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) …
Around 90 per cent children and labourers working in brick factories in Bhaktapur district are found suffering from skin disease and respiratory related problems, said doctors. The children and labourers working in brick factories were found suffering from skin disease and respiratory related problems at a health camp launched by …
Though the National Green Tribunal has been taking a lot of steps for the protection of the Kaziranga wildlife, the Forest Department of the State government has been found to be lacking in the desired zeal to add to the efforts of the tribunal. The Union Ministry of Forest and …
Twenty-four brick kilns in Mahottari continue to run without fulfilling the necessary criteria, despite repeated direction from the Cottage and Small Industry Office Mahottari. Those industries were found running without approving the preliminary environment assessment, according to chief of the Office Raj Kumar Das. A total of 40 brick kilns …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Nadia District Brick Manufacturers Association & Others Vs West Bengal Pollution Control Board & Ors dated 04/03/2014 regarding brick kilns operating in districts of West Bengal. The Tribunal has directed the West Bengal Pollution Control Board …
The country's first environment friendly CDM project in the brick kiln industry with Hybrid Hoffman Kiln (HHK) technology has fetched carbon revenue of US$ 264,525 for reduction of 17,403 tonnes of greenhouse gas emission during the crediting period of 2011-12. The CDM Executive Board of United Nations Framework Convention on …
A mobile court, led by executive magistrate Maruful Alam, fined six brick fields Tk 3.45 lakh at Kalapara upazila during a daylong drive on Tuesday. The court also seized 700 maunds of wood from a field in area alleging the field did not have licenses from the Deputy Commissioner and …
The owners of around 150 brickfields in Bogra district are defying environment laws as they have been polluting environment burning firewood illegally in their kilns. Sources said the owners of the brickfields in 12 upazilas of the district do not have any legal licence to run their business legally. In …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Pramod Sharma & Ors. Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors. dated 18/02/2014 regarding brick kiln units under operation and continuing them at the sites in dispute in District Bundi, Rajasthan. Counsel appearing for the State of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Pune Bench) in the matter of Prabhakar Pangavhane Vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors dated 10/02/2014 regarding brick kilns allegedly being operated in the lands Gut Nos. 277 and 278, of village Mahegaon-Deshmukh, Taluka Kopargaon, without any consent or without proper legal permission. Original …
A section of unscrupulous traders are running illegal brickfields polluting environment in all four upazilas of Madaripur district due to lax monitoring by the authorities concerned. According to sources with the district administration, a total of 50 brickfields are running in the district. Of those, a good number of brickfields …
Brick kilns set up on croplands have been adversely affecting the agricultural production in Lalmonirhat district over the years. Around 33 brick kilns are running in the district, flouting the rules of the Department of Environment. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) officials in Lalmonirhat said the toxic gas emitted from …
With the start of brickmaking season a number of illegal brick kilns have started operating inside the forests and woodlands of Naikkhangchhari upazila in Bandarban, despite a statutory restriction on such operations. These kilns rely on firewood collected from the forests – including those declared ‘reserved’ by the government – …
On the day that Veerappa Moily took over reins, the Environment Ministry eased environmental clearance norms for select industries, including brick kiln owners and river sand miners. On December 24, the Ministry took a decision to exempt a slew of different types of industrial and mining projects from either providing …
Growth of brickfields on agricultural lands and in residential areas is rampant in Rangpur district, causing serious harm to arable lands as well as environment. According to sources more than 140 bricks fields have so far been set up in 8 upazilas in the district. Many of them have no …
A good number of brick kilns have come up in different parts of Assam. With some of these brick kilns located close to the city and the towns, many concerns have been raised over the pollution emanating from them. Pollution Control Board (PCB), Assam sources said that the State has …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nadia District Brick Manufacturers Association & Others Vs West Bengal Pollution Control Board Ors dated 03/12/2013 regarding pollution caused by brick kilns in Nadia District, West Bengal and its adverse effect on mango orchards. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/498-2013(MApp)_3Dec2013.pdf
– Eminent aquatic animal exerts have stressed the need of a comprehensive study to find out the exact cause of pollution in the famous Deepor Beel Bird Sanctuary located in the Kamrup (Metro) district so as to protect the water body from further degradation. This was stated by Dr MM …
The ban on digging of earth for making bricks and roads without prior environment clearance (EC) by the National Green Tribunal almost two months back has raised questions about how far it is being implemented in the State in general and Dibrugarh district in particular. The Supreme Court had passed …
The Green Tribunal, Pune, has asked government officials concerned to be present for the hearing of a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by the Flyash Manufacturers' Association for complying with the directions of the Environment and Forests on fly ash. The PIL was admitted to the tribunal on October 28 …
Some relief may be in store for those planning any residential or commercial construction in Punjab as nearly 25% of the brick kilns, which were lying idle following a ban, have applied for clearance from the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) following directions from the National Green Tribunal (NGT). …
