Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
The order came on a review plea filed by an Agra resident for revival of his plea seeking direction to the petha units in Agra to stop using fuels like coal for manufacturing and not to dispose of waste products in sewage or in open places in the city. Makers …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shantanu Sharma Vs Union of India & Others dated 24/08/2016 regarding the use of fly ash as land fill to reclaim low lying areas including backfilling in abandoned mines or pitheads.
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 02/08/2016 regarding pollution of water of river Chandrabhaga due to discharge of fly ash laden water from the ash pond of the Bakreshwar Thermal Power Station …
Fly ash can typically make about 15-20 per cent of the concrete mix and is said to enhance the structural stability. The state government has made it mandatory for all new buildings to be constructed using material containing fly ash, aiming to dispose of the entire quantity produced across Maharashtra …
Vedanta Limited, a globally diversified natural resources company, has won the ‘Golden Peacock Environment Management Award 2016’. Vedanta Limited’s subsidiary, Talwandi Sabo Power Limited (TSPL), Banawali, of Mansa, was conferred the award at a ceremony presided by Piyush Goyal, Minister of State, Independent Charge (MoS-IC), Power, Coal, New and Renewable …
Nagpur: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has asked all power generation companies to supply fly-ash free of cost within 300 km radius of their plants. It has asked all local generators to file an affidavit in this regard and send it to MPCB head office. A meeting of power …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Co. Ltd. Vs. CG Environment Conservation Board & Others dated 04/07/2016. These Applications primarily pertain to the compliance been made in terms of the notification issued by the MoEF, Government of India …
International Road Federation (IRF), a Geneva-based global body working for better and safer roads worldwide, has written a letter to chief minister Naveen Patnaik urging him to develop greener roads and highways to reduce carbon emissions in the state. In the letter, IRF chairman K K Kapila also urged the …
Fly ash helps in the treatment of polluted water even with 10,000/20,000 parts per million (ppm) sewage and industrial effluents, says a researcher. dh file pic Several agencies may have come forward to clean Bellandur lake, Bengaluru’s biggest sewage-filled and highly polluted water body, at crores of rupees, but researchers …
Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh: Farmer Bablu Chouhan is waging a daily battle to clear the constant barrage of fly ash, which is turning his 5-acre farmland in Dogalia village barren. Almost all his family members are ill. The fly ash is coming from two 500-hectare ponds, where the Shree Singaji Thermal …
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 …
The over 50 representations made orally and on paper included people’s complaint that they were not compensated adequately. Hyderabad: Activists of Human Rights Forum on Tuesday opposed the setting up of a 5x800 MW thermal power plant at Damaracherla in Nalgonda district, popularly known as Yadadri power plant. At a …
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 …
Nagpur: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) issued notices to Central and Maharashtra governments for flouting its order on clean coal norm. A division bench of Justice Jawad Rahim (judicial member) and Dr Ajay Deshpande (expert member), asked the respondents on why consent granted to them to operate coal and power …
The Delhi government will soon issue fresh directions to the NTPC-run Badarpur thermal power plant to come up with an action plan for disposing of flyash, a major source of air pollution in summer. The plant was among those identified by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) for immediate closure …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shantanu Sharma Vs Union of India & Ors. dated 28/04/2016 regarding fly ash disposal. Tribunal directs State of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Mizoram, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Telangana to file the details as directed …
The Odisha government has decided to focus on curbing discharge of waste from thermal power plants as part of its climate change action plan for next five years. Fly ash, a residue of coal burning, disposal has emerged as one of the biggest challenges before the Odisha government even as …
The Odisha government has decided to focus on curbing discharge of waste from thermal power plants as part of its climate change action plan for next five years. Fly ash, a residue of coal burning, disposal has emerged as one of the biggest challenges before the Odisha government even as …
NTPC Ltd has made a provision of '100 metre width green belt' around its upcoming 1600 MW Lara Super Thermal Power Plant (STPP) in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh. In, addition, extensive plantation will be undertaken in and around the project site, officials stated. NTPC's upcoming Lara Super Thermal Power Project …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Ratandeep Rangari Vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors. dated 01/02/2016 regarding coal quality standard. MoEF was to coordinate with all the State Pollution Control Boards to ensure compliance of the directions to SPCB and CPCB to …
