Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
Joint Committee inspection report in the matter of Kailash Kumar Changani Vs State of Rajasthan & Others. The matter related to violation of the Bio Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016 by wrongly operating CBWTF at RNT Medical College, Udaipur - wherein more than half of the waste is not being …
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) on November 12, 2021 has issued Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Second Amendment Rules, 2021 to further amend the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Trans boundary Movement) Rules, 2016. This shall come into force on November 12, 2021. …
Reply affidavit on behalf of Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) regarding the working of M/s Golden Crown Hotel and Spa. During site inspection of the hotel, January 20, 2021 it was seen that the hotel's organic waste composter was not in operation. Further, the hotel had commenced operation, January …
Action cum progress report on behalf of the Municipal Corporation Gurugram in compliance with the National Green Tribunal order September 30, 2020 in the matter of Vivek Kamboj & Others Vs Union of India & Others. The report talked about the updated action taken for treating legacy municipal solid waste …
NITI Aayog released a book on faecal sludge and septage management in urban areas. Jointly developed with National Faecal Sludge and Septage Management (NFSSM) Alliance, the book presents 27 case studies across 10 states and various service and business models adopted by Indian cities while implementing faecal sludge and septage …
Affidavit by the Lonavla Municipal Council dated October 16, 2020 in the matter of Jayesh Shah & Others Vs The Chief Executive Officer, Lonavla Municipal Council & Others. The matter related to waste management in Lonavla. A municipal solid waste (MSW) plant at Varsoli was commissioned and is in operation …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Amit @ Bhima Vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Others dated 01/06/2020. The application sought direction against cutting of trees outside Anand Vihar Railway station, adjacent to the public toilet near out gate of the railway station. There was …
These guidelines are based on current knowledge on COVID-19 and existing practices in management of infectious waste generated in hospitals while treating viral and other contagious diseases like HIV, H1N1, etc. These guidelines will be updated if need arises. This Revision-2 of guidelines is mainly to incorporate specific requirements and …
Over the last decade, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) has explored the use of fecal sludge (FS) in combination with other organic waste sources to optimize FS treatment and composting for the production of a safe organic fertilizer, which can – depending on demand – be enriched with crop …
Black soldier fly colonies can produce about 100 times more protein per year than chicken or soybeans, not to mention cattle, on the same area of land. The flies can directly feed on different types of organic wastes, leapfrogging closed loop processes within a circular food economy. Also, where no …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the T. M. Umashankar Vs Union of India & Others dated 26/09/2019 regarding direction for closure of Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility (TSDF) established by M/s Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd. and M/s Ramky Infrastructure Ltd. on the ground of violations of norms in …
In low- and middle-income countries, the management of fecal sludge from on-site sanitation systems has received little attention over many decades, resulting in insufficient or missing regulations to guide investments and management options. To address this gap, this report examines existing and emerging guidelines and regulations for fecal sludge management …
A report released by the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has revealed that out of the 4,635.79 tonnes of garbage produced in the state each day, only 17.5 per cent is successfully treated and recycled. The HSPCB's annual report on solid waste management for the year 2018-2019 further adds …
Plastic manufacturers from state who got closure notice for violating plastic waste management rules get relief Close to 10,000 plastics manufacturing units in the state got relief on Wednesday, when the state pollution watchdog gave them an additional 180 days to come up with an action plan for disposal of …
Panaji: Two years after former CM Manohar Parrikar laid out a roadmap to make Goa garbage-free by 2020, his successor Pramod Sawant pushed that target back by at least four years. “It is not possible to make Goa totally garbage-free,” he said on Wednesday. He said that with awareness and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Praduman Tiwari Vs Union of India & Others dated 21/05/2019 regarding cancelling of authorization in favour of Ferro Build Hards (I) Pvt. Ltd., Naini, Allahabad, (Pragyaj), Uttar Pradesh. Grievance in this application is that the plant in question is very …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Anil Kumar Singh Vs State of Jharkhand & Others dated 19/02/2019 regarding Environment Clearance for the Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Treatment Plant at Ranchi. NGT says that the authorities have been delaying the process and that the matter has been …
GHAZIABAD: The Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation(GMC) has started sending civic waste to Meerut after Meerut Municipal Corporation(MMC) considered the GMC’s request to allow dumping of civic waste in its jurisdiction. The MMC has given GMC permission to dump 200 metric tons of waste for now out of which GMC official claims …
This report was prepared in support of GGGI’s Green Cities Development Program in Lao PDR. Following a request of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (henceforth Lao PDR) Government, GGGI has been conducting a green city pilot program in the capital city, Vientiane, to demonstrate how this concept could be implemented …
ZIRAKPUR: The municipal council proposes to take the company operating Lalru’s garbage-processing plant to court for breach of trust, since it had claimed to have sought environmental clearance from Punjab Pollution Control Board but not moved any application. The MC claims that the company misinformed it that it required no …
