Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
In the wake of the poor show by the Delhi government on installation of common effluent treatment plants (CETPs) in the Capital, and the blame game it chose to indulge in, thereby bringing on it a fine of Rs. 1 lakh slapped by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), a team …
Irked by the blame game by various departments within the state, National Green Tribunal on Tuesday imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on the Delhi government for not following its orders on implementation of Maili se Nirmal Yamuna Revitalisation Project 2017. A bench, headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter …
The Centre has said that it is planning to take up works pertaining to cleaning of the Yamuna river, in addition to the existing scope of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) project. Replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti said that in the …
KOLHAPUR: The civic body's lacklustre approach towards implementing sanitation measures in the city has been exposed yet again, with Kolhapur slipping in country-wide cleanliness rankings from 137 to 158 in just four years. According to the survey conducted by the central government in 2011, the city stood at 137 in …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Baldev Singh & Others Vs. State of Punjab & Others dated 06/08/2015 regarding groundwater pollution in the state of Punjab. The Tribunal also directed that ground water samples be collected from Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Bhatinda, Mohali …
KOLHAPUR: None of the municipal councils in the state, including Ichalkaranji in Kolhapur, have achieved service level benchmarks set by the Union urban development department ministry, revealed a recently released audit report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG). The CAG had analysed the performance of local municipal …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Nityanand Mishra V/s State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors. dated 05/08/2015 regarding pollution of river Mandakini at Chhitrkoot arising out of the sewage from the town. The Department of EPCO vide its letter dated 8.01.2015 and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Giriraj Parikrama Sanrakshan Sansthan & Ors. Vs. Department of Environment & Forests & Ors. dated 04/08/2015 regarding environment in or around the Shri Girirajji Parvat and Parikrama Marg, Goverdhan, District Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. Learned Counsel appearing …
VARANASI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Clean Ganga Mission is getting delayed in his own parliamentary constituency of Varanasi as the protest by a group of farmers has left construction of 140 MLD sewage treatment plant at Dinapur stopped for more than three months. To end this crisis, UP Jal Nigam …
The additional chief secretary of the department of town and country planning (DTCP) on July 28, notified the National Green Tribunal (NGT) about the construction of a 175 million litres per day-sewage treatment plant on a 53-acre plot, tenders for which have already been floated by HUDA. The move comes …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Integrated Ganga Conservation Programme, 03/08/2015. The Cabinet approved the Namami Gange program on 13th May, 2015 as a comprehensive approach to rejuvenate the river Ganga by inclusion of all tributaries under one umbrella. The program envisages 100% central government funding. Details and salient features …
Apartment owners in the city are mulling over adopting a tough stand on the requirement to pay the consent fee being levied by the Kerala State Pollution Control Board (PCB) on an annual basis. The existing norms stipulate that prior consent or authorisation be obtained from the regulatory authority for …
INDORE: After being pulled up by National Green Tribunal (NGT) for slow pace of work and non-allocation of fund for cleaning of Khan and Saraswati rivers, Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) on Monday announced to allocate Rs 6 crore for the river cleaning works for this financial year. Civic body also …
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked district collector of Raisen to allot 11 acres of land in Mandideep town as soon as possible for setting up municipal solid waste (MSW) site. Also, town and country planning (T&CP;) has been asked to submit development plan of the area on July 29. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 28/07/2015 regarding Yamuna pollution. Additional Chief Secretary, Irrigation and Additional Chief Secretary, Urban Local Bodies Haryana informed the Tribunal that ten cumecs water would be continued to …
A parliamentary panel has flagged a number of environment-related issues which, it found, have been causing damage to Mumbai and Visakhapatnam and asked the Union environment ministry and respective state governments to take up urgent steps for improving infrastructure and strengthening pollution mitigation measures in these two coastal cities. The …
The state government has extensive plans for Gomti's channelization and riverfront development but the environment experts are more concerned about constantly shrinking river-flow. Studies suggest that Gomti's flow has deteriorated almost by 50% in last 40 years. While experts fear that river is confronted with two major problems- the drying …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on cleaning of Ganga, 23/07/2015. (a) There are several factors responsible for polluting the Ganga river, the major factors being the direct discharge of industrial effluents and discharge of untreated sewage into the river Ganga. Under the Namami Gange programme, the Government proposes to take …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on cleaning of Yamuna, 23/07/2015. For pollution abatement of river Yamuna, financial assistance is being provided to Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh since 1993 in a phased manner under the Yamuna Action Plan (YAP). The major works under JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) assisted YAP …
The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests under the Chairmanship of Shri Ashwani Kumar had decided to take up the issue of pollution levels of some of the Tier-II cities of the country. In that series, the Committee undertook its study visit to Ludhiana and …
