Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
Regarding planned ‘beautification’ of the pond in Defence Colony, a group of concerned residents of nearby localities have come together to demand that the original form of the water body should not be tampered with. Apart from holding demonstrations near the pond, the citizens also wrote to the Mussoorie Dehradun …
The National Green Tribunal has sought a detailed list of various industries of Ghaziabad and Hapur districts on a plea alleging that incessant extraction of groundwater has led to severe depletion of water table in the area. A bench of Justice Raghuvendra S Rathore ordered the respective District Industries Corporations …
The government projects include three sites of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, four of the National Highway Authority of India, seven under the Delhi Public Works Department, two Delhi Development Authority sites and one each under the Delhi Jal Board and MTNL. The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has …
NEW DELHI: The East Delhi Municipal Corporation has filed an affidavit in the National Green Tribunal, pleading that DDA be directed to immediately hand over land at Sonia Vihar and Ghonda Gujran Khadar for landfilling. However, both locations fall under zone ‘O’ or the Yamuna river zone category. IIT-Delhi had …
Told to submit list of restaurants, bars allowing hookah in 10 days. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday pulled up the Delhi government for not furnishing a list of restaurants and bars in the city which permit hookah smoking on their premises and slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 …
AGRA: With green and black patches again emerging on the iconic Taj due to insect attack, the ASI is once again set to start mud pack treatment on the monument. Incidentally, this would be the fourth time since 2015 that the chemical branch of ASI will initiate the therapy to …
Madhya Pradesh government's proposed Majhgaon medium irrigation project, which will submerge 78.6 hectare of Panna Tiger Reserve's (PTR) buffer area and require 426.7 hectare of forestland, has been cleared by the environment ministry's Forest Advisory Committee (FAC). While granting in-principle approval for use of forestland from protected forest area, the …
GHAZIABAD: After none of the respondents including the governments of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi, besides Union environment ministry filed their replies over illegal operation of brick kilns in the four states, the National Green Tribunal on Tuesday gave them the time of one more week as a last …
Panaji: In an effort to tackle air pollution in towns and cities, the central government has set out to ensure that dust mitigation measures for construction and demolition activities are compulsorily implemented. The measures apply to projects that require environmental clearances (EC). The ministry of environment, forest and climate change …
Cities and towns across the country where the hazardous particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) exceeds prescribed limits will now under law have to implement measures to reduce dust. Many big cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Varanasi and Kanpur, among others, fall in this category. Two months after …
Nagpur: Peeved over pollution touching alarming levels in Chandrapur, an industrialist has moved Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court, praying for action against respondents, including Mahagenco, for violating emission norms and environmental standards. A division bench comprising justices Bhushan Dharmadhikari and Swapna Joshi on Wednesday issued notices to respondents, including …
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to exempt the fireworks manufacturing industry in the state from environment protection rules to save the livelihood of eight lakh families. "I urge you to direct the Ministry of Environment to carry out necessary amendment to Environment …
Work at BMC's environment cell that had been set up for speedier processing of project proposals has come to a standstill. Since its formation in July last year, it could give green signal to only four projects despite receiving 32 files. The functioning of the cell was crippled after the …
HYDERABAD: In a move likely to anger environmental groups, the Telangana government has decided to resend a proposal to the central government seeking relaxation of eco-sensitive zones areas at Mrugavani National Park at Chilkur and two sanctuaries. While the current ecosensitive zone area for all three protected environment is 10 …
Nagpur: Months have passed but it is not clear what concrete action has been taken by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) against Koradi Thermal Power Station (KTPS). A recent reply to a Right to Information (RTI) query states that "directions were issued" by the board, but fails to reveal what …
Exempts cement industry in Rajasthan, Haryana, UP The Supreme Court on Wednesday relaxed its order banning use of pet coke and furnace oil in the National Capital Territory and allowed cement industry to use it as feedstock in Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. A bench headed by Justice Madan B …
Designer labels and burglar proofing – Inside the Indian millennial’s home! NCRB says 424 less cases in 2016; U.P., Rajasthan record maximum violations; fewer cases of pollution The data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) recently have shown a decline of over 8% in environmental crimes across the …
NEW DELHI: Delhi had seen one of the worst years in terms of air pollution last year but the city did not file a single case against anyone for violating the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, reflecting gaps in the enforcement of green laws in the country. The …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Austin Francis D’souza Vs Slum Rehabilitation Authority, Mumbai & Others dated 21/11/2017 regarding withdrawal of directions under Section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 on a project/ construction at Katraj Road, Wadala, Mumbai and the …
The Supreme Court has admitted an appeal by Canara Plastic Manufacturers’ and Traders’ Association (CPMTA) against the order of the National Green Tribunal, Southern Region, Chennai, that had upheld a ban on manufacture, supply, sale and use of plastic material imposed by the State government. A Division Bench comprising Madan …
