Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Containers from sunken ship likely to drift towards Alappuzha, Kollam Coasts in 48 hours: INCOIS" appearing in The Hindu dated 25.05.2025 dated 27/05/2025. The original application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled …
Pauri district magistrate Chandra Shekhar Bhatt instructed the Superintendent of Police, sub divisional magistrate, Garhwal divisional forest officer, executive officer of the Pauri municipality and the senior mining officer to implement the orders of the National Green Tribunal's principal bench for stopping non forestry works, permanently closing the hot mix …
Navi Mumbai: The hill reservoir site in Nerul that boasted of beautiful trees, birds and wildlife species has become a dumping ground of waste products. Activists alleged that the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) is behind this dumping of debris. They said though they had complained repeatedly to the authorities, …
Illegal dumping at the Suketi khud on the outskirts of the town is going on unabated for the past few days. Debris and mud can be seen on the banks of the Suketi khud. Hundreds of tractor-trolleys and tippers are throwing material round the clock on a 2-km stretch on …
May-end has been set as the deadline for finishing the task of desilting drains and clearing construction debris. DMRC told to clear all its sites of construction debris Lt-Governor Najeeb Jung has ordered “criminal proceedings” against anyone dumping ‘malba’ (concrete waste) at unauthorised sites within the city. In the absence …
The Thane Creek area is home to 194 recorded species of birds. An NGO on Monday wrote to the Thane collector alleging massive reclamation of wetlands at Mithbunder at Kopri, off Thane Creek. According to Thane-based NGO Paryavaran Dakshata Manch, debris dumped in the reed-filled areas of the Thane creek …
Construction debris in Delhi is choking roads, wetlands and green areas and the problem is becoming more acute every year. Dumped callously wherever there is space, it is rarely ever recycled on a large scale. Delhi’s only pilot construction and demolition recycling plant in Burari that recycles about 500 tonnes …
Power project on Lamba Dug Residents of the Chhota Bhangal area of Baijnath sub-division have announced that they will intensify their agitation against a private power company, who is constructing a 25 MW power house on the Lamba Dug in Multhan. A spokesperson of the Sangarash Samiti informed mediapersons at …
After noticing Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) violations such as blockage of tidal water by dumping of debris in the creeklet and dumping close to mangrove patches in the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Limited (CIDCO) areas at Uran, the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) has written to …
At present, dumpers, cement mixers and earth movers are being used in the area just outside the STP at Jesal Park. Although the Bombay High Court (HC) has banned reclamation and construction on wetlands across the state, the Mira-Bhayander Municipal Corporation (MBMC) has undertaken drainage work in mangrove areas next …
"When I see a building, I think of a river", says Sunita Narain, Director General, Centre for Science and Environment. Confused? Wondering what is the connection between a sprawling mall, a huge hospital, a humble house or an office complex and a river? River beds are being literally emptied out. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Resident Welfare Association Vs. DMRC & Ors. regarding the concrete mixing plant established for construction of Mass Rapid Transport System (MRTS)-General Public utility and consent to establish or operate the said plant. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/345-2013(OA)_13Jan2014.pdf
No Rules For Disposal Of Debris Or Standard For Reuse In Construction New Delhi: Where do the debris (m a l b a) left after the renovation of your house go? Either it remains near your plot, or is dumped along roads, vacant plots and water bodies. In Delhi, for …
The Delhi Master Plan 2021 should make it mandatory for each zone to have a designated area for waste disposal, said Sunita Narain, Director-General of the Centre for Science and Environment on Monday Ms. Narain said: “The new Master Plan needs to have an environment service zone so that no …
India belched over 626 million tones of construction and demolition (C&D;) waste in 2013, which is 52 times more than the ministry of environment and forests’ estimate of construction and demolition waste. The MoEF continues to quote the grossly underestimated figure of 10-12 million tones of waste being generated annually. …
With a spurt in urbanisation, cities are facing serious environmental consequences due to construction and demolition waste which needs to be recycled and reused, experts said here Monday. At a seminar "Waste to Resource", experts pointed out ways and means to reuse construction material to build buildings which are sustainable. …
Cities are choking because of their own construction and demolition (C&D) waste with serious environmental consequences warned the sustainable building experts at the conference organised by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) & Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA). While construction necessitates enormous amount of construction material that accounts for about …
As the construction sector grows, illegal sand and granite mining can only be expected to increase. From what can be seen until now, honest officers who have taken action against the sand mafia in their respective districts in different states have either been transferred or suspended. The politician-sand mafia nexus …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akash Vashishtha Vs. Union of India & Others dated 02/09/2013 regarding permanent construction (including concrete pavements) in parks.
The National Green Tribunal has sought the response of the Centre and Delhi government on a plea seeking removal of sand and marble shops set up in residential areas of the city in violation of green norms. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar also issued notice to …
