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 …
Nagpur: Come November 30, shoppers asking for free plastic carry bags will be denied or charged Rs10 for a bag. It applies to all shopkeepers, retailers and even roadside vendors. Surprisingly though with just days to go for implementation, the shopkeepers and vendors have no idea about the new rules. …
With Diwali and Chhath Puja round the corner, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday finally clarified that idol immersion in the Yamuna will be allowed only at designated places. The Tribunal said its earlier order banning immersion in the Yamuna had been misconstrued and that it had only banned …
The notification was issued on October 28, days after the Cabinet decided to ban all types of plastic. The Forest, Ecology and Environment Department has issued a draft notification prohibiting the production, transportation, sale and usage of plastic carrybags, buntings, plates, plastic cups and plastic sheets, irrespective of their thickness. …
THIRUVANANTHAURAM: The health wing of city corporation, in a clear move to distance itself from Clean Kerala Company, has engaged two private parties for collection of e-waste and plastic waste from the city. The decision has also nullified possibilities for realizing the proposed steps finalized during the last meeting held …
Over a month ago, she learned of a group that facilitates door-to-door collection of plastic once a month from various parts of the city. That plastic bags are hazardous to the environment was something Shilpa Kaul, resident of BT Kawade Road, had known for a long time. As a conscious …
An eco-friendly firm will launch photodegradable bags in an effort to substitute ecologically-hazardous plastic carry bags here and adjoining districts of Tamil Nadu. SM Green Solutions (SMGS), Chennai, which has entered into a collaboration with GXT Green, United States to market the eco-friendly carry bags in south India, will formally …
Stressing the significance of implementing the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board’s (TNPCB) directive that only plastic bags less than 40 microns can be manufactured by units, the Madras High Court said that the ultimate solution was to take efforts to bring about a change in the mindset of people. Disposing …
"Deeply unsatisfied" at the manner in which the National Green Tribunal's (NGT) order to enforce a plastic ban near the Ganga in Haridwar was being implemented, NGT chairman Swantanter Kumar on Wednesday announced he would be making a surprise visit to Haridwar next week to personally ensure the order's implementation. …
Panaji: If a ban on plastic was enforced in government offices in toto, it would cost lakhs of rupees to the exchequer, as most items of stationery and accessories, barring furniture, may have to be replaced with either paper or metallic items. The government had agreed to a ban during …
HARIDWAR: Taking a stern view of the non-implementation of the plastic ban order by the Haridwar district administration, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) during a hearing on Tuesday told the administration authorities, "If you cannot bring things under your control, the tribunal will do it." Expressing displeasure over the non-compliance …
National Green Tribunal chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar has reportedly expressed displeasure over the "slow pace of work being done" in the implementation of its order of complete plastic ban in Haridwar. Elaborating on the reasons for the tribunal chief's displeasure, NGT's local commissioner Shariq Zaidi told TOI on Wednesday that …
NASHIK: Bouyed by the 'Green Kumbh' idea, civic officials carried out extensive cleanliness campaigns for a couple of days before the first holy dip while environment activists distributed cloth carry bags to pilgrims. That did not prevent pilgrims or sadhus from using plastic, an environmentally hazardous product. The Kumbh was …
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Centre and various stakeholders to file their submissions on a proposal that there should be a complete prohibition on the use of plastic packaging in food and pharmaceutical formulations of any kind. "It appears that none of the concerned ministries are prepared to …
Activists of the Maa Ganga Aahwan Akhada have urged National Green Tribunal (NGT) local Commissioner S Jaidi to take stringent action against those violating its order regarding ban on polythene bags at Har-ki-Pauri. Coordinator of the weekly cleanliness drive Rameshwar Gaur said they had submitted documents, newspaper reports and photographs …
A week after manufacturing and selling of plastic materials with less than 40 micron thickness was banned, Town Panchayats in the district have intensified their raids in shops selling plastic materials. The Directorate of Town Panchayats, Chennai, has asked all the 19 Town Panchayats in the district to start a …
BHOPAL: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has again asked three states of MP, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan to comply with Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) guidelines on idol immersion within 15 days. NGT ordered for immediate seizure and destruction of all idols made of plaster of paris (PoP) and other non-biodegradable idols. …
HARIDWAR: Apprehending a fresh cracking of the whip by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Haridwar Municipal Corporation (HMC) is making renewed efforts to implement the ban on plastic and polythene imposed in the city on July 2. In view of the tone of the report submitted by its local commissioner …
AHMEDABAD: Chief minister Anandiben Patel's call for a "total ban on plastics" in her Independence Day speech at Lunavada has thrown the civic bodies across the state in a tizzy. With no clear instructions from the urban development department, pollution control board and even the CMO, the health departments of …
Navi Mumbai: Several street vendors are selling national flags made of cloth at busy traffic signals, following a Bombay high court directive earlier this year to ban the use of plastic flags during Independence Day and Republic Day celebrations.. A vendor at Navi Mumbai's Palm Beach Road told TOI, "Till …
Mounds of plastic waste in the fringes of lakes and tanks, choking storm water drains and channels is a common sight everywhere. Tonnes of use-and-throw plastic products are causing irreversible damage to the environment and there seems to a ray of hope with the State government firming up its stand …
