Reply filed by the Director, Environment-cum-Special Secretary, Forest, Environment and Climate Change Department, Odisha and Member Secretary, Odisha Coastal Zone Management Authority, May 1, 2025. NGT, had registered suo motu in response to the news item in the Hindu, May 4, 2024 titled "Swell waves likely to strike coastal areas …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Elephant Energy Private Limited Vs. V.K. Jain & Others dated 11/01/2017 regarding waste to energy plant at Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sukhdev Vihar Residents Welfare Association & Ors. Vs. State of NCT of Delhi & Ors. dated 23/12/2016. According to the Counsel appearing for the South Delhi Municipal Corporation they are entitled to 6.14% on revenue sharing basis for power generation …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Almitra H. Patel & Others VsMinistry of Health and Family Welfare & Others dated 22/12/2016 regarding steps to improve the practices presently adopted for collection, storage, transportation, disposal, treatment and recycling of Municipal Solid Waste popularly known as “garbage” generated …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Waste Management, 14/12/2016. As per the assessment made by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for 2015, the sewage generation in the urban areas of the Country is estimated to be about 61,948 MLD (approx.) and sewage treatment capacity is for 23,277 MLD, which is …
A team of researchers from India has discovered a novel use for sugarcane pulp. Bagasse, or sugarcane waste, could be turned into a source of highly fluorescent carbon quantum dots, cutting down the amount of agricultural waste generated by sugarcane plantations and providing a new source of light. "In our …
National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) has said the new sewerage plant being constructed in Bugolobi, will be ready by April 2017 and it will start generating electricity and biogas. Speaking at the site inspection tour in Bugolobi on Friday, Dr. Silver Mugisha, the NWSC managing director said when completed, …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Subsidy for Power Generation, 24/11/2016. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) provides incentives/subsidy/central financial assistance to the producers and consumers for power generation from wind, solar and other renewable energy sources under various Renewable Energy Programmes as per details given in Annexure.
A British university is conducting a research into sustainable energy to help a remote village in West Bengal to access electricity for the first time by installing a sustainable system from biological waste and novel solar photovoltaic technology. Dr Mark Walker, Research Associate at Sheffield University's Energy 2050 research institute, …
Finnish companies are looking at India's renewable energy market to offer power from municipal waste, a technology in which the European country has excelled. At several locations in Finland, companies, including Vantaa Energy and Ekokem, have set up medium-sized plants that burn municipal waste to generate power. Both companies are …
The Delhi government has begun a pilot project for controlled burning at east Delhi’s Ghazipur landfill, which will be followed by the implementation of similar steps at Bhalswa and Okhla, as part of a long-term project simultaneously aimed at maximum utilisation of the sites and pre-emption of fires. Underlined by …
THE monsoon season has barely passed and there have already been two incidents of fires at the Deonar dumping ground within a week, raising concerns over the condition of the city’s three landfill sites once again. A report prepared by the solid waste management department on the status of the …
Corpn. not to have any financial liability; industrialist to invest Rs.10 crore The waste-to-energy plant to be set up for the Kochi Corporation by GJ Eco Power Limited is likely to be ready for commissioning by December 2018 with the State government assuring full support for the project. The project …
The transition to renewables cuts across the entire urban energy landscape, from buildings to transport, to industry and power. Renewables can bring tremendous benefits to cities, including cleaner air, modern services and improved living spaces. At the same time, cities are crucial to the world’s transition to a low-carbon economy, …
It has been almost a year that residents of Sukhdev Vihar in southeast Delhi have been waiting for the the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to fulfill his promise to them. The long battle of residents of Sukhdev Vihar in southeast Delhi for their right to clean air goes on, even …
The energy landscape has changed with most countries achieving a more diversified energy mix as well as a growth in community ownerships and an evolution of micro grids. The new World Energy Resources report launched at the 23rd World Energy Congress on 12 October reveals that the unexpectedly high growth …
A four-member MC team, which had gone to Chennai to study the technicalities and feasibility of a plastic-to-fuel plant, returned today and has proposed to set up such an environment-friendly plant in the city. A detailed study tour report will come up in the MC House meeting where the final …
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Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Almitra H. Patel & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Others dated 22/09/2016 regarding the issue of collection, treatment and disposal of the municipal solid waste in various cities of India. NGT directs Ministry of Environment and Forests and Climate …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Court on its Motion Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 22/09/2016 regarding operationalization of waste to RDF plant in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. Director of Waste to RDF plant Vinod Fotedar submitted before the Tribunal that plant would be …
New Delhi: Residents of Sukhdev Vihar recently filed an affidavit in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) alleging that the Okhla waste-to-energy plant violates the Delhi Master Plan 2021 and needs be shut down. The area was marked to be a district or city park in the master plan and not …
