Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
Trichy: Not restricting themselves with mere awareness campaigns against the usage of plastic, a city-based voluntary organisation has mooted a campaign to abolish the usage of plastics bags at the Uzhavar Santhai (farmers' market). Equipped with cloth bags, members of Thaneer - a city based voluntary organisation - replaced plastic …
Government to formulate action plan soon to counter menace Officials of the Environment Department are currently conducting a study to capture the magnitude of the threat posed by the usage of plastics in the State and the State government is set to decide on tackling the issue soon after the …
Move will be carried out considering its impact on public health By 2018, not just plastic bags, but other plastic products for consumer use like cups and plates may also be banned. State environment department sources told DNA that they were planning to ban not only plastic bags, but also …
Despite the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has banned the use of polythene bags and the state government enforced the ban on April 1, shopkeepers continue to use these polythene bags in the city. Though the Municipal Corporation, Patiala, had banned the use of polythene bags in 2016, it seems that …
PATNA: Reasserting his commitment to executing the schemes under 'Saat Nischay' (seven resolves) programme, CM Nitish Kumar on Sunday said he always believed in work and never in publicity. "Our schemes fulfil the basic requirements of people. We are working on all components of the 'Saat Nischay' programme, which is …
Teacher came to city to meet PM, apprise him of seriousness of issue. On October 2, when the government was celebrating the third anniversary of its dream project Swachchh Bharat Abhiyan, Madhusudan Biswas, a resident of 24 Parganas in West Bengal sat on an indefinite hungerstrike at Jantar Mantar in …
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar had instructed all the departments to reduce the use of plastics including during the functions organised by the state government. In an effort to go green, the Goa government has decided to minimise the use of environmentally hazardous plastic on different occasions including the state functions. …
VIJAYAWADA: Those who are accustomed to using polythene bags and disposing wastes directly into the water bodies may soon face the music from Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) as the civic body has passed a resolution to impose a complete ban on the procurement, storage, and sale of all kinds of …
Something needs to be done to check it: expert The oceans around the globe have become the dumping ground for everything and huge quantity of plastic is dumped into it. This is already a major ecological problem and the aquatic life is threatened. Something needs to be done to arrest …
‘We Are Challenging The Govt Action By Filing A Public Interest Litigation In High Court’ Lifting of ban on the manufacture, sale and use of polythene bags above 50 microns by the J&K; government has put a question mark on the seriousness of the administration to save the ecology of …
While a ban on plastic bags has been in effect across the state since February 24, 2015, lack of proper implementation has kept the bags in rampant use even now. In a meeting with senior government officials on Tuesday, Environment Minister Ramdas Kadam said that plastic bags would not be …
NAVI MUMBAI: The PCMC general body meeting scheduled next week will discuss a complete ban on use of plastic bags. The general body will also debate the issue of creating awareness on the polythene bag issue. The Panvel civic body has been unable to contain the polythene bag use in …
More than 20,000 kilograms of plastic carry bags (less than 50 microns) have been seized by various agencies across Delhi as a part of the ongoing operations to effectively implement the plastic ban in the national capital. In a meeting convened by Environment Minister Imran Hussain on Tuesday, with senior …
Aiming to make Assam the cleanest State in the country, the government has decided to create an exclusive department as well as set up an educational institute to devise effective scientific means to dispose of solid and other wastes. The announcement was made by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday …
The plastic waste generated through increased tourism activities in the high altitude meadows here is posing threat to environment, experts here said. According to officials, an estimated 4.1 lakh tourists and pilgrims mostly from other parts of the country visited Bhadarwah valley this year so far. Industry stakeholders said the …
The National Green Tribunal, on August 10 reinforced a previous ban on plastic in Delhi. Here's a look at what happened in different states in India. The National Green Tribunal, on August 10 reinforced a previous ban on plastic. It has asked for “completely prohibiting” the use of non-biodegradable plastic …
The drop-off points for plastic bags are largely empty, a week after the government banned plastic shopping bags and directed Kenyans to discard the remaining ones at designated centres. The drop-off points are located at all Nakumatt, Tuskys and Uchumi supermarket outlets. By yesterday, a spot-check in Nairobi showed only …
The National Green Tribunal asked the Delhi government to explore disposal mechanism for the nearly 8,000 kilograms of plastic of less than 50 microns thickness that was seized by authorities following its ban. A bench, headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar, which did not pass any observation, said the …
Traders and consumers from Nyanza region Monday took on a new life without plastic carrier bags by using alternative packaging material following the coming to force of a ban on the polythene bags. In Kisumu, a spot check by Nation team found that retailers had mostly complied with the government …
Kenyans, who produce, sell or even use plastic bags, risk being punished by up to four years in prison or a fine of USD 40,000. Since Monday, the world's most stringent law aimed at reducing plastic pollution has come into force, Reuters reported, quoted by BTA. The East African country …
