Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ashwini Yadav Vs. Union of India & Others dated 06/11/2017 regarding construction of Signature City Project in Kanpur. The Application filed by journalist Ashwini Yadav said that the Kanpur Development Authority has not obtained the no objection certificate. NGT directs …
NOIDA: Following a rap from the Bhure Lal, Chairman of the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA), for failure to restrain builders from flouting National Green Tribunal's guidelines regarding construction last week, Noida Authority swung into action. It held a meeting with about 40 builders with ongoing projects in …
Gurgaon: The Environmental Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) on Wednesday lashed out at NHAI for not following construction norms at the ongoing flyover-underpass project sites along NH-8, while giving directives to other departments concerned to implement preventive measures at the earliest to check air pollution before and after Diwali. The EPCA …
Cities could tackle the global problem of rising levels of waste and depleted resources by using organic waste, such as bananas, potatoes and maize as building materials, Arup predicts. Globally the construction industry is one of the largest users of raw materials; in the UK alone it accounts for 60 …
CHENNAI: Real estate projects that violate environment norms will face punishment, the Union Environment Ministry assured the Madras High Court. The commitment to take action against the developers who commenced projects without obtaining mandatory environment clearance came as the six-month window for violators to seek post-facto clearance ended. “Case-by-case assessment …
A division bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice NM Jamdar also refused permission to MMRCL for allowing it to use heavy vehicles for transportation of construction material during the night The Bombay High court on Tuesday extended the ban on any work being carried out between 10 pm …
India's largest realty firm DLF has received the environment clearance for its Rs 240 crore commercial project which is to come up in Patto village, Goa. India’s largest realty firm DLF has received the environment clearance for its Rs 240 crore commercial project which is to come up in Patto …
According to noise pollution norms, in any residential premises, the noise level should not exceed 55 dB during the day Nearly 3,500 residents of Cuffe Parade in South Mumbai are suffering as they are forced to hear almost 100 decibels (dB) of noise every day because of the Metro 3 …
GURUGRAM: Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has penalised 46 private developers and collected fines of over Rs 99 lakh in the last one year for violating dust pollution norms, states an RTI response. While over 20 builders were fined over Rs 2 lakh each, the remaining had to pay …
Alarmed at the rising air pollution in eight towns and cities of the Northeast, including five in Assam, the Central Pollution control Board of India (CPCB) has asked all stakeholders for adopting preventive measures. As many as 96 Indian cities have not met national air quality standards. In so far …
Panaji: While disposing the suo motu petition on the air pollution at Sonshi, the high court of Bombay at Goa directed the state government to ensure that all measures recommended by the Indian School of Mines (ISM) are complied with, in accordance with law, to control dust pollution. ISM, in …
The petitioner also wants MMRCL to pay compensation of Rs 10,000 per day for hardships caused by the construction activity A Colaba resident has moved the Bombay High Court seeking directions to the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL), which is constructing Metro Line 3, to follow noise pollution control …
NEW DELHI: After a forceful intervention from National Green Tribunal (NGT), the north and south corporations have started a crackdown on polluting sites, especially construction sites and industrial units. According to the report of the north civic body, most common violators of the norms are the construction sites, 1,194 of …
Mumbai: India's top builders have pledged to make at least a fifth of their new housing developments sustainable by 2022, as the country looks to tap sectors other than renewable energy to meet its ambitious climate goals. The campaign is led by the Sustainable Housing Leadership Consortium (SHLC) comprising builders …
CHENNAI: Disregarding the Madras High Court order, Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC;) seems to have kept its backdoor open for erring builders to get post-facto environmental clearance and processing hundreds of violation cases from across the country, which may amount to contempt. Ashish Kumar, Joint Director, …
A bill allowing construction within 100 metres of ancient and protected monuments was passed in the Lok Sabha on 2nd January, 2018. The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment) Bill, 2017 amends a provision in the existing Act prohibiting construction in "prohibited areas" - defined as 100 metres …
GURUGRAM: Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has collected a penalty of Rs 1.5 crore from developers operating in NCR cities of Haryana for violating construction and dust pollution norms in the past one year. According to HSPCB officials, regular inspections and rising awareness among public, of reporting dust pollution …
Recently, the ecology of Chandigarh, including its residents as also the flora and fauna, survived an imminent attack. The nature and magnitude of the looming onslaught passed almost unnoticed. The threat: Destruction of the city’s environment and heritage by the construction of 19 towers, each 28 storey high, planned to …
Over half a billion children are living in areas with extremely high levels of floods and nearly 160 million children live in areas of high or extremely high droughts. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that 26% of the annual 6.6 million deaths of children under-five are linked to environment-related …
To promote green building concept, Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI) Kerala chapter has joined hands with FACT RCF Building Products Ltd. (FRBL) for using glass fibre reinforced gypsum (GFRG) panels in building construction. FRBL is a joint venture of Fertilisers And Chemicals Travancore Ltd (FACT) and …
