee to enter the town, will be made permanent. Earlier it was said the barrier was temporarily set up for some time. The barrier, which was set up on June 19, 2004, …
TRICHY: PMK leader and MP Anbumani Ramadoss on Saturday insisted on the closure of oil wells in Thanjavur district following the leakage of crude oil from the pipeline and spillover in the farmland at Kathiramangalam. “The miseries caused to the people by the leakage of crude oil from the pipelines …
CHANDIGARH: The Haryana environment ministry has taken action in 35 cases of wheat-stubble burning in the state since January 1 this year and imposed fines totaling to Rs 27,500. State environment minister Vipul Goel made public this data on Saturday and asked officers of the department to keep pollution under …
The government’s decision comes amid the problems it is facing in acquiring land for the high-profile Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet train and the ongoing farmers’ protest in Bhavnagar district against a state power utility’s bid to possess the land it had acquired around 20 years ago. To fast track land acquisition and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Others dated 24/04/2018 regarding Environmental Compensation Charges (ECC) for violation of air pollution norms, Delhi.
Windhoek — The Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) has clarified comments by its minister Pohamba Shifeta people attacked and killed by wild animals, saying it will pay N$100 000 to victims' families as long as there was no negligence on the victim's part. According to environment and tourism spokesperson …
NAVI MUMBAI: A blame game has started in the Taloja chemical hub after the National green tribunal (NGT) ordered its central effluent treatment plant (CETP) co-operative society to deposit Rs 5 crore for causing environmental damage over the years. Taloja industry association president Satish Shetty blamed the mess on the …
After it fails to file response over e-way The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a cost of Rs. 30,000 on the Haryana government after it failed to file a response to a plea opposing diversion of a 12-km stretch on the Gurgaon-Manesar Expressway. Noting that the State government had …
Residents of communities that would be affected by the construction of a bridge to link central Monrovia with Bali Island are proposing an early relocation package before the start of the project. Report by Edwin G. Genoway, edwin.genoway@frontpageafricaonline.com The residents claim government’s early planning of a relocation strategy will ensure …
The Supreme Court has, however, set aside the termination of the contract by the Madhya Pradesh government The Supreme Court has slapped a penalty of Rs 119 million on Gurugram-headquartered renewable energy company ReNew Power for delaying the commissioning of a 51-megawatt (Mw) solar power project in Madhya Pradesh by …
Namibia has revised the country’s human – wildlife conflict policy and will now compensate families of people killed by wild animals including crocodiles and hippos with up to 100,000 Namibian dollars ($8,297). Statistics provided by the ministry of environment and tourism showed that nine people were killed by wild animals …
Order of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh dated 17/04/2018 regarding monkey attacks on humans, Chandigarh. Chandigarh Administration states that the monkey is a scheduled animal protected under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 and the administration is finding it difficult to control the monkey menace as monkeys …
The SDMC said that the Rs 120 crore project had hit a roadblock as a company, which was disqualified during the technical bid, had moved the High Court and subsequently the Supreme Court. The green cess imposed on commercial vehicles entering Delhi has failed to act as a “deterrent”, the …
MADURAI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought status report from the State government on the causes and the action taken in the Kurangani fire mishap that claimed 23 lives. A Delhi-based senior advocate Rajiv Dutta approached the National Green Tribunal submitted that the trekking was carried out in the …
Order of the Madras High Court in the matter of Meenava Thanthai K.R.Selvaraj Vs The Secretary To Government of Tamil Nadu dated 12/04/2018 regarding compensation to persons affected by oil spillage due to collision of ships M. T. Dawn Kanchipuram and MT BW Maple near Kamarajar Port, Chennai on 28/01/2017. …
We are being befooled by the executive", was how a "frustrated" Supreme Court said on Tuesday while ruing the fact that around Rs one lakh crore worth of funds meant to protect the environment and benefit the people, was being diverted for other purposes. Severely criticising the government, the apex …
